Media discussion - 2025/26

Blue Mist said:
Yes he did but the point we are all making is no other player has his touches added up as the game progresses and used as a way to attack him.
Match of the day have just shown Haaland heading it home and the commentator then said he'd had a quiet game !
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Most centre forwards don’t touch the ball as much as other players. In fact in the old days they didn’t even tackle back. Haaland won the ball which led to Foden’s goal as well.
 
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Blue Mist said:
Yes he did but the point we are all making is no other player has his touches added up as the game progresses and used as a way to attack him.
Match of the day have just shown Haaland heading it home and the commentator then said he'd had a quiet game !
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Yeah, I get that, but it's the same every game, and the way City play to Haaland - he knows that he gets double/triple marked and that in those cases his role is to drag the markers away and let others enjoy the space.

I don't think that it works as a sneer because he keeps scoring. Lineker and Shearer just laughed when they hear it mentioned.

I'm not suggesting that the commentators repetitive mentions is bright or intended to be anything other than inciteful.
 
mad4city said:
It's perfectly possible to be outraged by both the genocide/quasi-genocidal war crimes in Palestine and the outrageous attacks perpetrated upon the Jewish community.
Condemnation of one of these inhumane activities is not a tacit insult to the victims of the other(s). Neither is it support of either side's inhumanity.
I appreciate that this is a subject close to your heart, if not your entire identity. I've been there, when the Irish community were the pariahs, I was quick to anger and condemnation of everything I felt/ feared was a threat to my people. Now, with the benefit of hindsight, it's possible for me to see the wood from the trees
You're possibly going to accuse me of patronising you but, even so, I would very respectfully urge you to try to refocus. There's far too much polarisation of opinion in the world right now. Your post further contributes to that phenomenon.
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Superb post
 
Blue Mist said:
Yes he did but the point we are all making is no other player has his touches added up as the game progresses and used as a way to attack him.
Match of the day have just shown Haaland heading it home and the commentator then said he'd had a quiet game !
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Nowt new there..
I watched footage of the 1974 league cup final the other day ,City v Wolves, Colin Bell scores to bring us level at 1-1
Commentator says " Bell ! ...he's been very quiet up until now "

When will these commentary folk effing realize that great footballers don't have to shout loudly....they just score goals.!?

I read somewhere other week Foden scored an early goal and then a really late goal ,but did nothing in between....
Really? Only the 2 goals ? ..lazy..,Hang him ! Stop his wages Pep ,ffs.
 
SWP's back said:
And you’re welcome to your opinion, just as Pep is. As far as I’m aware he wasn’t at work or in the dug out when he said what he said.

Also calling out genocide and the killing of tens of thousands of children isn’t fucking politics. It’s humanity.
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I wish I could like this a 1000 times. well said!
 
cheekybids said:
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Just like City, everything Phil does comes with a caveat. Whilst sweeping up all the trophies, stats were interrogated to show why Foden wasn’t really all that & now in top form, 3rd on the prem top scoring charts & with 10 goals in 20 games this season he’s still not fucking good enough.
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Rogers is the new toy all the media lot want to play with.

If you have a bad tournament or two for England, or fail to deliver expectation, which to be fair Phil has, those scars never go away with the fleet street pack.

I am hoping Tuchel doesn't pick to be honest so he is spared the embarrassment when we get knocked out early.

His drop off last season all started with the Euros.
 
samuelyeboah said:
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This from MOTD is actually doing my head in - this line is absolutely not even close to being parallel to the lines on the pitch. it's blatantly off! I am baffled that they showed this on air!
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Did Sly even show the lines? I don't recall seeing them. Just a single replay and not even the full width of the pitch.

All very shady.
 
Trevor Morley's Tache said:
Did Sly even show the lines? I don't recall seeing them. Just a single replay and not even the full width of the pitch.

All very shady.
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Sky just dumbed our performance down for 90 mins and stuck with the “what if” script
But in fairness never over analysed any decisions but did play more repeats of Palace misses than they did of our goals ffs lol
 
TinFoilHat said:
"Pep says Foden is shit!

In a scathing attack on one of England's greatest players. Guardiola vented his displeasure at the Stockport born city fan in his post match press conference. Despite scoring a worldie for the 'rain men' his performance wasn't good enough for the Catalan coach..."
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Thing is he also said second half he was better and did great..
 
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TShed said:
Sky just dumbed our performance down for 90 mins and stuck with the “what if” script
But in fairness never over analysed any decisions but did play more repeats of Palace misses than they did of our goals ffs lol
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My PT who’s a Sunderland fan had money on them to win, he’s based his view on the seasons highlights & was dumfounded after watching the game & said City are by far the best team they’ve faced. I’ve noticed his whole attitude of City, Foden has changed after watching a live game.
 
Blue Mist said:
Yes he did but the point we are all making is no other player has his touches added up as the game progresses and used as a way to attack him.
Match of the day have just shown Haaland heading it home and the commentator then said he'd had a quiet game !
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If he scores two every time he has a quiet game he'll do for me.
 
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