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Pep talk may be idle gossip

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on February 12, 2020

THE PROSPECT of Pep Guardiola leaving Manchester City seems rather remote, but the media is whipping-up a story that the enigmatic Spaniard is on the brink of leaving the Etihad for a stint as head coach at Juventus. The Guardian claimed that Pep has the “four year itch” and is ready to move on. The Waldorf and Statler’s of the football world continue to mutter about City’s “decline” this season, even though they could end up as Champions League winners and retain both the Football League Cup and FA Cup. Guardiola is unhappy, others insist, because his intense regime is unable to accept “failure”. Paul Merson, for example, said Pep has “been found out”, a harsh and contentious assessment of a man who has…

Categories: Football Media Watch

Tagged: Football Media, Juventus, Lead, Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, top slot

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Premature evaluation and Liverpool

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on January 20, 2020

EVEN AT this early stage, Liverpool’s current team, as exceptional as it is, is being prematurely labelled the club’s best ever side. There’s a degree of “presentism” about this claim, not least because if any club has a phenomenal list to choose from, it is Liverpool. Liverpool are odd-on champions-elect this season but as yet, Jürgen Klopp’s team has won just a single prize, albeit a big one, in the form of the UEFA Champions League. Challengers for all-time honours have to be successful over a sustained period, the sort of timeframe that characterised Liverpool in the 1970s and 1980s. Admittedly, Liverpool fans are desperate to place a modern-day team on a pedestal, but constant eulogising about the current team is a little ahead…

Categories: Football Media Watch

Tagged: 1970s, 1980s, Anfield, Football Media, Juergen Klopp, Liverpool, Premier League, top slot

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The hypocrisy of the Özil saga

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on December 18, 2019

JUST how much control should an employer have on its employees when it comes to their viewpoints, opinions or feelings? Mesut Özil spoke out on social media about the plight of Muslims in China and his employer, Arsenal, felt moved to distance themselves from his twitter posting. At the same time, Arsenal claimed they were apolitical. Arsenal were, in effect, doing what most companies with business interests in China would have done if an employee had made a controversial comment. Worried that a sensitive tweet would compromise their own relationships with China, they made sure people knew that the message was purely Özil’s. Right across the corporate spectrum, companies have long made it clear social media content may be an individual’s right, but they…

Categories: Football Media Watch

Tagged: Arsenal, China, Football Media, human rights, Mesut Özil, Muslims, top slot

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Oh, Hillsborough – media reaction

GOTP Editorial Team

Posted on December 3, 2019

FOR the families of the 96 people that died at Hillsborough, there can never be any peace. That seems to be the conclusion from the latest twist in a tragedy that refuses to deliver closure for the mourners. At some point, it may end, when the grieving relatives either gain satisfaction or there simply isn’t anyone left to stand trial, but the acquittal of David Duckenfield is likely to keep the flame burning for some time. David Conn of The Guardian,  who has stood side-by-side with the relatives of the 96 for years, said the verdict was another example of the Hillsborough families being let down by the legal system. He called it one of the longest and saddest trials ever seen. Duckenfield was…

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Tagged: David Conn, Hillsborough, Liverpool, Media, Newspapers, top slot

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