I've never found Hughes or Pearce to be 'disgraceful' or 'constantly attacking the club'. Both descriptions seem just a BIT sensationalist.
It's the making up of stuff that is the biggest issue with them I’d suggest.
Athletic has found itself quite the niche of being able to make up long articles and be taken absolutely seriously, due in part to the style of writing and just the actual look of the publication. Just have to see the one today about the transfer dealings to see that it gets taken very seriously. If these articles people like Pearce and Hughes write where published in a tabloid and written in different more gimmicky sensationalist style, they’d be disgarded as a load of made up rubbish.
