Media Discussion - 2023/24

[journolud]

Sadly Kevin will be off soon not sure it will be Saudi and hopefully not until 25 or 26. With respect to Halaand unfortunately he is highly likely to end up in Spain well before he is 30.
I don't like the fuckers but they are only spouting bollocks as far as tomorrow is concerned but in the long run they are probably correct.

You’re right. All the current squad are going to be gone sooner or later, I honestly don’t know what we’ll do. It took us ages to recover from…

 

[cheekybids]

Sadly Kevin will be off soon not sure it will be Saudi and hopefully not until 25 or 26. With respect to Halaand unfortunately he is highly likely to end up in Spain well before he is 30.
I don't like the fuckers but they are only spouting bollocks as far as tomorrow is concerned but in the long run they are probably correct.

I suppose we’ll have to continue giving Girona our casts offs ;)

 

[BringBackSwales]

Sadly Kevin will be off soon not sure it will be Saudi and hopefully not until 25 or 26. With respect to Halaand unfortunately he is highly likely to end up in Spain well before he is 30.
I don't like the fuckers but they are only spouting bollocks as far as tomorrow is concerned but in the long run they are probably correct.

That’s that then. Same way Silva Aguero Yaya etc were all going to Spain in their prime I guess

 

[Phil1]

Sadly Kevin will be off soon not sure it will be Saudi and hopefully not until 25 or 26. With respect to Halaand unfortunately he is highly likely to end up in Spain well before he is 30.
I don't like the fuckers but they are only spouting bollocks as far as tomorrow is concerned but in the long run they are probably correct.

You are Nostradamus and I claim next weeks lotto numbers.

I mean, giving these cunts credit for guessing what might happen in the next 5 years is probably over egging it a tad.

 

[halfcenturyup]

I take it Harris,Delaney, Sky, BBC et al will be all over this... Not.

UK gives £600m backing to Jim Ratcliffe’s ‘carbon bomb’ petrochemical plant

Campaigners say Ineos project in Antwerp will turbocharge plastic production on a scale not seen before in Europe

www.theguardian.com

Next time a rag **** says anything about oil to you, send em this.

Am I missing something? How does building a plant in Belgium help UK exports?

 

[stonerblue]

Palmer saying Poch has improved him as a player, never read past the title, not getting a click off me, BBC pages.

Also said Pep was one of the best in the world and praised the players at City

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

I too am a good, working-class Mancunian and I've been in journalism longer than that.
I actually don't believe there is an agenda against City... there is however a completely irrational cock-sucking devotion to scouse, scum etc - fk knows why.
SEO 'experts' have their reasoning and it is hard to deny the popularity of the rat-bastards.
Just proves 99 per cent of people can't tell Stork from butter.
They are, as ever, confusing quality with quantity.
I have asked... they are the bigger draw, reader-wise, click wise etc - it cannot be denied.

However, not so much now... things are turning - it's glacial but happening.

Now watch some trumped-up charges attempt to hobble that progress.

The two go hand in hand. Negative articles about City are about the biggest attractor of clicks you can get. I'm constantly bemused by people who will acknowledge political bias in papers like the Fail, which has provocative headlines and a comments section designed to catch all the foam, attached to every article it publishes, but who will then deny that the same is true of the back pages.

 

[Kinkybyname]

The two go hand in hand. Negative articles about City are about the biggest attractor of clicks you can get. I'm constantly bemused by people who will acknowledge political bias in papers like the Fail, which has provocative headlines and a comments section designed to catch all the foam, attached to every article it publishes, but who will then deny that the same is true of the back pages.

I don't deny the effect, far from it, I just think there's a different route/reason to the destination/end result.

 

[Dodge]

Sorry Dodge I know he's your mate but that says a lot. Modern journalism is anything but noble.

100% agree with you, mate or not.

 

[invisibleandalone]

Am I missing something? How does building a plant in Belgium help UK exports?

It doesn't, but will be very beneficial to inios shareholders. So indirectly the British tax payer are funding sir steptoe's shares purchase at the swamp.

 

[kaz7]

Palmer saying Poch has improved him as a player, never read past the title, not getting a click off me, BBC pages.

Ha, that is a laugh, he only takes pens

 

[Blue Pete]

Out of interest, what exactly do you think are snide digs in there?

"This is not a sly dig at the atmosphere at the ethiad thats for others to debate" - yes it is why raise it, or make mention of it?
"Absolutely everything City do will be viewed with an eyebrow raised until the 115 charges is settled. For some nothing they do will mean much until they can prove themselves financially clean" - why does this need to be in the article at all if this is about City's footballing dominance on the pitch.
"Approve of their methods or not.." - implies our methods need approving.

The tone of these comments and them being there at all in the context of the rest of the article, is hard not to see them as digs. Would an article on Liverpool have a comment about the poor atmosphere at Anfield? Or a comment that "for some nothing will mean much until they take responsibility for the actions of their fans". Would "Approve of their methods or not.." be in the summary for an article about Klopps legacy. I doubt it, and until they are its hard not to see digs at City.

I would also point out it should have been clear I am actual pleased he wrote that, irrespective of what I think are cheap shots. On the whole it does present a positive (realistic) view on Peps legacy and City's place in current football.

 

[bluealf]

Also said Pep was one of the best in the world and praised the players at City

There you go then, the headline man did his job again.

Sensationalist cunts

 

[johnevans]

Delaney has a book out about all things Sportswashing.


****.

Whilst agreeing with your sentiment at this news, I must say I couldn't repeat your (ahem!) florid use of the vernacular..(!!)

Suffice to say, you bringing this revelation to my attention reminded me of one of my favourite literary quotations from one of my favourite books, 'The Tin Drum' by Gunter Grass, which encapsulates my feelings to literature, books and so on, namely:

'Even bad books are books and are therefore sacred..'

I fear, though, that even Old Gunter might be sorely tempted to radically revise his observation in light of the fact that Delaney has been given permission/let loose to write a book. What is the world coming to?!

 

[stonerblue]

There you go then, the headline man did his job again.

Sensationalist cunts

Yep

 

[journolud]

Ha, that is a laugh, he only takes pens

I wasn't that convinced about Palmer when he was here but he has looked very good in that Chelsea side and it's a bit dismissive to say he only takes pens. 10 goals of which 5 are enalties this season for Chelsea and 7 assists is not too shabby. Think his goal for us in the charity shields was from a little more than 12 yards as well.

There's nothing wrong with a player wanting to leave us and although I suspect that he's more a product of Pep and City than anything Poch has done he's unlikely to say he hasn't improved since te move.

It's churlish to dismiss him like you have.

 

[solley attwell]

The two go hand in hand. Negative articles about City are about the biggest attractor of clicks you can get. I'm constantly bemused by people who will acknowledge political bias in papers like the Fail, which has provocative headlines and a comments section designed to catch all the foam, attached to every article it publishes, but who will then deny that the same is true of the back pages.

I would love to see what the newspaper circulation was on the day after we won the treble. Methinks a lot of people couldn't face picking up a paper that day

 

[Fordyboy46]

I would love to see what the newspaper circulation was on the day after we won the treble. Methinks a lot of people couldn't face picking up a paper that day

Rags and dippers just not bothered about us though mate, lol

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

I wasn't that convinced about Palmer when he was here but he has looked very good in that Chelsea side and it's a bit dismissive to say he only takes pens. 10 goals of which 5 are enalties this season for Chelsea and 7 assists is not too shabby. Think his goal for us in the charity shields was from a little more than 12 yards as well.

There's nothing wrong with a player wanting to leave us and although I suspect that he's more a product of Pep and City than anything Poch has done he's unlikely to say he hasn't improved since te move.

It's churlish to dismiss him like you have.

He also scored a header in the Super Cup final.

 

[bluemc]

I wasn't that convinced about Palmer when he was here but he has looked very good in that Chelsea side and it's a bit dismissive to say he only takes pens. 10 goals of which 5 are enalties this season for Chelsea and 7 assists is not too shabby. Think his goal for us in the charity shields was from a little more than 12 yards as well.

There's nothing wrong with a player wanting to leave us and although I suspect that he's more a product of Pep and City than anything Poch has done he's unlikely to say he hasn't improved since te move.

It's churlish to dismiss him like you have.

Agreed, Palmer has looked good for Chelsea in the bits I've seen. I think he could have done a good job for us with Mahrez leaving and the opportunities some of our injuries would have opened up. But I also understand why he left and think he's kicked on in the way he would have wanted, even though Chelsea are in a disappointing (for them) position.

The dismissal of "he only takes penalties for Chelsea" is typical of the "he doesn't play for us anymore so he's crap" football fan mentality. Good luck to the lad, I hope he does well apart from when he's playing against us!