Media Thread 2017/18

[cyprustavern]

from a lad that was born in moss side . platt lane..thornton rd.kippax lloyd st etc fuck em. apparently man city are a mug team .

 

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[Man-chester copperpot]

Listening to Planet Rock radio station right now. Heard an ad for Paddy Power, and their Grand National betting ..... missed exactly what was said both times it's been on in last half hour, but something about 'millions', and then 'as many as the empty seats at the Etihad all season' .....

Beyond a fucking joke.

Lets be honest, we have empty seats at most games - the rights or wrongs of it we have discussed numerous times. It looks on tv that we have more empty seats than your average club so you cant get angry when they use this as a stick to hit us with? The way to stop this is for people to sit in their seats on matchday which is obviously harder than it sounds! Maybe the club should sell top 6 team season ticket for people that cant be arsed with most of the “lesser” teams

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

The last line tells the whole story - ". . . . . . . no matter how much their detractors resent it!" The top and bottom of the last ten seasons - clubs, Meedya, EUCB (formerly known as Uefa), PiGMOL, the PL, assorted managers from the PL and other leagues have all had their denigrating two-pennorth on the subject!

Exactly....fcuk the lot of ‘em

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Most journalists are completely clueless and steal a living. I think Pep will strengthen 2-3 positions and we’ll have Mendy back so we should be much stronger next season.

As Pep said, the league is most important. I agree completely with him.

I’d be delighted if we “only” win the league next season. We had an amazing season and to retain the title is going to be even harder.

Competitions like the CL involve a lot of luck. Small things like referee decisions ultimately decide whether you proceed or not. Juve are out because of a debatable or penalty call. Real won it 2 years ago with an easy route and beat us in the semi on aggregate by 1 goal and won the final on penalties. This year they had a group with Spurs and Dortmund, PSG in the round of 16, Juve in the quarter final, and Bayern in the semi, I don’t think it’s possibe to have a harder draw.

Focus on the league, anything else is a bonus.

This is the muffin. The chips and tomato sauce are the cup competitions!

 

[Bayblue]

Agreed. It is essentially a snide article by Ronay. He tried, and failed, to make it ironic. He is a typically smug Guardian writer who needs to get out a bit more and speak to real supporters instead of engaging with the digital fanboys who rarely attend matches. In other words be a proper journalist instead of a cut-and-paste merchant.

100% disagree. It was irony.
Here’s what he wrote about us in November:

“They [City] are .. unavoidably likeable....
..they are also unavoidably fun, compelling, nice, watchable.......they play with a real lightness of touch......a team this fun can even redeem another one-horse title race if that is the way we are headed.....something has been built here....there is already something beautiful...something that is still somehow uplifting and pure”

 

[ccr]

This is the muffin. The chips and tomato sauce are the cup competitions!

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[bobbyowenquiff]

100% disagree. It was irony.
Here’s what he wrote about us in November:

“They [City] are .. unavoidably likeable....
..they are also unavoidably fun, compelling, nice, watchable.......they play with a real lightness of touch......a team this fun can even redeem another one-horse title race if that is the way we are headed.....something has been built here....there is already something beautiful...something that is still somehow uplifting and pure”

Have a look at his Twitter feed. It's packed with snide jibes about City. He's not a proper journalist who reveals things we don't know about. He's just another sneering posh boy who likes the sound of his own voice. The Guardian's full of them and that's one of the reasons it is one of the world's worst performing newspapers in financial terms. It used to be a brilliant newspaper. People like Ronay are ten-a-penny in the modern media.

 

[Bobbyespania]

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