Media Thread 2020/21

[neilhb]

43 years.

1968 - 53 years

 

[cheekybids]

The demented ravings of a bitter, racist, alcoholic madman. American owners pose the greatest existential threat to football as we know it, with their closed shop mentality and sheer terror of the idea of sporting merit, sporting mobility, promotion and relegation. But yeah, Tony, lets all “look over there at what the brown people are up to!”

wasnt he working for the National in Abu Dhabi a week ago?

 

[cheekybids]

Some intellectually stimulating pre match reading Irish fans have been treated to. !!

Rory Smith on Football: Can Man City's perfection still qualify as art?

The way Man City play fires the brain – though does not necessarily stir the soul.

www.irishexaminer.com

Johnny Nicholson: Manchester City are great, but ultimately a very good Ajax tribute band

As Manchester City seem set to win every game until the end of time, their manager Pep Guardiola is once again, this being a day with a ‘y’ in it, being hailed as a genius and a revolutionary. It isn’t hard to see why

www.irishexaminer.com

There's another paragraph on the hard copy back page by Larry Ryan, headed, I quote "Why do City leave people cold ?" Starting with "Sometimes you wonder have the oil men really thought it out properly, this sports-washing. Because the better " City "get, the more attention seems to be drawn to the source of their wealth and the more queasiness is felt". Further on "dubious attention to the practices associated with the funding model."
He suggests that maybe the Sheikh simply picked the wrong club. "Without a tradition of glory, even record-breaking feats will forever be attributed to money. Most crucially, maybe there is something about Manchester City not being Manchester United or Liverpool that will always persuade observers to find nothing compelling about the breathtaking ambition of Guardiola's vision" Maybe Gary James should send him a copy of his City's history book. Now I am queasily heading to the garden to prune some shrubs wondering if there are any shrubs named Larry or Miguel.

Rory is right, it’s down to bitterness & envy!

 

[cheekybids]

Fluked it twice in the best part of three decades. Bayern player just had to bring the ball down and run it up the pitch, rather than slicing it back in to the box. Then a slip from the Chelsea player taking the penalty and putting it wide when the goalkeeper dived the wrong way.

But then the narrative was the EPL was so competitive that it makes it impossible for an English team to win.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

I already did that one, can’t you reed?

Surely you mean Rede. Can't you spell ;-)

 

[M12Blue]

Just looking at the table there is a real, albeit slight, chance of City, Leicester, West Ham and Everton being top 4.
No Arse, Rags, Dippers or Chelsie in there. Footballing Armageddon is nearly upon us. We think media are hard on us currently, we must brace ourselves.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Just looking at the table there is a real, albeit slight, chance of City, Leicester, West Ham and Everton being top 4.
No Arse, Rags, Dippers or Chelsie in there. Footballing Armageddon is nearly upon us. We think media are hard on us currently, we must brace ourselves.

VAR says no.

 

[Gazza]

Just looking at the table there is a real, albeit slight, chance of City, Leicester, West Ham and Everton being top 4.
No Arse, Rags, Dippers or Chelsie in there. Footballing Armageddon is nearly upon us. We think media are hard on us currently, we must brace ourselves.

The Europa League will become Europe's number 1 competition with the Champion's League relegated to the level of the Intertoto Cup.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

On Derby day what better way for the BBC to report than a Simon Stone lovey piece on the GPC?

Ferguson discusses haemorrhage in new film

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson opens up about his 2018 brain haemorrhage in new film.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Eccles Blue]

Good piece, with a very sly dig at Liverpool, about Pep on the BBC website as well. ;-)