The Paolo Di Canio Column - BBC?!

[pauld]

You do also realise that they usually have different headlines in the actual paper to what they use online? As for sensationalist headlines, it was the BBC who had a headline quoting Wray as saying "Caddis row out of control". Not to mention that it was also they who carried the interview with Caddis where he said "he has been left "hurt" and "disappointed"" by the "captaincy snub" (as the BBC headline had it). I'm not knocking the Beeb, these seem to me to be reasonable summaries given the content of the story. But I'd guess if they were in the Adver, terms like "Out of Control" and "Hurt by Captaincy Snub" would be deemed to be sensationalist?

[Flashheart]

I've said nowhere that any press or media company is perfect. I have held them all in contempt since about the time of Diana's death. That the others are at it also doesn't excuse the adver though. 

Nor does it explain Morshead stirring the shit with his little Benson remark, for example. That was not made in print. It was a sneaky little comment in a match text update.

[Flashheart]

The best football related headline, by far, accompanied an Andy Cryer article at the start of the 2006/07 promotion season on the day that we had Rochdale at home.  I get to look at this headline every day when I take a pee because it's framed and hanging in my downstairs toilet.  Mentioned a while ago on here...

It's even funnier if your surname is Parkin and your wife is Scottish...as happens to be the case for me.

I quite liked the one when we appointed Peter Shirtliff as assistant.

Something along the lines of: "Shirtliff ready for rearguard action". Quite cheeky, so to speak.

[pauld]

OK, fair enough. I used the Beeb as an example because others had used them as a contrast to the Adver's supposed sensationalism. And neatly looping back to the thread title, the assumption seems to be that the column has been switched for this reason. Which seems to me to be a bit of a nonsense, and I really don't understand the vendetta against the Adver. But it's not that big a deal in the scheme of things and has probably occupied more than enough of everyone's time.

Time to focus on more important things, like just who is this Pepe Jeans fella we've signed and is he any good?

[Batch]

A skunk signing to throw others off the scent?

[Flashheart]

like just who is this Pepe Jeans fella we've signed and is he any good?

He's Argentinian, has a great sounding name and has played for Barcelona c. Therefore he is awesome

[pauld]

That's good enough for me. Where do I reserve my advance booking for the Europa League?

[Ginginho]

On the subject of misleading headlines

[wiggy]

On the subject of misleading headlines

That reminds me of the Teenage Pregnancy Co-ordinator post that was advertised at the Council a couple of years ago! My wife wouldn't let me apply....

[LucienSanchez]

I think some of SM's comments appear more like those of a fan expressing his thoughts and feelings on twitter, rather than trying to cause a stir. I don't think he's doing a bad job at all, really.

[RedRag]

On the subject of msleading headlines, I opened a thread headed "Shame on the BBC"

Intrigued, I clicked and read

Monthly columns from the pr*ck Dic Anio. The BBC were already obsessed with scumdon now they're having a fascist write for them.  

Glad that this has pissed off someone on the Yellows Forum, unless you pauld have been posting on there?

[reeves4england]

Nobody would be paying much attention to Di Canio if we'd had an average season - e.g. finishing 9th in League Two and not progressing too far in cup competitions.

But promotion, coupled with a cup final and victories over six or seven higher league opponents, all in the space of 12 months, have rightly drawn some attention to the club. Obviously the Di Canio factor has added to that, but I don't think it's caused it. It's achievement that has brought attention.

[kerry red]

TBF to our Yellow 'friends' what else can they do but abuse PdC - they can't pick holes in the team or its achievements and they can see as well as everyone else we are going places they can only dream about.

Must be sticking in their throats

Hope it fucking chokes them

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

Nobody would be paying much attention to Di Canio if we'd had an average season - e.g. finishing 9th in League Two and not progressing too far in cup competitions.

But promotion, coupled with a cup final and victories over six or seven higher league opponents, all in the space of 12 months, have rightly drawn some attention to the club. Obviously the Di Canio factor has added to that, but I don't think it's caused it. It's achievement that has brought attention.

Of course it is Reeves. You're absolutely right.

[Peter Venkman]

TBF to our Yellow 'friends' what else can they do but abuse PdC - they can't pick holes in the team or its achievements and they can see as well as everyone else we are going places they can only dream about.

Must be sticking in their throats

Hope it fucking chokes them

This is very true, it also seems the case with pretty much every other team in the league, they all are hugely jealous of us and our esteemed leader. Some clubs seem to hate us much more than others, Creepy being a prime example, the only clubs that aren't jealous as such seem to be from higher divisions.