yeah. Thing is, most pundits are lazy

and they've found an angle re Swansea (the new Barcelona, Leon Brittan is the new Xavi, posession football etc etc). So they have something to talk about and sound knowledgeable about. Without having to do any actual work.

Whereas they haven't really found an angle with us, other than that we're Doing Really Well. There's not much for then to say, and so they don't say much.

In another world, you could imagine informed pundits on, say, MotD doing a piece about what makes us tick, why we've managed to win so many games etc.

But that would take work, and they'll only do that if we beat Manyoo or Spurs or someone.

No harm done to us though. Positive advantage if others don't really know how we play.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on February 13th 2012 at 13:41:21

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What 'credit' exactly are people expecting from the media (NCFC) - norway, Feb 13, 13:15:19
- ... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 13, 13:41:57
- Dunno - they've been very nice about us (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 13, 13:18:47
  - If we beat Manu... (NCFC) - HairyBobbingManAss, Feb 13, 14:13:11
  - Best thing to do with MOTD is what I've always done - watch it for the highlights (NCFC) - CB41, Feb 13, 13:26:35
  - Hoping for good coverage is one thing (NCFC) - norway, Feb 13, 13:22:57
    - There has definitely been less "analysis" of our games (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 13, 13:35:04
      - yeah. Thing is, most pundits are lazy (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 13, 13:41:21
        
        Are they Tricky? Do we know that as lower case fact?.. (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 13, 13:45:19
        
        have you never watched Alan "we don't know much about Hatem Ben Arfa" Shearer? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 13, 13:47:23
        
        Of course I have... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 13, 13:57:45
        
        spends most of the week in charity shops hunting for 70s style shirts (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Feb 13, 14:08:06
        
        Wish Shearer would (n/m) (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 13, 14:10:16
        
        Yes (NCFC) - duke of york, Feb 13, 14:00:39
        
        All current and former professional footerists play golf... (NCFC) - Dandy Highburyman, Feb 13, 14:06:12
    - as below. It's the relative thing vs Swansea that irritates some people (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Feb 13, 13:33:03
    - Very this. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Feb 13, 13:32:03

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