Post by Ian on Sept 22, 2012 9:17:21 GMT
Check it out! The OS has posted a 'Big Game Preview' (they mangaed to find time to write it between writing the 'on the way to a sell-out', 'psst...wanna a ticket (typo from site) for the big game' articles. Lets take a look at whats inside - maybe an in-depth look at the sides, their seasons to date, player interviews etc etc. Nope. We have pictures of the players reading the match night programme, 2 sentences about the line-ups, Rick Strachan (likely reading from a script) plugging the game, a further update that there are only a handful of seats left, a prompt that there are radio updates (likely more scripted gold), a sponser plug, a match night magazine plug, parking and pizza offers, yearbook 'offer' and rounded off nicely with a 'why not buy last weeks dvds for this special price. Maybe they should have plugged that as 'trouble sleeping? simply buy last weeks saturday game dvd and watch periods 2 and 3'.
Basically the 'big game preview' has 2 sentences of token effort team news to disguise what is just another advert. The day i win the euro millions i will buy this team and turn things around.
Really is beyond a joke isn't it? Reminds me of the Only Fools & Horses episode where Rodney is trying to make an arty film for his college course and Delboy has a massive list of people who have paid him for a mention or a part in the film. Can picture Neil Black & Gary Moran in their camel hair coats and medallions, rubbing their hands together "Lovely jubbly".