Not sure about media darlings but teams get positive media coverage if they do well. Under Poch, they finished runners up to Leics, they got to the Champions league final, top 4 regularly, they got Kane who is a bit of a media darling like. They also moved into a brilliant ground which was well received and gained a lot of favourable press. Teams will get positive treatment if they perform. They’re not performing now, so you won’t see them getting much positivity in the media about them. It’s all relative. Perform = Favourable press. Don’t perform = negative press. Not hard.