Media Thread 2020/21

[Shirley]

No ,match report or even a mention of scouse game on bbc footy front page. Big piece about us not scoring enough though.

It’s there but you have to look closely.
Almost 3,500 comments ffs.

 

[chesterbells]

I know it was only MOTD highlights but Guy Mowbray did not mention a transfer fee one single time in his commentary.
He also needs to work on his technique and sound flat and deflated when City score. He is not paid to appreciate to appreciate good football.

Could be wrong on both these, but a) they add the comms on after the game has finished so it must be difficult to recreate the ‘live’ surprise / emotion of a goal going in, and b) I thought Mowbray had some blue sympathies- I’ve certainly never found him particularly anti-City

edit. Just realised the point you were making!

 

[Aba452]

I know it was only MOTD highlights but Guy Mowbray did not mention a transfer fee one single time in his commentary.
He also needs to work on his technique and sound flat and deflated when City score. He is not paid to appreciate to appreciate good football.

To be fair I think Mowbray is literally one of the few commentators who is capable of doing their job. He usually does speak well of us. Shows what poisonous bitter wankers most of the rest are. Doesn't help that most pundits are rags/dippers or Keown who hasn't discovered fire yet!

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I assume Simple Simon's just setting the scene for his next article "Yes, Manchester City may have their goalscoring problems but they've still scored more than Manchester United".

 

[SWP's back]

I think @SWP's back has failed the City fan base by not wrapping a 5 iron around Richard Keys head on one of their golfing days.
Shame on him.

I’m 99% sure the reason he is so anti-City on Bein is because I give him such a hard time. He’s also a bandit off 16. (Andy plays off 8 and whilst we’re at it and name dropping, Big Nige off 6) plus knowing me, I’d only hook the 5 iron.

 

[Phil1]

I’m 99% sure the reason he is so anti-City on Bein is because I give him such a hard time. He’s also a bandit off 16. (Andy plays off 8 and whilst we’re at it and name dropping, Big Nige off 6) plus knowing me, I’d only hook the 5 iron.

Joking aside, it's quite sinister the way he's allowed to talk about the club the way he does. He's not even subtle about it nowadays.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Do you think the commentators have a script to work from when covering City matches, I think they're briefed definitely

I think a lot of it is unconscious bias. Many of them seem to do little research other than basic google checks for stats (the stranger the better) and what's been published in the tabloid press. The media narrative around the club remains relentlessly negative with a touch of racism about the heritage of our owners. Most of the TV pundits have been infected with it.
What is also striking is how few commentators can actually read a game. They frequently make mistakes about our formation and tactics and what positions our players are actually playing in.
Yesterday the BT team made constant references urging Burnley to "hit it long and win the second ball." That was just playing into our hands. Commentators seem to be trapped in a 1980s timewarp. Their knowledge of football seems lower than most matchgoing fans. There is just no intelligent analysis.

 

[Sheik Battle and Goal]

Was weird on BT yesterday when the commentator said he was surprised that Aguero wasn’t starting.. think someone must have had a word at HT as he Nader reference to his family relationship to Maradona
What a prick as he obviously hadn’t done his research before hand

 

[Mancity1980]

Can't see it being 'American on American' myself..........

Because Americans never fight dirty against each other? Donald Trump disagrees.

 

[blue by birth]

2i picked up today ( sorry if already mentioned)
Bt commentator
City are 6 points behind leaders Liverpool but with games to pan out that could be different by Monday.
Nope. Liverpool have already played this weekend ffs so still 6 points
Now he says ederson can’t get in Brazil team yet he was in nets for the last 2 games

Her indoors was watching the game with me and she said exactly the same thing about the gap between us and the bus wreckers being the same.. Bt are fucking useless

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

Only Simon Stone on BBC can do an article after we score 5 about if we have issues scoring then produces a table showing games and goals and lists Jesus as 3 games and no Aguero, missing the point that we have had both strikers missing for most of the season .

Stone the moan,reminds me of my late father, a regular punter on the horses and always moaning.
"My horses never win".
"When they do win the odd are poor".
"When the odd are good I didn't stake enough".
Even after a rare good win, dad, who liked a glass of whisky and a puff of St.Bruno's moaned that "Mother spends my winnings on clothes for you kids".

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

Well said, I find Mr Mowbray a decent and honest commentator. He even spoke well of us before the game on football focus. Almost spoke like a ' positive ' City fan. No Ally Mann though.

I've always found Guy Mowbray far and away 6he best commentator, right back to the 2014 league cup final, through the fourmidables cup final to the present day. Always gives praise where it's due and clearly enjoys the football City play.

 

[Blueboy73]

He's a moron.

Hey that's a bit harsh - on morons :)

 

[Mancity1980]

Watched on Bein sport our game v Spurs and keys said I don't think anybody would have any sympathy with a var decision going against Man City. On Weds chumps league again on Bein the commentator Ben Andrews (who the f**k is he) around 4 minutes in saying how shit we are in Prem so far this season but not many will care about big spending Manchester City. Around 20 mins in names Ruben and says huge fee paid for him. Never used to listen to this bollocks I used to have Gmr commentary and slow it down so it was in sinc with tv feed but since Cheesy and Andy no longer do it its dog shit.

how do you do that? That sounds like a great way to watch city during lockdown.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Do you think the commentators have a script to work from when covering City matches, I think they're briefed definitely

Absolutely , even the likes of Hinchcliffe , Lescott and Richards are required to tow the line on occasions , Sky / BT / BBC etc pay their wages and they do as they are told or they are shipped out.
There are only two pundits who i listen to Nevin and Souness , they talk purely about the football and i accept their criticism of our team because they have no agenda.

 

[Rochdale Blue]

Was weird on BT yesterday when the commentator said he was surprised that Aguero wasn’t starting.. think someone must have had a word at HT as he Nader reference to his family relationship to Maradona
What a prick as he obviously hadn’t done his research before hand

The studio presenter on Wednesday chundered on about City winning in Olympiacos, just needed her to say they were dancing in the streets of.

 

[heslops barnet]

Only Simon Stone on BBC can do an article after we score 5 about if we have issues scoring then produces a table showing games and goals and lists Jesus as 3 games and no Aguero, missing the point that we have had both strikers missing for most of the season .

every media twat looking for negatives

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Because Americans never fight dirty against each other? Donald Trump disagrees.

Agreed but not when they have common interests in overthrowing the sport to fix their investment..........

 

[asahartford1]

Simon Stone,

"Burnley the better team this half"

No comment needed.

 

[Kippax77]

2i picked up today ( sorry if already mentioned)
Bt commentator
City are 6 points behind leaders Liverpool but with games to pan out that could be different by Monday.
Nope. Liverpool have already played this weekend ffs so still 6 points
Now he says ederson can’t get in Brazil team yet he was in nets for the last 2 games

I heard that prick Ian Darke say this.
How the fuck can the points gap change in any way when we have both played our games.
I nearly volleyed the TV cos of the inept twat