If it was up to you would you ban the Sun newspaper from the Etihad?

[Pam]

If it was up to me, nobody in the world would be stupid enough to read that filthy rag.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

They need us, we don't need them, so fuck em, that goes for all the crap publication's out there.

 

[SilverFox2]

I suppose many have to get jobs where they can these days so maybe there are fair minded people there but their views are unlikely to be published when those who make decisions decide who their core business targets.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Absolutely not.

People need to appreciate even the desks within the same newspaper are rivals to a great extent, certainly in terms of not even knowing sometimes what they are working on, the impact it will have on their own patch journos.

I have dealings with them, there are so many decent journos amongst them, but news editors are a different breed altogether, they don't give a shit if it sours any relationship for the patch journo.

Same goes for every paper out there.

For the record, Raheem having a tattoo of a gun on his leg doesn't look good, he should know that, regardless of whether he has plans for it to ultimately represent his wider and personal viewpoint.

Nah - they aren't even pretending to be civil. They will continue publishing this shit if there are no come backs. Time to take a stand. Ban them from Pep press conferences for 6 months to begin with.

 

[Woody135]

In a world where every press conference is live streamed on facebook to the world and every match is broadcast in hundreds of countries, banning a reporter from physically being there has no impact on their ability to write about us.

It does however create tension between them and their view of the club as they are personally impacted, leading to more negative stories written and more attention given to the newspaper, which is all they want.

 

[SilverFox2]

Absolutely not.

People need to appreciate even the desks within the same newspaper are rivals to a great extent, certainly in terms of not even knowing sometimes what they are working on, the impact it will have on their own patch journos.

I have dealings with them, there are so many decent journos amongst them, but news editors are a different breed altogether, they don't give a shit if it sours any relationship for the patch journo.

Same goes for every paper out there.

For the record, Raheem having a tattoo of a gun on his leg doesn't look good, he should know that, regardless of whether he has plans for it to ultimately represent his wider and personal viewpoint.

Just a question re your last para TH, do you imean it does not look good on anyone or are you thinking that a black City player with history of bad press from the Pool transfer should be especially careful?

 

[Sir peace frog]

people say "ive not bought a paper in years" that wont do anything, not clicking on the stories and tweets will hit them a lot more,

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Just a question re your last para TH, do you imean it does not look good on anyone or are you thinking that a black City player with history of bad press from the Pool transfer should be especially careful?

I think he means he brought it upon himself whichever way you look at it.

 

[SilverFox2]

I think he means he brought it upon himself whichever way you look at it.

You are probably right, I wonder if our latest signing will get similar treatment if he keeps his hair colour and style ?

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

You are probably right, I wonder if our latest signing will get similar treatment if he keeps his hair colour and style ?

The Leicester mafia only consists of Lineker really. Not the same as the Scouse mafia doing a hatchet job.

Interesting to see if the Sun/SSN would bother. I doubt it.
He’s not English.
Didn’t leave Liverpool.
Isn’t costing an enormous fee by comparison to recent signings of their darling clubs.
They’ve not as much to work with.

 

[Homar]

Yes, ban it outright. No doubt that there are one or two half decent journalists there, but the organisation as a whole is rotten to the core.

 

[SilverFox2]

Yes, ban it outright. No doubt that there are one or two half decent journalists there, but the organisation as a whole is rotten to the core.

Frankly I think they simply make decisions to publish articles that will sell.
Simply reporting news has evaporated to be replaced by views of news that they know will sell to their expensively researched consumer base.
It used to be just headlines on billboards that sold, now they believe their own headlines and skew the article to suit the sensational headlines.

 

[adeinchessy]

I'd ban it from the country

 

[93.01]

Yes

 

[Bob Smiles]

I emailed the club's press office a couple of days ago (they wouldn't give me a number to call to speak to someone directly) asking what their comment was to the constant unjust vilification of Sterling. I also asked for their comments on the petition to ban the Sun, and its journalists, from Etihad Stadium.

No response. I doubt I'll get one either.

 

[goatersnipple]

Yep disgusting bastards.
Ive banded my granny from havibg it aswell.

 

[1961_vintage]

No.

 

[tornandfrayed]

No.

Why?

 

[Blue Mooner]

No I wouldn't the club can't afford to get into a tit for tat relationship with the media, they have to rise above it. The reality is that whilst not being able to report from the Etihad would be a blow, the sad reality is that commercially it would have very little impact to the Sun but the negative response that would result in return from the hacks at the Sun would be more damaging to us.

Dont underestimate the commercial impact on City of driving a negative relationship with the Sun it's precisely why uber and Google are prepared to pay the evening standard millions for positive stories in the paper (that's another debate entirely) That demonstrates the power of the written word and it works both ways. Unfortunately there are just too many easily influenced minds out there...

 

[moomba]

We already have the negative side of a relationship with certain parts of the media. If we banned the Sun and they started a campaign against us I doubt anyone would notice the difference.