Media bias against City

[Tarzan41]

Read two Guardian match reports today. Arsenal and City. Different reporters I acknowledge. Arsenal won when playing badly which was the stuff of champions. City showed they 'can scrap' but the performance left a lot to be desired. All seems fair.

 

[The perfect fumble]

Read two Guardian match reports today. Arsenal and City. Different reporters I acknowledge. Arsenal won when playing badly which was the stuff of champions. City showed they 'can scrap' but the performance left a lot to be desired. All seems fair.

Same kind of thing on MOTD.

 

[moenchengladbach blau]

Read two Guardian match reports today. Arsenal and City. Different reporters I acknowledge. Arsenal won when playing badly which was the stuff of champions. City showed they 'can scrap' but the performance left a lot to be desired. All seems fair.

The Telegraph didn't even give us that credit and the report had obviously been written before our two goals for the print edition, hardly mentioning the goals amongst the criticisms. It did a slight addition online two hours later about Sergio's winner but amongst the pre-written shite it has a go about Sagna talking the Mangler through games. If that is a fault, Vinnie must be a master criminal for acting as a captain.

 

[stonerblue]

Same kind of thing on MOTD.

motd was shockingly anti-City last night.

 

[kiam06]

City deserved all the negative press yesterday they were shite and Watford deserved to win.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

motd was shockingly anti-City last night.

Shockingly?

 

[blueinsa]

City deserved all the negative press yesterday they were shite and Watford deserved to win.

Why did Watford deserve to win?

We scored more goals than them its that simple.

We had more possession and more chances.

I know us Brits love a plucky under dog but it gets a bit ridiculous when you win a game of football and all you ever hear is we didn't deserve it.

Of course we did and being shit for 80 mins by our own high standards doesn't alter that.

 

[Blue Pete]

According to the general press (TV included) all our players cost too much, only care about their pay packet, and are rubbish; however with the team we have we should have won the league already although as a team we can't play without VK who is always injured. Makes me wonder how we are still fighting for four trophies.

 

[kiam06]

Why did Watford deserve to win?

We scored more goals than them its that simple.

We had more possession and more chances.

I know us Brits love a plucky under dog but it gets a bit ridiculous when you win a game of football and all you ever hear is we didn't deserve it.

Of course we did and being shit for 80 mins by our own high standards doesn't alter that.

They outplayed us and out fought us for st least 70 minutes.

Watford were the better team. Feel free to paper over the cracks but I won't.

 

[manimanc]

Why did Watford deserve to win?

We scored more goals than them its that simple.

We had more possession and more chances.

I know us Brits love a plucky under dog but it gets a bit ridiculous when you win a game of football and all you ever hear is we didn't deserve it.

Of course we did and being shit for 80 mins by our own high standards doesn't alter that.

The rags did this for years and got high fived for showing mental strength and it being the sign of champions.
To be fair the guy doing our match on sky did say the same but these two bit nerds writing for the papers fuckin hate us, absolutely hate us with a passion hence we get a negative press.
Fuck em.

 

[blueinsa]

They outplayed us and out fought us for st least 70 minutes.

Watford were the better team. Feel free to paper over the cracks but I won't.

No mate. Being out played is not having the ball and chasing around after shadows for 90 mins.

We didn't do that.

As for being out fought? Not too sure what you mean by that if im being honest but id agree that they had a better work rate for 80 mins and mentality.

That said its a game of 90 mins and goals and we came out on top.

We deserved to win, they didn't because they were not good enough to beat a side like ourselves who were incredibly poor on the day.

 

[waspish]

The rags did this for years and got high fived for showing mental strength and it being the sign of champions.
To be fair the guy doing our match on sky did say the same but these two bit nerds writing for the papers fuckin hate us, absolutely hate us with a passion hence we get a negative press.
Fuck em.

Yep because Baconchops came out after the game and planted that seed in the tiny minds Of the media and they went with it.

("we were poor but wining like that shows how strong mentally the players are and we this team doesn't give up and scores late goals")

 

[kiam06]

No mate. Being out played is not having the ball and chasing around after shadows for 90 mins.

We didn't do that.

As for being out fought? Not too sure what you mean by that if im being honest but id agree that they had a better work rate for 80 mins and mentality.

That said its a game of 90 mins and goals and we came out on top.

We deserved to win, they didn't because they were not good enough to beat a side like ourselves who were incredibly poor on the day.

Being disorganised , making numerous mistakes but being pulled out of the crap by one or two class moments isn't ' high standards' for me.

We've been awful this season albeit we've gotten away with it so far.

you cannot be satisfied with the way City are performing ? If we hadn't got lucky at the end yesterday this forum would have been in meltdown last night.

 

[Asian Blue]

motd was shockingly anti-City last night.

Just what is it with Shearer ? Is he paid to be so bloody negative towards City ??

 

[Academica]

Being disorganised , making numerous mistakes but being pulled out of the crap by one or two class moments isn't ' high standards' for me.

We've been awful this season albeit we've gotten away with it so far.

you cannot be satisfied with the way City are performing ? If we hadn't got lucky at the end yesterday this forum would have been in meltdown last night.

Please explain how we got lucky?

 

[blueinsa]

Being disorganised , making numerous mistakes but being pulled out of the crap by one or two class moments isn't ' high standards' for me.

We've been awful this season albeit we've gotten away with it so far.

you cannot be satisfied with the way City are performing ? If we hadn't got lucky at the end yesterday this forum would have been in meltdown last night.

I've not once claimed high standards or that we played well.

We did however play well when it mattered in those last 10 mins.

Again, lucky at the end?

Why the fuck did we get "lucky"?

We scored 2 great goals and i do mean great.

fantastic corner with a worldy finish from Yaya and some great play from Sagna and a beautiful header for Kun is not fucking lucky.

Seriously some of the attitudes on here to our players and club right now are astounding.

 

[Academica]

Please explain how we got lucky?

Think people like you are only happy if we lose so you can spend all week moaning.

 

[stonerblue]

Shockingly?

Well it shocked me.
We come from behind to win it with 2 belters, showing tenacity and a desire to win the game and keep us in the title race and all they could do was whine about the same old tripe the media have been banging on about all week. In fairness they did give a cursory nod to the quality of the goals.
Then they spend time telling us how great a team that has just blown the game by letting in 2 goals in the last 5 minutes was.

 

[Elbow beards]

Think people like you are only happy if we lose so you can spend all week moaning.

Have you got a split personality, your arguing with yourself ;)

 

[superwatsonwatson]

I think the original point that was being made was the comparison between how our poor performance and Arsenal's poor performance was being reported,which seems to have been lost.