Gutter Press Strike Again!
Here's an entry from my brother Martin, received tonight by email. My comments come after.....
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This bit of filler was in the sports pages of the Daily Mail today and it particularly pissed me off. What pissed me off? Not so much the quotes, but the first paragraph which misquotes Ole.
He says nothing about his career "nose diving". Also the not terribly subtle dig in the tagline - "Solskjaer: failure" right under Ole's pic. Typical bullshit! He's been out injured for feck's sake! |
Of course Ruud gets a full page of speculation about interest from other clubs when he plays poorly. Ole though, who is barely back to match fitness, is branded a "failure". Sometimes though you think it would be best for Ole not to be so honest and self-deprecating, none of the other bastards are!
It won't do Ole any favours being so candid. Better to be like Van Nistelrooy who has done nothing but moan, whinge and sulk, and blame others, even though he's been crap for a while.
Of course the press would never misquote him or use a "failure" tagline with any pictures of the mighty Van Nistelrooy, would they? It's these sly sorts of digs that seep into the consciousness of the great unwashed who then see Ole as a spent force.
Here's my input.....Read this article below, received today in one of my newsletters, extracted from teamtalk.com, noting how I have highlighted in bold, the quotes from the second complete article used in the above bullshit.
SOLSKJAER TARGETS SUMMER FITNESS REGIME
Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is determined to prove he can remain a big player at Old Trafford. Solskjaer has seen his progress curtailed after a knee operation last September, but he is aiming to embark on a strenuous fitness programme in the summer so he can be in the best possible shape for the new season.
The 31-year-old Norway international made only his seventh league start of the campaign in the defeat by Blackburn at the weekend. He said: "I'm very positive about the future. I'm still getting my match fitness. "Every day I work hard following the medical advice and I don't think it will stop me from playing any more. "It's been hard to catch up".
I've been preparing for games and you don't get to do the work as you would like. "This time I'm looking forward to the pre-season to get back to what I was before this season. "I'm not going to sit back and relax. I will be working hard to get back. You are never glad when a season is over.
"You want to improve as a player and every minute here is a chance to prove to the manager that you are still capable of playing for the club."
The second article is positive yet the one from the Daily Mirror (the same paper that makes up photos of the army abusing prisoners) is the opposite. The order of the quotes is even mixed up.
These people are scum and the guy who wrote the Ole article is a c**t. I'll find out who he is and....
Weblog Wednesday May 5th 2004
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