So today’s question
is are her majesty's sporting gutter press and the audio and visual
media doing their jobs in attacking the wrongdoings in the nations
favourite game,well of course the answer is a big resounding NO.
Over the weekend the
cancer that is diving has reached new levels of absurdity with the
pathetic actions of to name just 2 Adam Lalana of Southampton and
Ashley Young of Manchester Utd so this morning we can expect all
areas of the press to be attacking these and other cheats with an
enormous avenging zeal.
Well we could but no we
get pages and minutes droning on about the pathetic but basically
harmless child that is Mario Ballotelli and of course the usual easy
option of slagging off the referees comes out in sound and print.
What makes it worse is
the fact that vested interests have the media to have their biased
say, for example former cricketer Ronnie Irani on Talk Sport radio
who is a rabid Utd fan and would defend them even if Fergie were
videoed rogering the Queen and yet his bias is allowed to dominate
the airways in the morning.
So where are the
journalists and broadcasters of courage who will stand up against
cheating who will stop droning on about There was contact” when a
tap softer than a butterflies wing beat causes a player to fall as if
shot where are our attack dogs of the press and media who are going
to force clubs,the FA and the leagues to do something about cheats.
Well sadly they appear
not to exist with one notable exception,Stan Collymore former bad boy
footballer has realised what is wrong with the game and on Twitter
and Talk Sport is vehement in his condemnation of cheats,he is
however a voice crying in the wilderness until the cowards that
inhabit our press boxes decide to put their heads above the parapets
and join him.
And if and when they do
we may stand a chance of getting back the game we used to love
