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[jazzypom]

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[yamair]

I know what you mean, but I think this is more about the media. They report on the game as if they were reporting on the Big Brother house. The focus is on personalities and drama.

The Sterling thing should never have got as big as it did, and that was solely down to the media. I have actually had to cut myself off from EPL coverage. The Guardian in particular. The drama around Balo swapping his shirt was the beginning of the end for me.

And then you have the Eva thing, which I still don't understand how it escalated. It seems something went on behind the scenes and she was dropped. Because Mou's comments in the after-match interview weren't on that level imo.

The English press were the ones who coined the WAG term, and I think that says it all about where their focus lies. Football is a huge money earner for them, they need to create clickbait.

There's this recent interview with Wenger where he starts to take some journalists to task when they badgered him about Ospina. He commented on how they cover football, and I agree with his points and sentiment 100%. The football media don't analyse a game, they don't know how to. So they concentrate on sensationalism and they are sheep.

Starts at 5:25, watch on to 7:30

[blackjedii]

yes. that. that is a good way to explain it.