Media Discussion - 2023/24

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hihosilva said:
I don't often listen to Talkshite but when I do Jim White is always up Martin Keowns backside telling everyone about Arsenals Invincibles achievement.
I couldn't believe what i was listening to today when Keown said "There is no greater achievement in football than being unbeaten throughout a season"!!
No mention of City's Treble winning or 100 points seasons.
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Is going unbeaten that great ? It sounds amazing but if you look at it, 12 draws wasn't it.
Would a team that drew every match and got relegated be as great as that arsenal side ? Both go unbeaten.
 
give it to gordon said:
Is going unbeaten that great ? It sounds amazing but if you look at it, 12 draws wasn't it.
Would a team that drew every match and got relegated be as great as that arsenal side ? Both go unbeaten.
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It’s a unique achievement. As was 100 points/100 goals. I try not to get drawn into the media debates about what was “best”. They are both achievements held by only one side ever
 
Pingu the Penguin said:
It’s a unique achievement. As was 100 points/100 goals. I try not to get drawn into the media debates about what was “best”. They are both achievements held by only one side ever
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Preston North End are Invincibles. Won the League without losing a game. Also won the FA Cup without conceding a goal to do the double.
 
Once a week.
Just ONCE a week!!

Once a week I visit the Daily Fail just to see the headlines on the day and the day before. Hardly ever do I open a topic as it’s filled with articles about the red envy teams, non related negative shite with a far fetched City link to involve our club, and gossip on private life matters.

And it’s easy to tell when we do well or head towards something big. The headlines get desperated.

Today:
A documentary about the filth treble in 1999. The fck timing !!!!
And Beckham stating it could spur them on. The fck desperation!!!!

Once a week. Think I should stick with once a year for all media. Just stick to Blue Moon. And yes, you’re all cnts and subjective in a blue way.
 
SebastianBlue said:
This is the sort of quote that keeps Liverpool, United, Arsenal, and Chelsea owners, execs, and coaches up at night.

Most of us old blues never thought we would ever hear a highly sought after 14 year-old phenom footballer utter this in relation to little ole City. This is the sort of sentiment that makes Tebas want to go on another “City are the greatest evil in the history of the world” rampage. The entire Bayern Munich structure starts to get queezy when they see this sort of thing. A not-so-small portion of the sport media captured by those clubs will do everything they can to spin and distort this and similar comments from other young players in order to obfuscate our growing influence.

And they should all be terrified, as this is only the beginning. Those clubs had there period when every young kid playing football in the park or the academy ground fantasised about being the star player for their team.

Now it is City’s turn. The future is sky blue. Pass it to Grimble.

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Shame journalists are too thick to realise the next gen of clickbait clickers will be blue.
 
Pingu the Penguin said:
It’s a unique achievement. As was 100 points/100 goals. I try not to get drawn into the media debates about what was “best”. They are both achievements held by only one side ever
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Kind of agree with this - but its not like the invincible title hasn't ever been achieved before with PNE doing it before the PL existed.
Plus we'd still have won the league if Arse had that season at the same time as our 100 points. So as good as invincible is, its not the pinnacle.
 
ballbag said:
Kind of agree with this - but its not like the invincible title hasn't ever been achieved before with PNE doing it before the PL existed.
Plus we'd still have won the league if Arse had that season at the same time as our 100 points. So as good as invincible is, its not the pinnacle.
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This, for me, is the argument for why our 100 points was more impressive than Arsenal’s “invincible” season.

We would have beaten them with our points total, so by the only measure that really matters, ours was a greater achievement.

That’s even ignoring that we actually conceded just 1 more goal and kept 2 more clean sheets than they did, as well, whilst winning 6 more games.

Winning 26 games and drawing 12 is not more impressive than winning 32, losing just 2, with 4 draws.
 
Blumooniac said:
Delooney referring to us as "State linked," today rather than owned. Hmm.
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They don't even have to use all these expressions, they could just use the factual "owned by a member of the AD royal family" or "owned by the Vice President of the United Arab Emirates", both of which convey the meaning they are trying to get over. "State-linked" is so weak it means next to nothing. State-owned to State-sponsored to State-financed to State-supported to State-linked isn't the gotcha they think it is, other than in their tiny minds. Just give it up and be factual, for Christ's sake.
 
SebastianBlue said:
This, for me, is the argument for why our 100 points was more impressive than Arsenal’s “invincible” season.

We would have beaten them with our points total, so by the only measure that really matters, ours was a greater achievement.

That’s even ignoring that we actually conceded just 1 more goal and kept 2 more clean sheets than they did, as well, whilst winning 6 more games.

Winning 26 games and drawing 12 is not more impressive than winning 32, losing just 2, with 4 draws.
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Ah, but you are forgetting the other clubs were handicapped by FFP then, whilst City were busy cheating with inflated sponsorships. So you have to take that into account.
 
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