Media Thread 2020/21

[Franny's toilet roll]

This is the one shown during the silence. It’s not on iPlayer. That was a different one.

Thank you, superb. So many great players, sadly many of them passed away. I think its the music that is getting to me

 

[Hart of the Matter]

No because it makes us look like cultists and Kopites.

If thousands of City fans are abusing someone for giving Dias a B+ on Twitter, it’s going to make us look like complete freaks and any legitimate further grievances won’t be taken seriously.

Not when you then find the same journalist(?) Posting other shit about us. It's called scratching below the surface.

 

[Mike Cledford]

shouldn't admit to this, but no it's the Scot Road Car Park on Winter Hill overlooking Bolton. I wondered for years what people kept going on about as i know the area very well, in the end i had to ask

I was testing my memory - and failed. I have smemory of a Scout Road overlooking the Dee estuary.
Pennington Flash is quite funny with the warning signs everywhere and little old ladies walking their dogs looking suspiciously at each other.

 

[eversince 76]

Last week i gave an insight on here as how Dutch media approach City to Liverpool after both drew 1-1 vs WBA. It’s like this when it concerns either United, Liverpool or Arsenal.
In fairness I stopped annoying myself some time ago for the biased media as a paper, internet or commentators. They are biased and it’s crystal clear. No-one can convince me otherwise. I even go as far as to state that if you can not see it you are as blind as a PL referee. It’s been like this for over a decade.
So why bother, although I understand the frustration completely. I like to think the players and staff use it as an extra motivation. And if that motivation has brought us the succes over that same decade, long may the bias continue.

 

[dario2739]

We all know why they don't, just ask Colin Mafham if you are unsure

Just read the article and see nothing wrong, or factually wrong with his piece... compare his article to the shit we've had printed against us, and then consider the reaction by his editors to his article and ours - then tell me there's no preferential treatment or bias at work in the press... it's no wonder the term 'gutter press' exists!

 

[alexmcity]

Rivals and media were thinking after a few poor results in October and November that the wheels were finally coming off and Pep had peaked, whereas Pep was changing the wheels with more dynamic ones. And now they are scared that City are finding new gears and are speeding up.

 

[Bill]

Sorry mate but you don't know him, and if you've read his City coverage and think he's biased then I think you've been on Bluemoon too long and need to give yourself a break.

he doesn't have to write about City, just being a rag makes him a wankstain.

 

[citymad]

Thank you, superb. So many great players, sadly many of them passed away. I think its the music that is getting to me

Loved hearing Gerald Sinstadt. It brings back memories of watching The Big Match on Sunday afternoons. Can anyone confirm but I grew up thinking Barry Davies was a big City fan.

 

[bluemoon32]

Loved hearing Gerald Sinstadt. It brings back memories of watching The Big Match on Sunday afternoons. Can anyone confirm but I grew up thinking Barry Davies was a big City fan.

Thought he was a Spurs fan

 

[LongsightM13]

Loved hearing Gerald Sinstadt. It brings back memories of watching The Big Match on Sunday afternoons. Can anyone confirm but I grew up thinking Barry Davies was a big City fan.

He wasn’t a City fan but I think he once admitted in an interview that he was fond of City and the club’s eccentricity.
I loved his commentary of the Charlton promotion game where he opened with a reflection on the club’s “extraordinary history of brushes with fate” or something similar

 

[Aba452]

I'm fairly certain Barry Davies is a Spurs fan. The fact is you would never have known as at that time the Beeb employed professional journalists.

Archival footage tends to highlight just how poor many commentators are nowadays.

Vicky Sparks yesterday wasn't great but was breath of fresh air compared to the usual agenda monkeys.

 

[HelloCity]

He gets a lot of shit because he turned out to be a bit of a nob behind the camera but you know who was the best co-commentator? Andy Gray.

Never showed bias to any team and was pretty enthusiastic about whatever game he was commentating on. He didn’t have that awful trait most modern co-commentators have where they tend to tut and moan whenever a team or player aren’t doing things well. His analysis was far ahead of what we’d heard before for the time as well.

 

[LongsightM13]

He gets a lot of shit because he turned out to be a bit of a nob behind the camera but you know who was the best co-commentator? Andy Gray.

Never showed bias to any team and was pretty enthusiastic about whatever game he was commentating on. He didn’t have that awful trait most modern co-commentators have where they tend to tut and moan whenever a team or player aren’t doing things well. His analysis was far ahead of what we’d heard before for the time as well.

Agree 100%. And Jimmy Armfield on the radio was excellent

 

[M12Blue]

He gets a lot of shit because he turned out to be a bit of a nob behind the camera but you know who was the best co-commentator? Andy Gray.

Never showed bias to any team and was pretty enthusiastic about whatever game he was commentating on. He didn’t have that awful trait most modern co-commentators have where they tend to tut and moan whenever a team or player aren’t doing things well. His analysis was far ahead of what we’d heard before for the time as well.

I see some games on Bein, would agree with Andy grays impartiality. He calls it what is is regardless of the shirt (mostly)

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Daily Mail are obviously nailing their flag to the rag mast.

Is there a big game involving the two clubs coming up by any chance?

 

[Shirley]

No because it makes us look like cultists and Kopites.

If thousands of City fans are abusing someone for giving Dias a B+ on Twitter, it’s going to make us look like complete freaks and any legitimate further grievances won’t be taken seriously.

Thousands you say, hmmm maybe a dozen

 

[Gazza]

He wasn’t a City fan but I think he once admitted in an interview that he was fond of City and the club’s eccentricity.
I loved his commentary of the Charlton promotion game where he opened with a reflection on the club’s “extraordinary history of brushes with fate” or something similar

"Manchester City's attempt to escape from what for them is the wilderness of the second division"

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

I see Mike keegan has called out sky’s impartiality when covering the Southampton v Liverpool match in the daily fail. It was only 2 short paragraphs but nevertheless a surprise.

“Those who tuned into Sky's coverage of Liverpool's Monday night trip to Southampton could be forgiven for believing they were watching the Merseyside club's in-house channel - because they were”.

“A gushing homage to Thiago Alcantara, who made his first start since October 17 in the 1-0 defeat, was lifted straight from LFCTV and broadcast to the nation, leading some to question the broadcaster's wisdom and impartiality”.

It pays to have fanboy reporters. If lfc had done to utd what they did to our team bus (For example) that would have been all over the news.

These clubs and their reporters create an uneven playing field sometimes

 

[i went to rotherham]

This is the one shown during the silence. It’s not on iPlayer. That was a different one.

Not cried like that since the Aguerooo moment. Love our club. RIP Colin.

 

[dario2739]

It pays to have fanboy reporters. If lfc had done to utd what they did to our team bus (For example) that would have been all over the news.

These clubs and their reporters create an uneven playing field sometimes

If it had been the other way around the media would have been screaming for us to be kicked out of the competition at the very least