07-12-2017, 01:31
(06-12-2017, 21:24)St Charles Owl Wrote:(06-12-2017, 21:18)hibeejim21 Wrote: It is different, in the sense that in england the sports media don't work unrelentingly for the benefit of one club via a PR company hired exclusively to said club. Clubs down south don't employ someone to play football for them while talking about another club constantly in the media (hiya kris boyd) or have a media printing pish like 'he's needs to quit now' when a managers still in place.
I suspect rangers haven't met aberdeens release clause which is why they are playing hardball,and they are perfectly entitled to. If mcinnes is stupid enough to rip up his contract then thats up to him.
But non old firm fans in scotland know when we are being spun a line of pish, and this is another shining example.
I get that the affiliation is not directly there, but all the major clubs have those reporters that they leak and give information to so that it will push their agenda. Plus in England the media are relentless in "working" for the top clubs at the expense of the rest most of the time and manager changes come into this. In Scotland it is different, its a smaller market, fewer players from both a club level and a media level so these things are going to be more highlighted and often more blatant, but its still essentially the same with pressure being applied to the smaller club through the media and the usual back channels.
Yup. Like you say, it's more blatant here.