Media Discussion - 2023/24

[Damanino]

where is the media uproar for the Rice deal?

it was incredible amount of shit spouted when we signed Grealish who I thought as well was very much overpriced but how the media portrayed it just added to the factor he was booed a lot in his first season almost in all away grounds.

now Rice overtaking that financial record, its more like being reported that this is the cost to sign a great player and what a great job by Arteta and Edu to pull it off.

I do hope they end up in group of death in CL, just to give them a pretty complicated start compared to last season where they were able to rotate the shit out of meaningless EL group games.

 

[daveoswald]

And the great thing p taker it's facts not tribalism, not twitter bullshit, it's from a guy who actually knows what he is talking about.

 

[p.taker]

And the great thing p taker it's facts not tribalism, not twitter bullshit, it's from a guy who actually knows what he is talking about.

Stefan is fire

 

[stonerblue]

Wrote something on the charges and the media

Conspiracy Theories and Innuendo will not prove the alleged Manchester City Conspiracy

There will be no Super Sub for cogent evidence

stefanborson.substack.com

Excellent work that

 

[BlueAnorak]

Wrote something on the charges and the media

Conspiracy Theories and Innuendo will not prove the alleged Manchester City Conspiracy

There will be no Super Sub for cogent evidence

stefanborson.substack.com

Shocked I tell you, shocked.
A journalist actually stating facts.
Unheard of.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Englands U-21's beat Israel 3-0 last night with Cole Plamer man of the match scoring one and assisting the other two so England reach the final of the U-21's Euro Final.

So the BBC match report naturally focuses on Morgan Gibbs-White who scored one and missed a penalty. Cole gets a 2 line paragraph

Er okay

 

[manimanc]

where is the media uproar for the Rice deal?

it was incredible amount of shit spouted when we signed Grealish who I thought as well was very much overpriced but how the media portrayed it just added to the factor he was booed a lot in his first season almost in all away grounds.

now Rice overtaking that financial record, its more like being reported that this is the cost to sign a great player and what a great job by Arteta and Edu to pull it off.

I do hope they end up in group of death in CL, just to give them a pretty complicated start compared to last season where they were able to rotate the shit out of meaningless EL group games.

What did you expect mate.
Standard.

 

[madloaf]

ESPN have released a top 100 players/managers

The FC 100 for 2023: Haaland, Mbappe lead our list of best men's soccer players

After a brief hiatus thanks to the winter World Cup in Qatar, ESPN presents its seventh annual ranking of the best men's players and coaches in world soccer! Welcome to FC 100.

www.espn.co.uk

Two things of particular note.

1. Bellingham is ranked above Rodri as best centre mid.

2. John Stones isn't in it. Lisandro Martinez is.

 

[jrb]

You haven't seen anything yet, even after years of reading this thread. Somebody has gone to a lot of trouble to produce this

LACK OF CIVIC LEADERSHIP HAS ENABLED MANCHESTER AND NEWCASTLE SPORTSWASHING PROJECTS​

A new report published today finds that political leaders in Manchester and Newcastle have not only declined multiple opportunities to use their positions of influence to express criticism of serious and systematic human rights abuses in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, but have effectively assisted these two deeply abusive and profoundly anti-democratic states’ efforts to set up ‘soft power enclaves’ in cities with proud histories of protest and dissent.



Click on the PDF link via the below link to read the report.

Lack of civic leadership has enabled Manchester and Newcastle sportswashing projects – FairSquare

fairsq.org

 

[mancboy]

What i find particularly distasteful of any of the articles re: sportswashing and human rights, is the myth that all arabic countries are barbaric dictatorships while england, america, spain etc are so much better and should be shown up as the standard bearers for the world, there is absolutely plenty in all those countries that is shocking abuses of peoples human rights but we dont want to have that conversation because that doesnt fir the narrative

 

[MillionMilesAway]

You haven't seen anything yet, even after years of reading this thread. Somebody has gone to a lot of trouble to produce this

LACK OF CIVIC LEADERSHIP HAS ENABLED MANCHESTER AND NEWCASTLE SPORTSWASHING PROJECTS​

A new report published today finds that political leaders in Manchester and Newcastle have not only declined multiple opportunities to use their positions of influence to express criticism of serious and systematic human rights abuses in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, but have effectively assisted these two deeply abusive and profoundly anti-democratic states’ efforts to set up ‘soft power enclaves’ in cities with proud histories of protest and dissent.

View attachment 85580

Click on the PDF link via the below link to read the report.

Lack of civic leadership has enabled Manchester and Newcastle sportswashing projects – FairSquare

fairsq.org

Fairsquare are Nick McGeehan's collective, primarily Middle East human rights-related.

He's repeatedly dragged City into human rights discussions, often in quite strained manner.
I don't see too much problem in a report trying to highlight perceived politicians' failings per se, but haven't read 40+ pages of text - a keyword suggests has about 65 references to football (not too many in 40+ pages) and 24 to sportswashing.

 

[stonerblue]

You haven't seen anything yet, even after years of reading this thread. Somebody has gone to a lot of trouble to produce this

LACK OF CIVIC LEADERSHIP HAS ENABLED MANCHESTER AND NEWCASTLE SPORTSWASHING PROJECTS​

A new report published today finds that political leaders in Manchester and Newcastle have not only declined multiple opportunities to use their positions of influence to express criticism of serious and systematic human rights abuses in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, but have effectively assisted these two deeply abusive and profoundly anti-democratic states’ efforts to set up ‘soft power enclaves’ in cities with proud histories of protest and dissent.

View attachment 85580

Click on the PDF link via the below link to read the report.

Lack of civic leadership has enabled Manchester and Newcastle sportswashing projects – FairSquare

fairsq.org

Where do you find this shit?

 

[west didsblue]

You haven't seen anything yet, even after years of reading this thread. Somebody has gone to a lot of trouble to produce this

LACK OF CIVIC LEADERSHIP HAS ENABLED MANCHESTER AND NEWCASTLE SPORTSWASHING PROJECTS​

A new report published today finds that political leaders in Manchester and Newcastle have not only declined multiple opportunities to use their positions of influence to express criticism of serious and systematic human rights abuses in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, but have effectively assisted these two deeply abusive and profoundly anti-democratic states’ efforts to set up ‘soft power enclaves’ in cities with proud histories of protest and dissent.

View attachment 85580

Click on the PDF link via the below link to read the report.

Lack of civic leadership has enabled Manchester and Newcastle sportswashing projects – FairSquare

fairsq.org

If he really gave a shit he’d have given a mention to Russians and Chinese buying up huge areas of London.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

You haven't seen anything yet, even after years of reading this thread. Somebody has gone to a lot of trouble to produce this

LACK OF CIVIC LEADERSHIP HAS ENABLED MANCHESTER AND NEWCASTLE SPORTSWASHING PROJECTS​

A new report published today finds that political leaders in Manchester and Newcastle have not only declined multiple opportunities to use their positions of influence to express criticism of serious and systematic human rights abuses in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, but have effectively assisted these two deeply abusive and profoundly anti-democratic states’ efforts to set up ‘soft power enclaves’ in cities with proud histories of protest and dissent.

View attachment 85580

Click on the PDF link via the below link to read the report.

Lack of civic leadership has enabled Manchester and Newcastle sportswashing projects – FairSquare

fairsq.org

Who the fuck are Fair/Square ? Probably a pair of beardy twats in a bed sit in Hackney. I see they work with a range of donors…I’ll bet they do ! - & doubtless had a little donation recently.
No marks.

 

[halfcenturyup]

You haven't seen anything yet, even after years of reading this thread. Somebody has gone to a lot of trouble to produce this

LACK OF CIVIC LEADERSHIP HAS ENABLED MANCHESTER AND NEWCASTLE SPORTSWASHING PROJECTS​

A new report published today finds that political leaders in Manchester and Newcastle have not only declined multiple opportunities to use their positions of influence to express criticism of serious and systematic human rights abuses in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, but have effectively assisted these two deeply abusive and profoundly anti-democratic states’ efforts to set up ‘soft power enclaves’ in cities with proud histories of protest and dissent.

View attachment 85580

Click on the PDF link via the below link to read the report.

Lack of civic leadership has enabled Manchester and Newcastle sportswashing projects – FairSquare

fairsq.org

McGeehan again. They are so concerned by human rights abuses, they don't even look at Asia, Russia, Europe, the Americas. Thank God they are all such wonderful bastions of human rights. Tossers.

 

[halfcenturyup]

What i find particularly distasteful of any of the articles re: sportswashing and human rights, is the myth that all arabic countries are barbaric dictatorships while england, america, spain etc are so much better and should be shown up as the standard bearers for the world, there is absolutely plenty in all those countries that is shocking abuses of peoples human rights but we dont want to have that conversation because that doesnt fir the narrative

Can't make a career out of that.

 

[Rochdale Blue]

Who the fuck are Fair/Square ? Probably a pair of beardy twats in a bed sit in Hackney. I see they work with a range of donors…I’ll bet they do ! - & doubtless had a little donation recently.
No marks.

Sounds like the supermarket Curly Watts used to work for.

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Sounds like the supermarket Curly Watts used to work for.

I thought that was Freshco?

 

[blueinsa]

You haven't seen anything yet, even after years of reading this thread. Somebody has gone to a lot of trouble to produce this

LACK OF CIVIC LEADERSHIP HAS ENABLED MANCHESTER AND NEWCASTLE SPORTSWASHING PROJECTS​

A new report published today finds that political leaders in Manchester and Newcastle have not only declined multiple opportunities to use their positions of influence to express criticism of serious and systematic human rights abuses in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, but have effectively assisted these two deeply abusive and profoundly anti-democratic states’ efforts to set up ‘soft power enclaves’ in cities with proud histories of protest and dissent.

View attachment 85580

Click on the PDF link via the below link to read the report.

Lack of civic leadership has enabled Manchester and Newcastle sportswashing projects – FairSquare

fairsq.org

They have a real hard on for the UAE it would appear.

I wonder where their funding comes from?

 

[Rochdale Blue]

I thought that was Freshco?

Can't really remember, but wasn't he also in the Square Dealers or something similar?