Media discussion - 2025/26

peter.evans said:
Continuity announcer on bbc " Die Hard 2 at 11 pm after we've checked in on Manchester United in motd2 ".Were Villa not playing then !?
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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.
 
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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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.
 
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...
 
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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Putting on 3kgs in 3 days would be some going !
 
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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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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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 shake 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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We won the PL with 2 other managers before Pep arrived and we'll win it again after he's left - thanks Pep you will always be remembered but hello new manager.
 
ArniArason said:
I know it's way more complexed than this, but, why are the UK government funding rat face for this plant when he has enough money spare to be investing in the rags. If this funding means he has extra money to invest in the rags, does that mean the government are helping the rags by proxy :-)

www.theguardian.com

Government invests £120m to save UK’s last ethylene plant

Funding for billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos plant in Scotland will help safeguard 500 jobs
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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State owned rags?
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
Had a response following my complaint to the BBC about material inaccuracies in their report following the FA Cup draw, about City's ownership.

We note your concerns about the article entitled 'Could Man City FA Cup draw save Exeter City?'.

The segment in question was comparing the gulf in finances between Man City and Exeter City. We felt it was editorially relevant to briefly note the clubs financial backing given Sheikh Mansour is a member of the ruling family in Abu Dhabi and current vice President of the United Arab Emirates.

However please be assured there is no agenda in our reporting and we have shared your concerns about the article with the BBC Sport team.

However I didn't complain about agenda or financial backing. I complained about the claim that we were owned by the Abu Dhabi state, when the true ownership details were in the public domain and could therefore be easily checked, and that regardless of the Sheikh's wealth, we were bound by the same spending rules as all other PL clubs, and could only spend what we earned.
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Had the same patronizing rubbish Its certainly didnt address the issue I raised so a follow up is on the way
 
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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They were missing a lot of players, and Fernandes went off at half-time. It's fair to say that their performance was OK. Cunha should probably have received more criticism for that missed chance. That was the biggest chance of the game. MOTD is much fairer than the BBC Football website coverage.
 
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