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The bomb shelter thread.



Just look at the state of this.

Hand on heart I genuinely don't believe this is why the likes of Downie, Buckland and O'Keefe got into football media - to parrot club-cleared guff for a bit of access and a few freebies.
 


Just look at the state of this.

Hand on heart I genuinely don't believe this is why the likes of Downie, Buckland and O'Keefe got into football media - to parrot club-cleared guff for a bit of access and a few freebies.

All that for a kick about on the pitch and a half-decent spread in the press box.

The lad is 25. Just call it for the nepotism it is, but nah they have all heard Prentice's tales of terror at being banned during the Moyes Era a million times and dont have the stones.
 



Just look at the state of this.

Hand on heart I genuinely don't believe this is why the likes of Downie, Buckland and O'Keefe got into football media - to parrot club-cleared guff for a bit of access and a few freebies.

The comments section on The Athletics story is pretty vitriolic about that puff piece. And reasoned vitriol as well in light of their completely non-critical coverage of Benitez. Another blot on the copybook for a paywall site that prides itself as being different and likely to see a few cancelled renewals.
 
All that for a kick about on the pitch and a half-decent spread in the press box.

The lad is 25. Just call it for the nepotism it is, but nah they have all heard Prentice's tales of terror at being banned during the Moyes Era a million times and dont have the stones.

The comments section on The Athletics story is pretty vitriolic about that puff piece. And reasoned vitriol as well in light of their completely non-critical coverage of Benitez. Another blot on the copybook for a paywall site that prides itself as being different and likely to see a few cancelled renewals.

Agree with all of this.

That "the View from the Bullens" is being pumped all over the shop at the moment. Graeme Sharpe and Michael Ball (how has the latter become a ubiquitous talking head ffs) are regular guests. The club is not going to allow either of them on a platform that disparages club decisions.

And yet huge swathes of our fanbase lap it up or worse, pile-on to dissenters. Why are so many of our fellow Blues so easy to manipulate?
 
Agree with all of this.

That "the View from the Bullens" is being pumped all over the shop at the moment. Graeme Sharpe and Michael Ball (how has the latter become a ubiquitous talking head ffs) are regular guests. The club is not going to allow either of them on a platform that disparages club decisions.

And yet huge swathes of our fanbase lap it up or worse, pile-on to dissenters. Why are so many of our fellow Blues so easy to manipulate?
How many of the locals actually take to the propaganda?

I've got mates over here who support us and listen to them and think it is the views of local fans (wools) rather than the closely controlled messaging it really is.
 

I’m a little disappointed in the way fan media or whatever it’s called , has gone .

When it first started I kind of hoped it would be a genuine alternative to mainstream, like seen as a hobby or done for fun of it, a bit of a laugh , sure you will always get a few arse clowns in any medium , the way it’s going its more or less the same as mainstream , even as obnoxious.

What I mean is, a lot of mainstream contains advertising, content behind paywalls, sponsorships, memberships and so on. Look at the fan stuff these days. It’s the same thing. It’s not just footy , it’s topics like film, music, video games etc are the same now too.

People calling a google hangout a show, I have to laugh. The more popular ones even have the SSN style template border too littered with sponsorships , Patreon links in the scrolling ticker at the bottom of the screen.

I don’t begrudge people making a few quid, I just prefer more grounded stuff, less hassle, say for example the early years of YouTube and compare it to now.
 

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