Liverpool Echo & Everton

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The good news! Prentice in today's Echo has expressed concerns about how EFC are going to sell tickets for next season & asked questions of the marketing department!

The bad news! It's about half season tickets and how there's no glamour Goodison fixtures in the 2nd half of the season bar Arsenal to attract fans.

I'm guessing this is the closest we'll get to analysis of the clubs business. How pitiful.

Maybe the question he should be asking is why we need to sell half season tickets in the first place, and why we need to rely on 'glamour fixtures' like some small time team. Maybe if we spent some money we'd have star attractions of our own and attract fans that way. This would involve a look at the boards business though, and the potential sales of McCarthy/Stones/Lukaku that the Echo likes to talk up for clickbait.
 
BoysInBlue said:
The good news! Prentice in today's Echo has expressed concerns about how EFC are going to sell tickets for next season & asked questions of the marketing department!

The bad news! It's about half season tickets and how there's no glamour Goodison fixtures in the 2nd half of the season bar Arsenal to attract fans.

I'm guessing this is the closest we'll get to analysis of the clubs business. How pitiful.

Maybe the question he should be asking is why we need to sell half season tickets in the first place, and why we need to rely on 'glamour fixtures' like some small time team. Maybe if we spent some money we'd have star attractions of our own and attract fans that way. This would involve a look at the boards business though, and the potential sales of McCarthy/Stones/Lukaku that the Echo likes to talk up for clickbait.
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Article is just another patronising pat on the head. What if we were on the chase for a European place, does he not think we'd get packed houses at Goodison? We played some of the worst football for a long time this season yet 'non glamour' games at Goodison were still sold out. Wouldn't even be questioning this if it was Liverpool. Kopite rag.
 
pablo 1878 said:
Imagine wanting to be a journalist, then being told to churn out absolute dog turd articles just to attract internet clicks. Must be soul destroying
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A lot of journalists enjoy writing and it's perks, and are good at getting people to buy into what they write about, the problem is they don't particularly have anything they want to say.

You need activists who are willing to challenge accepted thoughts, who are also good at writing and for them to have a platform. That is a main reason why independent media exists. The free writing papers ceased a long time ago.
 
BoysInBlue said:
The good news! Prentice in today's Echo has expressed concerns about how EFC are going to sell tickets for next season & asked questions of the marketing department! The bad news! It's about half season tickets and how there's no glamour Goodison fixtures in the 2nd half of the season bar Arsenal to attract fans.I'm guessing this is the closest we'll get to analysis of the clubs business. How pitiful. Maybe the question he should be asking is why we need to sell half season tickets in the first place, and why we need to rely on 'glamour fixtures' like some small time team. Maybe if we spent some money we'd have star attractions of our own and attract fans that way. This would involve a look at the boards business though, and the potential sales of McCarthy/Stones/Lukaku that the Echo likes to talk up for clickbait.
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Exactly.

Another slap in the face...and it's no innocent mistake either, btw. They are defo taking the piss now. An article designed to rub the noses of those who have been criticising them for their coverage. Fits right in with the 'Everton are where they should be' line they adopt.
 

Prenno is also advocating the refusal of nothing less than £50m for Sterling though.
 
Meanwhile back at The Echo's campaign to get readers views on what they think of the paper and what should change for "the new unveiling" 29 June. Quote from the editor Alistair Machray today...
"Your concerns and complaints have been many and varied, but the two areas where we have been most taken to task cover the way we have been reporting crime on a day to day basis - and the way we have been reporting Everton Foootball Club on a day to day basis.
My regional head of sport, John Thompson, will respond to the enormous amount of criticism we have received about our coverage of the Blues....."
Thompson is Head of Sport at The Echo moreover, and will obviously defend himself and indulge in a data-fest damage limitation that will make OPTA look like a finger-count. Apart from the flagrant 'droit de seigneur' he affords his Reds, he should read some of the more ridiculous slants his coterie of RS scribes dangle to the readership. This mornings little cameo from the Pink..."Blood Red - with Andy Kelly"
Great chance to exorcise Brit demons
"There are allegations of dirty tricks and 'snidey' executives at work but everyone connected to Liverpool should see the away trip to Stoke City on the opening day of the season as nothing more than a happy coincidence of the fixture computer......."

What ???? Another conspiracy theory ???? Or merely s*it-stirring ???? Like an adjacent article by Prentice and Walsh on the Luke Garbutt situation...
"All the talk in midweek was of Everton defender John Stones (the head injury lay-off U21s)...... There was little mention of Luke Garbutt, put in the shade by his club team-mate. Something then he will be familiar with after spending a season as understudy to Leighton Baines........But as Blues fans get a glimpse of what could have been, Everton would be forgiven for hoping he has a quiet unspectacular tournament "
 
Saint Domingo said:
Article is just another patronising pat on the head. What if we were on the chase for a European place, does he not think we'd get packed houses at Goodison? We played some of the worst football for a long time this season yet 'non glamour' games at Goodison were still sold out. Wouldn't even be questioning this if it was Liverpool. Kopite rag.
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They are bitter because of liverpools fall from grace.
It makes good chip paper and thats about it
 

@davek - I expect John Thompson to engage in historical revisionism of the Liverpool ECHO's coverage of Everton

of 'It was Chelsea' proportions.

The fact is these clowns have been caught out. Everyone knows what the trend is of the ECHO for patronising and petty digs from a so called 'newspaper' that frequently has been found distorting stories to attack EFC and its fans.

The 'RAPIST' story and the 'WHERE YOU SHOULD BE' stories are just the latest.

John Thompson and Alistar Machray should know. There are many like me who intend to hit the ECHO where it hurts. In the pocket and with negative publicity and comments at every opportunity.


You've done it to us for years. Now its your turn.



Jacob said:
Meanwhile back at The Echo's campaign to get readers views on what they think of the paper and what should change for "the new unveiling" 29 June. Quote from the editor Alistair Machray today...
"Your concerns and complaints have been many and varied, but the two areas where we have been most taken to task cover the way we have been reporting crime on a day to day basis - and the way we have been reporting Everton Foootball Club on a day to day basis.
My regional head of sport, John Thompson, will respond to the enormous amount of criticism we have received about our coverage of the Blues....."
Thompson is Head of Sport at The Echo moreover, and will obviously defend himself and indulge in a data-fest damage limitation that will make OPTA look like a finger-count. Apart from the flagrant 'droit de seigneur' he affords his Reds, he should read some of the more ridiculous slants his coterie of RS scribes dangle to the readership. This mornings little cameo from the Pink..."Blood Red - with Andy Kelly"
Great chance to exorcise Brit demons
"There are allegations of dirty tricks and 'snidey' executives at work but everyone connected to Liverpool should see the away trip to Stoke City on the opening day of the season as nothing more than a happy coincidence of the fixture computer......."

What ???? Another conspiracy theory ???? Or merely s*it-stirring ???? Like an adjacent article by Prentice and Walsh on the Luke Garbutt situation...
"All the talk in midweek was of Everton defender John Stones (the head injury lay-off U21s)...... There was little mention of Luke Garbutt, put in the shade by his club team-mate. Something then he will be familiar with after spending a season as understudy to Leighton Baines........But as Blues fans get a glimpse of what could have been, Everton would be forgiven for hoping he has a quiet unspectacular tournament "
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bizzaro said:
The fact is these clowns have been caught out. Everyone knows what the trend is of the ECHO for patronising and petty digs from a so called 'newspaper' that frequently has been found distorting stories to attack EFC and its fans
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Thats right. In that piece I quoted earlier, Machray referred to Thompson as "my regional head of sport" as though as head honcho he would lead the retrospective probe on how poorly the paper covers Everton resulting in this avalanche of complaints. This may deceive the naïve....the reality is that he is also the Sports Editor of the Echo so clearly ....he already knows.
 
Saint Domingo said:
Article is just another patronising pat on the head. What if we were on the chase for a European place, does he not think we'd get packed houses at Goodison? We played some of the worst football for a long time this season yet 'non glamour' games at Goodison were still sold out. Wouldn't even be questioning this if it was Liverpool. Kopite rag.
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You don't like it when they fail to criticise the club.

You don't like it when they begin to criticise the club.

Honestly, what do you lot want? The term 'kopite behaviour' absolutely has to be used here, whatever the Echo does it's always against the club. Victims, aren't we?

Just stop reading it and be done with it.
 
I hate the echo and the way they report on things. I remember after the 0-0 against the demons in 2013 when Distins goal was disallowed and the reporter said that we couldn't have any complaints as Suarez had his goal disallowed. He then criticized our fans for being so vocal during and after the match, saying we treated it like a cup final. The echo has got worse and worse particularly in recent years, reporting on petty incidents that happened miles away from Liverpool, despite the fact their meant to be a local paper. The majority of their reporters aren't even from Liverpool yet continually lecture people on what it means to be scouse. They also fail to properly report on crime in Liverpool, which they gave up on in 2009. Nowadays they continually print misleading articles, so for example today "man attacked in unprovoked racist attack", ignoring it happened in the roughest area of town and at the most dangerous time. Despite the fact no racist language was used and people are the victim of unprovoked attacks in town every week. I always find it funny when they talk about gangs and used words like high ranking or lieutenant to describe groups of scallies who do whatever they feel like and follow no orders.
 
JelavicBrate said:
I hate the echo and the way they report on things. I remember after the 0-0 against the demons in 2013 when Distins goal was disallowed and the reporter said that we couldn't have any complaints as Suarez had his goal disallowed. He then criticized our fans for being so vocal during and after the match, saying we treated it like a cup final. The echo has got worse and worse particularly in recent years, reporting on petty incidents that happened miles away from Liverpool, despite the fact their meant to be a local paper. The majority of their reporters aren't even from Liverpool yet continually lecture people on what it means to be scouse. They also fail to properly report on crime in Liverpool, which they gave up on in 2009. Nowadays they continually print misleading articles, so for example today "man attacked in unprovoked racist attack", ignoring it happened in the roughest area of town and at the most dangerous time. Despite the fact no racist language was used and people are the victim of unprovoked attacks in town every week. I always find it funny when they talk about gangs and used words like high ranking or lieutenant to describe groups of scallies who do whatever they feel like and follow no orders.
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The two page spread they gave to that stephen French fellah was a disgrace!
 

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