Media discussion - 2025/26

bluetonium said:
Just knew as soon as pep said he'd weigh the players after Christmas, that the media would have a field day with it. Even football manager now has taken weight out of the game as a visible metric and factor, to avoid upsetting people. The fact they chose this years edition do it, being the same edition they introduced women's football, was probably ill advised.

In reality it's a key measurement of fitness and discipline to the cause, and I imagine pretty much every team is keeping a check on it as, if like Pep said, if a player comes back 3kgs heavier in a week, nearly half a stone, then it's a problem potentially. I get it's hard at this time of year, but for professional athletes at the top of their game it's a necessity if they want to be the best.

Still, Pep hates fatties is a much better attention grabber!

I personally won't be following Pep's guidelines, being that I'm in my 40s and have no realistic prospect of winning a premier league medal this season. But if any premier league club wants to pay me upwards of £80k per week then I'll reconsider. Although I did just buy some Gouda, manchego and Comte that just won't eat themselves...
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Didn't the Trafford Tramps (under the Dutch bald bloke) sign these 3 ?
 
Prophet of Doom said:
Merson is doing a weekly snide section on City at the moment.

‘Without Haaland we’d be midtable’
‘City ain’t an elite team’
‘Pep leaving in the Summer’ etc etc

Been going on for weeks. You would think we are in a title race with 2 of his former clubs
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“How would they cope with a few injuries” made me laugh. What a whelk the man is.
 
Prophet of Doom said:
Merson is doing a weekly snide section on City at the moment.

‘Without Haaland we’d be midtable’
‘City ain’t an elite team’
‘Pep leaving in the Summer’ etc etc

Been going on for weeks. You would think we are in a title race with 2 of his former clubs
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Foden has more goals in the PL than Arsenal’s Liverpool’s and the rags expensive striking options so far this season and he’s playing midfield. Cherki is second in the assist charts and he’s missed a few games with the injury he had. Doku has terrorised the likes of Real Madrid, Liverpool and the rags this season and Nico Gonzales is starting to look like a steal of a buy.

That’s even before we start talking about how good the best keeper in the world has started life at City. And the 19 year old midfielder playing left back making a very good claim to be starting for England in the World Cup. Yup we are deffo a one man team.
 
Spurs quarter 69 said:
Never seen anything like the Arse kissing the rags recieved on MOTD you would think they had won. The nearest thing I can remember is Liverpool being praised to the sky's following a 1 1 draw with City. This fawning over the red shirts is totally embarrassing.
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And Neville demonstrating, once again, why ex-players should not be allowed to co-commentate on their old clubs. I can’t imagine MUTV was any worse than his fawning performance (and he’s nowhere near as bad as Spitty or Smith)…
 
BlueBlood84 said:
These pundits get paid for spewing the absolute lamest opinions.

"Without Haaland" - well, we have Haaland so tough shit Merson. Whats the caveat with such a shit hypothetical? Do Arsenal also lose their top scorer. Can we go through history and remove great players from great teams for the sake of useless conversations?

"ain't an elite team" - not even worth entertaining, has this man pickled his brain?

"Pep leaving" - a bridge we'd cross like all teams do. At least his true fear are revelaed admission that Pep is indeed an elite manager, of an elite team, with an elite striker.
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Answer to the third paragraph is , yes without doubt.
 
feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
Foden has more goals in the PL than Arsenal’s Liverpool’s and the rags expensive striking options so far this season and he’s playing midfield. Cherki is second in the assist charts and he’s missed a few games with the injury he had. Doku has terrorised the likes of Real Madrid, Liverpool and the rags this season and Nico Gonzales is starting to look like a steal of a buy.

That’s even before we start talking about how good the best keeper in the world has started life at City. And the 19 year old midfielder playing left back making a very good claim to be starting for England in the World Cup. Yup we are deffo a one man team.
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Absolute nonsense, Nico O'Reilly is 20 now ;)
 
Prophet of Doom said:
Merson is doing a weekly snide section on City at the moment.

‘Without Haaland we’d be midtable’
‘City ain’t an elite team’
‘Pep leaving in the Summer’ etc etc

Been going on for weeks. You would think we are in a title race with 2 of his former clubs
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Not sure why people get triggered by Merson.

If you wanted some serious advice on a topic about football, would you actively seek his opinion?
Most definitely not, therefore his opinion isn't worth much
 
feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
Foden has more goals in the PL than Arsenal’s Liverpool’s and the rags expensive striking options so far this season and he’s playing midfield. Cherki is second in the assist charts and he’s missed a few games with the injury he had. Doku has terrorised the likes of Real Madrid, Liverpool and the rags this season and Nico Gonzales is starting to look like a steal of a buy.

That’s even before we start talking about how good the best keeper in the world has started life at City. And the 19 year old midfielder playing left back making a very good claim to be starting for England in the World Cup. Yup we are deffo a one man team.
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Yes, but what if all of them got injured?
 
TonyBookEnd said:
Not sure why people get triggered by Merson.

If you wanted some serious advice on a topic about football, would you actively seek his opinion?
Most definitely not, therefore his opinion isn't worth much
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I personally haven't seen or heard anything Merson has to say for years but he's got a big fucking platform to spew his ill informed bullshit to the masses and deserves calling out for it seeing as it always seems to be aimed at out club.

The ****.
 
cheekybids said:
Wait til you hear it’s repeated back you from the lemmings, it’s propaganda in full motion. Just smile & nod there’s no point saving them.
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I hear they were brave and aggressive in attack! So, so aggressive and also brave. They lost 2-1, but you can't ignore how brave they were. Nor how aggressive, in attack, they were. They were very, very brave, in defeat, but it took bravery, and quite a bit of aggression, for them to lose.

(I believe this is pretty much what a mumbling potato told me on MotD2 last night)
 
the-ecstacy-of-eight said:
I hear they were brave and aggressive in attack! So, so aggressive and also brave. They lost 2-1, but you can't ignore how brave they were. Nor how aggressive, in attack, they were. They were very, very brave, in defeat, but it took bravery, and quite a bit of aggression, for them to lose.

(I believe this is pretty much what a mumbling potato told me on MotD2 last night)
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The header from Cunto that went wide from 4 yards was brave as fuck.
 
BlueBlood84 said:
These pundits get paid for spewing the absolute lamest opinions.

"Without Haaland" - well, we have Haaland so tough shit Merson. Whats the caveat with such a shit hypothetical? Do Arsenal also lose their top scorer. Can we go through history and remove great players from great teams for the sake of useless conversations?

"ain't an elite team" - not even worth entertaining, has this man pickled his brain?

"Pep leaving" - a bridge we'd cross like all teams do. At least his true fear are revelaed admission that Pep is indeed an elite manager, of an elite team, with an elite striker.
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Merson is another one who makes a fool of himself every time he opens his mouth.
 
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