Guest Moomintroll Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 i went for a day long interview at a red top years ago and I recall the assembled interviewees being told 'we don't want good writers, we want good journalists' - they wanted people up to sniffing out stories, being prepared to hound the recently bereaved for pictures of lost loved ones etc... it takes a certain type and the ability to write was not a necessity.Still doesn't explain Keith Jackson though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeVanTeeth Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 On 5/26/2019 at 13:56, RandomGuy. said: Youd have no idea the play off final kicked off in an hour. The main problem that I have with this is the all too common former team mate backing his old pal for the job non-story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 i went for a day long interview at a red top years ago and I recall the assembled interviewees being told 'we don't want good writers, we want good journalists' - they wanted people up to sniffing out stories, being prepared to hound the recently bereaved for pictures of lost loved ones etc... it takes a certain type and the ability to write was not a necessity.When I was at college, some of the best students were appalling spellers and struggled to construct a sentence. They were a pain in the arse though, which invariably meant they could source interviews etc. and the poor writing was saved by the subs. I don't really have a problem with it as it does take a special kind of person to be able to secure stories/interviews, but room also has to be made for the ones who can actually write and have an understanding of what they're writing about. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Congratulations to Dany Mitzman, a journalist who's managed to get money out of the BBC for writing the sort of hackneyed I'm-a-woman-and-I-don't-like-football article that was popular 25 years ago. But it's set in Italy, so it's different.Jesus. WTF was that pish? I would say "a new low for the BBC" but it isn't. Random folk offering to buy you season tickets, aye? That definitely happened. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusTheBull Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48542794 Tom English’s puff piece on Scott Bain. Had to remove English’s tongue from Bain’s arse to even read this fluff. All this for Gianluigi Buffon 2.0 who still wouldn’t get anywhere near to starting for us, or likely half the other teams in the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48542794 Tom English’s puff piece on Scott Bain. Had to remove English’s tongue from Bain’s arse to even read this fluff. All this for Gianluigi Buffon 2.0 who still wouldn’t get anywhere near to starting for us, or likely half the other teams in the league. It’s absolutely terrible, and pretty much apologises for Bain being a dick in the dressing room. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18May1991 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Aside from everything else, he’s not that good. Bain that is. And Tom English, thinking about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusTheBull Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: It’s absolutely terrible, and pretty much apologises for Bain being a dick in the dressing room. That’s basically the gist of it - It was ok for Bain to be a dick because he’s a Scottish Manuel Neuer. Absolute shite. ETA - it’s the sort of article you expect in the Record interspersed with phrases like “Scotland star” and “Celtic ace”. Edited June 6, 2019 by AngusTheBull 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Well one of the rags must be talking shite... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 9 hours ago, AngusTheBull said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48542794 Tom English’s puff piece on Scott Bain. Had to remove English’s tongue from Bain’s arse to even read this fluff. All this for Gianluigi Buffon 2.0 who still wouldn’t get anywhere near to starting for us, or likely half the other teams in the league. Glad to get concrete proof Bains a massive fucking w****r, and English is a fully fledged OF sycophant. 12 minutes ago, Dee Man said: Well one of the rags must be talking shite... Give it an hour and one will be deleted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 To add to Bain being a confirmed dick, he's absolutely fucking shite. I have no idea what Rodgers was up to signing him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezz Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 The only reason he’s at Celtic is because we wouldn’t sell them Trevor Carson. Bang average keeper who’s totally landed on his feet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Scott Bain went to Spain in a chocolate aeroplane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black and White Tragic Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Well one of the rags must be talking shite... Surprised that newspapers don't run with both stories, delete the one that's wrong later so that it always looks like they got it right when folk go through the archived stories. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsr Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Presumably award-winning Keith Jackson, superior to all other sports journalists, has it right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, dezz said: The only reason he’s at Celtic is because we wouldn’t sell them Trevor Carson. Bang average keeper who’s totally landed on his feet. We could have sold them Carson and still have a No1 better than Bain. Its easy, on paper, to look decent as Celtic keeper. Edited June 7, 2019 by Richie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 52 minutes ago, Richie said: We could have sold them Carson and still have a No1 better than Bain. Its easy, on paper, to look decent as Celtic keeper. I wouldn't have him ahead of either of our goalies. Genuinely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18May1991 Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 19 hours ago, Merkland Red said: I wouldn't have him ahead of either of our goalies. Genuinely. Or either of ours. Genuinely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 20 hours ago, Richie said: We could have sold them Carson and still have a No1 better than Bain. Its easy, on paper, to look decent as Celtic keeper. Bain doesnt appear on the "top 10" list of "number of saves" this season... Yet only managed one more clean sheet than Clark. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunty Posted June 9, 2019 Share Posted June 9, 2019 Not sure what the BBC are aiming for here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48547955 - Steven Thomson says he didn't follow women's football - When he was paid to follow it, he did. - To justify his free holiday to France at the taxpayers expense, Steven Thomson explains that through being paid to follow women's football, he now knows a little bit more about it than he did two years ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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