How much do you guys think the negative press have impacted us since Sir alex retired?
I still remember how the press were very harsh towards LvG and then over exaggerating Di Maria's issue. LvG' s football wasn't great and he himself has to be blamed but the way each week he had to answer frustrating rumours and defend his players and the club, surely would have had a negative impact to his morale. Each week he had to defend himself and the club which was embarrassing to the point he even walked out of one of the PC.
Similarly during Jose's tenure all we heard was negative news. I specifically remember the way we were criticized after drawing 0-0 at Anfield during his second season. I don't think that was a bad result but the likes of Oliver Holt and others kept on criticizing that performance and then we went and lost to Huddersfield the following week. Surely, players would have been affected by that negative press. And then the way Sanchez's fee was always highlighted to the fact that the first game that featured Sanchez in the FA cup, all the talk was how Sanchez's fee is more than combined fee of our opponents to the famous "Pep or money"narration. Again not defending Jose himself but he had to bear the negative press since September 2016 when we lost back to back in PL. It was like every time he entered to face the media there was one negative thing he had to answer.
Less said about the journalism in relation to Pogba the better. I am not Pogba's biggest fan but I have never seen a player who has been scrutinized like him. From Souness to Scholes to Redknapp to Custis all have been negative towards him and exaggerating the issue. The recent example is just from past week when Ole clearly told the press that Pogba won't feature as he has some Back Spasm but even after that you had people from Sky saying he is intentionally not playing as he wants to move.
Surely all of this must have some impact in the dressing room and ultimately influence the fans to become negative also. You don't see a same scrutiny done for other clubs. I seriously miss the way Sir Alex handled these media and eliminated most of the negative press. Personally I feel press also has played some role in our downfall by causing some unnecessary unrest and over exaggerating every issue.
I still remember how the press were very harsh towards LvG and then over exaggerating Di Maria's issue. LvG' s football wasn't great and he himself has to be blamed but the way each week he had to answer frustrating rumours and defend his players and the club, surely would have had a negative impact to his morale. Each week he had to defend himself and the club which was embarrassing to the point he even walked out of one of the PC.
Similarly during Jose's tenure all we heard was negative news. I specifically remember the way we were criticized after drawing 0-0 at Anfield during his second season. I don't think that was a bad result but the likes of Oliver Holt and others kept on criticizing that performance and then we went and lost to Huddersfield the following week. Surely, players would have been affected by that negative press. And then the way Sanchez's fee was always highlighted to the fact that the first game that featured Sanchez in the FA cup, all the talk was how Sanchez's fee is more than combined fee of our opponents to the famous "Pep or money"narration. Again not defending Jose himself but he had to bear the negative press since September 2016 when we lost back to back in PL. It was like every time he entered to face the media there was one negative thing he had to answer.
Less said about the journalism in relation to Pogba the better. I am not Pogba's biggest fan but I have never seen a player who has been scrutinized like him. From Souness to Scholes to Redknapp to Custis all have been negative towards him and exaggerating the issue. The recent example is just from past week when Ole clearly told the press that Pogba won't feature as he has some Back Spasm but even after that you had people from Sky saying he is intentionally not playing as he wants to move.
Surely all of this must have some impact in the dressing room and ultimately influence the fans to become negative also. You don't see a same scrutiny done for other clubs. I seriously miss the way Sir Alex handled these media and eliminated most of the negative press. Personally I feel press also has played some role in our downfall by causing some unnecessary unrest and over exaggerating every issue.
why are you getting so sensitive about the issue. Isn't Media's job to just present the truth and not make lies. Also, if you bothered to read my OP I did say the person in charge are responsible for them getting the sack just that media made it hard for the club. You may disagree with that and feel otherwise, I do feel in modern times media has an important role. Also, you cannot ask every person to not read or respond. Imagine saying to the manager if you don't like their question don't respond. Even not responding will create unrest. Like I gave Pogba's example, all it does is create unrest and the moment we lose a game or two fans become even more frustrated.