It’s fair to say the replies to that are not supportive… almost to a man (and woman).
A tory mp?You really just have to look at him to see that's all he is.
Most journalists are exactly what you describe - a lot more than the 4 who got banned. So why them ?
Isn't it all about printing stories without giving United a chance to comment. Journalists, that is pushing it a bit, are more like gossip columunist than sports writers nowadays.
Yes hard - but every single player respected him and ran their socks off for him
First you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the patterns of play
I am sorry - but that is just BS from the club. Let's just say that these writers are correct - and any of them go to United and ask for a comment - what will United say ? That there isn't an inch of truth in the stories. It reminds me of that story with OGS and the Spurs-rumours in 97-98. In a moment of frustration during an international break - OGS told a local reporter that he thought of leaving United due to lack of game-time. The reporter whose paper was the equivalent to Stockport Daily or Salford Gazette - thought he had got the scoop of a lifetime, whereas OGS realized that the comment would not go down well with Ferguson so he backtracked. The reporter printed the story and OGS claimed it was a lie - but admitted several years later that it was correct, and that he had felt really bad about accusing the reporter of lying but he feared Ferguson would kick him out.
Ferguson had a plan on how he wanted to play - at times he didnt have good enough players - but the plan was always there. 2 wingers - 2 attacking fullbacks, 2 box-to-box midfielders, a striking partnership. Sure he tweeked it at times, but that was always his preferred way of playing.
4 is a good sample size. And United have already said the why
You’re not actually being serious here, right?
I could swear some Turkish or Greek club did this a couple of years ago and only allowed women.
Bits in bold.
Different generation of players who put football first, not this lot of entrepreneurs
The text involving Munich is indeed terrible. But the earlier one is fine. You can't really check "both sides". You can't ask ETH: Some players/staff are unhappy, can you confirm/deny?
If it comes from people at the club, it's not speculation.
The issue is that they haven't taken the basic journalistic decency to corroborate reports.
How do you know that?
Because they failed to corroborate this with the club. They are also exagerrative, unless you think they had a direct word from 50% of the dressing room.
This is football journalism. Reporting of problems within teams is part of the job. That will be based on things you hear from people who are part of thost teams. People who will always do it annonymously beacause they'll want to keep their jobs. You're not going to get "actual evidence".
The journalists that have been banned have a familiar track record of waiting until we lose before giving notes of dressing room unrest. It's quite obvious that they are not reporting impartial news but are waiting for predatory clickbaits.
There's a difference between asking for a comment and corroborating.
You can argue they likely did neither. Just follow their track record on what they've historically reported.
A) So? Do they work for United and need to show support when we're down?
The Sancho thing is evident with one article and is indeed silly. But it's just one player and one issue.
I am also using my eyes: Someone is clearly wrong at United. So it's not a shock to read those reports.
You always need to ask the other part and if they don't want to comment just put that in you text. Something like declined to comment on the issue. It is not hard. Professional. This falling of standards are showing everywhere. Not just journalism. People don't seem to have honour in their work. It is all about self promotion. That is why he wrote other article like he did.
What do you mean so? If they are literally waiting for us to lose before giving leaks of unrest isn't it obvious what they're doing? It should be.
Players like Sancho are the bread and butter sources of these mugs. That's why all they would ever post is negativity.
Of course and I agree, but that doesn't mean the extent of the issues relate to truth in the journalists words. They say there is unrest like a washing machine cycle, it should be dead obvious what they're doing.
Look at this forum whenever we lost (Or win despite playing badly...). People are people. I wouldn't say that defeats bring automatic unrest. I would say that the unrest is always there and that naturally it's expressed more clearly after bad results when emotions are raw.
Hearing from sources at the club what is happening IS journalism. If it's done well enough, with different sources, etc.
If ten hag lost the dressing room like has been chronically reported, we wouldn't have won the games we did. There's a ton of hyperbole in what those journalists have written.
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