Comments on: Transfer deadline day for Leeds United

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:29:08 +0000

There’ve been a few occasions when I’ve been in the know about things reported in newspapers, including the Mirror. In every one of them what was printed was significantly different from reality.

I think (a) most journalists are dense, (b) they make things up for a better read, (c) they tell lies to suit their owners and advertisers and (d) they believe it’s legitimate to make up a story which then becomes true because they’ve told it, i.e. to create the news. The Mirror’s one of the worst in all those ways, in my opinion.

Newspapers? No; they’re comics and propaganda channels. It’s years since I bought one. The Mirror’s a waste of trees and only really thick people could ever unquestioningly believe a word it prints.

I don’t include Deirdre’s Photo Casebook in my general criticism, though; that’s got to be for real.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:24:40 +0000

Oh yes, weird. I did that on purpose so you wouldn’t feel so bad about prosaic. Honest.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:05:02 +0000

spot the not so deliberate mistake – ‘aren’t’.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:03:47 +0000

Whilst we are being pedantic, don’t you mean ‘weird’? Not just did the French give us words that don’t mean what they ought to mean, they have also bequeathed us words that are’t spelt as they sound!

Touche!

By: DC

DC — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:50:15 +0000

Yeah, you’re right. Most of the ‘links’ between player and club are a load of old tosh.

Have you heard the latest SG press conference though? He does say that went after some really big players that would have “dramatically improved us”. Who they were will remain a mystery I guess.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:02:21 +0000

Well, there’s also the Americans to blame everything else for. I’ve long thought that one of the worst things that ever happened to the world was when we lost the War of Independence. The yanks can have the blame for the food and the cars.

Wine? Who needs that when we’ve good English beer and Scottish whiskey?

Cheese? Too much French stuff smells and tastes like it’s been matured in an old woman’s knickers. I prefer English cheese myself.

And the worst car I’ve ever owned was a Citroen. Reverse threads for no reason. Special tools when a spanner should have been enough. Perverse through and through – i.e. French. Never again.

Yes, French food is superb, and France is delightful, and the French are okay once you get away from Paris.

Nevertheless, they foisted a wierd language upon us.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:24:20 +0000

Someone out there with more time on their hands than they know what to do with should do a study on the accuracy of the transfer predictions from these disreputable rags. Less than 10% I’d guess. They may even discover in whose basement the randomly generated transfer story machine is located and pull out the plug.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:18:32 +0000

You are a smartarse. I forgive you. Thank you for adding to my education.

For the food? The wine? the cheese? the cars… I guess you can take everything just a bit too far!

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:16:39 +0000

I assure you that I’m not sentimental in any way about the departure of David Prutton. I was simply commenting on his ability to string words together in a form that was impressive for a footballer.

The chant when he came on at Colchester made me laugh.

I am pleased that a honest player such as he is likely to get into the first team at Colchester and I wish him well.

By: Chareose

Chareose — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:44:21 +0000

completey agree, I hear this still from many Leeds fans. The secret to Beckford is his movement off the ball, his pace, his positioning and simply because he is a natural goal poacher…. On the evidence of the FA CUP he possibly could hack the premiership and there arnt many strikers that will be as effective