What Newspaper for Truth

[hilts_coolerking]

Nobody buys a newspaper in search of the truth do they?  They buy the one that reflects the views they already hold. 

[hilts_coolerking]

The BBC are just as guilty, Phil McNulty thinks we are now in the dark ages.

Difficult to argue with this though: "It was to be hoped the sight of seats being thrown on to the pitch, invasions of the playing surface, players running for the cover of the tunnel and police drawing batons on fans had been consigned to the past - sadly this was not the case here and did a disservice to a big FA Cup occasion and another big win for Villa and Sherwood."

[Jon Crofts]

The BBC are just as guilty, Phil McNulty thinks we are now in the dark ages.

Difficult to argue with this though: "It was to be hoped the sight of seats being thrown on to the pitch, invasions of the playing surface, players running for the cover of the tunnel and police drawing batons on fans had been consigned to the past - sadly this was not the case here and did a disservice to a big FA Cup occasion and another big win for Villa and Sherwood."

Hardly the dark ages though is it?

[hilts_coolerking]

The BBC are just as guilty, Phil McNulty thinks we are now in the dark ages.

Difficult to argue with this though: "It was to be hoped the sight of seats being thrown on to the pitch, invasions of the playing surface, players running for the cover of the tunnel and police drawing batons on fans had been consigned to the past - sadly this was not the case here and did a disservice to a big FA Cup occasion and another big win for Villa and Sherwood."

Hardly the dark ages though is it?

The actual quote is "Sadly, this will be a game not simply remembered for a result but also for a brief return to English football's dark ages."

[Jon Crofts]

Thanks for clearing that up.  Like I said, however brief, it's hardly the dark ages.

[hilts_coolerking]

Thanks for clearing that up.  Like I said, however brief, it's hardly the dark ages.

Ah well, it's all about opinions isn't it.

[ciggiesnbeer]

The BBC are just as guilty, Phil McNulty thinks we are now in the dark ages.

Difficult to argue with this though: "It was to be hoped the sight of seats being thrown on to the pitch, invasions of the playing surface, players running for the cover of the tunnel and police drawing batons on fans had been consigned to the past - sadly this was not the case here and did a disservice to a big FA Cup occasion and another big win for Villa and Sherwood."

I had hoped the lazy, never correct and past it journalists of BBC Football had been consigned to the past. Sadly this is not the case.

[N'ZMAV]

if that would have happened at Bradford yesterday it would have been labelled as the romance of the cup.

[peter w]

To be honest its perfect for the media. A story other than villa winning. In reality nothing happened but in villa v albion part 1 there was benteke's penalty. Something was needed in Part 2 for the media to run with. You'll probably find most football fans of a certain age will think the same.

[jcsutv]

Man U fans regularly celebrated their goals on the Villa Park pitch. Did the media not see that happen or did they choose to look the other way. I can't understand why anyone wants to go on the pitch myself. Nobs.

[SW9-VILLA]

The Telegraph definitely has the best sports coverage out of any of the newspapers. Absolutely no point buying a tabloid for sporting news, they're full of utter rubbish half the time. Even more so around silly season and transfer windows.

[Pat McMahon]

Nobody buys a newspaper in search of the truth do they?  They buy the one that reflects the views they already hold. 

I am actually the opposite - I almost never buy a paper now ( I get my news online) but when I do I buy the Telegraph. I like to hear views I disagree with to make me think. I started buying it on a Monday when I lived in France 25 years ago as its football coverage was miles better than any other paper. Henry Winter is still one of the better scribes, though sadly covers us rarely these days.

[stevenavfc]

The only half decent tabloid would be the '1' but don't expect much about the Villa. By way of an example in Saturdays paper they had articles or news about 3 of the 4 quarter finals ( no prizes for guessing which one they didn't feature) including two that were not even played on that day!
They had Guzan in the predicted line ups. bless.
Still well worth 40 or 50p. I make a point of moving the small stack of 'I's' they carry at my local Tesco Metro and placing them on top of the huge pile of red top shite.
Small victories every day

[dave.woodhall]

i is the only one I bother with.

[Des Little]

if that would have happened at Bradford yesterday it would have been labelled as the romance of the cup.

If that many had invaded the Bradford pitch, they'd have sunk. It's like a potato patch.