Media Thread 2017/18

[Didsbury Dave]

Not posting the link but Jamie Jackson's version of events last night is straight from rag cafe.

Just had a look and the heading has been changed from "Manchester City to cooperate with investigation" to "Manchester City seek answers from Wigan" which shows you he'd gone to press without the full facts this morning.

 

[rnblade]

The BBC are a fcuking disgrace. Their ‘unbiased’ coverage is an absolute joke. We are guilty of inciting a pitch invasion and crowd trouble in their eyes.
What should we really expect from a business like the BBC that’s guilty of harbouring paedophiles and liars that protect them.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

The BBC are a fcuking disgrace. Their ‘unbiased’ coverage is an absolute joke. We are guilty of inciting a pitch invasion and crowd trouble in their eyes.
What should we really expect from a business like the BBC that’s guilty of harbouring paedophiles and liars that protect them.

Probably not the best timed post....

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

The BBC are a fcuking disgrace. Their ‘unbiased’ coverage is an absolute joke. We are guilty of inciting a pitch invasion and crowd trouble in their eyes.
What should we really expect from a business like the BBC that’s guilty of harbouring paedophiles and liars that protect them.

that's a bit rich coming from us, isn't it?

 

[BlueAnorak]

I see from the MUEN that Raheem has bought his sister a house now. I await to see the rest of the press reaction...

 

[Healdplace]

Anyone wanting to get really angry just get today's Sun. It is absurdly OTT against City.

Four separate articles having a go!

Starts on page 17 as a news story 'Quadruple my arse' - (seriously that is the heading!) Which says that is why Aguero 'lashed out at a fan'. It adds some of the other things in the body of the article but the two photos are clearly designed to show Sergio as the one to blame. It says City are considering legal action. And that both clubs have been charged by the FA.

But nowhere mentions that the FA found Sergio innocent of any wrongdoing - a fairly critical fact that this story surely needed. As it is likely the only one non sports fans will read being located in the news section.

Then on page 48 we get 'Poor by Pep' from Dave Kidd saying he 'sarcastically pointed out' that Wigan had one shot on target (when it was two) it 'added to an air of entitlement that makes him difficult to love'.

Oh and he also suggests City are the second dirtiest team in the league (!!!). Because Delph's red was our ninth under Pep implying some link there. Completely irrelevant how many of those are widely regarded as unjustified or the provocation unpunished from other teams.

But his ludicrous rant ends by saying to City and Pep we should provide 'A little less moralising, pleading the victim and compiling dossiers for the FA' .

Then on page 50 we get 'Warnock puts boot in to Pep' lauding how that odious manager is crowing over Monday night and how Pep 'gets away with it' because he 'has a go at everybody when things aren't going well'.

This piece quite amazingly ends with the claim that 'Delph's tackle was ten time's worse than Bennett's but nothing much was said about it'.

The very next page (51) we have Neil Ashton with 'Sneering sarcastic n'Snippy - Guardiola bitching is not wise, classy or dignified'. That's just the heading!

With a page full - including a side bar illustrated by him appearing to attack Cook in the tunnel - headed 'His Crimesheet'. Seriously CRIMESHEET! Despite again the FA not acting on the matter and Pep not having had any serious punishments for all these 'crimes'. Of course, conveniently not mentioned.

The piece says he is feeling the pressure - which is what all these nasty little writers clearly want to try to make him do.

You have to get to the back page for a small piece 'Aguero in the clear'. And even that presents it as him being allowed to play Sunday - 'despite..,..' followed by yet another account and the claim that the FA will write to him to 'remind him of his responsibilities'.

Presumably like not getting injured by raging fans who should have been allowed nowhere near him? Though this is not mentioned, of course.

It is high time we acted against this kind of thing.

Those articles clearly cross the line from any kind of fair comment.

 

[Peggy's a blue]

The BBC are a fcuking disgrace. Their ‘unbiased’ coverage is an absolute joke. We are guilty of inciting a pitch invasion and crowd trouble in their eyes.
What should we really expect from a business like the BBC that’s guilty of harbouring paedophiles and liars that protect them.

Also paying pricks like lineker, Evans and Vine millions, paid for by us!

 

[Bodicoteblue]

A classic example of ‘tall poppy syndrome’
Whenever an individual (in this case ,Pep) or a team ( obvious who) rise above the swirling tide of mediocrity that
is the staple diet of these types of underachieving hacks, then it has to be chopped down and stamped on.
It’s the modern equivalent of the pitch-fork wielding, ignorant peasants with their lynch-mob mentality howling outside the door.

 

[Bozzie]

A rag friend of mine, the same one who had 'no interest' in the tunnel bust up at Old Trafford, has just sent me a copy of a piece by Matthew Syed (The Times I think) headlined "Why Mourinho would not have got away with this". It pretty much fails to mention the Wigan manager let alone him confronting Sergio at half time and is based solely on the premise that Guardiola must have been the instigator and the aggressor and that poor old Jose would have had the wrath of the FA thrown at him had he done the same.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Anyone wanting to get really angry just get today's Sun. It is absurdly OTT against City.

Four separate articles having a go!

Starts on page 17 as a news story 'Quadruple my arse' - (seriously that is the heading!) Which says that is why Aguero 'lashed out at a fan'. It adds some of the other things in the body of the article but the two photos are clearly designed to show Sergio as the one to blame. It says City are considering legal action. And that both clubs have been charged by the FA.

But nowhere mentions that the FA found Sergio innocent of any wrongdoing - a fairly critical fact that this story surely needed. As it is likely the only one non sports fans will read being located in the news section.

Then on page 48 we get 'Poor by Pep' from Dave Kidd saying he 'sarcastically pointed out' that Wigan had one shot on target (when it was two) it 'added to an air of entitlement that makes him difficult to love'.

Oh and he also suggests City are the second dirtiest team in the league (!!!). Because Delph's red was our ninth under Pep implying some link there. Completely irrelevant how many of those are widely regarded as unjustified or the provocation unpunished from other teams.

But his ludicrous rant ends by saying to City and Pep we should provide 'A little less moralising, pleading the victim and compiling dossiers for the FA' .

Then on page 50 we get 'Warnock puts boot in to Pep' lauding how that odious manager is crowing over Monday night and how Pep 'gets away with it' because he 'has a go at everybody when things aren't going well'.

This piece quite amazingly ends with the claim that 'Delph's tackle was ten time's worse than Bennett's but nothing much was said about it'.

The very next page (51) we have Neil Ashton with 'Sneering sarcastic n'Snippy - Guardiola bitching is not wise, classy or dignified'. That's just the heading!

With a page full - including a side bar illustrated by him appearing to attack Cook in the tunnel - headed 'His Crimesheet'. Seriously CRIMESHEET! Despite again the FA not acting on the matter and Pep not having had any serious punishments for all these 'crimes'. Of course, conveniently not mentioned.

The piece says he is feeling the pressure - which is what all these nasty little writers clearly want to try to make him do.

You have to get to the back page for a small piece 'Aguero in the clear'. And even that presents it as him being allowed to play Sunday - 'despite..,..' followed by yet another account and the claim that the FA will write to him to 'remind him of his responsibilities'.

Presumably like not getting injured by raging fans who should have been allowed nowhere near him? Though this is not mentioned, of course.

It is high time we acted against this kind of thing.

Those articles clearly cross the line from any kind of fair comment.

You seriously need telling to not read that rag rag?