VictorOnopko Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Big match for Scotland coming up so here's a BBc preview. But is the game on Thursday or Friday? Who knows? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) Certainly not a bit of "terrible journalism", but I'd thought I would add this in here just to have a chuckle at it.. It's from the Dundee Courier, of course. I'd seen on the English section of the BBC Football website, it had the headline "ex-Newcastle player appointed Aberdeen boss" which also gave me a chuckle thinking that they needed to do that in order to get the English interested, despite him playing only a few years of his career at Newcastle. The Courier headline reminded me of the (sadly) urban myth of the P&J headline claiming "North East man dies at sea" when reporting the Titanic sinking. Edited March 24, 2021 by Ric 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 On 12/03/2021 at 20:56, Mr Positive, sometimes. said: Not sure this quite gets into the terrible camp but still typical BBC. Referring to John Hughes as the formal Hibs manager while he's commentating on the Inverness & Raith game... So who's the informal one? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Ric said: Certainly not a bit of "terrible journalism", but I'd thought I would add this in here just to have a chuckle at it.. It's from the Dundee Courier, of course. I'd seen on the English section of the BBC Football website, it had the headline "ex-Newcastle player appointed Aberdeen boss" which also gave me a chuckle thinking that they needed to do that in order to get the English interested, despite him playing only a few years of his career at Newcastle. The Courier headline reminded me of the (sadly) urban myth of the P&J headline claiming "North East man dies at sea" when reporting the Titanic sinking. I used the same example in a text to a few of my friends this morning when I saw the Courier headline on the BBC website. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 24/03/2021 at 16:00, Ric said: Certainly not a bit of "terrible journalism", but I'd thought I would add this in here just to have a chuckle at it.. It's from the Dundee Courier, of course. I'd seen on the English section of the BBC Football website, it had the headline "ex-Newcastle player appointed Aberdeen boss" which also gave me a chuckle thinking that they needed to do that in order to get the English interested, despite him playing only a few years of his career at Newcastle. The Courier headline reminded me of the (sadly) urban myth of the P&J headline claiming "North East man dies at sea" when reporting the Titanic sinking. Reminds me of the Ayrshire Advertiser in November "Ayrshire businessman loses Presidential Election" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukDukGoose Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, ArabAuslander said: Reminds me of the Ayrshire Advertiser in November "Ayrshire businessman loses Presidential Election" https://www.ellontimes.co.uk/news/aberdeenshire-business-owner-wins-presidential-election-2122557 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Merkland Red said: https://www.ellontimes.co.uk/news/aberdeenshire-business-owner-wins-presidential-election-2122557 All news is local. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLanarkshireWhite Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 The headlines on the BBC site this morning McGuigan wonder goal salvages Scotland point Reaction & as it happened Scottish Football Podcast: Reaction as Scots' open campaign with draw 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Absolute shocker of a "rent-a-quote" story by the Record... Gillespie, who has never played in Scotland, or managed any team what so ever, tips Keane for Celtic on the basis that he played in the same United team as him 25 years ago! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 25 minutes ago, Ric said: Absolute shocker of a "rent-a-quote" story by the Record... Gillespie, who has never played in Scotland, or managed any team what so ever, tips Keane for Celtic on the basis that he played in the same United team as him 25 years ago! I bet you part of the quote is “he’s a winner” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: I bet you part of the quote is “he’s a winner” It's even weaker sauce than that... "He's a big name", "he's a pundit so he must know what he's talking about" and "he's played under both Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Ric said: It's even weaker sauce than that... "He's a big name", "he's a pundit so he must know what he's talking about" and "he's played under both Alex Ferguson and Brian Clough". Ben Thornley played under Alex Ferguson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 28 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Ben Thornley played under Alex Ferguson Pat Bonner 's a pundit .......Doddsie 's a pundit .....James McFadden's a pundit....and they know what they're talking about ?? Glad that's been cleared up.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthLanarkshireWhite Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: I bet you part of the quote is “he’s a winner” He is a disgusting, horrible individual. Quite why the PC inspired Sky Sports department continue to hire him is beyond me when he admits to deliberately trying to injure an opponent (and succeeding). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busta Nut Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I'd love Keane to get that job. He'd be a car crash. Him and Glass both hopeless next year please! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 On the BBC site, there's a quiz on the Scotland line up when we played Israel in 2018. It starts with this line and it forms the premise for the whole piece: "Before October 2018, Scotland had never played Israel in an international football match." It's just ludicrous. How does this stuff get written in the first place, never mind elude an editorial scalpel? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 It's somewhat mind boggling. When I post a stat on here I always check it first because a) I'll rightfully get shit if I'm wrong and b) I have some pride in my accuracy and don't want a reputation for talking pish.How does the media manage to accumulate so many employees who clearly don't give a f**k? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 2 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: It's somewhat mind boggling. When I post a stat on here I always check it first because a) I'll rightfully get shit if I'm wrong and b) I have some pride in my accuracy and don't want a reputation for talking pish. How does the media manage to accumulate so many employees who clearly don't give a f**k? Fortunately, someone has belatedly given enough of a f**k to change it. There are no longer any mentions of the 2018 game being the sides' first ever competitive meeting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) It’s a minor thing, but pish like this annoys me: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56472932 The photo at the top of the page has Scott McKenna in it who didn’t play tonight. It’s a photo from the previous game in November. Just laziness and I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t do the same thing for an England game. Edited March 28, 2021 by eez-eh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Isn't this completely inaccurate? On the BBC's goalscorers v Faroe Islands quiz (got 15/15 btw). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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