Saint-Armstrong Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Deary me, I realise it's meant to be a laugh but... come on, surely they can do better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essruu Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 "never really had any players worth selling" ? What a pr1ck: Williams, Channon, Shearer, Wallace, Walcott, Bale, Oxlade-Chamberlain, etc etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 25 May, 2014 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2014 A Mirror editor has contacted me after posting this online... Says it is anti-Southampton, but for amusement - written tongue in cheek to provoke reaction, and it has done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasper57saint Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 It ain't even funny!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Typical Saints team i.e crap? This is what passes for journalism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Saw this yesterday. Will never buy that crappy paper again. Hope that's the reaction they were looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delmary Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 A Mirror editor has contacted me after posting this online... Says it is anti-Southampton, but for amusement - written tongue in cheek to provoke reaction, and it has done John Shaw? I've never heard of him. I wouldn't wipe my arse with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 25 May, 2014 Author Share Posted 25 May, 2014 This is what the Mirror Editor has said to me in conversation about it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Saint Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Meh. It's clearly intended to provoke a reaction, so it just went over my head. Must try harder next time, maybe a subtle approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 A Mirror editor has contacted me after posting this online... Says it is anti-Southampton, but for amusement - written tongue in cheek to provoke reaction, and it has done Sorry, but I don't buy that. Papers don't post articles like this to be t-i-c. It may be anti-Saints, but what sort of reaction were they counting on? If that is the case then surely you pick someone like Utd or Liverpool. Basically papers are the same as those running the PL. Don't want a smaller club with a smaller fan base hogging any of the limelight - not good for business. But never mind, the Mirror is some socialist crap which I don't consider to even be fit to wipe my backside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 They have articles like that every week in that section. Its meant to be light-hearted and tbh that is a decent bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkoksaint Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Like the way he says Prem top clubs ..........and Arsenal!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golac's Cunning Stunts Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 This is what the Mirror Editor has said to me in conversation about it: What a jerk. He's like a little schoolboy who doesn't like getting his work corrected :-) May be tongue in cheek, but to say Saints have never had any players worth selling (err hasn't Gareth Bale just won the CL?) is just pure cr@p. And as you say, you weren't criticising an industry, just him and his piece of s-h-i-t article. Glad that I don't buy that rag and contribute in any way to his wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Wow. That is journalism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delmary Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 This is what the Mirror Editor has said to me in conversation about it: Excellent. Let's go and give him a taste of his own medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Excellent. Let's go and give him a taste of his own medicine. Or, y'know, get over it It's not a back page splash, it's a little column advertising the odds at Billy Hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delmary Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Or, y'know, get over it It's not a back page splash, it's a little column advertising the odds at Billy Hill It's just a bit of fun. Chill mate;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 This is what the Mirror Editor has said to me in conversation about it: Got a bit of a pasting there nipper. Guess you can rule out ever working at the mirror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 It's just a bit of fun. Chill mate;-) That's what I mean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martel Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 A Mirror editor has contacted me after posting this online... Says it is anti-Southampton, but for amusement - written tongue in cheek to provoke reaction, and it has done About as funny as rabies in a guide dogs home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Of course, people reacting like this is exactly what they want. They do not care for the journalistic integrity of what they publish. They do not care whether it has any insight. They do not care if they think it is right or wrong. They just want to sell papers and / or get people talking. Which is exactly what has happened. Never ceases to amaze me how people fall for it every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Of course, people reacting like this is exactly what they want. They do not care for the journalistic integrity of what they publish. They do not care whether it has any insight. They do not care if they think it is right or wrong. They just want to sell papers and / or get people talking. Which is exactly what has happened. Never ceases to amaze me how people fall for it every time. Jesus Christ. There is no "journalistic integrity" at play in that column. It's just a few gags strung together, not all at our expense. And that column is not going to "sell papers" or even "get people talking" - it's just supposed to be funny. Actually I thought it was okay on the gag front. Quite funny. Well done that writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 The only people I know of that read the Daily Mail, can't read. Picture that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Actually I thought it was okay on the gag front. Quite funny. Well done that writer. Guess I differ from you and the journalist. It seems all too common these days that people who think they are being funny (or in the course of trying to be funny) are just being rude. Was the Adele comment really necessary? Sure she isn't the slimmest lady in the world, but what was written was just plain rude. One thing for sure is that she is more talented than the author of that piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliemiller Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 You would think a article praising Saints and telling the story of Charlie Miller taking football to Brazil would have been a better use of text currently . Lets see if any Journos read this and want to take up that idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notnowcato Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Awful rag, terrible bookies. Well played Saint Armstrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratio_decidendi Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 I agree with most people here that, for sure, it's a pretty rubbish article. But some people's reactions to it are even worse than the writing. As the editor tweeted to you, the bottom line is that you have a choice to buy or not to buy the Mirror. By posting a picture of the article or even visiting their website, you are advocating this kind of journalism. And that principle rings true for all papers online. If you're fed up of the consistently poor gossip mill, then use your power as a consumer and reject them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tone Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Maybe if fewer people bought the red tops and more bought the old broadsheets,the quality of what people read would improve?..or to put it another way, you get what you pay for in papers lie the Mirror, ie crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 If you buy, read or follow the mirror then you should realise it isn't a proper paper its a comic like the sun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 I think that the most offensive thing about this "Article" is that it exists in print form. It is nothing but a tool to fill space in a newspaper. Hard copy newspapers are dying for a very good reason, and this is one of them. I fail to understand how newspapers can be so precious about the demise of their empire when they fill in all the vacant spaces with tripe like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratio_decidendi Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 I think that the most offensive thing about this "Article" is that it exists in print form. It is nothing but a tool to fill space in a newspaper. Hard copy newspapers are dying for a very good reason, and this is one of them. I fail to understand how newspapers can be so precious about the demise of their empire when they fill in all the vacant spaces with tripe like this. This article definitely hasn't been printed because the Mirror has a problem filling its pages. Rather, it isn't making enough money to be able to exist without the use of 'advertorials' such as this. That is, an article that is paid for by a third party (William Hill in this case). Although it might seem on the face of it that these kind of articles are killing the print press, do you think the Mirror would use them to their own overall detriment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del boy Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Deary me, I realise it's meant to be a laugh but... come on, surely they can do better? Its a close run thing between the Mirror, Mail and Football Direct News in the race to the bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 A Mirror editor has contacted me after posting this online... Says it is anti-Southampton, but for amusement - written tongue in cheek to provoke reaction, and it has done He didn't exactly contact you did he. More like you started doing a collymore on his twitter feed. On another note what a bunch of saps we have on here. All 'outraged' about a tongue in cheek few lines. I can't imagine 'the gunners web' is in meltdown about the joke at their expenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellone Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 I know I'm being a bit dim (had a few) , but I read through the sports section at work today and the only article I could find is wittily entitled 'I'll stay at Saints, but want Maur.' Have spotted what I missed DAILY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAS Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 Obviously the reporter is a skate. Not sure what an article like this adds to anything in life let alone football. Glad they wrote 'Pochettino (left) or I would have totally missed the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 25 May, 2014 Share Posted 25 May, 2014 More than 200 words when he could have just written "just a hunch, Saints to finish in the bottom half, decent odds of 5-4". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 26 May, 2014 Share Posted 26 May, 2014 Typical Saints team i.e crap? This is what passes for journalism? .........reads like it was written by a 12 year old Tottenham fan....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del boy Posted 26 May, 2014 Share Posted 26 May, 2014 ..... and tbh that is a decent bet. as opposed to their "bet of the day" on the same page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 26 May, 2014 Share Posted 26 May, 2014 People really get far too hung up about what other people think about Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Posted 26 May, 2014 Share Posted 26 May, 2014 My parents had the Daily Mirror delivered every day so I grew up reading it. I haven't bought a copy for years but I would if I could get it for the price my parents paid, 2d, I think, because that would be cheaper than fire-lighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted 26 May, 2014 Share Posted 26 May, 2014 typical Journalists - most of them write non-stop ******** 24/7 despise anyone who wants to go into the industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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