Saint Charlie Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 Saints ITK Journalist - Sniffs a Good Story/Exclusive OR Between Rock and Hard Place - Overly harsh as Journalist to avoid Saints bias? Discuss. Saints Apps: 0 Saints Goals: 0
Saint Charlie Posted 31 January, 2013 Author Posted 31 January, 2013 For me he clearly has some good contacts at Saints so worth listening to what he says, and I am sure this will only improve his his career grows. I do find at times he is a bit overly negative, probably because he is wary (rightly so) of being biased as a Saints fan rather than Saints Journalist. His reports etc would give no indication he is a fan which is good, plus he knows the questions fans want to hear asked at pressers which also helps. He has made some strong comments on the Adkins situation on Twitter which shows he isnt afraid of the club, but then seemed annoyed he hadn't been given the Cortese exclusive...IMO as a national Journalist it is going to hard to maintain good relationships with the club given their somewhat bizarre media relations especially if you "go against the SFC grain" too many times. For the future, I would like to see Simon try to bring some good exclusives to the fans which to be honest no Journalists are able to do. For example, the mysterious loan would be a good one to investigate....
hypochondriac Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 The mlt exclusive was poor as it told us nothing. He also said we amwobt be signing anyone today which if true would be pretty disappointing.
Dig Dig Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 Peach has probably sidelined himself from the club somewhat after his unprofessional outburts after NA's sacking. He'll end up at the Echo
Tokyo-Saint Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 Was completely wrong about the Ramirez signing.
Monk Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 Is he ****, I like the bloke but he's no insider.
SuperSAINT Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 I like him. Not sure why there's so much negativity about him. Gets more right than he gets wrong. No reporter has a 100% success rate.
St Chalet Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 He is a Saints fan, decent bloke and reports what he knows. Disgraceful how we treat our own sometimes.
Saint Charlie Posted 31 January, 2013 Author Posted 31 January, 2013 He is a Saints fan, decent bloke and reports what he knows. Disgraceful how we treat our own sometimes. I think a lot of the time people are either jealous they don't have the same access, or are annoyed when something negative is written even if it turns out to be true.
Dig Dig Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 He is a Saints fan, decent bloke and reports what he knows. Disgraceful how we treat our own sometimes. How exactly has he been "disgracefully" treated?
Tokyo-Saint Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 How exactly has he been "disgracefully" treated? Someone compared him to a mouldy old peach for starters.
Dig Dig Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 Someone compared him to a mouldy old peach for starters. That is disgraceful. I hope he's ok. I'm outraged.
Saint Garrett Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 I think a lot of the time people are either jealous they don't have the same access, or are annoyed when something negative is written even if it turns out to be true. I'm jealous he has an awesome job! However that doesn't end up with me saying bad things about the bloke. He reports on what he knows. And if he's not sure he normally says. Also he is more ITK that the majority of us and I welcome any info on my club - just take a lot with a pinch of salt.
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 Peach has probably sidelined himself from the club somewhat after his unprofessional outburts after NA's sacking. He'll end up at the Echo I think that is where he started actually. I follow him on Twitter and always enjoy his tweets - the fact that he is a Saints fan too is good enough for me.
Dig Dig Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 I think that is where he started actually. I follow him on Twitter and always enjoy his tweets - the fact that he is a Saints fan too is good enough for me. I'm a Saints fan Duncan, do you enjoy my posts?
Lallana's Left Peg Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 Puts himself out there to try and find out Saints news and gets a load of grief for it. Surprised he manages to bite his tongue so much with how people address him on twitter and such. He is a PA journalist which gives him a damn sight more integrity than most. He'll get things wrong from time to time but none of it is from being lazy. Considering how much the club likes to keep things in house I think he does a good job even getting the bits and bobs he can pass on.
saints-cris Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 He passes on what he hears from pretty reputable sources to fellow Saints fans. Never seen what the problem is with that. I like him.
SaintWill71 Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 Closer than most and being a fan understands our situation, annoying when he puts, for example, "We can beat the drop" Adam Lallana tells ME bla bla bla. When the quotes are from a press conference or post match tunnel conference and not exclusive to him at all
niceandfriendly Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 He's alright it seems, but has no inside information clearly.
Torres Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 Seems sound enough to me and I'm sure he'll be delighted at my endorsement.
Thedelldays Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 What was daft was his MLT exclusive Bit embarrassing for someone who is clearly a good journo
Norm Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 I'm a Saints fan Duncan, do you enjoy my posts? I really hate to have to write this but FF told me (over 6 pints of Shandy) that yours are the only posts on here that he hates! Sorry.
Dig Dig Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 I really hate to have to write this but FF told me (over 6 pints of Shandy) that yours are the only posts on here that he hates! Sorry. Good, it means the quality of my posts are of a high standard
saint peach Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 Too much positivity, close this thread down (in all seriousness, thanks for kind words)
Saint Charlie Posted 31 January, 2013 Author Posted 31 January, 2013 Too much positivity, close this thread down (in all seriousness, thanks for kind words) No worries. Now please create some speculation about a new signing and put it out on the PA Wires!
doggface Posted 31 January, 2013 Posted 31 January, 2013 I'm a follower, Simon obviously has contacts - but like everyone he is only told what the club want him to know and not what they don't as I am sure he would be 1st to admit.
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