Media Thread 2020/21

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KS55 said:
Superb piece in today's Times: an insight into how the club is run and some of the characters there.
Highlights:
Pep is an emotional guy with many ups and downs (we knew that from watching him on the touchline). He goes to work on his bike.
Juanma Lillo is highly influential. One insider said his main role was to manage the manager. Apparently he has worked out how to tell Pep he is wrong without upsetting him.
Lillo was responsible for the improvement in Cancelo, taking him aside and teaching him how to fulfil the role of 'ghost back'.
Ferna called a players meeting (no coaches allowed) and gave them a massive (!) rocket in five languages. He said some were slacking and "losing is not acceptable, this is Manchester City". The unbeaten run started immediately. Ferna is in love with Manchester.
Pep showed great man management when Foden got into trouble on that England trip. Recognising Phil's devastation, Pep told him: "Dont worry, it will blow over". Insiders put Foden's form partly down to Pep's understanding.
Pep has carte blanche to phone Khaldoon about any subject. He complained to Khaldoon about the state of the pitch. A short while later, two turf consultants turned up.
The picture that emerges is of a seriously professional club, but not without some human failings.
They'll do for me.
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Sounds great that mate you got a link?
 
KS55 said:
Superb piece in today's Times: an insight into how the club is run and some of the characters there.
Highlights:
Pep is an emotional guy with many ups and downs (we knew that from watching him on the touchline). He goes to work on his bike.
Juanma Lillo is highly influential. One insider said his main role was to manage the manager. Apparently he has worked out how to tell Pep he is wrong without upsetting him.
Lillo was responsible for the improvement in Cancelo, taking him aside and teaching him how to fulfil the role of 'ghost back'.
Ferna called a players meeting (no coaches allowed) and gave them a massive (!) rocket in five languages. He said some were slacking and "losing is not acceptable, this is Manchester City". The unbeaten run started immediately. Ferna is in love with Manchester.
Pep showed great man management when Foden got into trouble on that England trip. Recognising Phil's devastation, Pep told him: "Dont worry, it will blow over". Insiders put Foden's form partly down to Pep's understanding.
Pep has carte blanche to phone Khaldoon about any subject. He complained to Khaldoon about the state of the pitch. A short while later, two turf consultants turned up.
The picture that emerges is of a seriously professional club, but not without some human failings.
They'll do for me.
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They had the guy that wrote that on Talksport earlier. Spanish journo based in Manchester, done stuff on Pep before apparently. Appeared very informed and in the loop
 
Marvin said:
Guardian Fiver describes Manchester City as a Petroclub and urge the games regulatory authorities to "impose what we all know they are never going to impose".

Ronay: On the the duality of City. "The boundless resources, the basic weirdness of a nation state owning a football club for PR reasons: this all remains. There are those who will be unmoved by success on the pitch, and unable to look past this. It is a logical position. We are all, City fans included, being manipulated in our dear old home grounds by a state hungry for soft power."

It's not news any more that they have this opinion of City but there are a hundred or so City fans who comment on their regularly who just seem to accept this. In what sense are Manchester City a Petroclub? Where is the evidence that City are owned by a nation-state?

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And here was I thinking it was organisatios such as The Guardian, BBC and CNN that were manipulating the news they want us to believe.
 
knuckles said:
Just watching Danny Mills on sly sports, boy that guy talks some drivel, how the hell does he get on the box? The guy is a clueless muppet - he must have an excellent agent to have got him this gig. The man only played 50 or 51 games for us in 5 years (through a mixture of poor form and then injury) and clearly (like hinchcliffe) doesn't like City very much. - After typing this I now understand why he gets the sly sports gig!
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Yet this morning on Sky he gave both City and Pep a glowing reference ... seriously !!
 
KS55 said:
The picture that emerges is of a seriously professional club, but not without some human failings.
They'll do for me.
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Interesting that. We've just had a CM Reps meeting and the consensus was that while there's an awful lot they do right, there are some significant failings. The whole ESL fiasco showed there are some stupid people running our top clubs in fact. And I wouldn't absolve our club from that either.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
Interesting that. We've just had a CM Reps meeting and the consensus was that while there's an awful lot they do right, there are some significant failings. The whole ESL fiasco showed there are some stupid people running our top clubs in fact. And I wouldn't absolve our club from that either.
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Any thoughts on how the club are going to contribute and facilitate getting 5000 to Porto, was this on the agenda
 
Marvin said:
Guardian Fiver describes Manchester City as a Petroclub and urge the games regulatory authorities to "impose what we all know they are never going to impose".

Ronay: On the the duality of City. "The boundless resources, the basic weirdness of a nation state owning a football club for PR reasons: this all remains. There are those who will be unmoved by success on the pitch, and unable to look past this. It is a logical position. We are all, City fans included, being manipulated in our dear old home grounds by a state hungry for soft power."

It's not news any more that they have this opinion of City but there are a hundred or so City fans who comment on their regularly who just seem to accept this. In what sense are Manchester City a Petroclub? Where is the evidence that City are owned by a nation-state?

Stop commenting.
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Stop reading and unsubscribe!
 
Just been a very good segment on MOTD for us, felt a bit sorry for Leicester who didn't even get their win reviewed but they did a good job of praising our season.
 
Marvin said:
Guardian Fiver describes Manchester City as a Petroclub and urge the games regulatory authorities to "impose what we all know they are never going to impose".

Ronay: On the the duality of City. "The boundless resources, the basic weirdness of a nation state owning a football club for PR reasons: this all remains. There are those who will be unmoved by success on the pitch, and unable to look past this. It is a logical position. We are all, City fans included, being manipulated in our dear old home grounds by a state hungry for soft power."

It's not news any more that they have this opinion of City but there are a hundred or so City fans who comment on their regularly who just seem to accept this. In what sense are Manchester City a Petroclub? Where is the evidence that City are owned by a nation-state?

Stop commenting.
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Stop subscribing & passing it on, I’ve no interest in posh public school boys opinions who pick & choose their principles depending on the narrative they want to create. We certainly know that one of their principles isn’t truthfulness.
 
MCFC1993 said:
Just been a very good segment on MOTD for us, felt a bit sorry for Leicester who didn't even get their win reviewed but they did a good job of praising our season.
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With Shearer again repeating the myth that City have a "big" squad!
He did also say "talented " but he said "big" which implies more than any other club
 
cheekybids said:
Stop subscribing & passing it on, I’ve no interest in posh public school boys opinions who pick & choose their principles depending on the narrative they want to create. We certainly know that one of their principles isn’t truthfulness.
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Ronay is not even a trained journalist. He is happy to repeat the "owned by a nation state" lie because he just doesn't check his facts. The ownership structure at City is very transparent. Our accounts have been audited again and again over the last 10 years. Why would respected independent financial auditors collude to hide our ownership structure? Is all the information held at Companies House false? And yet some newspapers choose to deliberately publish false information about our club. The correct information is all verifiable.
 
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