Media thread 2022/23

[BrianW]

The press release should have said: 'Manchester City regrets that the Liverpool team coach was attacked by Chelsea fans.'

 

[lasereyes]

Proper journalism might have considered comparisons with other industries where this sort of twofold payment is common.

Even in personal finance, if you buy through a broker (eg. a price comparison website) it's normal for the broker to be paid by both parties.

And if you look at our biggest transfer deal recently, we got Haaland for about £100m less than his full transfer value purely based on the way his agent structured his last contract. Therefore it's reasonable to expect City to make a direct payment to the agent in return for this.

Unfortunately, the words BBC and Proper Journalism don't go together. As long as they can run a negative story with constant references to City and a nice Sky Blue cover photo, they've ticked all their boxes.

Thing is it's not even a City story. Whether it is illegal or not, all the top clubs are doing it yet they always point it at us. Yawnworthy doesnt capture it

 

[M Gaudino]

match of the day commentary intro;

‘Manchester city have won just 4 of the last 16 games with Liverpool’

They could also have said (but didnt);

‘Liverpool have won just 2 of the last 8 premier league games with Man city’

‘Liverpool have not won at the Etihad for 8 years’

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

Selective editing of the Rhodri yellow and foul and strangely no showing of the Fabinio or Arnold fouls beforehand on MOTD. Lol

 

[remember arthur mann]

Richards being a pillock as usual, 3 tap ins.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

Selective editing of the Rhodri yellow and foul and strangely no showing of the Fabinio or Arnold fouls beforehand on MOTD. Lol

Yep, didn't show any of it or mention it, so it didn't happen!

 

[Rammy Blue]

Richards being a pillock as usual, 3 tap ins.

Yep, annoying, even saying Rodders got away with not being sent off. Clown.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Selective editing of the Rhodri yellow and foul and strangely no showing of the Fabinio or Arnold fouls beforehand on MOTD. Lol

Pandering to the scouse loving audience of them being hard done by, comical.

 

[levets]

Shearer with the lazy ‘City have the bigger squad’ comment

 

[Bucko]

Shearer with the lazy ‘City have the bigger squad’ comment

Richards going along with it as well. Just ridiculous how they can't be arsed being professional and asking themselves if what they say is correct. No one corrects them as its the narrative they are happy to go along with.

All they need to say is that they think City's squad is "stronger", not "bigger".

We literally have the smallest squad of first team players used in the league.

 

[bellsouth]

According to MOTD, the two contentious moments were Rodri not getting a 2nd yellow and Peps celebration. So, nothing about Gakpos outrageous dive which deserved a yellow and is actually cheating, nor Henderson and half the Liverpool team surrounding the ref on multiple occasions with any punishment.
Very strange and if you only watch MOTD then you’d have the impression we are favoured by refs - Quite the opposite!!!

 

[JRockBlues]

Shearer with the lazy ‘City have the bigger squad’ comment

But it's true. Bigger in quality (as was clearly shown today), smaller in actual numbers.

 

[citymad]

Shearer with the lazy ‘City have the bigger squad’ comment

Wish someone would challenge him on that, I'd love to see him squirm and look like a pillock.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Fuck me the bus on the bbc sports news. 1 object was thrown the bbc said, fuck me 1 bloody object and it makes the news. Compare that to the news coverage of the dippers attacking our coach with 100's of objects

Oh, it was covered by many outlets…

As a “ruckus but friendly welcome setting the tone for the classic clash to come”.

 

[citymad]

It's palpable throughout the media! It's agony for them that we won't go away and frightened to death that we might just pip the Gooners.

 

[meltonblue]

Richards being a pillock as usual, 3 tap ins.

He said that as a compliment to be fair, that our end chance is as good as it is is the best thing about us, it’s not a criticism.

 

[Woody135]

City boiling piss again?

 

[wolviedinho]

According to MOTD, the two contentious moments were Rodri not getting a 2nd yellow and Peps celebration. So, nothing about Gakpos outrageous dive which deserved a yellow and is actually cheating, nor Henderson and half the Liverpool team surrounding the ref on multiple occasions with any punishment.
Very strange and if you only watch MOTD then you’d have the impression we are favoured by refs - Quite the opposite!!!

Time Gary sent another tweet so we can watch in silence. Best MOTD in years.

 

[meltonblue]

According to MOTD, the two contentious moments were Rodri not getting a 2nd yellow and Peps celebration. So, nothing about Gakpos outrageous dive which deserved a yellow and is actually cheating, nor Henderson and half the Liverpool team surrounding the ref on multiple occasions with any punishment.
Very strange and if you only watch MOTD then you’d have the impression we are favoured by refs - Quite the opposite!!!

They were the two most talked about rather than contentious moments. Thought they addressed both pretty fairly though.

 

[blueste41]

Hahahaha the media deary me pep disrespectful over the City equaliser,maybe it’s me but it’s a deflection tactic from the media who are hurting over the their beloved red scousers getting schooled,fuck them ..

Oh come on, whilst funny as fuck it wasn't his most diplomatic of moments! Are you seriously suggesting that if that was Klopp and two of our players you would have shrugged your shoulders and though fair enough?