Media Thread 2020/21

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Norman kneejerk said:
I heard Dion Dublin say at h t today at Leicester that city have a great chance because of their 25/30 man squad. I didn't realise people actually said that thought it was just used to embellish the anti city mob.
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About the time Joe royle came and we went down to div2 we had over 50 on the books - I don't remember this being touted as a reason we should win anything then.
 
Two things in the media that caught my eye this morning. First in The Athletic, not at all surprising, is that VAR appears to be rewriting the LotG after it has rubbed out an incident that we have seen replayed on the telly ten times with one abject explanation after another. And second, the DT is reporting that Foden stayed on his feet again after being clipped by Holgate in the EFC game. I've only seen the BBC MotD highlights which included two goals and Ferny's booking (one out of three during the game!). But did the lad get clipped again? The report suggests that it was clear enough for Blind Andre to observe the clear and obvious error on The Bottler's part.
 
bluekeith said:
Excellent article in the Guardian

amp.theguardian.com

The Mozart of pragmatic intervention: Fernandinho keeps City ticking over | Jonathan Wilson

He’s not big, not quick and doesn’t score, but the Brazilian’s elegant efficiency made the difference against Everton
amp.theguardian.com amp.theguardian.com
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Love this bit, something us Blues all know:

But to watch him when he does play is to witness a masterclass. For a decade he has probably been the best midfielder of his type in the world, but it is a type that almost by definition often goes unnoticed.
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
Two things in the media that caught my eye this morning. First in The Athletic, not at all surprising, is that VAR appears to be rewriting the LotG after it has rubbed out an incident that we have seen replayed on the telly ten times with one abject explanation after another. And second, the DT is reporting that Foden stayed on his feet again after being clipped by Holgate in the EFC game. I've only seen the BBC MotD highlights which included two goals and Ferny's booking (one out of three during the game!). But did the lad get clipped again? The report suggests that it was clear enough for Blind Andre to observe the clear and obvious error on The Bottler's part.
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Someone on MOTD giggled at Kane winning his penalty. it was a penalty as there was contact, but Kane's absolutely ridiculous reaction needs to be called out. Not the fact that he went down, but his screaming and grabbing his leg. Fucking embarrassing but no one will ever call it out as they are all part of it.
 
A590 blues said:
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Not a peep of sport on BBC main news
Quite unbelievable when you think the Rugby onwas on.......conveniently missed off today by rugbSalford Media City he thoughtther R
Oli must have been 2 tired for a interview .
Whitewashed from history
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Breakfast did not have any sports bulletins at 0740 and 0840. It did manage to have Daft Dan taking the piss out of a Welsh Rugby fan in a trailer for the next programme and an over lengthy interview with the woman who won at Cheltenham. Silly Sally asked if she thought it would make more girls interested in horses. FFS.
It's getting so childish 'there will be no sports news today as one of our favoured teams lost and City keep winning'.
They didn't even pad it out with Rugby, Scottish football or such important women's football news that Bristol City drew and are off the bottom.
 
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Mike Cledford said:
Breakfast did not have any sports bulletins at 0740 and 0840. It did manage to have Daft Dan taking the piss of a Welsh Rugby fan in trailer for the next programme and an over lengthy interview with the woman who won at Cheltenham. Silly Sally asked if she thought it would make more girls interested in horses. FFS.
It's getting so childish 'there will be no sports news today as one of our favoured teams lost and City keep winning'.
They didn't even pad it out with Rugby, Scottish football or such important women's football news that Bristol City drew and are off the bottom.
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Unbelievable

if there are any blues left that do not think there is a clear and obvious agenda towards certain teams at the BBC,then they need to have a serious word with themselves?

FFS,they even had the two matches and the draw on their main channel!!!

as Pep would say”IN-CRED-IBLE!”
 
Francis Crawford said:
Unbelievable

if there are any blues left that do not think there is a clear and obvious agenda towards certain teams at the BBC,then they need to have a serious word with themselves?

FFS,they even had the two matches and the draw on their main channel!!!

as Pep would say”IN-CRED-IBLE!”
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The bastards deprive me of seeing their obvious unhappiness when they have to announce the 'bad news'.
When they do not have the sports bulletins they also deprive a lot of fans of football and other sports of a mention of their teams.
 
Poor rags are tired. Number of games has caught up with them. Should be ok now though as they’re only in one competition.

How many are we in again....

reported that we’re ok because of the size of our squad - not our fault we spend our money well instead of lashing out several £90m on individual players.....plus the Fred’s & Van beeks :). :). :)
 
hammocity said:
Biggest bunch of shithouses I've ever encountered, sad fuckers.
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Funny as fuck we surrounded their coach at Watford singing 34 years, wouldn’t get off they fucked off, got to another services about 30 mins later they were already there heard them on their phones trying to get other coaches to stop, we were in two minibuses, lads dads and a few wives and girlfriends
Biggest laugh came when Brighton turned up and a few of their lads gave them a good smacking in the bogs
 
Francis Crawford said:
Unbelievable

if there are any blues left that do not think there is a clear and obvious agenda towards certain teams at the BBC,then they need to have a serious word with themselves?

FFS,they even had the two matches and the draw on their main channel!!!

as Pep would say”IN-CRED-IBLE!”
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If we do actually win the champions league or whisper it even more quietly, the quadruple, there will be more than just City fans wondering why they can’t access any information about it on any of the good old public funded BBC’s outlets.
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
And second, the DT is reporting that Foden stayed on his feet again after being clipped by Holgate in the EFC game. I've only seen the BBC MotD highlights which included two goals and Ferny's booking (one out of three during the game!). But did the lad get clipped again? The report suggests that it was clear enough for Blind Andre to observe the clear and obvious error on The Bottler's part.
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Yes, a clear foul but Phil’s instinct is to stay on his feet and that’s admirable. But you’d think Oliver, who isn’t shy about awarding penalties, would have been into that in a flash. I wonder why he missed it? (As indeed would we have done, probably)
 
Norbiton said:
Yes, a clear foul but Phil’s instinct is to stay on his feet and that’s admirable. But you’d think Oliver, who isn’t shy about awarding penalties, would have been into that in a flash. I wonder why he missed it? (As indeed would we have done, probably)
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Phil is not a diver ,
Btf, although the challenge on him was clumsy at best , when they showed the super douper slow motion the defender clearly got a microscopic touch on the ball first !

just begs the question “why are they so selective in the camera angles they show ?”
 
Francis Crawford said:
Phil is not a diver ,
Btf, although the challenge on him was clumsy at best , when they showed the super douper slow motion the defender clearly got a microscopic touch on the ball first !

just begs the question “why are they so selective in the camera angles they show ?”
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Setting the narrative, same as they do with media reports and match highlights.
 
Mike Cledford said:
Breakfast did not have any sports bulletins at 0740 and 0840. It did manage to have Daft Dan taking the piss out of a Welsh Rugby fan in a trailer for the next programme and an over lengthy interview with the woman who won at Cheltenham. Silly Sally asked if she thought it would make more girls interested in horses. FFS.
It's getting so childish 'there will be no sports news today as one of our favoured teams lost and City keep winning'.
They didn't even pad it out with Rugby, Scottish football or such important women's football news that Bristol City drew and are off the bottom.
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Wonder why they didn't mention the rugby? :)
 
remember arthur mann said:
Not sure about that, made a big play for the 'Dark Arts' !
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I thought that too, whilst the praise is gushing (and fuckin rightly so) there was the odd dig in there, and this part made me question it too :-

He is not big, he is not quick, he doesn’t spray eye-catching 40-yard passes. He barely scores – just 24 goals in 338 games for City. He doesn’t slide through defence-splitting through balls – he has contributed only 19 assists in his City career. And he doesn’t make the sort of bone-crunching tackles that used to define the midfield hard man.

I've seen him do lots of the things it says he didn't do there, in fact stats aside, the only thing I'd agree with is the comment "he is not big".
 
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Dirty Harry said:
I thought that too, whilst the praise is gushing (and fuckin rightly so) there was the odd dig in there, and this part made me question it too :-

He is not big, he is not quick, he doesn’t spray eye-catching 40-yard passes. He barely scores – just 24 goals in 338 games for City. He doesn’t slide through defence-splitting through balls – he has contributed only 19 assists in his City career. And he doesn’t make the sort of bone-crunching tackles that used to define the midfield hard man.

I've seen him lots of the things it says he didn't do there, in fact stats aside, the only thing I'd agree with is the comment "he is not big".
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Yeah a bit strange really, he's fucking fast for the position (even at 35/36) and a great passer. Those goal and assist figures are impressive enough for a lad that's played pretty much as an advanced centre half for most games and he's well able to throw in a crunching tackle, just rarely caught out of position badly enough to have to do it.
 
Francis Crawford said:
Phil is not a diver ,
Btf, although the challenge on him was clumsy at best , when they showed the super douper slow motion the defender clearly got a microscopic touch on the ball first !

just begs the question “why are they so selective in the camera angles they show ?”
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Or the number of views they look at ranging from an instant glance at the first one if it suits to 'hey Alty found anything we might be able to use yet? OK keep looking'
 
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