To what extent are the media in step with football fans' feelings?

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

I expect the rest of the media comments and this thread to keep repeating the same tired old mantra ' The Premier League is the best League in the World '.

Well guess what, it's only because it has some of the best foreigners playing in it.

Spot on.

And they would play SOMEWHERE ELSE if the money was right.

 

[Rookie]

One pundit - possibly Gareth Southgate - summed it up for me when he said it would be a waste of time and money to sack Capello. He's a proven quality manager who has just gone through his first ever tournament finals as an international manager, of course he's going to make mistakes but he will learn from them. It's a different situation to qualifiers and running a club side.

We run the risk of paying £6M to sack a better version of the same manager that we hired a couple of years ago, just to give someone like 'Arry the chance to spend 2 years learning about HIS first job in international football. We need to give Capello a proper chance as he has demonstrated elsewhere that he is more than capable of getting very good results. So far he's managed us for 28 games - ie just over half a season in L1 terms and aside from the last few games he's done well in my book. If we get to Christmas this year and we've generally done well but have underperformed in our last 5 games will you want Poyet to be sacked? Thought not. If we keep changing the manager every time we don't win the Euros or the World Cup then we'll just go through the same old circus every 2 years. However 'Give Capello a chance' probably doesn't sell as many papers as 'Sack him and get in 'Arry' does it.

Yep he owned Andy Townsend who was on one hell of a rant about Capello before Southgate stepped it.

 

[Gritt23]

I agree with TT as soon as the so called best league in the world kicks off it will all be forgotten by the media and the "fans".

They will have to forget it, because they would never reach their quota of players in the Premiershite that they must describe as "World Class" unless they quickly start forgetting about how these "World Class" players are competely out of their depth at World level.

It's the best league in the World, and we can't let details like the players looking shite at the World Cup get in the way of that .... especially when Sky haven't even seen the World Cup take place.

 

[Rookie]

They will have to forget it, because they would never reach their quota of players in the Premiershite that they must describe as "World Class" unless they quickly start forgetting about how these "World Class" players are competely out of their depth at World level.

It's the best league in the World, and we can't let details like the players looking shite at the World Cup get in the way of that .... especially when Sky haven't even seen the World Cup take place.

Bit harsh on Sky seeing as how they do the World Cup Reports and have a number of people out in South Africa. Not really their fault can't show goals is it

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Bit harsh on Sky seeing as how they do the World Cup Reports and have a number of people out in South Africa. Not really their fault can't show goals is it

True but when the TITANS of Bolton play the GIANTS of Blackburn Rovers in Super Countdown Sunday or whatever it will be hyped as THE most IMPORTANT game EVER.

Until the one that follows it with the BEHEMOTHS of Wigan against the SAMSONS of Birmingham. etc etc

The WC wont even get a mention.