Not normally one to bleat… (2 Viewers)

JimmyHillsbeard · Apr 19, 2025

… about media bias - as it’s usually eye of the beholder stuff but the BBC report of the West Brom game is a joke. Written almost exclusively about WBA with barbs about larger CBS crowds for Chelsea, Wasps and Bruce Springsteen; a very peculiar gripe about Rudoni “getting away with a foul” in the lead up to Kitchin’s header and this about Sakamoto-Styles…

“ It then got even worse for Albion when Styles was perhaps a bit harshly sent off for second yellow card for his challenge on Sakamoto as the pair tried to outmuscle each other on the touchline and the Japanese winger went to ground.”

Coventry City 2-0 West Brom: Sky Blues get vital win

Midfielders Jack Rudoni and Matt Grimes score as Coventry City go fifth and seriously hamper West Bromwich Albion's play-off hopes.

www.bbc.co.uk

fatso · Apr 19, 2025

Wow. The BBC being biased cunts, who would of thought.

Blake · Apr 19, 2025

JimmyHillsbeard said:
… about media bias - as it’s usually eye of the beholder stuff but the BBC report of the West Brom game is a joke. Written almost exclusively about WBA with barbs about larger CBS crowds for Chelsea, Wasps and Bruce Springsteen; a very peculiar gripe about Rudoni “getting away with a foul” in the lead up to Kitchin’s header and this about Sakamoto-Styles…

“ It then got even worse for Albion when Styles was perhaps a bit harshly sent off for second yellow card for his challenge on Sakamoto as the pair tried to outmuscle each other on the touchline and the Japanese winger went to ground.”

Coventry City 2-0 West Brom: Sky Blues get vital win

Midfielders Jack Rudoni and Matt Grimes score as Coventry City go fifth and seriously hamper West Bromwich Albion's play-off hopes.

www.bbc.co.uk

I read that too and remember Styles had Saka in a bear hug.

oscillatewildly · Apr 19, 2025

Fuck the BBC, fuck the BBC, fuck the BBC!

shmmeee · Apr 19, 2025

It’s clearly the west brom report copied and pasted.

Sick Boy · Apr 19, 2025

It’s blatantly been written by a West Brom supporter.

Sky Blue Pete · Apr 19, 2025

JimmyHillsbeard said:
… about media bias - as it’s usually eye of the beholder stuff but the BBC report of the West Brom game is a joke. Written almost exclusively about WBA with barbs about larger CBS crowds for Chelsea, Wasps and Bruce Springsteen; a very peculiar gripe about Rudoni “getting away with a foul” in the lead up to Kitchin’s header and this about Sakamoto-Styles…

“ It then got even worse for Albion when Styles was perhaps a bit harshly sent off for second yellow card for his challenge on Sakamoto as the pair tried to outmuscle each other on the touchline and the Japanese winger went to ground.”

Coventry City 2-0 West Brom: Sky Blues get vital win

Midfielders Jack Rudoni and Matt Grimes score as Coventry City go fifth and seriously hamper West Bromwich Albion's play-off hopes.

www.bbc.co.uk

Seriously hamper lol

Otis · Apr 19, 2025

Styles clearly deserved a 2nd yellow for that wrestle. Clear as day. The Sky commentators said it right off. 100% a yellow card.

Sky Blue Pete · Apr 19, 2025

Otis said:
Styles clearly deserved a 2nd yellow for that wrestle. Clear as day. The Sky commentators said it right off. 100% a yellow card.

What was he whining about

TomRad85 · Apr 19, 2025

Fuck the BBC, full of absolute cunts and I say that as someone who used to work there which is only one notch less embarrassing than admitting to being a nonce and two less than admitting to being a Championship referee.

TomRad85 · Apr 19, 2025

Sky Blue Pete said:
What was he whining about

Crying that he didn't get a decent move to the Sky Blues unlike the rest of the Barnsley Boys.

Jamesimus · Apr 19, 2025

TomRad85 said:
Fuck the BBC, full of absolute cunts and I say that as someone who used to work there which is only one notch less embarrassing than admitting to being a nonce and two less than admitting to being a Championship referee.

Haha fucking hell, you’re on fire this weekend

HuckerbyDublinWhelan · Apr 19, 2025

I mean considering we’re now Frank Lampards Coventry City, I don’t think we’re one to talk about media bias. Sky love us.

you only have to look at that graphic a few weeks back showing the top 6 of the championship… the three managers at the top were Parker, Farke… and Frank Lampard. Didn’t Down well in Sheffield

Mcbean · Apr 19, 2025

Fortunately BBC CWR is pretty good

clint van damme · Apr 19, 2025

HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
I mean considering we’re now Frank Lampards Coventry City, I don’t think we’re one to talk about media bias. Sky love us.

you only have to look at that graphic a few weeks back showing the top 6 of the championship… the three managers at the top were Parker, Farke… and Frank Lampard. Didn’t Down well in Sheffield

Probably didn't want a manager who kicks off on the pitch with opposing players and who has a head like a potato

Captain_Slackbladder · Apr 19, 2025

The part of the report referring to the 2nd yellow as "harsh" is ridiculous. Style broke up an attacking play and hauled Sakamoto to the ground after Sakamoto had out-skilled him again. It should always get a yellow for breaking up attacking play, nothing harsh about it. Styles is an idiot, didn't need to do it and did it straight after we had got our 2nd. I imagine Mowbray was fuming with him as it cost them any chance of a comeback

Lamps · Apr 19, 2025

Captain_Slackbladder said:
The part of the report referring to the 2nd yellow as "harsh" is ridiculous. Style broke up an attacking play and hauled Sakamoto to the ground after Sakamoto had out-skilled him again. It should always get a yellow for breaking up attacking play, nothing harsh about it. Styles is an idiot, didn't need to do it and did it straight after we had got our 2nd. I imagine Mowbray was fuming with him as it cost them any chance of a comeback

Personally I thought his rugger tackle on Saka was very good. Would be better if those that target him were always as obvious.

commissioner_gordon · Apr 19, 2025

Terrible reporting. I've made a complaint on the basis that the report is ridiculously biased.

It's so mean spirited of them to mention the Bruce Springsteen concert!

lifeskyblue · Apr 19, 2025

Styles left the ref no choice but to be given a second yellow card. As clear and obvious card offence as you will see. No mitigation at all. Only half hearted complaints from styles and other wba players; they knew it was a card and reacted accordingly

skyblue_55 · Apr 19, 2025

Sometimes it’s hard to swallow , but the ridiculous nature of little Coventry City outplaying Big time Charlie’s like West Brom , can’t go down well with the purists.
After all , they can’t get 30,000 crowds …….? How long since they were at Wembley. ?
But they MUST be better than us ……. Deluded twats !

David O'Day · Apr 19, 2025

clint van damme said:
Probably didn't want a manager who kicks off on the pitch with opposing players and who has a head like a potato

aye, Wilder is far too ugly for tv graphics

rob9872 · Apr 19, 2025

TomRad85 said:
Fuck the BBC, full of absolute cunts and I say that as someone who used to work there which is only one notch less embarrassing than admitting to being a nonce and two less than admitting to being a Championship referee.

Where does Bobby Madley fit, as he's a ref who shags his dog? Is that higher or lower?

DT-R · Apr 19, 2025

oscillatewildly said:
Fuck the BBC, fuck the BBC, fuck the BBC!

We all hate Sky Sports and the BBC, we all hate Sky Sports and the BBC!

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DT-R · Apr 19, 2025

Otis said:
Styles clearly deserved a 2nd yellow for that wrestle. Clear as day. The Sky commentators said it right off. 100% a yellow card.

If we're being honest, he was lucky to get away with a 2nd yellow on a foul on Rudoni. He was walking a tight rope, and how anyone, even with the thickest shade of west brom tinted glasses, can say anything other than it was a second bookable offence is deluded, mentally unwell, or both.

*edit: just watched the extended highlights back and the foul was actually on Saka not Rudoni. I think he got away with it though as he fouled Saka, the ref played on then Simms was fouled and that was given as the free kick. I think had there not been a "play on" option it probably could've been seen a cynical and breaking up play. Again, 2 yellows in 1 half? Not likely unless it was a serious foul.

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Grendel · Apr 19, 2025

To be fair on the national BBC News we were mentioned along with Leeds and Sheffield United as the big winners yesterday

DT-R · Apr 19, 2025

Mcbean said:
Fortunately BBC CWR is pretty good

Top notch commentary team! Always spot on with their player recognition

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AJB1983 · Apr 19, 2025

Central news last night was a bit embarrassing - was definitely done from a West Brom perspective.

dadgad · Apr 19, 2025

Politically the BBC has been half way up Israel’s arse for years so footy distortion is pretty tame tbf. Certainly a hugely discredited institution atm.

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Apr 19, 2025

dadgad said:
Politically the BBC has been half way up Israel’s arse for years so footy distortion is pretty tame tbf. Certainly a hugely discredited institution atm.

Yet according to some they're a Palestinian/Arab PR group.

So if both sides are complaining of bias, chances are you're probably relatively impartial.

Sky Blue Pete · Apr 19, 2025

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Yet according to some they're a Palestinian/Arab PR group.

So if both sides are complaining of bias, chances are you're probably relatively impartial.

I don’t get the bbc hate
I recognise it suits conspiracy theorists and racists but even so

dadgad · Apr 19, 2025

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Yet according to some they're a Palestinian/Arab PR group.

So if both sides are complaining of bias, chances are you're probably relatively impartial.

I suppose you still think that eight years ago the Labour Party was riddled with pro Putin antisemites….the lie that the BBC peddled relentlessly….

Hobo · Apr 19, 2025

JimmyHillsbeard said:
… about media bias - as it’s usually eye of the beholder stuff but the BBC report of the West Brom game is a joke. Written almost exclusively about WBA with barbs about larger CBS crowds for Chelsea, Wasps and Bruce Springsteen; a very peculiar gripe about Rudoni “getting away with a foul” in the lead up to Kitchin’s header and this about Sakamoto-Styles…

“ It then got even worse for Albion when Styles was perhaps a bit harshly sent off for second yellow card for his challenge on Sakamoto as the pair tried to outmuscle each other on the touchline and the Japanese winger went to ground.”

Coventry City 2-0 West Brom: Sky Blues get vital win

Midfielders Jack Rudoni and Matt Grimes score as Coventry City go fifth and seriously hamper West Bromwich Albion's play-off hopes.

www.bbc.co.uk

It was Styles third cynical challenge he was already lucky to still be on the pitch.

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Apr 19, 2025

dadgad said:
I suppose you still think that eight years ago the Labour Party was riddled with pro Putin antisemites….the lie that the BBC peddled relentlessly….

Other outlets peddled that narrative way more than the BBC. And to be honest there were anti-Corbyn elements of the Labour party that wanted to push that narrative as much as anyone. Sometimes Corbyn wasn't media savvy enough to defend against it. Meanwhile Tories with anti-Islamic tendencies just wasn't investigated and so there was nothing to report other than repeat endlessly that the Tories hadn't investigated. That wasn't going to hold the public interest whereas a report stating there was anti-semitism in the Labour party was, especially among right wing sympathisers. Sadly often the public perception is skewed by things like that.

If you want to know my opinions at that time look up what I've said about Laura Kuenssberg. I definitely thought she was putting a Tory slant on her reporting. But that doesn't mean the entire BBC news was biased.

dadgad · Apr 19, 2025

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Other outlets peddled that narrative way more than the BBC. And to be honest there were anti-Corbyn elements of the Labour party that wanted to push that narrative as much as anyone. Sometimes Corbyn wasn't media savvy enough to defend against it. Meanwhile Tories with anti-Islamic tendencies just wasn't investigated and so there was nothing to report other than repeat endlessly that the Tories hadn't investigated. That wasn't going to hold the public interest whereas a report stating there was anti-semitism in the Labour party was, especially among right wing sympathisers. Sadly often the public perception is skewed by things like that.

If you want to know my opinions at that time look up what I've said about Laura Kuenssberg. I definitely thought she was putting a Tory slant on her reporting. But that doesn't mean the entire BBC news was biased.

Keunsberg, Maitlis and the entire BBC hierarchy could not countenance a genuine left wing govt and undermined it at every opportunity, but you’re right, every major media platform was complicit in the same witch-hunt including the neolib bastards currently ‘running’ the show.

rob9872 · Apr 19, 2025

This one's about City, take your pointless political arguments to the relevant topic please.

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