Media Thread - 2021/22

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I also think that if Pep wants to have a pop at the fans he should do it on City tv, or City’s website, or on the pitch with a microphone at City’s ground. To do it on BT Sports, who hardly need an excuse to have a pop at us, is really fucking sly and frankly rather pathetic. I still forgive and love the back stabbing bald fraud though
 
sincity said:
Just logged in to mention this. On ESPN Soccer website - "Man City survive Nkunku triple in 9-goal thriller". 6-3 win not 5-4, mind you. Article below this - "Liverpool beat Milan in Champions League classic" when the dippers just barely won 3-2.
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Yup! Your post took me back a few years and made me smile! (and btw, there was a similar 'City in 9-goal thriller' on the BBC footy page when I was travelling back from the match last night on the train).

Now, I remember the days (eg 1962, opening day of the new season) when 'City in 9-goal thriller' headlines referred to us getting thrashed 8-1 at Molineux by Wolves.. and even our goal was an own goal scored by Wolves!.

I've pretty much seen it all with our wonderful club. Warts and all, I wouldn't change a thing, as the highs have been amazing, ecstatic moments, while the lows have been.. well let's just say they've been 'character forming'!!

One thing that has been consistent, though, is the English media's obsession with certain favoured clubs (and yes, you don't have to be a genius to work out it's always been The Red Filth, The Scouse Filth and The Tarquins in my time on this rock we are all hurtling through space-time on, no matter how poorly they each may have been performing). And no matter how good we may have been at any stage, like many another club in this country, the English media would never truly acknowledge the quality or success in the same way as it would those 'favoured' clubs.

We're not getting any recognition any time soon, despite playing the greatest, most fluid, most progressive football I've ever seen in this country (and that includes the beautiful achievements of the Spurs 'double' team under Bill Nicholson, Cloughie's Forest, Kendall's Everton, Dalglish's Liverpool and Wenger's first Arsenal side).

The English football media is, by and large, partial, venal and pretty dumb, interested only in revenue and click-bait. Can't be arsed with them. And anyway, why should any of us be? We've got enough on our plates keeping up with Pep and the boys and the incredible football they've been serving up for the past few years..!!
 
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A590 blues said:
I was there last night 9 goals decent crowd and personally thought atmosphere was ok .
Just heard Peps comments sounded to me like he was asking for a 12th man on Saturday...what is wrong with that ?
If bingo says this he's lorded as passionate.
But he ho why write about a team that had scored 16 home goals in 3 games when you can ask arsehole questions to a man who speaks good English but enough to be misquoted and they love it .
City 3 nil Saturday still no praise expected.
Onwards and upwards Fook em all.
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He should have said that then. Instead of I invite all our people here for 3pm on Saturday. Which to me means come and fill the stadium and not make a noise. He speaks good enough English for things not to be lost in translation.
 
johnevans said:
Yup! Your post took me back a few years and made me smile! (and btw, there was a similar 'City in 9-goal thriller' on the BBC footy page when I was travelling back from the match last night on the train).

Now, I remember the days (eg 1962, opening day of the new season) when 'City in 9-goal thriller' headlines referred to us getting thrashed 8-1 at Molineux by Wolves.. and even our goal was an own goal scored by Wolves!.

I've pretty much seen it all with our wonderful club. Warts and all, I wouldn't change a thing, as the highs have been amazing, ecstatic moments, while the lows have been.. well let's just say they've been 'character forming'!!

One thing that has been consistent, though, is the English media's obsession with certain favoured clubs (and yes, you don't have to be a genius to work out it's always been The Red Filth, The Scouse Filth and The Tarquins in my time on this rock we are all hurtling through space-time on, no matter how poorly they each may been performing). And no matter how good we may been at any stage, like many another club in this country, the English media would never truly acknowledge the quality or success on the same way as it would those 'favoured' clubs.

We're not getting any recognition any time soon, despite playing the greatest, most fluid, most progressive football I've ever seen in this country (and that includes the beautiful achievements of the Spurs 'double' team under Bill Nicholson, Cloughie's Forest, Kendall's Everton, Dalglish's Liverpool and Wenger's first Arsenal side).

The English football media is, by and large, partial, venal and pretty dumb, interested only in revenue and click-bait. Can't be arsed with them. And anyway, why should any of us be? We've got enough on our plates keeping up with Pep and the boys and the incredible football they've been serving up for the past few years..!!
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I suppose we survived a 9 goal thriller at home to Burton as well;)
 
The only time City make the Daily United headline is when they're taking the piss via.....

If the stadium is full on Saturday it's because Pep asked City fans to fill it.

If the stadium isn't full on Saturday it's because City fans can't fill it, even when Pep asked City fans to fill it.

And so this (Emptyhad narrative) continues past Saturday.

I haven't got much time for Kevin Parker, but he's right. Pep should stick to coaching the team and playing matters. Pep doesn't need to encourage and continue the on-going Emtyhad narrative and attacks on our support via his comments. It's not the 1st time either.

17,000 empty seasts???? So now the crowd was only 35,000!! according to the Daily United.

And there is a prime example of how the Rag media manipulated and twisted Pep's comments to make an untruthful attendance figure up.

Shut it Pep!

And for good measure, a Liverpool advert above the headline article.

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jrb said:
The only time City make the Daily United headline is when they're taking the piss via.....

When the stadium is full on Saturday it's because Pep adked City fans to fill it.

If the stadium isn't full on Saturday, it will be, City fans can't fill it, even when Pep asked City fans to fill it.

And so this continues past Saturday.

I haven't got much time for Kevin Parker, but he's right. Pep should stick to coaching the team and playing matters. Pep doesn't need to encourage and continue the on-going Emtyhad narrative and attacks on our support via his comments. It's not the 1st time either.

And for good measure, a Liverpool advert above the headline article.

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Good, I’m glad they have taken the fans’ view instead of just Pep’s. Maybe he will see it and realise.
 
Spanishbob said:
Disagree slightly i think pep was on about the atmosphere rather then the turn out. And has you rightly say he probably meant that but his way of saying it was his Catalan brain not quite up to speed with his English.
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We will never know but I think Pep is very smart (in fact a genius) and I think that sometimes he is "playing" the media and the crowd narrative is a recurring theme with him. Essentially I believe he is very eccentric and that's what makes him great but greatness often comes with flaws.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
We will never know but I think Pep is very smart (in fact a genius) and I think that sometimes he is "playing" the media and the crowd narrative is a recurring theme with him. Essentially I believe he is very eccentric and that's what makes him great but greatness often comes with flaws.
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What's wrong with wanting a full house at the weekend and emphasising to the fans how important they are to the team. he didn't insult anyone. In fact he recognised the role fans play in supporting the team
 
Marvin said:
What's wrong with wanting a full house at the weekend and emphasising to the fans how important they are to the team. he didn't insult anyone. In fact he recognised the role fans play in supporting the team
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Nothing wrong with any of that but it was the wrong time to introduce a negative angle. We had just won the game 6-3. Why turn a positive into a negative. He should know by now how the UK press works.
 
bluealf said:
Just listening to radio 4 and an interview with Jaqueline Wilson, she has rewrote the railway children, she was wittering on about the kids stopping the train crash by waving a red petticoat, she states kids don't wear petticoats nowadays, foolishly I thought yeah they'd be waving a red hoodie but no, the character is now a rag fan and is handily wearing a rag home shirt to wave at the driver.

Fucking unbelievable stuff.
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The story goes on to say that the Rag was also wearing Zebra pants and a yellow and green scarf.
It ends in tragedy when a young dipper pushes him over an advertising hoarding and in front of the train nicking his friends and family railcard.
The dipper says it didn’t happen and police subsequently convict a City fan.
 
Protein Junkie said:
The story goes on to say that the Rag was also wearing Zebra pants and a yellow and green scarf.
It ends in tragedy when a young dipper pushes him over an advertising hoarding and in front of the train nicking his friends and family railcard.
The dipper says it didn’t happen and police subsequently convict a City fan.
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@mat was that you?

:)
 
WestGorton said:
Still don't get the figure. Just watched the highlights and ground looks nearly full. Something not right. I said last night it looks 48 before all this nonsense.
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I know.. I was thinking about 45k ish where I was sat in the North Stand.. There were loads of empties at ko but it filled up after about 15 minutes or so.. would like to know where that figure came from
 
Sheik Battle and Goal said:
I know.. I was thinking about 45k ish where I was sat in the North Stand.. There were loads of empties at ko but it filled up after about 15 minutes or so.. would like to know where that figure came from
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It's either sinister or incompetent. Probably the latter with the new system. I have missed less than 5 games in this stadium. Conversely I am sight impaired and deluded.
 
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