Am I being precious? (BBC)

[wolfie1988]

So last night i'm watching a stream of our game whilst checking out the BBC Live text commentary of ours and the other game. A few digs about our support or 'lack of' at Reading. Really annoys me this. No recognition of the facts fans have forked out up to £115 for a ticket to Wembley plus travel or the fact that people are short on money. AMF

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Reading v Man City (2000 BST)
BBC Sport reporter Nabil Hassan at Madjeski Stadium: First chants of "Mancini" from the 200-or-so Man City fans who have bothered to make the trip south. It's tipping it down. Can spot a Italy flag and a banner saying 'Grazie Mancini' in the away end, which is as sparse as I've seen it this season.‏

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2001:Reading 0-0 Man City
Some early pressure from Manchester City, which earns them a corner but ends when James Milner fires over the bar from the edge of the area. There are 1,000 empty seats in the away end, which means City sold 1,200 of their allocated tickets.

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2027:Reading 0-0 Man City
It's not just Bryan Kidd who is missing Roberto Mancini. The away end at Reading may be far from full but some of the Manchester City supporters in attendance have made their feelings clear about the job done by their team's former boss.

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[kp789]

Agenda

 

[Franny Lee's Barrel Chest]

Did you know that the BBC text commentary is done by a former professional player?

They are on a phone line to the office and then dictate the line to the typist. Obviously it's in the format that we usually read. The former player isn't always someone massively famous but a former pro none the less.

 

[The perfect fumble]

No, when the BBC drags out Rodney Marsh to kick City, as they've done again today, you can see where they're coming from.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I have no issue with the media reporting facts and commenting on them. It's their job. None of those comments fall outside those bounds imo.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

BBC local news last night showed every goal from the PIeEaters battering and we got a Powerpoint slide with the score on it. I know they might have bought the piccies from Sky but it just shows the kind of offerings that are meant to imply some kind of balance. I bet a pound to a peanut that had MANUre been down the MadJesters last night looking to secure second place we'd have had the reporters in an open-topped bus with full camera crew!

 

[SWP's back]

I have no issue with the media reporting facts and commenting on them. It's their job. None of those comments fall outside those bounds imo.

"200 or so that bothered to turn up"

You are rarely wrong but on this you may be my learned friend.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I have no issue with the media reporting facts and commenting on them. It's their job. None of those comments fall outside those bounds imo.

"200 or so that bothered to turn up"

You are rarely wrong but on this you may be my learned friend.

I took that to be:
a) a typo (as he later typed 1,200 - 200 with a 1 in front of it!), or
b) posted before the kick off as it was the first post chronologically

I thought he deserved the benefit of the doubt. I'm way too fair to people, that's my problem.

Edit: in fact if you look at it, it was posted before the kick-off

"2000 BST"

The one below is timed at 20:01, a minute after kick off.

My work here is done.

 

[stonerblue]

I have no issue with the media reporting facts and commenting on them. It's their job. None of those comments fall outside those bounds imo.

Alternatively;

Over a thousand City fans made the long trip back South just days after spending hundreds of pounds going to Wembley.
The driving rain, and the storm surrounding their team, did nothing to dent the supporters enthusiasm and they sang Mancinis name for the whole 90 minutes.

 

[The perfect fumble]

I have no issue with the media reporting facts and commenting on them. It's their job. None of those comments fall outside those bounds imo.

"200 or so that bothered to turn up"

You are rarely wrong but on this you may be my learned friend.

And 120 of them were holograms.

 

[andyhinch]

I have no issue with the media reporting facts and commenting on them. It's their job. None of those comments fall outside those bounds imo.

"200 or so that bothered to turn up"

You are rarely wrong but on this you may be my learned friend.

I took that to be:
a) a typo (as he later typed 1,200 - 200 with a 1 in front of it!), or
b) posted before the kick off as it was the first post chronologically

I thought he deserved the benefit of the doubt. I'm way too fair to people, that's my problem.

Never seen it so empty? I bet Wigan tuck less.

 

[Blue Mooner]

"200 or so that bothered to turn up"

You are rarely wrong but on this you may be my learned friend.

I took that to be:
a) a typo (as he later typed 1,200 - 200 with a 1 in front of it!), or
b) posted before the kick off as it was the first post chronologically

I thought he deserved the benefit of the doubt. I'm way too fair to people, that's my problem.

Never seen it so empty? I bet Wigan tuck less.

Clearly, I didn't count every last person but we took the full allocation of tickets and I thought our end was 80% full. I would say there were at least 1,300 there so to say '200 could be bothered to turn up' is a disgrace and sums up the general attitude towards our club.

Do you really think that tone would have been taken with the rags ? Did we see that sort of comment at their piss poor attendance at their parade last year.

I don't think there is much we can do to change it but to take a siege mentality and stick together against these f*ckers.

 

[burning blue soul]

No, when the BBC drags out Rodney Marsh to kick City, as they've done again today, you can see where they're coming from.

exactly, the bloke is a maggot and chats bollocks but for some weird reason he is given a platform by the bbc to continue

 

[tizzerp]

I though the same when I read it. The bloke , like many at the BBC is clearly a Rag and couldn't wait to have a pop at us. If you look at the blokes twitter account he was saying that a City fan had called him skum after seeing his BBC pass. So my guess is that he had agenda.

 

[piffy on a rock bun]

I though our first goal last night was a stunning example of quick one touch football yet I have seen or heard no mention of it anywhere, imagine if the rags had scored the same goal,
Sadly its what you get when the media is infested with rags.

 

[stonerblue]

I though our first goal last night was a stunning example of quick one touch football yet I have seen or heard no mention of it anywhere, imagine if the rags had scored the same goal,
Sadly its what you get when the media is infested with rags.

As good a goal as i've seen all season

 

[olddirty]

No, when the BBC drags out Rodney Marsh to kick City, as they've done again today, you can see where they're coming from.

Rodney Marsh really should be put down or something.

"Pellegrini is one of the best young coaches in Europe"
"He's 60 Rodney"
"I mean in his mind."

 

[Rascal]

So last night i'm watching a stream of our game whilst checking out the BBC Live text commentary of ours and the other game. A few digs about our support or 'lack of' at Reading. Really annoys me this. No recognition of the facts fans have forked out up to £115 for a ticket to Wembley plus travel or the fact that people are short on money. AMF

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Reading v Man City (2000 BST)
BBC Sport reporter Nabil Hassan at Madjeski Stadium: First chants of "Mancini" from the 200-or-so Man City fans who have bothered to make the trip south. It's tipping it down. Can spot a Italy flag and a banner saying 'Grazie Mancini' in the away end, which is as sparse as I've seen it this season.‏

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2001:Reading 0-0 Man City
Some early pressure from Manchester City, which earns them a corner but ends when James Milner fires over the bar from the edge of the area. There are 1,000 empty seats in the away end, which means City sold 1,200 of their allocated tickets.

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2027:Reading 0-0 Man City
It's not just Bryan Kidd who is missing Roberto Mancini. The away end at Reading may be far from full but some of the Manchester City supporters in attendance have made their feelings clear about the job done by their team's former boss.

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Yes you are a tart :)

 

[BringBackSwales]

I have no issue with the media reporting facts and commenting on them. It's their job. None of those comments fall outside those bounds imo.

"200 or so that bothered to turn up"

You are rarely wrong but on this you may be my learned friend.

And 120 of them were holograms.

don't you mean holistic?<br /><br />-- Wed May 15, 2013 10:05 am --<br /><br />I assumed this was a thread about david moyes

 

[Shirley]

The media are simply pandering to glory hunters, all 659 million of them who only survive by being attached to the biggest, the most, the best, the greatest, etc etc.