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Comment on Storms in teacups: The Capello Index reappears by The Capello Pendulum continues to swing

The Capello Pendulum continues to swing — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:57:55 +0000

[...] We covered this earlier in the week. No. No. No. Not what happened. [...]

Comment on The Sun’s Marlon King story converts into thin air by Tall tales from the cell of Marlon King

Tall tales from the cell of Marlon King — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:38:05 +0000

[...] we saw the story back then, we said the following: The genie is long out of the bottle, regardless of whether it was true or not. Marlon might be a [...]

Comment on Storms in teacups: The Capello Index by Storms in teacups: The Capello Index reappears

Storms in teacups: The Capello Index reappears — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:16:29 +0000

[...] Well, no. [...]

Comment on Weak world exclusives: Messi to Real Madrid by The World Cup and lessons in journalism

The World Cup and lessons in journalism — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:09:03 +0000

[...] if Cross cannot see the distinction then it’s why he’ll keep producing stories like Leo Messi being the subject of a £120m bid by Real Madrid (yes, really), and why players will continue not to talk to [...]

Comment on Crossing Fabregas quotes with spin by The World Cup and lessons in journalism

The World Cup and lessons in journalism — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:08:28 +0000

[...] about it. If, for instance, all you have is a BBC interview and a big wooden spoon to stir the pot (any memories simmering, John?), then we don’t want or need to know anything. But of course, if Cross cannot see the [...]

Comment on The chicken and egg of media coverage and footballers by The World Cup and lessons in journalism

The World Cup and lessons in journalism — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:07:17 +0000

[...] won’t you taaaaalk to me?” piece - we looked at another such story back in March 2009, when he told us how great Thierry Henry was, and how other footballers needed to be much, much nicer…. The issue hasn’t changed, however. The press is indeed “the hand that feeds [...]

Comment on Losing money with the Mirror’s McGovern by Robbert

Robbert — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:17:07 +0000

Ah, but Stan Collymore IS funny. If inadvertently. And thanks! We have some unfinished business when it comes to World Cup finals.

Comment on Losing money with the Mirror’s McGovern by Sport without Spin

Sport without Spin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:00:59 +0000

Thanks for your comment Robbert, though we now feel a little guilty having left the link to the page and making it possible for you to read more…

Yeah, the drugs ‘joke’ was pretty poor, and the logic based on country size is flawed as you quite rightly point out.

It seems that since it is a betting column and he fulfills the criteria for the column of dishing out tips, he has carte blanche to fill the space with his own unique brand of humour. I say unique, but in truth he is following in the dubious footsteps of Roy Chubby Brown, Mike Reid, Jim Davidson etc. with dreadful blue jokes, weak puns and stereotypes that make you grown.

He may even be the man that breaks our spirit - so bad we can’t even bring ourselves to read him in again order to write anymore articles on his column, which given we still regularly feature John Cross and Stan Collymore is some going from McGovern!

Lastly, congratulation on Holland making the final - good luck on Sunday!

Comment on Things Messi probably hasn’t said about Cheryl Cole by Things Leo Messi probably hasn’t said about… Theo Walcott

Things Leo Messi probably hasn’t said about… Theo Walcott — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:10:28 +0000

[...] Messi gets about, doesn’t he? After all, if it wasn’t bad enough that he wanted to take Cheryl Cole tango-dancing in a barrio of Buenos Aires (our national treasure has malaria - it’s incredibly insensitive) and then having Oasis [...]

Comment on Losing money with the Mirror’s McGovern by Robbert

Robbert — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:04:48 +0000

In retrospect I’m not entirely sure why, but I followed the link you provided and had a look at other McGovern ‘gems’. What a thoroughly odious little man. On tonight’s semi-final between Holland and Uruguay:

“Playing at altitude in South Africa has been no problem for Holland and that comes as little surprise since half of Amsterdam is permanently high.”

Yaaaawn. As a Dutchman, I find the propagation of that particular stereotype lazy, tedious and utterly unfunny. But there’s more!

“Their reward for beating World Cup favourites Brazil in the quarter-final is a semi-final against Uruguay, a country with a population of just 3.5million, most of whom are banned from tonight’s game.”

Holland has 16 million inhabitants, Brazil 192 million. I’m pretty sure therefore that however much McGovern implies that Uruguay doesn’t stand a chance due to their size, it really has little bearing on it.

And then there’s another 3 or 4 embarrassingly unfunny jokes that I can’t be bothered to copy/paste.

This really is one of the most awful things I’ve read in a while.