Media thread 2022/23

[Alan Harper's Tash]

This muller fella sounds alright, but he's s no Nunez.

He was great at corners.

 

[madloaf]

He was great at corners.

He was good at corners? How dairy.

 

[johnevans]

This is now a regular weekly thing with him , at HT they were highlighting that Erling had the least touches out of everyone , In my 50 years of watching football I have never ever seen the media highlight how many touches the likes of shearer , lineker , Henry ect had , this would NEVER be mentioned if he was playing for the rags or scousers

In between his goals he's like Monty Python's parrot.. well, he is a 'Norwegian Blue' after all!

'He's resting.. he's probably pining for the fjords.. beautiful plumage though..'

 

[KS55]

The only time Gerd Muller touched the ball was to put it into the net and almost all his goals were scored from inside the 6 yard box. I guess that made him shit according the the rag/dipper media of today.

Then again he only scored 449 goals in 484 German league games and 68 goals in 62 international games for Germany.

And and and Gerry Creaney had very few touches in his entire City career.

 

[Dirty Harry]

This is now a regular weekly thing with him , at HT they were highlighting that Erling had the least touches out of everyone , In my 50 years of watching football I have never ever seen the media highlight how many touches the likes of shearer , lineker , Henry ect had , this would NEVER be mentioned if he was playing for the rags or scousers

I think without doubt they would actually spin it in a positive light and say it was a good thing and a mark of a true world class finisher/striker.

 

[Dave El Magico]

This is now a regular weekly thing with him , at HT they were highlighting that Erling had the least touches out of everyone , In my 50 years of watching football I have never ever seen the media highlight how many touches the likes of shearer , lineker , Henry ect had , this would NEVER be mentioned if he was playing for the rags or scousers

Let’s face it, it doesn’t really matter how many times he touches the ball. The only thing that counts is the number of goals he scores. Given the opportunity, which club wouldn’t want to sign him.

 

[bluenova]

This is now a regular weekly thing with him , at HT they were highlighting that Erling had the least touches out of everyone , In my 50 years of watching football I have never ever seen the media highlight how many touches the likes of shearer , lineker , Henry ect had , this would NEVER be mentioned if he was playing for the rags or scousers

There was a lot written last season about Lukaku having just 7 touches in a game, which I believe was a record low. if you google "Lukaku 7 touches" you'll see just about every paper and football site in the country had articles.

I think the Haaland 8 touch match, where he had had two passes and one of those was the kick off really started the discussion. Still, at least with Haaland it's now mostly positive.

What is interesting is that although he's low on touches, he's not simply scoring. Despite the low overall touches, he's actually had more touches in the penalty area than all but four other players in the PL. He's also had more shots than any other player, and is in the top 30 for pressures in the final third, so he's clearly getting involved at the business end of the pitch, rather than simply standing around.

 

[jacko74]

Up to and including last night's matches the BBC websites live text had just been pared down, succinct and factual accounts of the progress in each game, presumably all part of the austere tone during the period of mourning.

Now the rags are playing the BBC have suddenly reverted back to full text commentary with emotive descriptions, fans comments and opinion etc

 

[Blueknows]

Up to and including last night's matches the BBC websites live text had just been pared down, succinct and factual accounts of the progress in each game, presumably all part of the austere tone during the period of mourning.

Now the rags are playing the BBC have suddenly reverted back to full text commentary with emotive descriptions, fans comments and opinion etc

To be expected from rag central based in salford

 

[citizen_maine]

Up to and including last night's matches the BBC websites live text had just been pared down, succinct and factual accounts of the progress in each game, presumably all part of the austere tone during the period of mourning.

Now the rags are playing the BBC have suddenly reverted back to full text commentary with emotive descriptions, fans comments and opinion etc

They have to do something to make that competition sound interesting

 

[Stephen230]

I think without doubt they would actually spin it in a positive light and say it was a good thing and a mark of a true world class finisher/striker.

Maybe it is largely in the individual viewers mind whether they are suggesting it is a positive or a negative?

 

[BlueAnorak]

The consensus of press reports is that Haaland is shit, till he scores. An example from the Grauniad:

Guardiola has found his most interesting Manchester City yet thanks to Haaland | Jonathan Liew

The Norwegian’s influence sometimes looked lacking against Dortmund but his patience again proved devastating

www.theguardian.com

He's confusing the chuff out of them. They all seem to be oblivious of the fact he ties down two defenders most of the time. Wonderful.

 

[Stephen230]

The consensus of press reports is that Haaland is shit, till he scores. An example from the Grauniad:

Guardiola has found his most interesting Manchester City yet thanks to Haaland | Jonathan Liew

The Norwegian’s influence sometimes looked lacking against Dortmund but his patience again proved devastating

www.theguardian.com

He's confusing the chuff out of them. They all seem to be oblivious of the fact he ties down two defenders most of the time. Wonderful.

If you read my reply to the previous post, I could write exactly the same thing here. That article could just as easily be viewed as a positive one or a negative one depending on your perception and expectation.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

If you read my reply to the previous post, I could write exactly the same thing here. That article could just as easily be viewed as a positive one or a negative one depending on your perception and expectation.

Interestingly, the use of the term 'goalhanger' that I've noticed for the first time in several recent media discussions is something which definitely has a negative connotation.

I haven't heard that since I was in primary school (late 70s) where it was coined as a pejorative due to the fact that there were no offsides in the playground.

While it may have been attemptedly cloaked in a thin veneer of objectivity (to the effect of, 'so, does that make him a goalhanger?') the fact that it has been resurrected at all for use in this context in debate about somebody who is so far just about the most astonishing striker anyone has ever seen, raises questions as to whether systemic Cityism actually is a thing - whether commentators are are aware of it or not.

 

[waspish]

Welll the Americans owners in premier are getting close to dominating the voting decisions!

Bournemouth close to takeover by Las Vegas-based consortium, who plan to develop training ground and provide transfer funds in January..

 

[blue b4 the moon]

The consensus of press reports is that Haaland is shit, till he scores. An example from the Grauniad:

Guardiola has found his most interesting Manchester City yet thanks to Haaland | Jonathan Liew

The Norwegian’s influence sometimes looked lacking against Dortmund but his patience again proved devastating

www.theguardian.com

He's confusing the chuff out of them. They all seem to be oblivious of the fact he ties down two defenders most of the time. Wonderful.

Not clicking on that but the expert sports reporter if it names a writer could do worse than thinking a little out of the box (hehe) and reading the @bluenova post in the previous page.

Just potentially another lazy no-nowt dick in the press telling the sheep what they should think....say it enough and the brain dead will believe.

 

[A590 blues]

Welll the Americans owners in premier are getting close to dominating the voting decisions!

Bournemouth close to takeover by Las Vegas-based consortium, who plan to develop training ground and provide transfer funds in January..

Once that happens we're fooked outvoted on everything

 

[waspish]

Once that happens we're fooked outvoted on everything

Yep thing is now we that established at the top anything they try to do will effect them too!

 

[Zubrman]

Up to and including last night's matches the BBC websites live text had just been pared down, succinct and factual accounts of the progress in each game, presumably all part of the austere tone during the period of mourning.

Now the rags are playing the BBC have suddenly reverted back to full text commentary with emotive descriptions, fans comments and opinion etc

I am sick of fancy sycophancy.

 

[Mr.Banks]

Welll the Americans owners in premier are getting close to dominating the voting decisions!

Bournemouth close to takeover by Las Vegas-based consortium, who plan to develop training ground and provide transfer funds in January..

Also Norwich are in the process of selling a stake to yanks, so if they get back up, there's another one!