Media discussion - 2025/26

[Gazza]

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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.

It's all 'nowism' with journalists. By the WC Rogers may be in terrible form.

 

[NowInMilnrow]

Like I said in an earlier post - never trust a Daily Fail headline or story. If they can throw dirt at us in any way they will

There is certainly a huge irony in that particular newspaper presenting this story. The chairman of the trust who own it is still a Rothermere, grandchild of the owner who came out in support of Adolph Hitler in the 1930s.

Having dirt thrown at you by the Daily Heil is an honour.

 

[cheekybids]

It's all 'nowism' with journalists. By the WC Rogers may be in terrible form.

It’s any reason to disparage Foden. Hes in the best form of all number 10s so he’s judged on his previous England games.

 

[Gazza]

It’s any reason to disparage Foden. Hes in the best form of all number 10s so he’s judged on his previous England games.

It's true, always Foden's playing well but 'insert another in form player' is better.

ABF for England

 

[mancboy]

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

That what if script and the continuation of it is starting to fuck me right off, there was no what if brighton had of scored there 1 on 1 or not missed an open goal against the dippers or what if wolves hadnt scored 2 own goals against the tarquins was there, its like it only applies to us and only in a negative light, there is no what if reijnders had scored when clean through it could have been four nil.

 

[mancboy]

It's true, always Foden's playing well but 'insert another in form player' is better.

ABF for England

england doesnt deserve someone of fodens quality as they always manage to ruin stellar talent hes better off without then, let them stick with bellend and whoever is the flavour of the week for the daily mail and let foden shine for gods own club.

 

[deano ou812]

It's all 'nowism' with journalists. By the WC Rogers may be in terrible form.

I could imagine a situation were foden doesn’t get picked for the squad for the World Cup England get knocked out after group stage,the media would probably try and pin it on foden ..

 

[A590 blues]

Cracker on yesterday's commentary "Palace have had the best chances"
We were 1 up.....complete nonsense

 

[hinchcliffes bulbous conk]

Cracker on yesterday's commentary "Palace have had the best chances"
We were 1 up.....complete nonsense

Particularly as their only real chance was offside, Sky failed to show any substantive replays to evidence that and they used that chance to set the agenda as to how unlucky they were. Match of the Day later showed it to be offside, clearly. However it is still added to their XG (bollocks anyway). They also rattled on about how we hadn't troubled Henderson until Foden's free kick, again not mentioning Donnarumma hadn't made a save either. In fact it wasn't until much later in the second half he did.

 

[pauls]

england doesnt deserve someone of fodens quality as they always manage to ruin stellar talent hes better off without then, let them stick with bellend and whoever is the flavour of the week for the daily mail and let foden shine for gods own club.

They can always turn to Southgates buddy Mason fucking Mount,according to the BBCs resident comic writer Stone hes "purring" now!
Tommy Tuchel knows all about him which considering he managed him at Chelsea is pretty remarkable.Yet another fawning amatuer hour piece on the worlds biggest plastic club.

 

[TShed]

That what if script and the continuation of it is starting to fuck me right off, there was no what if brighton had of scored there 1 on 1 or not missed an open goal against the dippers or what if wolves hadnt scored 2 own goals against the tarquins was there, its like it only applies to us and only in a negative light, there is no what if reijnders had scored when clean through it could have been four nil.

Exactly my point now they also never fail to reference Fulham ha ha well City are now 3 up is the game really safe ha ha ffs
Every title has been great but this one might prove to be the best ever
I did notice Sky on commentary did start muting we seem to have rebuilt already which again is ridiculous as we all know we are miles off it yet
But could win the league given how crap the PL has become

 

[cheekybids]

england doesnt deserve someone of fodens quality as they always manage to ruin stellar talent hes better off without then, let them stick with bellend and whoever is the flavour of the week for the daily mail and let foden shine for gods own club.

The analysis should be how come Cherki can play the ball to Foden for him to score yet Saka would have run down the wing & got a corner & Bellingham would have passed to anyone but Foden.

 

[TonyBookEnd]

Are goal scoring chances which are missed by the attacker but the offside isn't checked classed in the XG calculation?
I struggle to believe that Palace's XG was twice ours

 

[hinchcliffes bulbous conk]

Are goal scoring chances which are missed by the attacker but the offside isn't checked classed in the XG calculation?
I struggle to believe that Palace's XG was twice ours

Seems that way...

 

[Plain Speaking]

Are goal scoring chances which are missed by the attacker but the offside isn't checked classed in the XG calculation?
I struggle to believe that Palace's XG was twice ours

Agreed seems a weakness in the accumulation of meaningful statistics

 

[cheekybids]

Are goal scoring chances which are missed by the attacker but the offside isn't checked classed in the XG calculation?
I struggle to believe that Palace's XG was twice ours

I’ve questioned XG ratings on a lot of our games compared to other clubs. It seems bizarre how it’s calculated.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Are goal scoring chances which are missed by the attacker but the offside isn't checked classed in the XG calculation?
I struggle to believe that Palace's XG was twice ours

Yeah it is. The Pino one was worth 0.48 Xg

 

[Plain Speaking]

I see the hateful Daily Mail is criticising our manager again on their front page as if he is responsible for the tragic terrorist attack in Australia. I am not going to click on their publication to encourage this ridiculous demonisation of our club and it's leading figures! Incredibly frustrating....

 

[Centurions]

I see the hateful Daily Mail is criticising our manager again on their front page as if he is responsible for the tragic terrorist attack in Australia. I am not going to click on their publication to encourage this ridiculous demonisation of our club and it's leading figures! Incredibly frustrating....

Incredibly frustrating but also incredibly easy to ignore if you don't click on it in the first place.

 

[halfcenturyup]

City have a track record of mishandling media communications going back years. I can’t imagine Khaldoon will be happy with these headlines not least because ( wearing his other hat) the UAE has become a trading partner with Israel and is trying to improve relations. Pep should stay out of politics while he represents City. The same rule applies to people who are Headteachers, Doctors etc.

And politicians. Politicians should do the whole world a favour and stay out of politics. The useless fuckers.