Media Discussion - 2023/24

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uwe rosler 28 said:
How do they expect foden to influence playing as a 2nd left back everything is on the manager. Playing foden where he did to accommodate a right back in midfield whos main weapon is ling balls over the top only to play with a cf that comes short and can't run in behind. A total inability to change a game of football has already cost us our chance at 2 major tournaments ( Croatia and Italy games) just crosses his fingers and hopes for the best. Crying out for Watkins 2nd half to get us up and in behind their back line. Instead he takes TAA off for the younger Jordan Henderson drops the backline even deeper and plays foden saka Bellingham as defensive midfielders and kane as a false 9 at best!! Get us out ASAP and get rid of the clown and let the players have their summer break. We ain't winning shit under that clown!!!
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Totally agree mate, he's a shit house manager playing shit house boring football, and you can just see it coming , Stones will pick up an injury and miss the first half of the season, TAA in midfield shows how tactically inept and clueless he is. I've no idea why Bellingham is getting all the plaudits, and he was getting all the plaudits in none international football playing for Dortmund and even more so now at Madrid, something quite disturbing that they keep licking his arse for club and country yet don't throw their support behind the best player in the PL with serial trophies under his belt, but we can write the headlines ourself cant we, that he only does it at City because of the obscene amounts of money we have spent, he cant do it without Rodri in the side blah blah fucking blah. I personally couldn't give a shite if any City players play for England ever again, all will be well with the press when fatty Shaw and Mainoo start for England though, the fat pie eater hasn't kicked a ball since February.

It should have been Lord Bellingham and Rice as the 2 in midfield, with Phil central in the three infront.
 
flb said:
Totally agree mate, he's a shit house manager playing shit house boring football, and you can just see it coming , Stones will pick up an injury and miss the first half of the season, TAA in midfield shows how tactically inept and clueless he is. I've no idea why Bellingham is getting all the plaudits, and he was getting all the plaudits in none international football playing for Dortmund and even more so now at Madrid, something quite disturbing that they keep licking his arse for club and country yet don't throw their support behind the best player in the PL with serial trophies under his belt, but we can write the headlines ourself cant we, that he only does it at City because of the obscene amounts of money we have spent, he cant do it without Rodri in the side blah blah fucking blah. I personally couldn't give a shite if any City players play for England ever again, all will be well with the press when fatty Shaw and Mainoo start for England though, the fat pie eater hasn't kicked a ball since February.

It should have been Lord Bellingham and Rice as the 2 in midfield, with Phil central in the three infront.
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Turned it off after Shearer dribbled "and what a cup final he had" when Mainoo came on.
All scripted marketed shite from commentary as I'm trying to watch a game of football.
 
flb said:
Totally agree mate, he's a shit house manager playing shit house boring football, and you can just see it coming , Stones will pick up an injury and miss the first half of the season, TAA in midfield shows how tactically inept and clueless he is. I've no idea why Bellingham is getting all the plaudits, and he was getting all the plaudits in none international football playing for Dortmund and even more so now at Madrid, something quite disturbing that they keep licking his arse for club and country yet don't throw their support behind the best player in the PL with serial trophies under his belt, but we can write the headlines ourself cant we, that he only does it at City because of the obscene amounts of money we have spent, he cant do it without Rodri in the side blah blah fucking blah. I personally couldn't give a shite if any City players play for England ever again, all will be well with the press when fatty Shaw and Mainoo start for England though, the fat pie eater hasn't kicked a ball since February.

It should have been Lord Bellingham and Rice as the 2 in midfield, with Phil central in the three infront.
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For the press and pundits to say he can't do it without rodri and without all the great city players is a bit of a joke itself the way they laud rice and the rest of the England team as something unreal. Its about time they questioned the manager but that doesn't seem to happen???
 
Kippax77 said:
Turned it off after Shearer dribbled "and what a cup final he had" when Mainoo came on.
All scripted marketed shite from commentary as I'm trying to watch a game of football.
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It's not commentary, it's commercially expedient fawning to the gullible.
No sport can have such low brow coverage. Even Tim Henman at the Franch Open was Walter Cronkite compared to the vacuous, cliché ridden shite forced upon us football watchers.
 
Kippax77 said:
Turned it off after Shearer dribbled "and what a cup final he had" when Mainoo came on.
All scripted marketed shite from commentary as I'm trying to watch a game of football.
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Did anyone see that sickening cringe worthy montage they did for Van Dijk for the Holland game on the bbc? If you ever wondered where their loyalties lie that was another example of it. I wouldn’t mind, he’s not even Holland’s best centre half at the moment 4 x premier league and treble winner Nathan Ake is.
 
Kippax77 said:
Turned it off after Shearer dribbled "and what a cup final he had" when Mainoo came on.
All scripted marketed shite from commentary as I'm trying to watch a game of football.
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Genuinely didn't realise mainoo had come on!

Usual twats tricks on Phil, tricky to influence a game when no fucker'll pass to him.

Grealish must be heartily sick that Mainoo and tront are in the side, fuck knows why.

Also why the heck were we playing deeper n deeper that 2nd half? We could've ended up on the goal line!
 
uwe rosler 28 said:
For the press and pundits to say he can't do it without rodri and without all the great city players is a bit of a joke itself the way they laud rice and the rest of the England team as something unreal. Its about time they questioned the manager but that doesn't seem to happen???
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Yep, they will turn on the players but never question donkey features, and more so-take great pleasure in slagging off any City player that pulls and England shirt on, they were calling it some sort of managerial masterclass playing TAA in midfield ffs, and when its clearly square pegs in round holes they turn on the players, and the press, and most certainly the trafford arse licking brigade will have had kittens that not a single united player started the game, but at least donkey features reverted to type by bringing Mainoo on at 86 minutes to appease the press.
 
hertsblue said:
BBC running with Foden fails to shine yet in the same article “was Arnold a success”.

Arnold was a huge disaster as we all knew he would be but its glossed over, Bellingham did not turn up in the 2nd half, again not mentioned, and instead of putting Phil in midfield he brings on Gallagher.
Phil did not play too well but its hard when your not being passed to and you have a right footed limited left back behind you. Saka had an excellent Walker behind him creating space for them both, again this point being ignored or the useless media can not see it.
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After the match, there was a flood of English fans jumping to blame Phil for Arnold's piss-poor play. I've rarely seen a countries fanbase so excited to attack one of their own players - the club tribalism is truly incredible.

"Phil wasn't giving enough width on the LW, Arnold had nobody to switch it to, bench Foden for Gordon and we'll win the Euros" is a common take I'm seeing on Twitter/Reddit.

It's just so predictable at this point. Arsenal/Liverpool/ManU fans can't accept that little old City is now top dog in the prem and are spitefully wishing to see our players fail, even if its at the cost of a trophy for England. Would prefer our players go the Ben White and refuse to play for England.
 
spacecadet said:
The media should be asking themselves, how does Trent this, Trent that get anywhere near an international level midfield? He isn't good enough to play right back at that level either. My main school of thought behind it is that since Littlewoods was formed, there has to be a LFcult operative playing for England. The list or useless twats is never ending. Tront, Henderson, Matip, Thompson, Barnes (yes less than 60 mins of a good game in 80 odd caps) Neal, Smith, Johnson, Lee, Jones, Gomez, Solanke, Clyne, Shelvey, Lambert, Ruddock, Kirkland and Andy fucking Carroll. Quite incredible really.
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I'm convinced that there are commercial reasons behind many of the seemingly inexplicable decisions surrounding the England team and squad. Every one of us knew, the day Mainoo made his debut for united that he was going to the Euros. Every one of us knew that Arnold would be shoehorned into the side despite being neither a good full back nor a good midfield player. Somewhere, there is financial method in this seeming madness involving Southgate the FA, sponsors, senior FA officials and agents. Something is deeply wrong.
 
Silvercloud said:
Said exactly the same thing last night. 90% of the time the camera was on him he was looking up to the screens. It wasn’t just him but he was certainly the main culprit
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TBF the stadium has a clock incorporated into the screen above the centre circle on all four sides, certainly later on Gallagher etc would be looking at how long to roll around injured.
 
Newman Noggs said:
I'm convinced that there are commercial reasons behind many of the seemingly inexplicable decisions surrounding the England team and squad. Every one of us knew, the day Mainoo made his debut for united that he was going to the Euros. Every one of us knew that Arnold would be shoehorned into the side despite being neither a good full back nor a good midfield player. Somewhere, there is financial method in this seeming madness involving Southgate the FA, sponsors, senior FA officials and agents. Something is deeply wrong.
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You only have to look at when Woy was in charge virtually every player he shoe horned in had the same agent
 
feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
Did anyone see that sickening cringe worthy montage they did for Van Dijk for the Holland game on the bbc? If you ever wondered where their loyalties lie that was another example of it. I wouldn’t mind, he’s not even Holland’s best centre half at the moment 4 x premier league and treble winner Nathan Ake is.
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Saw most of that game, Ake looked a class apart, without any accompanying recognition in commentary for his display, obvs..!!
 
JTBlue1999 said:
After the match, there was a flood of English fans jumping to blame Phil for Arnold's piss-poor play. I've rarely seen a countries fanbase so excited to attack one of their own players - the club tribalism is truly incredible.

"Phil wasn't giving enough width on the LW, Arnold had nobody to switch it to, bench Foden for Gordon and we'll win the Euros" is a common take I'm seeing on Twitter/Reddit.

It's just so predictable at this point. Arsenal/Liverpool/ManU fans can't accept that little old City is now top dog in the prem and are spitefully wishing to see our players fail, even if its at the cost of a trophy for England. Would prefer our players go the Ben White and refuse to play for England.
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20 years ago when the rags were the dominant club, did you want Rooney, Beckham, Scholes, Wio to do well, because I didn't, I was hoping they broke their legs, when Beckham was sent off against the Argies in the WC I was the happiest man alive.

Club football will always be No1 in England and thank the lord it is.
 
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