Using broadcasting equipment paid for by British licence payers Tom English has been mouthing off about Brendan Rodgers to an Irish podcaster.
It seems that the hosts value the views of the Chief Sports Writer at BBC Scotland even though English has never broken a worthwhile story in his entire career.
The previous night the man from the BBC had had a late night at Hampden covering soccer, returned home in the early hours and had a few beers to show off his laddish credentials.
While the signings of free agents from the English Championship has got English purring in excitement for the new season he is completely dismissive of Rodgers joining Celtic, the impact of the move and the motives of the new Celtic boss.
Tom English stating Brendan Rodgers is livid because Ange Postecoglou got the Spurs job and Rodgers didn’t.@TEnglishSport https://t.co/EpzvQVExaw pic.twitter.com/k4iWMvK3bo
— Lint (@Zeshankenzo) June 24, 2023
English is perfectly entitled to his views, BBC Scotland clearly value his contributions but Celtic are equally within their rights to refuse access to the broadcaster.
There is a balancing act in all of these issues. The threat to the mainstream from social and fan media is very real which is why English is using BBC equipment on a commercial podcast, showing that microphone lends authority to the podcaster.
If you want to be in the mainstream there are lines not to be crossed. If you want to be a gobby lad trashing the reputation and motivations of others then your employers might find that it is time to chose what they are, they can’t take up both options.
Does BBC Scotland want to provide serious, professional coverage or do they want to provide a platform for someone whose dislike for Celtic is obvious at every turn, recently forcing the BBC into an apology for the crass tweet by English following the death of Shane Warne.
1 minute 50 for sneering Tom
‘lousy record in Europe’ ‘they bombed in the Champions League’ ‘pretty poor win record in Europe’
The really interesting thing to take from this email, is the collaboration in fabricating a narrative to get a point across.
It’s all staged.“Tom English has said he’ll have a pop at Paul Murray… Scotsman used his comments on the back page with our responses ie. irrelevant.” pic.twitter.com/UQz9KDfDZQ
Were Celtic right to deny BBC Scotland access to the Brendan Rodgers media conference?
Yes, BBC has utter contempt for our club
No, they can say and do whatever they like
— Lint (@Zeshankenzo) August 20, 2019
Bbc does nothing for our club easy solution! Ban them from our club.
The only BBC sports journalist worth listening to,
was Jim Spence, who had the balls to speak the truth,
for which he was unceremoniously punted by the ‘impartial’ State funded broadcaster.
If I was a BBC licence tax payer, I’d be raging. 🙂
“Father Jack” anyone?
He makes Father Jack look sober.
Oh dear and this THICKO and his friends in the media are asking why he and the BBC had been denied access to Celtic Park,you couldn’t make that up.
Listening to him on that podcast was like listening to a punch drunk heavyweight boxer after 15 rounds of getting the S**T punched out of him.
The guy is another CLASSIC BOOZE JOCKEY from the media sitting there covered in his own piss and S**T rabbiting on thinking he is funny,when really everyone is laughing at him,not with him.
English will need to suck it up like the rest. Brenda’s back to tan their hun arses – again.
Lol the dummy and the toys well and truly papped out the pram by English the THICKO.
Remember this is the guy that got the gig so just think who failed.
Sitting there with his Janet&John book and his crayons to his colouring in.
T English on BBC Scotland live right now with a backtracking psychophantic crawling episode on Rodgers, its as cringeworthy as it gets, the a-hole that he is.
When did Nottingham become a big club. They’ve done fck all. Partick Thistle are bigger.
Fckn predictive text……Totinham. lol
Even The English have far more respect and a healthy appreciation of Celtic than that one imbecile English does !