Media Discussion - 2023/24

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Again it just goes to show HOW good of a team we have been under pep the media are cock a hoop over any positive result for the opposition,for gods sake we’ve lost something like 3 -4 games in 8 months yes a few the last couple of weeks,I’d be more worried when everyone is fit and firing teams beware ..
 
deano ou812 said:
Again it just goes to show HOW good of a team we have been under pep the media are cock a hoop over any positive result for the opposition,for gods sake we’ve lost something like 3 -4 games in 8 months yes a few the last couple of weeks,I’d be more worried when everyone is fit and firing teams beware ..
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Yeah, it's amazing. They've (the press) been bottling up their frustration for quite a few years, writing headlines and stories in their heads just waiting for the moment to use them. Problem is, they used up all that pent up frustration on a deflected goal win when a number of key players were missing for us. I'm sure we will remind them at the end of the season
 
deano ou812 said:
Again it just goes to show HOW good of a team we have been under pep the media are cock a hoop over any positive result for the opposition,for gods sake we’ve lost something like 3 -4 games in 8 months yes a few the last couple of weeks,I’d be more worried when everyone is fit and firing teams beware ..
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Compare and contrast when City went to Liepzig midweek and pulled off a good win against a team that hasn’t lost at home for over 12 months. Nothing to be seen in the national newspapers but when we lose to Arsenal in October they have their pens out writing about how it’s a major blow in the title race.
 
adr2.8i said:
we have conceded and ended up losing both times to them now with flukey spammy deflected goals, hardly the stuff of roy of the rovers is it really??!!! the over reaction to it all is hilarious, when you think that nobody gives a shit about little city apparently. Lets see whos smiling come may i say
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Yep, a trip to the emirates and a trip to anfield are the 2 trickiest games.
We went to one of those without the two most influential midfielders in Europe, and with players bedding in, didn‘t play very well and lost to one of those ‘could have gone anywhere‘ type deflections.
If anyone wants to construe this as arsenal being better than us then as you say, we’ll see who’s smiling in May.
They are without doubt a good side but we saw nothing to suggest that they are serious threats to us.
 
svennis pennis said:
I love this sort of argument. In nigh on every single walk of life the best end up at the top with access to the best resources as a result. The fact that there are non-league sides emulating the football that Pep has pioneered, every manager in the division copying inverted fullbacks, fullbacks playing in midfield… and pretty soon centre backs moving into midfield says all you need to know. Discrediting the man because he’s got expensive players and hasn’t decided to manage Luton to prove himself to troglodytes like John O’Sullivan is just bitterness personified.
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....... is the correct answer.
 
feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
Compare and contrast when City went to Liepzig midweek and pulled off a good win against a team that hasn’t lost at home for over 12 months. Nothing to be seen in the national newspapers but when we lose to Arsenal in October they have their pens out writing about how it’s a major blow in the title race.
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It's us vs the world, but with every passing successful season it becomes more spiteful and toxic from the media.
I could see us winning the Champions league again this season and it being classed as a failure of a season by the haters if it ended up being our only trophy.
That's how sad they are
 
IrishBlueSince92 said:


If Klopp had substituted on Keita, Nunez and Oxlade Chamberlain last season for example, then that’s £160m also

Would someone reply and tell that prick that
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Messi has never been sold for a transfer fee.

Ellaquim Mangala is better than Lionel Messi.

I'm sick of the "transfer funds are the only reason we're good" argument when United are right there proving you actually have to know how to coach and strategise.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
Let's wait and see. He hasn't done it at the top level yet. Playing for Real Madrid in Spain agaiinst weak opposition is not that difficult. Not saying he won't become a great player but at the moment he has not done much more than Brahim Diaz, whatever the English press say.
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Sorry man, that is just a ridiculous comparison.
 
bluealf said:
Sorry man, that is just a ridiculous comparison.
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I know Bellingham is light years better than Brahim Diaz. The point I am trying to make is you can't trust the hype in the English media when it comes to young players with great potential. Perhaps Isco would have been a better example to use. Ripping up teams in the Spanish league (which is very poor these days) or in International football (which has become a joke) is not the benchmark to use. It's not that long since we were being told Jadon Sancho was world-class.
 
dadnlad said:
that knob warnock just been spreading myth Klopp wouldve won more than pep with his budget and edwards and klopp signed some great players but missed bit about help ftom our data base
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Poor jurgen unable to compete with City’s spending. He’s done it on a shoestring of 1 billion euros since he’s been at Liverpool, don’t know how he’s coped. Bless.
 
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I know Bellingham is light years better than Brahim Diaz. The point I am trying to make is you can't trust the hype in the English media when it comes to young players with great potential. Perhaps Isco would have been a better example to use. Ripping up teams in the Spanish league (which is very poor these days) or in International football (which has become a joke) is not the benchmark to use. It's not that long since we were being told Jadon Sancho was world-class.
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I don't look at the media, I can see he is a talented lad because I have eyes and after 50+ years on the planet I can understand a talented player when I see one.
Dortmund - Success - tick
England - Success - tick
Real Madrid - started off brilliantly - tick

Ran City ragged in the CL - tick

Nobody on this forum said Sancho was world class lol, as for Isco he managed 353 games for Real, I mean how shabby a talent do you think that is?

What benchmark do you actually want to use?

I appreciate everybody can have an opinion and maybe we will have to agree to disagree, I'd have had him at City whatever the fee.
 
Sky and MOTD are at least consistent on the double standards towards City vs their darling clubs. Kova apparently should have been given a straight red for a late challenge(orange card, would have been a harsh red but we've seen them given), that wasn't even above ankle height as I remember it. They were also alluding to the intent(as if they know for sure) to injure a player or endanger them. Even though there was no back and forth before it, that I noticed. Meanwhile, just last week they(Sky and MOTD), did all they could to take any focus off of Hwang's two orange card fouls in the first half away at Wolves. The first was way too high for a studs up challenge, it should have been looked at by VAR given the height and Akanji's reaction. The second was a shin smash, leading with the studs up, both of those were worse than Kova's orange card foul.

That said, Kova should still have walked for two yellow card fouls. That's how easy it is to keep the same energy, it's so blatant what the broadcasters are doing. This is why we need to be on their backs when they try and bury these poor decisions when City are on the receiving end. They wont hesitate to kick up a fuss and milk it, when the shoe is on the other foot.
 
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