Media Discussion - 2023/24

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feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
As a group of supporters we can’t win, we are weaponised in defending our Muslim owners from the U.K. media including the Athletic, who don’t like our owners because of where they are from. Now we are racist because we apparently didn’t take to Mahrez. Some take that.
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Good point.

Anyone know if Ali Benarbia is Muslim? I know, maybe we don't actually care what his religion is, because it doesn't bother us. But that article suggests it's because of where Mahrez is from and his religion - everyone worshipped Benarbia, so if he's also Algerian and Muslim, then that clearly isn't the reason.

That suggestion says more about him and is more racist in its nature than anything to do with how City fans have treated Mahrez.
 
its grim up north said:
You're right , after years of Emptihad jibes, on the radio the other day our fans were been called for selling out Wembley after the boycott decision. Should not happen, they should all stay away, they splurrted. One of the people on the programme did mention the amount of foodbank charity donations 1894 had made, but nobody commented on that, of course.
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Anything to take a shitty angle, whilst our financial fair play breaking neighbours get a free ride.
 
mattcity5 said:
Good point.

Anyone know if Ali Benarbia is Muslim? I know, maybe we don't actually care what his religion is, because it doesn't bother us. But that article suggests it's because of where Mahrez is from and his religion - everyone worshipped Benarbia, so if he's also Algerian and Muslim, then that clearly isn't the reason.

That suggestion says more about him and is more racist in its nature than anything to do with how City fans have treated Mahrez.
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Yaya and Kolo Toure are also of Muslim faith we seemed to enjoy singing their names and watching Yaya doing funny stuff for the social media channels. As a writer understanding why Mahrez didn’t hold down a regular starting spot they should be analysing how he played, he has the best touch and close control in world football. Work rate was something else though and there would be games where he would be anonymous, you can understand why Bernardo got the nod over him in all the key games towards the back end of last season. Fantastic player though and has picked up lots of medals during his time in England for both City and Leicester. Hopefully he has another good chapter in his football career in Saudi.
 
Got to laugh.
It's the duality of media in general.
They pretend like they don't have a side so it's all news whichever angle they take. They want us not to treat them as people, merely news providers.

What winds fans up is the opinion pieces. It's the fact sometimes the same journalist offers two separate opinions on the same topic at total odds to each other. They seek only the clicks and engagement. They must laugh their tits off at the columns of comments by opposing fans following a carefully crafted hit piece.

It's a long time since I played that game. I no longer get involved in responding to any, but particularly those types of articles. In fact i avoid reading them if possible. As such I try to avoid red top links and am only interested in articles by the likes of "Martin" our favourite Times sports writer. Free Access through the paywall of course, I won't pay for any of it.

Likewise the recent plethora of youtube haters content. A couple of minutes worth is usually enough to realise what they are (Does that count as a view?). Even the thumbnails are now sufficient for me to scroll on by.

They live by the clicks, let them wither.
 
Prophet of Doom said:
Where are all Sam Lee’s followers on here today ??

Brummie rag constantly writing snide City pieces aimed at his red team readers.

You only have to look at the comments to his writing in The Athletic - barely a City fan amongst them.
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I suspect barely a City fan reads that steaming pile of shite.......
 
Kinkys Left Foot said:
Got to laugh.
It's the duality of media in general.
They pretend like they don't have a side so it's all news whichever angle they take. They want us not to treat them as people, merely news providers.

What winds fans up is the opinion pieces. It's the fact sometimes the same journalist offers two separate opinions on the same topic at total odds to each other. They seek only the clicks and engagement. They must laugh their tits off at the columns of comments by opposing fans following a carefully crafted hit piece.

It's a long time since I played that game. I no longer get involved in responding to any, but particularly those types of articles. In fact i avoid reading them if possible. As such I try to avoid red top links and am only interested in articles by the likes of "Martin" our favourite Times sports writer. Free Access through the paywall of course, I won't pay for any of it.

Likewise the recent plethora of youtube haters content. A couple of minutes worth is usually enough to realise what they are (Does that count as a view?). Even the thumbnails are now sufficient for me to scroll on by.

They live by the clicks, let them wither.
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Have you never heard of a balanced outlook?


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LongsightM13 said:
So Sam Lee thinks we’re all racists now.
Maybe that ‘single cell’ fella was actually one of his ‘Super Joey Hart’-style sock puppet pseudonyms

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This is a shocking observation, completely without foundation and unnecessary.

Same lazy tropes which many journalists vehemently object to when ethnicity and religious beliefs are levelled at their spiteful reporting of our owner.

City fans are in the hundreds of thousands, so the hypothesis is even more insulting, as it infers there are far too many of our supporters who are bigoted enough to have impacted the lustre of Mahrez's contribution.

If it were the case, there would already be hefty evidence for Sam to highlight it and write an informed exposé, rather than throwing an incendiary hand grenade which does nothing but introduce a narrative which has zero relation with the reality.
 
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tolmie's hairdoo said:
This is a shocking observation, completely without foundation and unnecessary.

Same lazy tropes which many journalists vehemently object to when ethnicity and religious beliefs are levelled at their spiteful reporting of our owner.

City fans are in the hundreds of thousands, so the hypothesis is even more insulting, as it infers there are far too many of our supporters who are bigoted enough to have impacted the lustre of Mahrez's contribution.

If it were the case, there would be hefty evidence for Sam to highlight it and write an informed exposé, rather than throwing an incendiary hand grenade which does nothing but introduce a narrative which has zero relation with the reality.
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I mean he even apparently believed that a banter tweet about a fella who looked only vaguely like Rodri, getting off a flight from Ibiza in his shorts at Leeds Bradford airport, was actually the main man himself. Dear me, what a gullible clown

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tolmie's hairdoo said:
This is a shocking observation, completely without foundation and unnecessary.

Same lazy tropes which many journalists vehemently object to when ethnicity and religious beliefs are levelled at their spiteful reporting of our owner.

City fans are in the hundreds of thousands, so the hypothesis is even more insulting, as it infers there are far too many of our supporters who are bigoted enough to have impacted the lustre of Mahrez's contribution.

If it were the case, there would be hefty evidence for Sam to highlight it and write an informed exposé, rather than throwing an incendiary hand grenade which does nothing but introduce a narrative which has zero relation with the reality.
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I’ve never heard a fan of any club, well, not since the 80s, say they don’t like one of their own players due to race or faith
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
This is a shocking observation, completely without foundation and unnecessary.

Same lazy tropes which many journalists vehemently object to when ethnicity and religious beliefs are levelled at their spiteful reporting of our owner.

City fans are in the hundreds of thousands, so the hypothesis is even more insulting, as it infers there are far too many of our supporters who are bigoted enough to have impacted the lustre of Mahrez's contribution.

If it were the case, there would be hefty evidence for Sam to highlight it and write an informed exposé, rather than throwing an incendiary hand grenade which does nothing but introduce a narrative which has zero relation with the reality.
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Was Bernarbia not from the same gaff? Absolute horse shit the idiot would never blurt out in a room full of blues.
 
LongsightM13 said:
I mean he even apparently believed that a banter tweet about a fella who looked only vaguely like Rodri, getting off a flight from Ibiza in his shorts at Leeds Bradford airport, was actually the main man himself. Dear me, what a gullible clown

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I'd imagine Sam would be rightly offended if he was accused of being a racist because City hadn't been given the credit the club deserves, because of where our owner originates.

That's how ridiculous introducing the Mahrez possibility into the domain is.

Personally, I don't like Mahrez as a player, not my type, but that has absolutely everything to do with my perceptions of his application in certain games, and why I choose not to elevate him, rather than the colour of his skin or faith.

Sometimes the truth really is as simple as it is, rather than trying to intellectualise or stimulate a debate which only introduces offensiveness from one person to an entire fanbase.
 
Maly said:
I’ve never heard a fan of any club, well, not since the 80s, say they don’t like one of their own players due to race or faith
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And yet Sterling got racially abused by City fans and it’s rife in the sport generally.

Perhaps what people admit to isn’t the best barometer of where we’re at with racism.
 
cheekybids said:
When was Sterling racially abused by City fans?
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2 season ticket holders banned for life for racially abusing him in 2020.

www.independent.co.uk

City fan banned for racially abusing Sterling

Former season ticket holders served life bans by City
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk

There’s about 100 racism related arrest at football grounds a season, and they’re all from supporters of clubs with black players. So OP might think no fans care about race any more but there’s plenty who go straight to it when they want to abuse a player.
 
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