lexicon Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 It got a lot of attention, so from their perspective it's job done. They've really gone down the clickbait rabbit hole no.w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 15 minutes ago, MadridVilla said: Wow... That is a major **** up. I can only imagine they have that piece ready to go *if* he signs for City, and have published early. As good as their American sports reporting is, their PL stuff is so poor. You can bet if he stays they won't have a piece ready on his loyalty. The link clicks through to a 2019 interview with him about how he plays and how he sees the game. It's an article about him is fine. It's that they've dredged it up and started spinning it on social media for clicks and the way it's sold. They're paying for it specifically to target people too to get new subscribers. Horrid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadridVilla Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, The_Steve said: Someone needs to tell Sam Lee that abusing journalists for clickbait on Twitter isn’t akin in any metric to racism towards Black players Did he really say that?? That's unbelievably ignorant if so. A bit of stick on Twitter over a hypothetical transfer is no comparison to racial abuse, obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 I was hoping that a paid for media outlet like the athletic would produce some quality journalism, unfortunately they are looking like they want the clickbait revenue as well. Scum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeypuzzle Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Reactions on here do seem very similar to those of Arsenal fans when we were linked to Smith-Rowe. People were happy to mock them for their reactions, I guess someone's delighted with the reactions going on here now too, laughing at the over the top reactions of "all those deluded Villa fans"! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 14 hours ago, The Moustache of Teale said: Not even a clue? Was it Marco? Merrick? Terry Lee? Gary Tibbs? I can confirm it wasn't yours truly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Here is all of The Athletic's Paid adverts on Facebookhttps://ibb.co/rc0CgCZhttps://ibb.co/gv00sWJhttps://ibb.co/3vD1j1Mhttps://ibb.co/tDdCsJmhttps://ibb.co/XxFMQTwhttps://ibb.co/hfKxsVc Nothing that matches the tweeted screenshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 When was the last post in this thread talking about something other than "Is he or isn't he staying?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Just now, Dante_Lockhart said: When was the last post in this thread talking about something other than "Is he or isn't he staying?" England/Southgate A real depression thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said: Here is all of The Athletic's Paid adverts on Facebookhttps://ibb.co/rc0CgCZhttps://ibb.co/gv00sWJhttps://ibb.co/3vD1j1Mhttps://ibb.co/tDdCsJmhttps://ibb.co/XxFMQTwhttps://ibb.co/hfKxsVc Nothing that matches the tweeted screenshot Very useful. How do we check ads normally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Just now, The_Steve said: Very useful. How do we check ads normally? facebook ad library https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=all&ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&country=GB&media_type=all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 13 minutes ago, MadridVilla said: Did he really say that?? That's unbelievably ignorant if so. A bit of stick on Twitter over a hypothetical transfer is no comparison to racial abuse, obviously To quote: Quote It’s no surprise really, is it? If people are racially abusing footballers who play for their teams, what chance have us hacks got? We’ll never score a goal for you and if there’s bad news, you’re going to hear it from us. But although football journalists are not one of the social demographics most in need of love and protection, most of us are human beings too. On Tuesday, I maxed out the Twitter thread function, where you write a series of tweets to get your point across. I had a lot to say about the whole circus around transfers and I still do. Tiny violins for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teale's 'tache Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, CarryOnVilla said: Here is all of The Athletic's Paid adverts on Facebookhttps://ibb.co/rc0CgCZhttps://ibb.co/gv00sWJhttps://ibb.co/3vD1j1Mhttps://ibb.co/tDdCsJmhttps://ibb.co/XxFMQTwhttps://ibb.co/hfKxsVc Nothing that matches the tweeted screenshot I'm no expert on this but that appears to show only the 'active' ads, if as we suspect it's been released by mistake they likely would of switched it back to inactive as soon as they realised their error or until the flak became too much to keep it up (ooh err)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Just now, Dante_Lockhart said: When was the last post in this thread talking about something other than "Is he or isn't he staying?" True, but difficult to look back fondly on ‘X’ Grealish goal/skill, or forward in anticipation of next season when the media has the fan base on strings about whether he’s off or not. I’ll try though. Watkins, Grealish, Emi and Bailey as a front four will score against any defence in the league. It’s European standard, probably UCL standard. If we hold that together and anchor it with a new DM we really would be pulling up trees next season. Better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 HAs anyone thought about an in-between, where he doesn't sign a new contract, but he doesn't leave either? How would we feel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted July 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2021 my issue with the journos generally is that there is no mentioned of our owners' wealth. their 'sources' may say that will accept 100m, but have they considered whether that might be true or not? it would take a little common sense and a bit of balance to the articles i think would go a long way and probably would've eased the abuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 1 minute ago, Teale's 'tache said: I'm no expert on this but that appears to show only the 'active' ads, if as we suspect it's been released by mistake they likely would of switched it back to inactive as soon as they realised their error or until the flak became too much to keep it up (ooh err)... it also show the inactive as well https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=all&ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&country=GB&media_type=all have a search for yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarryOnVilla Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 1 minute ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: HAs anyone thought about an in-between, where he doesn't sign a new contract, but he doesn't leave either? How would we feel? I'm thinking this is where it's going to end up as 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: HAs anyone thought about an in-between, where he doesn't sign a new contract, but he doesn't leave either? How would we feel? I’d be happy with that and then see where we are next summer - if not in Europe in a year I’d expect him to maybe go Edited July 29, 2021 by Eastie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted July 29, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted July 29, 2021 Just now, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: HAs anyone thought about an in-between, where he doesn't sign a new contract, but he doesn't leave either? How would we feel? i actually think this is a very real, and i dare say the most likely scenario jack refusing a new deal would be the first indication he wants to move. but similarly i don't see city bidding an acceptable amount how would i feel? good question. depends on his performances on the pitch i guess. if he downs tools, spends all game moaning at his team mates, and becomes petulant then obviously my opinion of him would be soured. if he maintains professionalism and his performances remain high, then all good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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