He's not wrong and obviously has no time for our Mr. Luckhurst.
MEN banned from the press conference today | Some journalists banned for running articles without approaching United for comment first
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Ferguson did it from a position of strength though.
Who, Editor F365?
Wow. Holy shit. I thought it was parody at first. Checked and saw that Luckhurst really did publish another article today. Ban him for life I'd say.
Completely glosses over the fact that he didn't approach the club first. Doesn't even address what United said in their statement. What a cnut, still trying to make himself victim.
Not a single question about Chelsea. All of this is down to Rashford. I hope they kick him before considering ETH.
They can"t know what people at the club think and tell reporters unless those people tell the club itself.
Or they get the message to rein it in. And start corroborating facts before publishing them.
So you’re genuinely suggesting a newspaper should reveal their anonymous sources? Good luck getting anyone to give you information after that.
If he did the article then yes.
To those of you having a go at the club, remember you’re taking the side of someone so petty that they would go with “Man Utd react to tenth defeat of the season by banning journalists” as their sub-heading and invoking the Munich disaster to show how legitimate they are.
They’ll know it’s lies and is the reason they should be approached for clarification. Otherwise reporters are taking one players word for it and it’s stupid to assume the reporter with one (if not made up source) is more aware of what’s going on at the club than the club itself.
It’s the entire reason why reporters should be held to that standard and have been for decades now.
Genuine question. If the club demands journalists give them the right of reply on articles with supposed leaks from players, should the same journalists seek right of reply from players when the manager questions them?
If Ratcliffe and Blanc and the new recruitment team are announced next week, and possibly by Monday, this is a damn near genius move. There is no way Murtough or ten Hag have made this decision on their own, or United in general deciding yes, NOW we have had enough.
I read an article where Fabrizio Romano was hyping up the announcement as a big moment in United's history, that Blanc has all but agreed and will be announced at the same time, and he did mention something about "the new recruitment team" too. Kaveh from Sky was trying to downplay the potential PR as artificially ramped up, so he knows.
Imagine the explosion of articles and news though. If Uniteds Fred tweet had more likes than Cities treble tweet, what is this going to be like?
I believe Blanc, or the new sporting director maybe will have a press conference, whether next to ten Hag or alone. ten Hags press conference after the announcement alone will be gigantic.
So who's the tough guy now "yours truly"? I'm sure your bosses will be delighted with your actions.
I read an article where Fabrizio Romano was hyping up the announcement as a big moment in United's history, that Blanc has all but agreed and will be announced at the same time, and he did mention something about "the new recruitment team" too. Kaveh from Sky was trying to downplay the potential PR as artificially ramped up, so he knows.
Imagine the explosion of articles and news though. If Uniteds Fred tweet had more likes than Cities treble tweet, what is this going to be like?
I believe Blanc, or the new sporting director maybe will have a press conference, whether next to ten Hag or alone. ten Hags press conference after the announcement alone will be gigantic.
So who's the tough guy now "yours truly"? I'm sure your bosses will be delighted with your actions.
If journalists from reputed media outlets publish something, I tend to believe it unless I have good reason not to. Might be because I work in the media as well.
A club denying things doesn"t mean anything in stories like this that deal with opinions of players and staff members as the club wouldn't start questioning them all. And even if it does, it wouldn't know what they actually think.
You don't know if the reporter talked to only one player. And the club wouldn"t know it"s lies because players and staff members won't be telling rhe club 'yeah, we think ETH is crap and we told the reporter that'.
It's not just MEN. Others were banned as well.
It depends on the journalists, there are certain journalists at the Guardian, Telegraph and Independent (not so many at the Times), who dislike us enormously and who are not objective.
The Daily Mirror has for the latest month(s) have only written incredibly negative articles.
God that's embarrassing.
I don't like the hate journalists get all the time but that's just petty. There's a reason they banned him specifically.
The way he's throwing his toys out of the pram in response, Luckhurst comes across as a misanthropic sycophant. The delusion required to anoint himself a fan representative is next level.
Good riddance. Hope he never comes back in.
Good riddance. Hope he never comes back in.
Let's keep banning them for a few weeks and let's see about the leaks..
Now let's do something about the referees
Now let's do something about the referees
SAF won a European cup with Aberdeen. There is no comparison.
If I go out and imitate a rock superstar, people will laugh at me, and they will be right.
There's a famous quote about dealing with the media that stuck with me over the years: "Never turn a one-day story into a two-day story".
United is well within their rights to ban these journalists, and I support their decision. But there is the risk that doing so will just draw more attention to what's been published and drag it out longer in the news cycle, particularly if we don't follow up with a positive result today.
United is well within their rights to ban these journalists, and I support their decision. But there is the risk that doing so will just draw more attention to what's been published and drag it out longer in the news cycle, particularly if we don't follow up with a positive result today.
The Streisand Effect.
Here’s the kicker.. I don’t actually think there are any,
I’m starting to think it’s journalists being opportunistic and using the whole “dressing room source” thing as a way of cheaply validating their article without ever having to justify anything they print.
“It wasn’t us your honour, it was our anonymous source” …
“Which is?”
“well… they’re anonymous you see”
get in the bin.
Of course there are sources in the dressing room willing to criticize Ten Hag anonymously. Sancho, Varane, etc. The question is how big the anti-ETH camp is but even Ten Hag has admitted that it exists.
Sports journalism has always been low quality, bar a ew exceptions but the age of social media has turned it into a bottom feeder industry.
Some years back, when the rise of Twitter ITK was at it's peak, sports journalists decided to follow that style of journalism after seeing random kids gain huge followings out of thin air.
It's part of the reason The Athletic was born. I'm not their biggest fan but they at least tried to bring back some level lf integrity. Even former heavyweights who you could rely on found themselves slipping into the clickbait game.
Ironically some of the best sports news content these days comes from some of the YouTubers. The likes of HITC Sevens and his documentary type reports who often put a lot of effort into their content and present it well could teach many of these clowns a thing or two. And the thing is, people watch it, they want this type of reporting.
It's also worth remembering that United doesn't need these journalists but they absolutely need United. Especially if you are the MEN.
Some years back, when the rise of Twitter ITK was at it's peak, sports journalists decided to follow that style of journalism after seeing random kids gain huge followings out of thin air.
It's part of the reason The Athletic was born. I'm not their biggest fan but they at least tried to bring back some level lf integrity. Even former heavyweights who you could rely on found themselves slipping into the clickbait game.
Ironically some of the best sports news content these days comes from some of the YouTubers. The likes of HITC Sevens and his documentary type reports who often put a lot of effort into their content and present it well could teach many of these clowns a thing or two. And the thing is, people watch it, they want this type of reporting.
It's also worth remembering that United doesn't need these journalists but they absolutely need United. Especially if you are the MEN.
Why would anything change with the leaks?
Were the last few months not negative for United?
Maybe they might not print it now
Of course they will. Those articles are worth far more than press conference quotes that everyone have and that they can get without even being there.
A big feck you to Mr.Luckhurst
Waiting to see those negative news about problems and that tenHag have lost dressing room.
Quoting my post from the Rashford's thread.
Probably add Rashford to the list of the players who might have been leaking to the press.
Everyone saw the same as me right? The 11 who started played like they cared and are still behind the manager. Mr Sulker here barely broke into a sweat and was his usual lazy self and played like he doesn't care for the manager. I wonder, was he the one who is leaking.....
Probably add Rashford to the list of the players who might have been leaking to the press.
Dont let that muppet Luckhurst back in at all. See how quickly he changes his tune instead of current poor me approach.
Also that conversation outside the coach away to Southampton never happened, no one talks like that in real life. Utter muppet.
Also that conversation outside the coach away to Southampton never happened, no one talks like that in real life. Utter muppet.
Anyone that doesn't think it was right to ban MEN and others from press conferences simply weren't paying attention to the articles they were producing
he is an obnoxious cnut.
Didn’t Tyson fury stop doing interviews for sky because of him too.
Should we be? I mean, I agree with the club banning them but do we have to pay attention to Luckhurst and Solhekol?
This is the reason for the bans, United weren't able to.
No it's not.