Mr Heliums Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 The Daily Record clearly not bothering with grammar now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerrdavidson95 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Another fine mess from Michael Gannon. He even manages to get a mention of Rangers into a discussion piece about this season's European football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 An old one but always springs to mind when thinking about awful articles. Chick Young slating Thistle's decision to sack his mate Gerry Collins as manager. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/partick_thistle/3299025.stm You wouldn't think our record when he got sacked was P14 W0 D2 L12 he Monday morning after the day on which Partick Thistle sacked Gerry Collins, a multi-storey car park in the heart of Glasgow, a down-and-out sits in the corner begging for coins from passers-by. As the now also unemployed football manager walks past, he drops a fiver into the man's cap.But in a flash the bloke gets up, chases after Collins and forces it back into his hand. "Here, Gerry, you're going to need it more than me. This definitely happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wonder Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 It was a fair while ago, but one of my favourite ever ones was when Jane Lewis was doing a round up of the weekend's goals on the news and described a 16 yard bullet header from Stuart Elliott as a 'glancing header'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Another fine mess from Michael Gannon. He even manages to get a mention of Rangers into a discussion piece about this season's European football. He'd have a point in mentioning them if it was criticising their form before going bye bye. 1 win in 25? Wonder if the Record pays a bonus to every journo who can squeeze Rangers into articles that are completely irrelevant to them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Jag Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 he Monday morning after the day on which Partick Thistle sacked Gerry Collins, a multi-storey car park in the heart of Glasgow, a down-and-out sits in the corner begging for coins from passers-by. As the now also unemployed football manager walks past, he drops a fiver into the man's cap. But in a flash the bloke gets up, chases after Collins and forces it back into his hand. "Here, Gerry, you're going to need it more than me. This definitely happened. That's my favourite ever made up anecdote. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I don't listen to the radio so I'd always assumed some of the hatred directed towards Chick had to be hyperbole but that article is just sheer lunacy. It seems that Chick Dung still hates Thistle even now for sacking Gerry Collins. He tipped us for relegation at the start of the last two seasons. Even when we were very close to safety last season, he refused to acknowledge that we could stayup. When we were well ahead in the First Division promotion race, Sportsound's supposed Buddies fan was talking up Morton. The sooner he goes, the better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YassinMoutaouakil Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Another fine mess from Michael Gannon. He even manages to get a mention of Rangers into a discussion piece about this season's European football. "So weve had four games in Europe already and not won a single one."Apart from St Johnstone 2 Alashkert 1- the game that your article is about, Mike. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 That's my favourite ever made up anecdote. Should have been a twenty and missing a dug on a string but not bad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John MacLean Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Wonder if the Record pays a bonus to every journo who can squeeze Rangers into articles that are completely irrelevant to them. I very much hope that they do. The paper should be bankrupt in about a fortnight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quitongo's Left Peg Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 An old one but always springs to mind when thinking about awful articles. Chick Young slating Thistle's decision to sack his mate Gerry Collins as manager. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/partick_thistle/3299025.stm You wouldn't think our record when he got sacked was P14 W0 D2 L12 That article remains to this day the most perfect example of partisan Scottish journalism. From the made-up anecdote filled with hyperbole, designed to make you sympathetic with the protagonist ("crisp", "big man"); to the straight-faced request for Thistle to spend outwith their means (a couple of paragraphs before mentioning how the BoD had saved the club, no less); to the fact that Collins' managerial record that season only merits 21 words in the whole piece, none of which mention his results specifically; right up until the now infamous 'nest of vipers' line. Perfection. I hear Chick going on about how Euro 2016 will be his swansong in 'journalism' and that he hopes to be there covering Scotland in France. There's a bit of me that hopes we don't qualify just so his final dream won't come true. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PudgieTheSheep Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Ah, the BBC. Why do they think Astra's away goal means something? It's now irrelevant in the tie. Sigh. I have no idea why it's taken this long to do so, but I've only just realised this now. Excellent point! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Pete Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 That article remains to this day the most perfect example of partisan Scottish journalism. From the made-up anecdote filled with hyperbole, designed to make you sympathetic with the protagonist ("crisp", "big man"); to the straight-faced request for Thistle to spend outwith their means (a couple of paragraphs before mentioning how the BoD had saved the club, no less); to the fact that Collins' managerial record that season only merits 21 words in the whole piece, none of which mention his results specifically; right up until the now infamous 'nest of vipers' line. Perfection. I hear Chick going on about how Euro 2016 will be his swansong in 'journalism' and that he hopes to be there covering Scotland in France. There's a bit of me that hopes we don't qualify just so his final dream won't come true. I hope we do qualify but the bold Chick has a heart attack on the way to the plane. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quitongo's Left Peg Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I hope we do qualify but the bold Chick has a heart attack on the way to the plane. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Jag Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I hope we do qualify but the bold Chick has a heart attack on the way to the plane. Amazing. Greenie on it's way when I get on the laptop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 I hope we do qualify but the bold Chick has a heart attack on the way to the plane. I was just hoping that he was part of the BBC's cost cutting exercise but aye that works too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutralfan80 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 It would be more fitting if he was sent to Paisley to cover in depth his beloved buddies pre season preparations while Scotland dance with European elite, I dream of this 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjw Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 He set up a PR company called Level5, who worked with Dave King in his takeover bid for Rangers. I'm sure the subsequent fluffing that King received in tabloids was just a coincidence.The seat in the Ibrox Directors box must have been part payment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Liam Craig was only with Hibs for 2 weeks according to The Scotsman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I like how Thistle's "not so cuddly anymore" tagline for their new mascot also gets it up Chick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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