One of the few revelations worth mentioning on this weeks SS is an admission of cosy client journalism by the assembled panel, regarding Arsene Wenger & the London press. A flippant comment was made by John Richardson about "...the London press..." being "...in Arsene's pocket".
This was following on from John getting some gentle ribbing about being one of only two sycophantic journalists that Alex Ferguson bothers speaking to, which may well be where the comment originated. Rather than denying the charge, Rob Beasley decided to paint a picture of how things work in such lofty circles; it's hard to pick up whether this was tongue-in-cheek from the podcast but I didn't detect much mirth from his colleagues:
"...Amanda, the press officer at Arsenal, who's sadly leaving the post, always really looks after us all when we visit the club... she spends WELL over the budget on food for us... naturally, this means we give Arsene a bit of latitude and show some sympathy - no - empathy, with what he says...".
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