Media Thread - 2021/22

[Maly]

The Israel President was in the UAE last month, now Assad from Syria visits, am not trying to put two and two together but maybe talking is better than war ?

Clearly not in some people’s eyes

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Let’s say they get what they want and Mansour is forced to sell his stake in the club, unlikely but let’s run with it. City are a prized asset, a fantastic set up from academy to first team, best training campus in the world. Serial winners. The sad sacks who think we are a house of cards and will fold are dicks. The foundations have been built. City are going nowhere.

SilverLake would just pick up the slack at the behest of Abu Dhabi.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Bizarre that a former PR man like Pearce allowed that picture to happen. Mansour being there seemed to add little in terms of the political kudos but surely he must have realised how the optics would play out in relation to City.
Very smart people can still be very stupid at times. Our involvement in the ESL fiasco demonstrated that

You don't think Pearce sat there thinking "Should I put this picture out? Someone on Bluemoon might get upset if I do".

That picture was, in my opinion, aimed firmly at Iran. The Saudis and their allies, including the UAE, are worried about Iran as they believe they're causing problems throughout the Middle East and destabilising it. It's probably the biggest single factor that brought them and Israel together.

Syria has been very much in the Iranian camp and maybe it's a highly visible attempt to show that Arabs (which Iranians aren't) need to solve their own problems without others getting involved.

 

[samuelyeboah]

you make peace with your enemies, not your friends

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Good article from Samuels in the DM online

"MARTIN SAMUEL: It's money first, glory second for the US owners circling Chelsea (just ask United and Arsenal)…"​

I'd think that it would be not great for City for Americans to buy Chelsea, especially if they're from a sporting background.

MU, Liverpool, Arsenal, Burnley, Chelsea, Villa (part owner) plus some minor shares of Leeds.

They only need 7 votes to block rule changes that the rest of the PL think are okay. They're pretty close to that.

 

[Blue Mist]

He’s labour you plank

No no no. The war criminal that was Blair was a tory stooge. He was placed there, deep undercover, by Maggie. B.liar then got Bryant in as another undercover stooge. It was amazing how no one picked this up.

 

[jrb]

We're OK. Nobody needs to ask what City fans want.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Even in the other parts of the column not relating to City - Maguire, cricket, Everton etc - he is pretty much spot on in everything he said

Im biased because i just rate him full stop but he usually does just get it right

 

[freshie]

Oh do fuck off you hairy, letter-box mouthed, pilsbury dough faced, shagging your daughter's best friend whilst your wife has cancer ****​

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Stop Grovelling To Pep Guardiola, He’s Just Football Coach – Richard Keys​

22/03/2022 - 18:09 GMT
INSIDE FUTBOL

Veteran broadcaster Richard Keys has revealed his annoyance at the deifying of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and his football, and insisted that he is nothing more than a good football coach.​

Guardiola has won three Premier League titles at Manchester City since joining in 2016 and could add his fourth league title at the Etihad this season.

There are suggestions from some that the Manchester City boss is often handled with kid gloves by the media and him and his style of football have been treated as something mythical despite his club’s massive spending record and superior budget to their rivals.

Keys pointed out the way Guardiola is treated differently to other managers as he is often namechecked as Pep rather than his surname and insists that it sounds a bit stupid.

The veteran broadcaster claimed that the Manchester City manager has been deified in England and insisted that he should be treated as any other football coach.



Keys wrote on his personal blog: “I’m already looking forward to Pep’s semi-final with Jurgen.

“Patrick must be delighted that Palace are there at the expense of his old adversary Frank. Well done Thomas. Wow – what a job he’s doing at Chelsea – despite all the problems. Incidentally, who gets the money from s/f ticket sales? What a mess govt has made of Chelsea.



“Good to see that Antonio has got Spurs motoring again. David’s boys didn’t really get going Sunday did they?

“Brendan will be chuffed to bits with Leicester’s win – which leaves Brentford 15th – exactly where the mathematicians at Thomas’s club said they would finish. Right now – that looks most likely.

“Steven can’t be happy with Villa’s capitulation Friday, but it’s quite a run Mikel’s boys are on.

“Daft isn’t it? Daft if we start using the first names of all our coaches. Please – let’s stop this pathetic grovelling and fawning to ‘Pep’. It’s Guardiola.

“None of us know him well enough to refer to him by his first name. His team play lovely football – but he isn’t some kind of messiah. He’s a football coach. His name is Guardiola. Enough of ‘Pep’ eh? It gets on my nerves.”

Guardiola’s current contract expires at the end of next season and he could leave Manchester City next year.

 

[birch villa]

Oh do fuck off you hairy, letter-box mouthed, pilsbury dough faced, shagging your daughter's best friend whilst your wife has cancer ****​

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Stop Grovelling To Pep Guardiola, He’s Just Football Coach – Richard Keys​

22/03/2022 - 18:09 GMT
INSIDE FUTBOL

Veteran broadcaster Richard Keys has revealed his annoyance at the deifying of Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and his football, and insisted that he is nothing more than a good football coach.​

Guardiola has won three Premier League titles at Manchester City since joining in 2016 and could add his fourth league title at the Etihad this season.

There are suggestions from some that the Manchester City boss is often handled with kid gloves by the media and him and his style of football have been treated as something mythical despite his club’s massive spending record and superior budget to their rivals.

Keys pointed out the way Guardiola is treated differently to other managers as he is often namechecked as Pep rather than his surname and insists that it sounds a bit stupid.

The veteran broadcaster claimed that the Manchester City manager has been deified in England and insisted that he should be treated as any other football coach.



Keys wrote on his personal blog: “I’m already looking forward to Pep’s semi-final with Jurgen.

“Patrick must be delighted that Palace are there at the expense of his old adversary Frank. Well done Thomas. Wow – what a job he’s doing at Chelsea – despite all the problems. Incidentally, who gets the money from s/f ticket sales? What a mess govt has made of Chelsea.



“Good to see that Antonio has got Spurs motoring again. David’s boys didn’t really get going Sunday did they?

“Brendan will be chuffed to bits with Leicester’s win – which leaves Brentford 15th – exactly where the mathematicians at Thomas’s club said they would finish. Right now – that looks most likely.

“Steven can’t be happy with Villa’s capitulation Friday, but it’s quite a run Mikel’s boys are on.

“Daft isn’t it? Daft if we start using the first names of all our coaches. Please – let’s stop this pathetic grovelling and fawning to ‘Pep’. It’s Guardiola.

“None of us know him well enough to refer to him by his first name. His team play lovely football – but he isn’t some kind of messiah. He’s a football coach. His name is Guardiola. Enough of ‘Pep’ eh? It gets on my nerves.”

Guardiola’s current contract expires at the end of next season and he could leave Manchester City next year.

He is the messiah