I think there is a wider anti-midlands bias and definitely an anti Birmingham bias. It's either obvious in constantly portraying people with a midlands accent as thick or just bias by omission. What national presenters of anything have a clear West or East midlands accent. Plenty of Scots, London/Essex, Manchester and Scouse but a gaping whole in the middle of the country. Even people like Lineker, a Leicester lad sounds more London now. Was it coached out of him to get on ?
Hookey does appear to have a bit of a Man Utd obsession to be fair.
What's there to regard? What do people want to see them doing, advertorials for the delights of relocating from Kensington to Walsall?!
Quote from: Sexual Ealing on February 01, 2025, 12:46:07 PMWhat's there to regard? What do people want to see them doing, advertorials for the delights of relocating from Kensington to Walsall?!Ha, it's not that, it's that the region is very populous and I think generally treated as if it didn't exist. Look at slobber all over the shoes of Red Wallers and the Scotch over the last decade, compared to a region which has more Westminster seats than either of those. You can just see it quite plainly.
Quote from: Monty on February 01, 2025, 05:10:27 PMQuote from: Sexual Ealing on February 01, 2025, 12:46:07 PMWhat's there to regard? What do people want to see them doing, advertorials for the delights of relocating from Kensington to Walsall?!Ha, it's not that, it's that the region is very populous and I think generally treated as if it didn't exist. Look at slobber all over the shoes of Red Wallers and the Scotch over the last decade, compared to a region which has more Westminster seats than either of those. You can just see it quite plainly.How much attention do you reckon we get in the south-west? You don't see us bleating about it. We're far too cool for that.
Quote from: IFWaters on February 01, 2025, 12:31:10 PMI think there is a wider anti-midlands bias and definitely an anti Birmingham bias. It's either obvious in constantly portraying people with a midlands accent as thick or just bias by omission. What national presenters of anything have a clear West or East midlands accent. Plenty of Scots, London/Essex, Manchester and Scouse but a gaping whole in the middle of the country. Even people like Lineker, a Leicester lad sounds more London now. Was it coached out of him to get on ?In my new stadium daydream, Comcast use our stadium and their contacts to relocate Sky Sports to part of the new ground, partially funding the (re)development. We’d suddenly become the centre of the pundit’s world and they’d hate it.