He was on Talksport earlier speaking to Stan Collymore and he said he couldn't take full credit for the story. He said it was a joint effort by some of the Manchester-based journalists. Seems strange to me.United's trusted mouth piece.
Good journalist as far as I am concerned and someone worth listening to during what will be a long and hopefully exciting summer. I wonder who has been briefing him.
Pretty much that, if those three are reporting something at the same time, you can take it to be the truth.Certainly one of the more reliable journalist covering United, plus if the SAF story was a gamble it shows he has good instincts too.
I always thought Daniel Taylor was the club's mouthpiece though, he seems to have an inside track with the execs.
James Ducker is reliable too, I think. Generally I pay attention to anything those three say.
He was on Talksport earlier speaking to Stan Collymore and he said he couldn't take full credit for the story. He said it was a joint effort by some of the Manchester-based journalists. Seems strange to me.
You gotta have influence on the papers, mate. From inside the club, you gotta have someone who can publish something for you, leak stories to get better deals, among many other things, but they won't do it just for the sake of it.I always find the idea of journalists having 'inside sources' a bit odd.
It then means that there are people within the club who are betraying the confidence of the club and the board and/or who are in the pockets of the journos, otherwise they wouldn't find it out really until the official statements.
Surely the club would want to try to find the blabber-mouths and cut them out, rather than accepting them as part of the business of football.
On the other hand, it could be a Malcolm Tucker-esque leak on purpose so as to unsettle the manager, etc.
I always find the idea of journalists having 'inside sources' a bit odd.
It then means that there are people within the club who are betraying the confidence of the club and the board and/or who are in the pockets of the journos, otherwise they wouldn't find it out really until the official statements.
Surely the club would want to try to find the blabber-mouths and cut them out, rather than accepting them as part of the business of football.
On the other hand, it could be a Malcolm Tucker-esque leak on purpose so as to unsettle the manager, etc.
You gotta have influence on the papers, mate. From inside the club, you gotta have someone who can publish something for you, leak stories to get better deals, among many other things, but they won't do it just for the sake of it.
It's a lot more complex than betraying the club in these cases.
Ferdinand betrayed the club by leaking the team. This was club officials leaking it for a particular reason.
Just speculating, but I wonder if it was leaked because they wanted to gauge public and fan reaction.
Leak that he is getting sacked, get a true idea of how fans will react after very mixed messages thanks to out commendable home and away support.
I remember saying months ago that him, Ducker and Ladyman probably write their articles in the same room and send them off to their respective employers. They publish the exact same story within minutes of each other consistently.He was on Talksport earlier speaking to Stan Collymore and he said he couldn't take full credit for the story. He said it was a joint effort by some of the Manchester-based journalists. Seems strange to me.
I think Ogden, Taylor, and Ducker (in that order) are the most reliable three when it comes to United matters.
They're all fairly high-profile so it seems to work for them but I thought the football journalism business would be more ruthless than that. Guys desperate to be the one person to break stories and all that.I remember saying months ago that him, Ducker and Ladyman probably write their articles in the same room and send them off to their respective employers. They publish the exact same story within minutes of each other consistently.
Can someone cover this Ferdinand leaking teams? Where is the proof? Or are people adding 2+2 and getting 5.
It's Ferdinand. Andy Mitten implied as much in one of his ESPN articles which I'm not able to link at the moment.Can someone cover this Ferdinand leaking teams? Where is the proof? Or are people adding 2+2 and getting 5.
He was first to brake Fergie's retirement but I remember him also saying after in a interview that he took a bit of a gamble with it and hoped he had the right lead.
So I wouldn't say he's United's mouth piece but he certainly knows people inside club that are willing to leak information.
Sir Alex Ferguson will be consulted over David Moyes’s successor at Manchester United, with Carlo Ancelotti leading a three-man shortlist of candidates to become the new manager at Old Trafford.
With Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola and Borussia Dortmund’s Jürgen Klopp ruling themselves out of contention for the position within hours of confirmation of Moyes’s dismissal on Tuesday, United remain determined to recruit a proven manager with experience of winning major trophies.
Ryan Giggs, who has been appointed interim manager for the final four games of this season, will not be considered as a permanent successor to Moyes, but the 40-year-old is regarded as having a role to play under whoever is handed the job at United.
Real Madrid coach Ancelotti is understood to be the favoured candidate among senior figures at Old Trafford, however, with Holland coach Louis van Gaal and Atlético Madrid’s rising star Diego Simeone making up United’s hit-list.
If Simeone can't speak English and looks like a pornstar, he's not the next United manager - regardless of whether he wants it or not.
Ancelotti would be brilliant but they won't sack him this year regardless of what happens over the next 4 weeks - they lack replacement options too.
It's going to be LvG.
Daniel Taylor is good but his love in with City and Mancini probably made us reluctant to use him so much.
Ducker is quite reliable, too. Here's his latest piece on the fall-out between management and playing staff during Moyes' reign:
