Rival Fans Commentating on City Games

blueste41 said:
He didn't say the foul wasn't worthy of a penalty though did he? He said their was a pull by Haaland before the foul which should of have lead to a free kick to Chelsea but that VAR didn't go far enough back to look at it.
He was also about to blow a gasket when it looked like Haaland's 2nd might be ruled out for handball.
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He wasn't sure, if it was Salah there would have been no doubt
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
Lets face it that is what it is when Caragher and Neville are the pundits.

Cant the club do ANYTHING about it? I mean for us City fans it is aaawwwwful, totally spoils the game unless you switch them off. Rival fans feel the same.

But for me, I think it is down to the club to do something about. These twats are representing our club on the national broadcasters, the first thing potential new City fans (And global fans) hear when the commentary is on City is negativity. All the way through with only cursory acknowledgement of anything positive. Its a totally unfair coverage, even taking into account how everyone is hoping we get beat this year. I can understand that, but its borderline lies that they are telling on our coverage.

The evidence is there for all (Except those blind and deaf to it), we get a shit representation on Sky Sports, cant the club order the PL to actually give us fair coverage? I mean get lawyers involved. Or is that too far?
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To be fair Neville isn't in the same league as the scouser. At the end of the day Neville is an ex united player and a united fan. I think he is actually very positive about City (regardless if that's through choice or because we are just so good). If I was a pundit I definitely wouldn't be as nice about united as he is about us that's for sure
 
domalino said:
Do you think Chelsea and Arsenal fans love the fact that Carragher, Neville and Richards are on every broadcast?

Just get over it, it’s not a grand conspiracy, they can’t have 20 different commentators to keep every teams fans happy, we get plenty of representation from Micah and Nedum across the BBC and Sky and TNT/BT.

If your reaction to watching that game is that we’ve been hard done by because Carragher commentated on it, you don’t actually like football, just obsessing over the soap opera around it.
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I don't really care what Carragher actually says, I barely listen to any of them. But that voice in the background is just too much. I had to switch to a load of different streams before I found one where I wouldn't get covered in phlegm. And the more excited he gets the worse it is. Horrible.
 
blueste41 said:
He didn't say the foul wasn't worthy of a penalty though did he? He said their was a pull by Haaland before the foul which should of have lead to a free kick to Chelsea but that VAR didn't go far enough back to look at it.
He was also about to blow a gasket when it looked like Haaland's 2nd might be ruled out for handball.
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What concerned me yesterday is that VAR STOPPED the game to check our penalty and Harlands goal but not any of Chelsea's. There seems to be a pattern occurring over recent games.
 
berryblue said:
What concerned me yesterday is that VAR STOPPED the game to check our penalty and Harlands goal but not any of Chelsea's. There seems to be a pattern occurring over recent games.
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They were desperate to see if Haaland had touched the ball with his hand which he would have known nothing about as the ball rolled into the net behind him.
 
I always watch Premier League on a foreign channel. I cannot stand Tyler's ".....and it's lllaaayyyyvvvvveeee!!!" twaddle nor any of the pundits or commentators.

If it wasn't for the 1992 league pyramid re-branding and all the money it caused, Sky Sports would have died before then.
 
berryblue said:
What concerned me yesterday is that VAR STOPPED the game to check our penalty and Harlands goal but not any of Chelsea's. There seems to be a pattern occurring over recent games.
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I'm not sure I understand? All goals/incidents are checked by VAR, regardless of weather anything is shown on TV. For their penalty after some time the commentator said "the VAR check is complete".
 
berryblue said:
What concerned me yesterday is that VAR STOPPED the game to check our penalty and Harlands goal but not any of Chelsea's. There seems to be a pattern occurring over recent games.
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All goals and penalties are checked by VAR.

Some checks take longer than others as they could be close calls or blatantly obvious.

Sterling’s and Jackson’s goals were both checked for offside. Their penalty was blatant, so only one look needed.
 
pride in battle said:
He wasn't sure, if it was Salah there would have been no doubt
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You need to be clearer, wasn't sure about what?
Do you know who Liverpool fans think Carragher is the most biased against? Liverpool! Don't take my word for it go and have a look on their forum.
 
blueste41 said:
I'm not sure I understand? All goals/incidents are checked by VAR, regardless of weather anything is shown on TV. For their penalty after some time the commentator said "the VAR check is complete".
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Yes all incidents are checked by VAR but I wrote "STOPPED the game" which is totally different.
 
blueste41 said:
He didn't say the foul wasn't worthy of a penalty though did he? He said their was a pull by Haaland before the foul which should of have lead to a free kick to Chelsea but that VAR didn't go far enough back to look at it.
He was also about to blow a gasket when it looked like Haaland's 2nd might be ruled out for handball.
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He literally said "there's something wrong here" after the decision was given and that was at the refs'. For me the implication that City have bought the refs was introduced, or that the refs have made a terrible terrible mistake.

Lets imagine Aguero was commentating, he would have called that a penalty 50/50 but City deserved it because Haaland couldnt jump - The media and oppo fans would have called it out but City would get to have some say, some influence, in how things are seen. Because what we are seeing is a whitewash of everything against city!

But actually looking at it in the cold light of day it was a fifty penalty at worst. I think it was clearly a pen myself, the stuff before was handbags where the refs let it go.
 
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The most unprofessional thing I witnessed didn't even involve us . it was when united beat Arsenal last season early in the season and Gary Neville was on co-commentary and he was literally screaming and cheering down the microphone when they've scored.

I understand he is a united fan and people get caught up in it but you're being paid to do a job and you should do a professionally

They're a disgrace
 
In recent years, it's become common for Old Firm games to be commentated on by one person but to have two people (Andy Walker [Celtic] and Ally McCoist [Rangers]) add their 'expertise'. It's patently obvious that neither of them is neutral, but the fact that the other is there acts as a counterbalance and arguably makes them more objective. Absolutely no reason why that policy should not now be adopted in 'big' games in England.
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
He literally said "there's something wrong here" after the decision was given and that was at the refs'. For me the implication that City have bought the refs was introduced, or that the refs have made a terrible terrible mistake.

Lets imagine Aguero was commentating, he would have called that a penalty 50/50 but City deserved it because Haaland couldnt jump - The media and oppo fans would have called it out but City would get to have some say, some influence, in how things are seen.

But actually looking at it in the cold light of day it was a fifty penalty at worst. I think it was clearly a pen myself, the stuff before was handbags where the refs let it go.
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As long as you would have though it a clear penalty had it being given against us that's fine.
 
Gabriel said:
In recent years, it's become common for Old Firm games to be commentated on by one person but to have two people (Andy Walker [Celtic] and Ally McCoist [Rangers]) add their 'expertise'. It's patently obvious that neither of them is neutral, but the fact that the other is there acts as a counterbalance and arguably makes them more objective. Absolutely no reason why that policy should not now be adopted in 'big' games in England.
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We seem to get City players who aren't really City fans. Richards and Sturridge for example yesterday.
 
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