Media discussion - 2025/26

[train man]

liverpool 7/4
arsenal 9/4
City 3/1
chelsea 15/2
united 22/1 (ha ha ha)

Not that clear favourites, are they.

Exactly, victims roughly 2/1 (on betfair) - pretty sure we've started the season odds-on at least once over the last decade, so this 'biggest favourites' is nonsense. Shame, coz I don't normally mind Joe Cole, and think he had an unlucky career.

 

[Silva61]

Has that just shat itself whilst having it's picture took?
And who the fook is the orange geezer?

The orange geezer is the cockney rag, the other fella is a munchkin.

 

[discopop]

Just had a comment removed from bbc hys. In reply to a prick called bradders on a City 3rd kit article which read " Have they been demoted yet?" I wrote this comment should be removed but oh it's OK it's anti City, this was ignored. I then replied "Shouldn't you be checking this comment? It's anti City so it's ok ." The comment from the prick remains but mine was deemed to have broken house rules.

I actually had someone’s comment removed on a City article the other day, it was obviously a 115 comment which was irrelevant to the article content and I reported it as that and it was upheld, I was amazed but maybe that’s the way to report these things rather than kick off about comments being anti city.

 

[77lost by a point]

I actually had someone’s comment removed on a City article the other day, it was obviously a 115 comment which was irrelevant to the article content and I reported it as that and it was upheld, I was amazed but maybe that’s the way to report these things rather than kick off about comments being anti city.

Maybe but part of their house rules regarding a submission is " is off topic ( to the original subject matter or ongoing discussion) This includes commenting for the purpose of derailing the conversation with the intention of discussing another topic". Now I submitted mine not to be published but to make someone aware of a post that breached the above especially as it ended with a question mark.

 

[johnny crossan]

Thank you @slbsn . Clear and dispassionate analysis that sheds light on this complex area for all football fans . About as far removed from the hysterical click bait on Talk Sport that is their usual product . Speaks volumes that none of the " reputable " sports outlets are presenting similar information . I'll happily stand corrected though , if anyone has other examples they can share .

Stefan is very careful not to emphasise how much of a cartel protection racket FFP & PSR both are.
Disappointing, their whole purpose is protect elite clubs' income streams by using revenue as a measure to restrict fair competition while ignoring debt which actually caused the demise of Portsmouth et al.

 

[Micky Blue]

I'm sure we're all queueing up to watch this:

Wasn’t he the overnight rich kid who bought a football team, pumped money into them and bought their was into the PL?

He’s a fucking hypocrite.
If he had the wealth of Sheikh Mansour he wouldnt have stopped and would have pumped more and more into Palace to aid their success.
But because it pretty much bankrupted him he’s just bitter and has a chip on his shoulder.

 

[Platt Lane 59]

Must be expecting cunha and mbuemo both to be hitting numbers akin to Dixie's Dean .

Nah, it's the wonder-kid from RB Salzburg who is the next big thing.
There was an article in the Guardian today, saying how he will be next Jizzy-Jazz...

 

[Bald fraud]

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Absolutely fucking terrifying! Anyone who smiles like that is a seething psychotic animal that needs to be snuffed out!

 

[Shirley]

Regarding the racial abuse the Spurs player is receiving, I recall a similar situation years ago which was found to be mostly from people overseas.

 

[the blue panther]

Bell was an inside right (to use the old term). He was famous for the number 8 role. He was box to box. Never a number 10 then and not now in the new role. To call him a number 10 shows staggering ignorance. Not a surprise from BBC online which gets virtually everything wrong.

Of all the great and wonderful things about Colin Bell, by far the most important is that HE is the reason that this 7/8 year old boy - who's dad took him to the swamp one week and Maine Rd the next - chose to be a blue.
Not really media related but, if you were there in the late 60's/early 70's, what an absolute privilege it was to see King Colin - he never had a bad game.

 

[Stiff Little Wingers]

Of all the great and wonderful things about Colin Bell, by far the most important is that HE is the reason that this 7/8 year old boy - who's dad took him to the swamp one week and Maine Rd the next - chose to be a blue.
Not really media related but, if you were there in the late 60's/early 70's, what an absolute privilege it was to see King Colin - he never had a bad game.

And what is also remarkable is the sheer number of goals he scored and he didn’t take penalties of free kicks.
If not for the injury, am sure he mighgg to have ended up with 200

 

[blue b4 the moon]

How could you possibly interpret that story as negative? Did you even read it?
Will Unwin is a blue actually.

Hi Will.

Username is in the ball park.

 

[citymad]

Has that just shat itself whilst having it's picture took?
And who the fook is the orange geezer?

Probably one of Trumps love childs.

 

[jrb]

Not that we didn't already know.

More proof that the Red Shirt and London press are deliberately ignoring City.

 

[Micky Blue]

Different day same old biased bbc.

I drew their attention to this comment reminding them they are responsible for all content published on their platform and what’s being said is probably defamation.
They refused to remove it

 

[Moss Side's Finest]

Not that we didn't already know.

More proof that the Red Shirt and London press are deliberately ignoring City.

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And yet neutrals, none football folk and even some on here will have you believe city fans must all just be paranoid about the bias

 

[Centurions]

Nope. But whether he’s a blue or not, he’s bound by the Guardian’s editorial bosses & the article introduction does the damage our rivals want to read:

Squad will need to adapt quickly to Pep Guardiola’s evolutionary tactics, while a battle looms between James Trafford and Ederson for the No 1 jersey


It goes on with a negative slant about Foden. So I didn’t bother downloading it.
All squads have to adapt quickly to a new season … this article intro is designed to attract the red readers in hope…. It’s not really something to make us feel good is it?

So you didn't bother reading it but it's definitely negative? It's pretty much just fact based and it's not negative about Foden at all. This thread should be in Off Topic and renamed "Tinfoil Hat Wearers Anonymous".

 

[Ithryn Luin]

Wasn’t he the overnight rich kid who bought a football team, pumped money into them and bought their was into the PL?

He’s a fucking hypocrite.
If he had the wealth of Sheikh Mansour he wouldnt have stopped and would have pumped more and more into Palace to aid their success.
But because it pretty much bankrupted him he’s just bitter and has a chip on his shoulder.

Spot on!

He does not see the parallels. Back in the day the millions he pumped into that then Championship club was no different than what Mansour did for us. Organic??!!! Yeah...horse shit!

 

[Moss Side's Finest]

So you didn't bother reading it but it's definitely negative? It's pretty much just fact based and it's not negative about Foden at all. This thread should be in Off Topic and renamed "Tinfoil Hat Wearers Anonymous".

It's not our fault you're one of the 'turn the other cheek ' brigade. We all KNOW that there is a media bias in favour of the old top four, it's indisputable. So why do you feel the need to go out of your way to dig out fellow blues for being apparently paranoid.

 

[johnny crossan]

First day if the new season and the BBC crimson cockroaches don't have a single City story on their Football front page.

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