Media thread 2022/23

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ballbag said:
He doesn't actually write these. He cuts out the letters from ALL of his failed novels and pieces them together with glue (kids glue - he's not got the sense to use anything else).

Jamie, if you're reading this, I think you're a fucking gimp.
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I think you are being kind with the gimp comment
 
Blueknows said:
Just put skysports news on (I know I shouldn't have)
Next up the inter manager on how they can stop man city winning the treble
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just had talkshite on in car the transeuroexpress ?
lets hope inter score early and hang on 5 subs all defenders
dsperation even said shame not playing at tottenham stadium is it Kelly and one was murphy
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Last night I watched back the entire BBC coverage from the start of the build-up to the end of the programme.

Tonight I’m currently watching the entire ITV coverage.

Both have been very good at showing City’s history in the FA Cup, especially the BBC who had better pre-match videos in general (that poem at the start with footage from derbies and last FA Cup finals for both clubs was brilliant!). Both have added in some good Manchester music clips.

What I noticed is there was absolutely no treating City as an inferior club by any of the four presenters and pundits on either channel, that I have felt from the media for years. They were all very fair and treated the final as if it was between two giants of football.

I especially liked this quote from Sam Matterface on ITV, [the atmosphere was electric at that point as the teams were about to come out];

‘This is terrific! Well, the old Merseyside occasion of 1986, the Treble Busters of ’77, and ’96, remember that? That was huge… but might this be the biggest FA Cup final of all-time? Definitely, maybe! It is a special occasion and Wembley is absolutely thronging. A city split red and blue; a city steeped in culture, music and industry, and steeped in football heritage.

‘Well, the dominant teams of Busby and Sir Alex to the defiance of the Joe Royle era, and the ’60s success of Joe Mercer. Two iconic clubs that gave us moments from Agüero, Ronaldo, Robson, Summerbee, Best, Yaya and Cantona and who both at times embraced Tevez, Law and Kidd.

It is the first ever all-Manchester FA Cup Final’.

Top banana, that!

BBC’s coverage has a worse picture and sound quality. ITV has much sharper visuals and audio, but you have to deal with adverts.

Overall, I think both did a cracking job and were very good about City.
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The poem was great - it’s based on this if you’re not already aware about Tony Wilson

 
Apparently, the decision for the penalty against City was just that his hand was above the shoulder, which makes it automatic. The distance was small, he didn't make himself bigger, the movement of the arm was natural given his body position. You only need to look at where Wan-Bissaka's arm is, in the same sequence, almost mimicking the same motion completely.

If fairness, most of the match reactions have said it's a rubbish rule and nobody wants to see a pen given for that going forward.

I don't think theirs was a handball because his arm was low. Which kind of shows how stupid that rule is. Neither should be pens for me.

The ITV commentary called the KDB penalty shout a lot differently than I did though and I haven't seen much talk about that. Fred put his leg across a player in a 50-50, causing that player to go down in the box. You can't shield a ball before you have possession of it.

Oh and Casemiro could have easily have been sent off, for that stud rake down Akanji's shin.

City weren't at their best, united had 12 men at times with that ref and yet City were still the better team and fully deserved the win. The positivity from them considering all that, is quite funny.
 
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ZanteWeatherman said:
Guardian binned. The smarmy fuckwits that 'write' about football (especially Ickle old Ciddy) know nothing except how to work their target audience to milk clicks and ensure foaming at the mouth. Soon Newcastle will indeed be in their sights. Journalism my arse..... and they still keep begging for donations.
Fucked it right off.
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I honestly don’t think Newcastle will get half the shite we have done over the years. They arent rivals or share a city with one of the red tops
 
paulchapo said:
Great film which has actually been shown again twice on TV this week. That part is one of my favourite bits. "What's so fucking funny about me?? You think I'm a clown here to amuse you?" I like it because it reminds me of a guy I knew from Wythenshawe I worked with on the ships, Melvyn. He was witty, funny and great company but totally schitzo. Nobody knew when he'd flip but he often did and without warning. Like in the film he'd be laughing one minute then imagine someone had said something about him or his family. Then he wanted to kill them. It was both funny and frightening to watch, I often distracted him while the poor recipient of his anger escaped.
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p.taker said:
yeah yeah, now go home and get your fucking shine box
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Isn't that from Casino rather than Goodfellas?

Not the gif by the way, that's definitely Goodfellas but the shinebox quote isn't in that scene where Ray Liota is laughing at (or with) Joe Pesci.
 
The floppy haired **** just can’t let it go.

He is the perfect fit for the Daily United after he replaced Martin Samuel, who fucked the Daily United off at went to the Times.

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Mr Banks Is In The Kippax said:
The poem was great - it’s based on this if you’re not already aware about Tony Wilson

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I watched on ITV and agree..I have recorded both and will watch BbC back next week. Mind if Football Focus aka MU TV was a warm up, I might swerve it. Caught FF last night, god Japp Stam is boring, it really was all about ushered.
 
jrb said:
The floppy haired **** just can’t let it go.

He is the perfect fit for the Daily United after he replaced Martin Samuel, who fucked the Daily United off at went to the Times.

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Not really sure I understand his point.

He said that it wasn't disrespectful when Schmeichel said the 99 team would have beaten United's 68 team 10-0, and it was interesting that Schmeichel made pretty much the same point when asked about Pep's team. He basically laughed at the idea that United 99 would be able to compete with Pep's team and suggested that every player needs to be ultra-skilfull these days.

So I think Holt is saying that the 99 treble was a great achievement, even if that team would be slaughtered by Pep's City - but he's maybe just a bit scared of saying it outright, so uses that Schmeichel quote to do the heavy lifting?
 
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bluenova said:
Not really sure I understand his point.

He said that it wasn't disrespectful when Schmeichel said the 99 team would have beaten United's 68 team 10-0, and it was interesting that Schmeichel made pretty much the same point when asked about Pep's team. He basically laughed at the idea that United 99 would be able to compete with Pep's team and suggested that every player needs to be ultra-skilfull these days.

So I think Holt is saying that the 99 treble was a great achievement, even if that team would be slaughtered by Pep's City - but he's maybe just a bit scared of saying it outright, so uses that Schmeichel quote to do the heavy lifting?
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Don't know why anyone is trying to compare (that's if we even win the treble). It's a staggering achievement to win a neck-and-neck PL race, as both of us did, while getting to a CL final against some of the best teams in Europe, and winning an FA Cup.
 
jrb said:
The floppy haired **** just can’t let it go.

He is the perfect fit for the Daily United after he replaced Martin Samuel, who fucked the Daily United off at went to the Times.

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I think the sub on that piece has added a few extra words /edits.

There’s a ‘not’ that seems to have moved position from early in the 1st sentence to later.

And there’s an addition of n’t in the last sentence that has accidentally crept in.

I do hope the waffle in the main piece isn’t littered with so many mistakes…
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Last night I watched back the entire BBC coverage from the start of the build-up to the end of the programme.

Tonight I’m currently watching the entire ITV coverage.

Both have been very good at showing City’s history in the FA Cup, especially the BBC who had better pre-match videos in general (that poem at the start with footage from derbies and last FA Cup finals for both clubs was brilliant!). Both have added in some good Manchester music clips.

What I noticed is there was absolutely no treating City as an inferior club by any of the four presenters and pundits on either channel, that I have felt from the media for years. They were all very fair and treated the final as if it was between two giants of football.

I especially liked this quote from Sam Matterface on ITV, [the atmosphere was electric at that point as the teams were about to come out];

‘This is terrific! Well, the old Merseyside occasion of 1986, the Treble Busters of ’77, and ’96, remember that? That was huge… but might this be the biggest FA Cup final of all-time? Definitely, maybe! It is a special occasion and Wembley is absolutely thronging. A city split red and blue; a city steeped in culture, music and industry, and steeped in football heritage.

‘Well, the dominant teams of Busby and Sir Alex to the defiance of the Joe Royle era, and the ’60s success of Joe Mercer. Two iconic clubs that gave us moments from Agüero, Ronaldo, Robson, Summerbee, Best, Yaya and Cantona and who both at times embraced Tevez, Law and Kidd.

It is the first ever all-Manchester FA Cup Final’.

Top banana, that!

BBC’s coverage has a worse picture and sound quality. ITV has much sharper visuals and audio, but you have to deal with adverts.

Overall, I think both did a cracking job and were very good about City.
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The BBC coverage was first class and reminded me of how good their football coverage used to be. It is a shame that they are let down by the juvenile clowns who run their website and social media channels.
 
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