seenitall Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Pearson said the Jekyll and Hyde nature of City's performances this season had baffled him. When used in this form, the reporter does not need to use quote marks - he clearly reports that Pearson said (not that the reporter said or made it up) that the away performances baffled him. I guess it is just so disappointing when your champion turns out to be baffled by his team that you guys can't face it. Half a million in wages so far and he is baffled - amazing Baffled noun verb (used with object) 1. to confuse, bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technicallanguage of the instructions. 2. to frustrate or confound; thwart by creating confusion orbewilderment.
wurmer Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 The mercury writer has used the words baffled and mystified... Pearson does not. and yet alot of you seem to be lapping it up out of the writers hand.... He is feeding the hate of Pearson and some of you seem to be falling for it. +2 for that?? /boggle Erm, they don't put all of the quotes in the article - that would be called a 'transcript' not an article. They re-arrange some of the quotes in the form of something called an 'article'. That's what journalists do....
Babylon Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Pearson said the Jekyll and Hyde nature of City's performances this season had baffled him. When used in this form, the reporter does not need to use quote marks - he clearly reports that Pearson said (not that the reporter said or made it up) that the away performances baffled him. Utter horse shit. Quotation marks are there for a reason, plonking "he said" in front or behind it doesn't mean the use of quotation marks are no longer needed. Which is exactly why several lines ending in "he said" still used them. "There is no real reason why you can't go and perform as well away," he said. "We have needed to be good at home because our away form has not been what we would have liked," said Pearson. Heck why don't all journalists just dispense with quotes and just start everything with "he said".
Babylon Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 +2 for that?? /boggle Erm, they don't put all of the quotes in the article - that would be called a 'transcript' not an article. They re-arrange some of the quotes in the form of something called an 'article'. That's what journalists do.... So you are suggesting the reporter decided to leave out the main quote from the article, even though he based his whole article around it? Hmmmmm.
Raw Dykes Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 It's a well-known fact that journalists never twist people's words to suit their own agenda and sell more newspapers. If the journalist's loose interpretation of what Pearson actually said gets into the article, then it definitely was said by Nigel himself. The fact that the only interesting part of the article is not a direct quote is purely incidental. Maybe the quotation mark key on the journalist's keyboard broke off.
Babylon Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 The fact that the only interesting part of the article is not a direct quote is purely incidental. Exactly, mundane quotes transformed into a talking point... job done for the writer.
davieG Posted 21 April 2012 Author Posted 21 April 2012 Perhaps he meant a speaker baffle that's why the journalist didn't understand him, would explain why Stringer also has trouble with him.
Raw Dykes Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Exactly, mundane quotes transformed into a talking point... job done for the writer. Yup. This thread just goes to show how gullible some of the anti-Pearson brigade can be. I'd be embarrassed myself.
seenitall Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Utter horse shit. Quotation marks are there for a reason, plonking "he said" in front or behind it doesn't mean the use of quotation marks are no longer needed. Which is exactly why several lines ending in "he said" still used them. "There is no real reason why you can't go and perform as well away," he said. "We have needed to be good at home because our away form has not been what we would have liked," said Pearson. Heck why don't all journalists just dispense with quotes and just start everything with "he said". So the journalist doesn't like Nige either - something is stirring out there and aint just me........
Raw Dykes Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 So the journalist doesn't like Nige either - something is stirring out there and aint just me........ "People like Coldplay and voting for the Nazis. You can't trust people, Jeremy." - Super Hans
Corky Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 ****s sake Nigel, where's the quip? Where's the cliche? Where are they?
Babylon Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 So the journalist doesn't like Nige either - something is stirring out there and aint just me........ Who said that, because it wasn't me? His job is to sell papers and to get people onto their website. It's got you lot chomping at the bit hasn't it, so his job is done. You think anyone would have even passed comment on what he actually said without the reporters input on the story.
ian the fox Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Im baffled too , everyone knows Wellens & Gallagher are the best midfielders in this league ...... we should win every game with these two legends in the team ffs
seenitall Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Who said that, because it wasn't me? His job is to sell papers and to get people onto their website. It's got you lot chomping at the bit hasn't it, so his job is done. You think anyone would have even passed comment on what he actually said without the reporters input on the story. He's about as good at that as Nige is at managing the team then - I read it on here, you can't get the Mercury in France
Haydos Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 "People like Coldplay and voting for the Nazis. You can't trust people, Jeremy." - Super Hans One of my favourite quotes ever
seenitall Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Pearson said the Jekyll and Hyde nature of City's performances this season had baffled him. One of my favourite nearly but not really quotes ever - strange that the only interesting thing he said in his interview he possibly didn't even say........
Babylon Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Pearson said the Jekyll and Hyde nature of City's performances this season had baffled him. One of my favourite nearly but not really quotes ever - strange that the only interesting thing he said in his interview he possibly didn't even say........ You are just looking desperate, it's really quite sad to watch.
Raw Dykes Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Pearson said the Jekyll and Hyde nature of City's performances this season had baffled him. One of my favourite nearly but not really quotes ever - strange that the only interesting thing he said in his interview he possibly didn't even say........ Do you believe everything you read? Can you not tell which parts of the article were actually said by the interviewee and which parts are the words of the journalist? A journalist's job is to polish an interview to make it seem more interesting that it actually was. It's so easy to do. Look... "One of my favourite nearly but not really quotes ever - strange that the only interesting thing he said in his interview he possibly didn't even say........", seenitall said. seenitall said he couldn't believe that the journalist would put words into Pearson's mouth because the actual interview didn't reveal too much. seenitall said that it was more likely that the most interesting part of the article was actually Pearson's words, and not the journalist's, purely because it was the most interesting part, despite it not being a direct quote.
whitwickfox Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Whether that baffled bit came from him or tanner, the main thing here is we were losing games away and NP was clueless in what to do
Babylon Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Do you believe everything you read? Can you not tell which parts of the article were actually said by the interviewee and which parts are the words of the journalist? A journalist's job is to polish an interview to make it seem more interesting that it actually was. It's so easy to do. Look... "One of my favourite nearly but not really quotes ever - strange that the only interesting thing he said in his interview he possibly didn't even say........", seenitall said. seenitall said he couldn't believe that the journalist would put words into Pearson's mouth because the actual interview didn't reveal too much. seenitall said that it was more likely that the most interesting part of the article was actually Pearson's words, and not the journalist's, purely because it was the most interesting part, despite it not being a direct quote. Raw Dykes admitted he hated seenitall with a passion, he said "Seenitall isn't my favourite poster".
flowwolf Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 Well I'm baffled as to why he seems to think it is only the away form that let us down despite some baffling home results , Bristol city , milwall ect. In fact I'm baffled beyond belief that he is still the manager when he comes out and say's he's " baffled "
wakeyfox01 Posted 21 April 2012 Posted 21 April 2012 The mercury writer has used the words baffled and mystified... Pearson does not. and yet alot of you seem to be lapping it up out of the writers hand.... He is feeding the hate of Pearson and some of you seem to be falling for it. It's called reported speech, as a trainee journalist myself you use it to when the actual quote where he says that would not work as a direct quote. You do not make up what they have said you paraphrase or pick out the key points of what they said. It's the best way of introducing a direct quote and setting the tone for wat the next quote will say. Just because a direct quote does not say that, it does not mean that he did not say it.
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