Media Thread 2020/21

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Aba452 said:
I've never been into NFL but watched the play offs this month and it piqued my interest. Started watching the nfl show on the Beeb which although having the excreble Dan Walker has 2 ex pro's on. They're typical exuberant yanks and their personalities really draw you in.

Why am I posting here rather than the NFL thread? Because the quality of the pundits in this is light years away from MOTD. These guys bring genuine insight and passion. They speak from the heart and are articulate.

Another example last season I seemed to watch a lot of American broadcasts on PL games. The burger ads did make me salivate I think. But the studio guests were mostly Lee Dixon who I find duller than a day in Parliament, Robbie Mustoe who did sod all as a player. And Robbie Earle ex Don's. He was terrific well spoken and gave considered opinions but genuinely enjoyed our play.

This season a lot of my streams have been BeIn. Only get a few minutes of build up with Andy Gray NdJ and furry wanker. Gray and Nige are pretty decent I think and always cut Keyes down to size. Just suffered 30 minutes of Warnock commentating on a pretty shit Copa Libertadores final. The guy genuinely knows less about football than a gerbil.

Years ago I used to follow games on the radio and the guy who literally was in a class of his own was Jimmy Armfield. He was knowledgeable and fair minded with a terrific understanding of the game. We often joke on the match threads that we're going to mute the idiots on commentary. The problem is that decent commentary and even rudimentary match analysis are as rare as hens teeth!

I actually feel nostalgic over Lynham or Moore as they were giants compared to today's pigmies. Will people feel nostalgic for Lineker tyler Wright darke Warnock or hoddle. I sincerely doubt it.

If we can become champions this season it will be our greatest achievement and will be done in spite of the febrile press certainly not because of any appreciation from them.
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Moore- I found him terrible, too much of a politician for my liking. I remember listening to him during the World Cup games and his bias against non European teams unbearable.
 
mccity said:
Yeah he knows what it is, hence his post CAS outburst. I think he had similar disdain for the press back in Spain when he was Barcelona manager.
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Losing focus there with irrelevance, this is about Manchester City and Pep our manager.
 
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dennishasdoneit said:
A lot of penalties and free kicks,the little cheat.
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28 goals, 15 of them pens. Sounds impressive until you see how they got them, namely collapsing from orchestrated dives in the penalty area because they haven't the skill and wherewithal to score from open play. Klopp encourages his players diving and was aghast at the number manu got so complained. The only decent proper thing for football he's done.
 
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No news stories in the Mail on Sunday's online pages until you reach a small piece several pages down about us grinding out another win. We're not newsworthy. The headlines are all about glorifying that slippy night club assailant doing well in a Scottish two horse race
 
Franny's toilet roll said:
No news stories in the Mail on Sunday's online pages until you reach a small piece several pages down about us grinding out another win. We're not newsworthy. The headlines are all about glorifying that slippy night club assailant doing well in a Scottish two horse race
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Not much to report for their two click bate teams is there? Both behind City in the league so can’t put out endless shite articles about how they will be champions for the time being. There were endless ones when United were premier league champions January 2021. Shameful stuff.
 
Franny's toilet roll said:
No news stories in the Mail on Sunday's online pages until you reach a small piece several pages down about us grinding out another win. We're not newsworthy. The headlines are all about glorifying that slippy night club assailant doing well in a Scottish two horse race
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Neil Ashton hasn't clocked on at the swamp yet
9am he's due in
 
LesBleuMiserable said:
Moore- I found him terrible, too much of a politician for my liking. I remember listening to him during the World Cup games and his bias against non European teams unbearable.
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Yes he seemed to think England had a divine right to win tournaments just because they were English ( and crap ) and was amazed when we kept losing ! Always referred to us as Manchder Siddy !
 
Simon Stone's match report on the Beeb

Aside from Gabriel Jesus' close-range strike from a Ferran Torres cross, an instinctive header from Bernardo Silva - created by a stray Oliver Norwood header - was City's only effort on target until Aaron Ramsdale denied Oleksandr Zinchenko and then Aymeric Laporte from the corner that followed.


What a weird sentence.


Jesus was relatively quiet and only burst into life in the final minute, when he did the right thing in opening his body up to shoot at Ramsdale, only to steer his effort straight at the Blades keeper.


When was a full-length dive to tip the ball around the post, a straight at the keeper shot?

Straight at the keeper means he didn't have to move, fucking prick.
 
hutton who blue said:
28 goals, 15 of them pens. Sounds impressive until you see how they got them, namely collapsing from orchestrated dives in the penalty area because they haven't the skill and wherewithal to score from open play. Klopp encourages his players diving and was aghast at the number manu got so complained. The only decent proper thing for football he's done.
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His last 3 goals.

Free kick v Liverpool won by a clear dive by Cavani
penalty v Villa won by a clear dive by Pogba
penalty v WBA which he missed but Var awarded a retake
 
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MARTIN SAMUEL: Barca cannot afford Eric Garcia let alone Lionel Messi

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Eric Garcia has said he would play for Barcelona for nothing. Given the latest news about their finances, he may have to.
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Onholiday(somemightsay) said:
And to think we have been lectured by all and sundry on financial fair play - how we can be painted as a negative to the sport compared to these and Rags is utterly scandalous.

We don't have free press, we have press that goes to the highest bidder - the fable is as outdated as the Catholic church..........
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Thought this was possibly better positioned in the Agenda thread..........
 
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