Newspapers are for news...
... not privatised profitable propaganda for one individual.
Football is for sport...
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First lets do journalism before moving onto its sibling, betting.
It always flushes out the murky does the January Transfer Window - with a business restriction of just one month within season, all manipulations, criminalities, envelope stuffing, bribing and pressurising are themselves pressured by time.
Good.
Such pressure increases the pascal, particularly on football agents.
John Colquhoun of Key Sports (and other extended tentacles of agentdom) has massive influence over the football output from the Guardian newspaper and this weekend is slightly over the top, even where his attitude to propaganda is concerned.
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From the top, in 7/8 time, a one-two-three-four-five-six-seven...
Daniel Taylor (if he exists) writes an article on Ravel Morrison.
Morrison is the troublesome Man Utd youngster who spends more time in court than on the pitch (literally).
United want shut of him and the Guardian informed us that Newcastle had had a £500K offer rejected earlier in the week.
Ravel's Bolero skills produced a signing with John Colquhoun's Key Sport Management and he has now entered into a much more complicated ####### ### #### ### ##### ### #### ############# #### ####### ### ######### ########### ############# ### ##### ## ########## between ##### ###### ### #########
The article is no more than an advert for Morrison.
"But Morrison was alone, bar his solicitor... Things have turned nasty and someone is spinning the truth... behind the scenes they talk of him being as naturally gifted as Paul Scholes. Barcelona have asked about him... On the football pitch, he plays with finesse and confidence... Lesser players have moved up, which he has found hard to take... the district judge questioned whether the club were giving him the right care... This could be a £40m footballer in a few years..."
What a load of shite...
This is allegedly the second most read article on the Guardian site!
Oh come on! Confidence leads to Sloppiness!
Secondly, we are expected to believe that "Our Favourite Thing" for all Guardian journalists all week has been some pitiful output about Phil Jones (a Colquhoun client) being better in midfield than in defence when he is a speedy yet headless chicken in both - football is a team sport, it is not about running at pace prior to performing a random event.
Thirdly and fourthly, following a photo shot of Theo Walcott (one of Johnny's) celebrating the best of previous Man Utd v Arsenal games (one struggles to pick out one Walcott performance worthy of such focus), Dodgy Williams moans on about the frugality of Mr Wenger who, by absolute coincidence, is currently negotiating with Colquhoun over a new contract for the lad who has also perfected the unskill of running very fast with a random event on completion.
Fantastic journalism.
Fifthly, there was the weekly propaganda that is the Secret Footballer, the Secret Agent.
We lost count of the number of aliases that Mr Colquhoun used in communication with the various cells of our infrastructure!!
Sixthly, apparently the most important match in Europe this weekend according to the Guardian has been the victory by Twente Enschede against lowly Waalwijk in the Netherlands. Much bigger than the restart of the Bundesliga with Moenchengladbach beating FC Bayern or the most atmospheric derby in Europe (Real Betis v Sevilla) or Totti scoring two goals for Roma. Close friend and ######### ########## ## ### ######## ###### #### with Colquhoun is Steve McClaren who, by chance, is Twente's new manager.
After three awful failures in his last four jobs, this is McClaren's last chance in football having been rejected by all and sundry in the EPL or it is a "convincing comeback" according to the Guardian, takes your pick.
Fantastic journalism.
Seventhly, we have an unmention of a client of Key Sports.
James Morrison would normally have been lauded in the Guardian for scoring and having a good game against Stoke.
Ah! But...
... and Ah! But again.
"After the game, the Albion manager, Roy Hodgson, was forced to defend the scorer of his side's first goal, James Morrison, for an apparent gesture towards the home supporters. Morrison had wheeled away in celebration towards the Stoke fans, initially with his arms outstretched. However, perhaps reacting to a comment, he then quickly placed his left hand on his right upper arm and delivered an upwards fist-pump gesture. "Did he do that?" said Hodgson. "Blimey. You guys [the media] see everything. That gesture could be interpreted in a thousand ways.""
Journalists seeing everything eh Roy!? A thousand ways eh Roy!!?? - Colquhoun for the uninitiated is club agent at WBA.
There was even a mention of Colquhoun client Clarke Carlisle in an article in the paper about footballers with degrees, even though he doesn't have one.
Fantastic journalism.
SEVEN focuses/selective unfocus, and a spurious mention on one web page!
Thank goodness David James (another of Colly's) wasn't doing one of his fortnightly pieces on the site as well!
Key Sports rank their clients for us on their website - Theo Walcott, Phil Jones, Chris Brunt, Josh McEachran, David James, Francis Muamba, Ryan Bertrand, James Morrison...
Now then...
... what is the probability of that balance of coverage, girls and boys?
Q.E.D.
People are expected to take this as real, for feck's sake.
But there are other levels that are markedly more concerning.
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Two linked firms of bookmakers took on the world (literally) in this Stoke v West Brom game offering the best price on a Stoke win for almost the whole market window - and one of them was the West Brom shirt sponsor, Bodog.
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Aren't journalists supposed to cover things like 3rd Party Ownership, Fixed Matches, Harry Redknapp's forthcoming trial, the Calciopoli II crisis in Italy, the takeover of Reading FC by a Russian consortium, the sixth illegal takeover of Portsmouth in 2 years, the 'control' of certain EPL events over xmas etc etc?
You know, real stuff of real interest about real things.
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Alas.
It will be up to our backers to decide.
