Media Thread 2017/18

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The atmosphere (first half) was better than the "famous" Anfield, not sure if 5live or anyone else has pointed this out - I guess it wouldn't suit the respective narratives about city and liverpool though.
 
jamiecav said:
5live were trying to make out there had been loads of trouble in the ground, clearly deflecting from the anfield shit.

Claimed we shouldn't have a neutral section If we can't control ourselves. (UEFA enforced no?)

To be fair one of them then said he sympathized with the city fans as they just wanted to support the team not be goaded by opposition
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We don't have a 'neutral section'. The supporters information email clearly states that, the club are obliged to give 200 Premium seats for use by the UEFA family, I think the problem occurs at games like last night, when the 'family' choose to flog them off to away fans for a quick buck.
 
Bozzie said:
We don't have a 'neutral section'. The supporters information email clearly states that, the club are obliged to give 200 Premium seats for use by the UEFA family, I think the problem occurs at games like last night, when the 'family' choose to flog them off to away fans for a quick buck.
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You`ve probably hit the nail on the head there B.
 
jamiecav said:
5live were trying to make out there had been loads of trouble in the ground, clearly deflecting from the anfield shit.

Claimed we shouldn't have a neutral section If we can't control ourselves. (UEFA enforced no?)

To be fair one of them then said he sympathized with the city fans as they just wanted to support the team not be goaded by opposition
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I was listening to that on the way home. They started off saying that there was trouble in front of the press box. The ex-Liverpool player said he spoke to a steward who said that it was Liverpool fans in a neutral area and they discussed where the area was and mentioned the Tunnel Club. City state that they don't have a neutral area in the home support area on their website. I don't know if the Tunnel Club is outside of the home support area but if I was spending thousands I would not want to be sharing it with the opposition.
 
No sympathy whatsoever. With all the bitterness surrounding this tie, you'd have to be an absolute cock to go in our end and celebrate that goal. And let's not forget, all of the bitterness was brought about by the behaviour of that club and their scum supporters.
 
Uefa wankers make us give up seats in the CB stand (228, I think), then last night it was was full of Dippers giving it large, how does that happen? If the tickets go to sponsors it would be a coincidence they all end up with opposition "fans", it's nothing less than a disgrace .
 
On radio 5 at about 8am there was an interview with David Thompson, ex Liverpool player, about the game last night. After a bit of blah blah from him about Liverpool Euro istory etc, the following dialogue took place:-

Female Reporter (Rachael): "What effect did you think the disallowed goal for City had on the result last night?"

Thompson: "What? err? you mean the disallowed goal in the first leg?" (sounds puzzled).

Female Reporter (Rachael): "Err. Yes" (sounds puzzled).

Thompson: "Well err, errr, it could have affected the tie if City had got the away goal. But err, it happens, just err get on with it"

Male Reporter:"I think Rachael means the disallowed goal last night"

Thompson: "What err disallowed goal was that then?"

Male Reporter: "The Sane goal just before half time".

Thompson: "What err happened then. Was it err highly dubious?"

The male reporter then proceeds to explain and says the goal should definitely have stood.

Thompson: "Oh, I err didn't see that. Well err But err, it happens, just err get on with it"

Thompson: "Was that what Guardiola was complaining about at half tiime? We wondered what that was all about!"
Thompson:"But err Liverpool Euro istory" etc etc etc etc.

Thanks for your expert opinion and insight Thompson. I must have watched a different game last night. I wonder how much of my licence fee
was used to pay for that load of bollocks.
 
Tommy_Catons_Perm said:
On radio 5 at about 8am there was an interview with David Thompson, ex Liverpool player, about the game last night. After a bit of blah blah from him about Liverpool Euro istory etc, the following dialogue took place:-

Female Reporter (Rachael): "What effect did you think the disallowed goal for City had on the result last night?"

Thompson: "What? err? you mean the disallowed goal in the first leg?" (sounds puzzled).

Female Reporter (Rachael): "Err. Yes" (sounds puzzled).

Thompson: "Well err, errr, it could have affected the tie if City had got the away goal. But err, it happens, just err get on with it"

Male Reporter:"I think Rachael means the disallowed goal last night"

Thompson: "What err disallowed goal was that then?"

Male Reporter: "The Sane goal just before half time".

Thompson: "What err happened then. Was it err highly dubious?"

The male reporter then proceeds to explain and says the goal should definitely have stood.

Thompson: "Oh, I err didn't see that. Well err But err, it happens, just err get on with it"

Thompson: "Was that what Guardiola was complaining about at half tiime? We wondered what that was all about!"
Thompson:"But err Liverpool Euro istory" etc etc etc etc.

Thanks for your expert opinion and insight Thompson. I must have watched a different game last night. I wonder how much of my licence fee
was used to pay for that load of bollocks.
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He's the cock who tried to be funny (his explanation) by saying it was Everton fans who attacked the coach.
 
Back page of the Mail today headline 'Pep Sees Red' shows big picture of what it calls a City flare heading straight at Mo Salah framed so as to look like a fiery dagger about to strike him or Van Dijk after he scored.
 
jrb said:
Nice to see a positive article from BBC Sport. Linked.

BBC Chief football writer Phil McNulty

Manchester City's week of misery has led to suggestions that the champagne football Pep Guardiola's team have produced this season might actually end up going flat.

There is no escaping the sense of disappointment that accompanies what was eventually a convincing loss over two legs to Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-final, and the concession of a two-goal lead at home to derby rivals Manchester United on a day when they could have won the Premier League title.

City's loss to Liverpool will be particularly painful given that the Champions League is the ultimate goal for the club's ambitious Abu Dhabi-based owners - but the idea that their season could now be viewed as some sort of anti-climax is nonsensical.

Is the season of the 'Invincibles' at Arsenal in 2003-04, when they went 38 games unbeaten and won the title by 11 points, viewed as a relative failure because they lost over two legs to Claudio Ranieri's Chelsea in the Champions League quarter-finals? No.

Pep Guardiola and his team are currently the victims of the modern trend to jump to instant judgement. They are actually the victims of their own success in making the Premier League title race seem over since they went top in September.

City have taken the excitement out of the title race by their vast superiority. If their season is an anti-climax, how every other club in the Premier League would love one just like it.

Guardiola was brought to City with the intention of eventually bringing the Champions League to Etihad Stadium - and even though it has not happened this season there is enough promise in the team and ambition in the boardroom to offer serious hope this will happen in the not too distant future.

Plenty of City fans - and it is worth pointing out that the team were warmly applauded off by the home supporters even in defeat by Liverpool - are only too happy to point out that they are about to "celebrate" the 20th anniversary of dropping into English football's third tier.

As for this season, City have been spectacularly exciting to watch, have lost only two league games (to Liverpool and Manchester United), drawn just three, scored 15 more goals than any other team and currently lead the table by 13 points. Their coronation as champions is a formality.

The fact that the title has effectively been wrapped up for so long has almost led to some forgetting their brilliance in putting themselves in this position. Has the fact Manchester City have been so good for so much of the season, and been champions elect for months, almost led to them being taken slightly for granted?

This season, in the final reckoning, can be classed as a great success - with Champions League disappointment admittedly - for a team that has graced the top flight and drew comparisons with the greatest the Premier League has had to offer not so long ago.

The comparison was always a little far-fetched given Manchester United's unique treble of title, FA Cup and Champions League in 1999, as well as Arsene Wenger's "Invincibles" five years later - but this season Manchester City have unquestionably produced some of the finest football the Premier League has seen.

Manchester City will be bitterly disappointed this morning but if anyone is tempted to suggest this season is a failure or an under-achievement, it is the sort of failure and under-achievement every other club in the Premier League and plenty throughout Europe would grasp at in an instant.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43720157
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This is also a fair piece in the Mail although I think could have made more of refereeing decisions as a factor
 
DT King of all Geordies said:
I was listening to that on the way home. They started off saying that there was trouble in front of the press box. The ex-Liverpool player said he spoke to a steward who said that it was Liverpool fans in a neutral area and they discussed where the area was and mentioned the Tunnel Club. City state that they don't have a neutral area in the home support area on their website. I don't know if the Tunnel Club is outside of the home support area but if I was spending thousands I would not want to be sharing it with the opposition.
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I remember seeing on twitter last night that a number of Liverpool fans had been removed from the tunnel club area after celebrating their first goal.
 
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