Pellegrini

[Guest TK-421]

He didn't

 

Well, no, but the press always seem to have respect for Zola compared to their treatment of Rafa.

[PaulMcC]

They like Zola cos he makes them tea and coffee.

[silverlining]

Well, no, but the press always seem to have respect for Zola compared to their treatment of Rafa.

 

Based on him being a very, very good player for Chelsea, always friendly and smiling, always having time for the media, and being one of the most popular foreign players to ever play in this country.

[Guest TK-421]

Based on him being a very, very good player for Chelsea, always friendly and smiling, always having time for the media, and being one of the most popular foreign players to ever play in this country.

 

Yeah, but his team was shit. Way shitter than ours. They should've taken him to the cleaners!

[Barnesey]

Is it because West 'Am won the World Cup in '66, so the 'Ammers have a pass for life with the press? If only Bobby Moore had played for the Reds.

 

So if England win it this year with SG, Carra and Johnno in the ranks things might get better?

[zigackly]

Wait! The press might actually base their likes or dislikes of people on their record in the league and/or how easy to get on with they are, instead of purely on their nationality?

 

Shocking! I'm off to write a letter to the Daily Mail.

[ngogswilly]

A good swathe of the media dislike us anyway which always works against our managers.

 

But I reckon Rafa just rubbed the media up the wrong way. He wouldnt play their games and thus pissed them off.

 

Also he had a pop at the grand master slur fergiscum. This probably delighted them privately but publically alot of them probably had to turn up the heat on him then.

[Guest TK-421]

So if England win it this year with SG, Carra and Johnno in the ranks things might get better?

 

SG - they like him. Doesn't even matter if he doesn't play in his "best position", he's Stevie G. Stick him on the left and he'll do a job.

 

JC - they don't like him. Turned his back on England and wasn't good enough anyway. Missed than pen the other year in that competition. Card marked.

 

GJ - can't defend, can attack. Black, so in the TK-421 assigned risk pool of "likely to get bad press". Yep, I went there. See also: Ashley Cole, Emile Heskey, John Barnes.

[Welsh]

I'd love Pellegrini at Liverpool.

[zigackly]

Black, so in the TK-421 assigned risk pool of "likely to get bad press".

 

Idiot.

[Original202]

We won't end up with Pellegrini, Hicks will get confused and give it to this guy

 

[Liam]

No. Massive risk as the media would dislike him from day one for the popular Englishman Roy Hodgson not getting it.

[redfromtubebar]

The media are demanding one of their darlings gets the job.

 

Pellegrini, in different circumstances, would be a good appointment IMO.

 

However, I doubt whether Purslow even knows who he is.

[rebel23]

who cares what the media think, the media are only interested in their pound of flesh and will get it regardless

 

Pellegrini is the best candidate for the job and we dont have to pay compensation to get him

[PaulMcC]

Who gives a fuck what the media think?

[Original202]

Judging by the reaction on this and most other LFC forums to anything slightly negative about us in the media I'd say 90% of our support very much give a fuck.

[PaulMcC]

It would never amke me think about appointing a manager so hopefully tehy keep onside.

 

A lot of them just don't like Liverpool F.C.

[RazorBack]

Okay, I'm not from England but I really don't get that whole "media-thing". I mean why would anyone from the club or the fans care what they think about our manager, if we (or he) is/are sucessful?!

[WaltonRed]

No one does care what they say.

 

Some people like to think people do because then they can blame the media for tarnishing the manager they love rather than believe that fellow supporters have actually seen the crap being served up and made their own minds up.

[Trucker Paddy]

Be a funny little merry go round if he does end up here.

[PaulMcC]

I'd like to see him end up here.

 

I didn't really want him that much but after the links with O'Neill, Hodgson and Hughes, he sounds like a top notch candidate to take over.

[Dicko]

No one does care what they say.

 

Some people like to think people do because then they can blame the media for tarnishing the manager they love rather than believe that fellow supporters have actually seen the crap being served up and made their own minds up.

 

Or maybe just maybe some people haven't got a memory of a goldfish and can remember him getting slaughtered for reaching a European Cup final.

[rebel23]

odds crashing, media will hopefully get on this now

[Torvald Utne]

Would be my vote

[Monster Masch]

How did Gianfranco Zola escape the rapier criticism of the press?

 

It's because he gave honest answers instead of pussy footing around every question.