I have noticed lately that the questions form the Scottish media "journalists" are much more measured, relevant and appropriate than in the early days of the gaffers tenure. He is less spiky with them and seems to have built up a decent relationship. I wonder if this is because we are on a good run of form and they are sucking up to him or they now know he wont suffer fools gladly. He used to destroy them when they asked daft questions and one in particular seemed like a quivering wreck trying to get his questions out. In any event the tide seems to be turning in our favour (BBC excepted).
I haven't.
Still get's some really stupid questions and it is all about the angles, they are less obvious about there disdain for him and for our club and don't openly slate him, they just don't give him much praise either (success is minimized). I cannot think of an article that praises him and his team for the work that has been done since he came in, for the difference in the European co-efficient (They did one a few months ago with the headline Celtic Euro Top Dogs because of the way the points are calculated....even though we were through the groups).
In the last week we have had the back pages with Jackie Macnamara (from a pape podcast) basically saying, Rangers are a shite team, and they have squeezed in a top 5 halfway line goals ever to provide the scum with counterpoint alternatives to Roofes as to which is better, they cater for one club and one club only.
Edit: oh and I liked the 'First Euro Away Win Under Gerrard' headline as well. (sneaky as %^*&)
The only positive articles that spring to mind that I have thought were balanced and highlighted the clubs drastic all round improvement were by Kenny Dalglish, he praised Dave King way back and has done a few recently on Gerrard.
The media is ingrained with the unwashed, it's just a fact. They are literally everywhere and that won't change for a very long time. We may get begrudged praise here and there but will not get a fair crack at the whip. It reminds me of the undercurrent of bias Trump get's.
And if you think he would get the easy ride that the Lurgan Bigot and his team are getting right now you are sadly mistaken. The hoop jumping (no pun intended) for first the OF which I have never seen a result so analyzed in my puff and then the glorious defeat on Thursday show just how bad it is.
Rangers as a club have 1 or 2 'friendly' reporters and that's about it.
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