portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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Bbc4 had them in concert last Friday night ..it will be on IPlayer
Watched it. Great wasn't it?!
Bbc4 had them in concert last Friday night ..it will be on IPlayer
. Must dig out the old Depeche Mode albums - thanks!
Watched it. Great wasn't it?!
Next season there'll be a headline for every word from CH, pressurising him to get the sack if we start losing some games, and every movement our player does off the pitch. Every columnist will suddenly have a view what's best for our club.
You'll be wishing we were left alone. Enjoy the silence.
If you go on social media after every episode of MOTD or the Channel 5 Football League highlights programme, you'll find fans of every single club moaning that "We'll be on last as usual", "THIRTY SECONDS? IS THAT ALL?" and so on. They can't all be missing out, surely?
Personally, I think we've had plenty of coverage: we've had enough bloody games moved to suit TV for starters. I've seen supporters of other clubs referring to us as "media darlings" (admittedly this usually comes from Northerners who are biologically programmed to whine about "The London Media" and their blatant favouritism of teams based within 50 miles of the capital).
Frankly I'd anticipate wall to wall coverage if we make it: the media love a rags-to-riches story. Look at how they fawned over Plucky Little Bournemouth. Swansea, Hull and Burnley have all recovered from dire times to make the Premier League and received plenty of credit for it at the time. It might have taken us twenty years, so a bit longer than the others, but the whole Archer- Bellotti- Gillingham-Withdean thing will be mentioned in pretty much all the national media outlets when the time comes.
Sure, certain clubs will always receive greater coverage than their league position may justify, because these people have to sell papers and advertising and Sky contracts, and they know Newcastle, and The Leeds United for example have huge, gullible fan bases. It doesn't mean we're missing out though. Our time will come...
What's your point?We moan because all our games get moved to be on tv.......but we don't think we're getting enough coverage
I see it as media coverage as a go to thing like clichés, you want decent Albion coverage you go to sky or ITV, want to be ignored? Go to the BBC.
One problem is ingrained low expectations among fans and further, all the years bouncing along the bottom. Fans expectations will rise before anyone elses but it still is a major problem.