Warping reality: How the media reworking of the real world evolved after the game

. By Tony Attwood If you’ve been following us today, you may recall that this morning I wrote about the fact that yesterday’s match vs Barcelona was dominated in the stadium by the rampant booing and jeering of the referee (who is Turkish), who to those of us inside the stadium, was wandering down his …

Now, who will we blame this time and the answer to the simplistic questions

By Walter Broeckx As usual when Arsenal don’t win the moaners come out. And start the blame game. ”Wenger should have bought….” and “tell me there was no other better striker available to replace Giroud” and the line “every player has their price”. All simple statements of course. For people who live in the simple …

Why do they need the referee? How Thomas Bowdler’s heritage lives on in football journalism

By Tony Attwood A short while ago the press were full of praise for the Liverpool crowd – or at least the members of the crowd who got up and left the ground on the 77th minute, in protest against the proposed rise in the price of entrance to games. Much was made of the …