Media Thread 2020/21

[chesterbells]

I was outside the stadium when this happened. The Liverpool fans were baying for blood. I later spoke to a senior police officer near the turnstiles. He told me the police had been overwhelmed because of a "fuck-up by the higher-ups." He also said that a number of officers had been injured and the Liverpool fans had "behaved like animals." The incident was covered up. Merseyside Police are a disgrace and always have been. It is a cultural problem with that organisation. You saw the same thing outside the Pier Head last year.

Interesting to read that insight, cheers for posting.

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

Ah, but Murkyside plod were clearly not offended by the coach bricking so nothing to see. Let's move on.

Was anyone nicked when the rags coach was bricked at West Ham, an incident which many on here found amusing.

 

[aguero93:20]

Was anyone nicked when the rags coach was bricked at West Ham, an incident which many on here found amusing.

Last I remember they'd made 1 arrest and were looking for 4 others. Miles ahead of Merseyside Police.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

They used horses to push us back into the walls while we were waiting & people were getting crushed. There was no trouble either so it's not like it was a tense situation. Just in case anyone needed convincing that Merseyside Police were a bunch of utter scumbags. Which they didn't.

There was a bad accident on the motorway that night. I got in approaching half time and got a parking ticket for my trouble.

My mates told me after the commentators were commenting that City hadn't even sold their end out because it was half empty at kick off.

 

[mat]

Was anyone nicked when the rags coach was bricked at West Ham, an incident which many on here found amusing.

I think we laughing more at Jlings filming it and acting smug about it?

 

[Southern KK]

I didn't see the bend but the whole thing was unprofessional. I felt sorry for the bobbies alongside the coach who were in the firing line just in their normal kit. It was negligent because the whole thing was foreseeable and the senior officers failed in their duty of care to City, to their own officers even to those watching on. There were messages on the Internet and fastened to lamp posts in the old fashioned way exhorting dippers to give a 'special' welcome and the intention was to put City of their game.
And of course there was little criticism in the media. As usual l ask what would have happened if the Liverpool bus had been in a similar situation at the Etihad.

Here it is

 

[The perfect fumble]

They used horses to push us back into the walls while we were waiting & people were getting crushed. There was no trouble either so it's not like it was a tense situation. Just in case anyone needed convincing that Merseyside Police were a bunch of utter scumbags. Which they didn't.

You should've worn your frock....




Backpedal, backpedal....

 

[aguero93:20]

You should've worn your frock....




Backpedal, backpedal....

Their backpedalling offends me.

 

[The perfect fumble]

Here it is

"It says it all"

Yes it does.

"I hope the world can see this"

The media made sure they didn't.

 

[stonerblue]

Exactly, so why isn’t the Emirates, St James, Villa Park, Everton on the list of empty stadiums with no fans? It doesn’t make sense

It makes sense if you know fuck all about football.

 

[norman]

First time I have seen the video of the coach bricking. (I’m a CBL 3 FOC so not always fully with it!)
Anyway that is utterly horrifying and a disgrace to all concerned except the poor plods in the firing line. The failure of the media to press for an enquiry of give any significant airtime to the issue shows the worthlessness of the majority of the MSM these days.
I take comfort in the fact that the ridiculous sycophancy, excuses, and the blinkered assumption that anybody apart from deluded Liverpool supporters is the slightest bit fuckingwell interested only serves to intensify the loathing that all other fans have towards them.

 

[trotsky]

Here it is

This is one of the few times Pep and the board got it wrong. We should have got off the bus and told the UEFA rep that we were shook up and not in a fit state to play the match. It’s always said that games are decided by fine margins - and getting attacked prior to starting work would not be acceptable to any profession. If we had made a stand even the bent fu****** at UEFA would have had to act.
We allowed all concerned to brush it under the carpet.

 

[Invisible_Goat]

"It says it all"

Yes it does.

"I hope the world can see this"

The media made sure they didn't.

The media also said fuck all about the absolute joke of a tie we faced.

First leg

1. Liverpool first goal offside
2. Sterling penalty wrongly not given
3. Gabriel Jesus goal wrongly disallowed

Had the officiating been better in the first leg we could've been at 2-2, worst case 3-1 down with an away goal. Instead, we were 3-0 down.

Second leg

1. Leroy Sane goal wrongly disallowed
2. Sterling penalty wrongly not given

Had the officiating been better in the second leg, we could've been 3-3 or 3-2 down at half time.

Had the officiating been better across the first leg and first half of the second leg, we could've been 4-2 up with two away goals.

Instead at half time of the second leg, we were 3-1 down and our manager had been sent off. We had to go for bust and then there goal on the break killed the tie dead, with us needing to score 4 to win it, and having to go for it even more.

Non of this was mentioned by the media, not one article, not one comment.

 

[SilverFox2]

I dont think you would get that many City fans to behave like that and I dont thInk the GMP would allow that situation to develop near the Etihad. Mike as supporters we are quite different to the red scouse.

You may be right but GMP are not exactly an example of how to react to crime.
Hopefully they would have handled a similar situation better but there are 80k examples of various crimes that they were not even bothered to follow up resulting in the then Chief Constable resigning.

 

[The perfect fumble]

The media were all over this of course....

Revealed: Manchester City medical staff helped treat woman who was hit by car after Liverpool game

Manchester City medical staff stopped to treat a road accident victim outside Anfield following Wednesday’s Champions League loss to Liverpool.

https://talksport.com/football/3589...-treat-woman-who-was-hit-car-after-liverpool/

Can you imagine if Liverpool had done this in the same circumstances?

 

[Southern KK]

I dont think you would get that many City fans to behave like that and I dont thInk the GMP would allow that situation to develop near the Etihad. Mike as supporters we are quite different to the red scouse.

You may be right but GMP are not exactly an example of how to react to crime.
Hopefully they would have handled a similar situation better but there are 80k examples of various crimes that they were not even bothered to follow up resulting in the then Chief Constable resigning.

I think it's less to do with how (or not) the police might respond. You may get a few fans of most clubs carry on in an impromptu, spur of the moment or opportunist manner, but I very must doubt that any other club's supporters would orchestrate a "welcome" such that took place that night. It was planned with every intention of causing damage, why would anyone wish to do that?

 

[BlueRockape]

Think the videos should be in the liverpool thread for the lurking scum to see

 

[bluealf]

Here it is

It is still hard to believe that none of them got dragged away by the watching 'police force' I mean if you took a few bottles of lager and bricks etc up the town and started randomly chucking them at a bus or cars for that matter, a car would be despatched from the station and you would be lifted within minutes.

 

[iceman]

Here it is

Should have carried on driving straight back to Manchester

 

[give it to gordon]

Should have carried on driving straight back to Manchester

Should never had played the match and liverpool were only 'fined' 17k still gets me angry that those scumbags got away Scot free. And yet in their minds they think we should all respect and love them. Fuck off !!
I am 60 and have never so much hate towards another football club than I did that night and I hate them more every day.