Media coverage 2018/19

[Andrew shooter]

BBC were on about sterling being one of the highest earners in world football this morning they are so anti city it’s embarrassing

 

[Shirley]

Stating the obvious, again:

This thread, the United one, the talksport one and the Der Spiegel one...

It reminds me of a spoilt only child, they get given all the toys they want, they always demand and are given more, they clamour for attention, they do something wrong they throw a hissy fit when lightly chastised.

They play with their toys, always winning their invented games. When other kids come to play, they have to play their way, with the toys that they decide to allow. All other toys they haven’t got themselves are rubbish, till they whinge and whine to get them themselves.
If in their invented game they happen to start losing, the rules will change, the toys taken away and the game will stop and be changed to another of their choosing.

as time goes by, the child becomes isolated by their behaviour, and their treatment of others. the sense of entitlement of toys pushes them into further strops when they don’t get given them, till eventually they pick up their toys and play all alone, whilst all the other kids get on with being adults.

It's doctor Phil...

 

[davek1808]

BBC were on about sterling being one of the highest earners in world football this morning they are so anti city it’s embarrassing

Yeah did you see the look of disgust on his face as he reported it the fucking prick.

 

[Centurions]

Don't know if it's been mentioned but in the Sky report online regarding Sterling's new contract yesterday they don't actually mention money at all (I kid you not). Credit where credit is due.

https://www.skysports.com/football/...rling-extends-manchester-city-deal-until-2023

 

[hertsblue]

BBC were on about sterling being one of the highest earners in world football this morning they are so anti city it’s embarrassing

How many years ago was Rooney on 300k plus a week. I bet Sterling is not even in the top 4-5 earners at Utd
Don't they remember this:
According to Jeremy Cross, the chief sports writer for The Daily Star, Schweinsteiger will be paid £275,000 a week (€387,751), £13.3 million a year (€18.76 million), and will cost the club £40 million (€56.41 million) should be see out his three-year contact.
Even Schweingsteiger said at the time they could not believe how much they were offered

 

[Marvin]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/nov/09/manchester-derby-city-united-abu-dhabi-investment
"Mancchester Derby skewed by a decade of Abu Dhabi investment"

Title says it all.

Contains such jewels as: Theatre of Dirhams which I thought was brilliant. Less so Gulf-State D-Day.

Comments have been deluged by fellow blues and they shut it down

Is Man Utd's spending in this era also forgotten? Even Der Spiegel say we're now sustainable so what is the difference between Guardiola's £300m and Mourinho's £300m? Answer the league table. As usual the media just ride a wave of populism and the issue which is the displacement of football's old elite and the political games they play is ignored.

 

[Henkeman]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/nov/09/manchester-derby-city-united-abu-dhabi-investment
"Mancchester Derby skewed by a decade of Abu Dhabi investment"

Title says it all.

Contains such jewels as: Theatre of Dirhams which I thought was brilliant. Less so Gulf-State D-Day.

Comments have been deluged by fellow blues and they shut it down

Is Man Utd's spending in this era also forgotten? Even Der Spiegel say we're now sustainable so what is the difference between Guardiola's £300m and Mourinho's £300m? Answer the league table. As usual the media just ride a wave of populism and the issue which is the displacement of football's old elite and the political games they play is ignored.

On the comments on that article, it's not just City fans though. Apart from the United or Liverpool lot, you're seeing many/most non-City fans getting fed up with the whole thing and calling out FFP as self serving and corrupt in the first place and pointing out the whingeing. The media might be trying to push one line, but I'm not sure it works. Sympathy for United, Liverpool. Real, Bayern et al is, shall we say, rather limited.

 

[Andrew shooter]

Yeah did you see the look of disgust on his face as he reported it the fucking prick.

Yeah couldn’t fucking believe it

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/nov/09/manchester-derby-city-united-abu-dhabi-investment
"Mancchester Derby skewed by a decade of Abu Dhabi investment"

Title says it all.

Contains such jewels as: Theatre of Dirhams which I thought was brilliant. Less so Gulf-State D-Day.

Comments have been deluged by fellow blues and they shut it down

Is Man Utd's spending in this era also forgotten? Even Der Spiegel say we're now sustainable so what is the difference between Guardiola's £300m and Mourinho's £300m? Answer the league table. As usual the media just ride a wave of populism and the issue which is the displacement of football's old elite and the political games they play is ignored.

I don’t think the article is that bad read in its entirety tbf. I thought Theatre of Dirhams was very droll too.

 

[salfordbluetrue]

BBC were on about sterling being one of the highest earners in world football this morning they are so anti city it’s embarrassing

I think they announced Streling as Britain's biggest earner a couple of days ago then realized Bale was British

 

[George Hannah]

https://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1541833200/1541836800/
14.40

 

[Shaelumstash]

https://talksport.com/radio/listen-again/1541833200/1541836800/
14.40

I don’t even want to listen to it. But for those who aren’t aware, some reprehensible **** who writes for The Sun has been on TalkSport this morning and said that City have pushed David Silva in to talking to the press about his premature son in order to deflect attention away from Football Leaks.

How anyone could stoop so fucking low I just can not get my head around. How desperate for attention would you have to be to come out with something so disgusting and pejorative?

Georgie Bingham, who’s show it was on, has said it was so crass and distasteful that she didn’t think it warranted the oxygen of calling him out on it.

I’d encourage anyone to contact his emoloyers at The Sun and TalkSport to register their disgust. Or do it directly to his Twitter @JohnDillonSport

 

[squirtyflower]

On the comments on that article, it's not just City fans though. Apart from the United or Liverpool lot, you're seeing many/most non-City fans getting fed up with the whole thing and calling out FFP as self serving and corrupt in the first place and pointing out the whingeing. The media might be trying to push one line, but I'm not sure it works. Sympathy for United, Liverpool. Real, Bayern et al is, shall we say, rather limited.

I hope the average fan is beginning to see what it really is

 

[squirtyflower]

On the comments on that article, it's not just City fans though. Apart from the United or Liverpool lot, you're seeing many/most non-City fans getting fed up with the whole thing and calling out FFP as self serving and corrupt in the first place and pointing out the whingeing. The media might be trying to push one line, but I'm not sure it works. Sympathy for United, Liverpool. Real, Bayern et al is, shall we say, rather limited.

The Grauniad Sport section are just the PR tools for a crooked player agency and PiGMOB.

 

[Henkeman]

I hope the average fan is beginning to see what it really is

It's impossible to know of course. That's why it's just anecdotal. But when United/Liverpool fans moan about it, you do see a lot of fans of other clubs telling them where to go. So maybe. But there's obviously going to be no special love for City, why would there be, after all?

 

[squirtyflower]

It's impossible to know of course. That's why it's just anecdotal. But when United/Liverpool fans moan about it, you do see a lot of fans of other clubs telling them where to go. So maybe. But there's obviously going to be no special love for City, why would there be, after all?

I’m not one for pleading a special case for anyone, just fairness to all. The cartel clubs are just bullies in the playground and like all bullies can’t handle it when you stand up to them.

 

[Henkeman]

The Grauniad Sport section are just the PR tools for a crooked player agency and PiGMOB.

No one does sanctimony quite like them. There was a wonderfully ironic David Conn column complaining about tax avoidance, apparently oblivious to the Guardian managing to pay not a penny corporation tax on a £300m sale by routing it through the Caymans.

 

[Henkeman]

I’m not one for pleading a special case for anyone, just fairness to all. The cartel clubs are just bullies in the playground and like all bullies can’t handle it when you stand up to them.

Exactly. We all know that City are where they are because of huge investment. It's the pretence the others never had the same that is laughable.

 

[The perfect fumble]

The Grauniad Sport section are just the PR tools for a crooked player agency and PiGMOB.

I hope the average fan is beginning to see what it really is

Do you think they are beginning to see this for what it is? I can't see your average fan viewing Utd as the champion of the little man in any circumstances.

 

[Shirley]

Some really piss poor punditry out there especially from ex players who should be more knowledgeable. Just listened to Andy Gray say the rags dominated the derbies in the 70,s, 80's and 90's.

The 70's ffs.