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An end to this continual farce is what the football media needs

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Whilst it may be bad when it comes to teams being written off after a couple of poor results, that is nothing compared to the level of abuse that players get when they are lacking in form. The media were happy to tell the world and its wife that Frank Lampard was ready to collect his free bus pass at the grand old age of 33 after a couple of games without scoring and a solitary game on the bench. A few  goals later however, and Frank was ‘back to his best.’

Lampard is by no means the only player who suffers such treatment from the press – any player should beware of a spell either on the bench or mediocre games –  Leo Messi had the longest spell in the history of the world without a goal according to the Spanish press – a whole three games –and questions were raised over his form. It will not come as a surprise to anyone with a brain that Messi then managed to score three goals against Mallorca and on Tuesday became only  the second player in Barca’s history to reach the 200 goal mark – not bad for a player being slated in the Spanish media a couple of weeks ago.

Likewise a couple of good games is guaranteed to make a player a certain for the Ballon d’or, with the player being sensationalised and their impact being exaggerated to a ridiculous level.  The age old saying of form is temporary, class is permanent seems to be lost on the media in the modern game, and whilst admittedly sensationalism sells papers and gets people talking, the level this has now reached boarders on the ridiculous, with it being all too easy to write off teams after a poor game and heap praise on others just for an easy article.

Teams and players can bounce back from bad games and bad results and it can make them stronger teaching them a well needed lesson, yet this is ignored and rest assured, the same journalist who declared United were going to walk away with the title back in September could not have reached for their laptops quick enough after the loss to City, in their haste to question United and Fergie’s credentials.

One poor result does not make a bad team nor does a couple of goals make the next Ronaldo – if only the media could realise this!

Written by Rebecca Knight for FootballFanCast.com

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