big screen stupidity

[1_barry_conlon]

I was only saying the other day, I'll tell you what I'd like to see more of. Some random nobheads chosen from the crowd, giving their well researched, reasoned and totally unbiased carefully considered views on what the final score will be.

Now, I don't want to hear any thoughtful stuff, I don't want any of that thoughtful stuff, I just want a parade of gurning idiots who are so desperate to get on 'TV' that they will quite willingly conform to the 'you are expected to always 'predict' a success for City regardless of the circumstances' mantra.

That is what we are all dying to see.

But if we must have something masquerading as post-Primary School conversation shown on there, can we make sure that it is delivered by some mad bloke nobody has heard of who drones on and on for five minutes, telling us 1,000 times that "that's what's going to happen when you've got the quality of Balotelli" and repeating the same things over and over again so that you can tune out for 2 minutes and come back to virtually the same sentence. Oh, and make sure that there is no credit whatsoever given to the opposition. Make it as close to a Communist Party Broadcast as possible, you know, just in case there is anyone in the ground thinking of having an independent thought on the game.

If we can get it all presented by a CBBC presenter who has overdosed on Harribo too, that would be great.

And a few more mentions for the American-esque firing of t-shirts into the crowd. We all love that and we all want to see more of it.

Just when you thought that Vince Miller had plumbed the depths, singing us down with Blue Moon, the current 'entertainment' pops up.

Don't mind some of the clips, but some, like the Poznan ones are cringeworthy, snippets of interviews with idiots. No-one wants to hear a random fan saying "it's great" about anything - even if they are talking about the best thing in the world ever. It is pointless.

PS: don't like this Ferris bloke getting in my face at every opportunity, thinking he is hosting a Mancunian version of Blue Peter. He can feck off and take the format with him, for me. However, I thought he did very well at the recent fan's forum and that changed my opinion of him somewhat. Can't stand him on a match day but showed a better side that night imo and performed well (well, as well as a bloke passing a microphone around can anyway).

Make a multimillion pound bid for the Anfield announcer. Never shows his face, just reads the odd score and bit of info out. And best of all, he is a right miserable fucker. No jumping about from him. No excitment. he sounds like he is minutes away from topping himself, even when they are winning. That's what we want. A miserable bastard reading out scores and a bit of info, then stick some music on and shut the feck up.

Those stats and (wrong) formations too - shite.

JMA for Chief Exec. Magnificent rant.

Can we start the "Kill The Cheese at COMS" movement here?

If you tolerate this, then your children will be doing the Tom Hark when we score.

Or Pigbag!

 

[fathellensbellend]

well we did it again last night.

mr ferris interviewing fans outside the ground pre game, while the city players were warming up and what happens, some fan stands there and slates boateng, giving it, boatengs having a nightmare routine.

so we now have fans slating our players on a 30ft screen while they warm up, it just gets better and better, in fact it's fucking hilarious.

 

[mcfcliam]

I was only saying the other day, I'll tell you what I'd like to see more of. Some random nobheads chosen from the crowd, giving their well researched, reasoned and totally unbiased carefully considered views on what the final score will be.

Now, I don't want to hear any thoughtful stuff, I don't want any of that thoughtful stuff, I just want a parade of gurning idiots who are so desperate to get on 'TV' that they will quite willingly conform to the 'you are expected to always 'predict' a success for City regardless of the circumstances' mantra.

That is what we are all dying to see.

But if we must have something masquerading as post-Primary School conversation shown on there, can we make sure that it is delivered by some mad bloke nobody has heard of who drones on and on for five minutes, telling us 1,000 times that "that's what's going to happen when you've got the quality of Balotelli" and repeating the same things over and over again so that you can tune out for 2 minutes and come back to virtually the same sentence. Oh, and make sure that there is no credit whatsoever given to the opposition. Make it as close to a Communist Party Broadcast as possible, you know, just in case there is anyone in the ground thinking of having an independent thought on the game.

If we can get it all presented by a CBBC presenter who has overdosed on Harribo too, that would be great.

And a few more mentions for the American-esque firing of t-shirts into the crowd. We all love that and we all want to see more of it.

Just when you thought that Vince Miller had plumbed the depths, singing us down with Blue Moon, the current 'entertainment' pops up.

Don't mind some of the clips, but some, like the Poznan ones are cringeworthy, snippets of interviews with idiots. No-one wants to hear a random fan saying "it's great" about anything - even if they are talking about the best thing in the world ever. It is pointless.

PS: don't like this Ferris bloke getting in my face at every opportunity, thinking he is hosting a Mancunian version of Blue Peter. He can feck off and take the format with him, for me. However, I thought he did very well at the recent fan's forum and that changed my opinion of him somewhat. Can't stand him on a match day but showed a better side that night imo and performed well (well, as well as a bloke passing a microphone around can anyway).

Make a multimillion pound bid for the Anfield announcer. Never shows his face, just reads the odd score and bit of info out. And best of all, he is a right miserable fucker. No jumping about from him. No excitment. he sounds like he is minutes away from topping himself, even when they are winning. That's what we want. A miserable bastard reading out scores and a bit of info, then stick some music on and shut the feck up.

Those stats and (wrong) formations too - shite.

JMA for Chief Exec. Magnificent rant.

Can we start the "Kill The Cheese at COMS" movement here?

If you tolerate this, then your children will be doing the Tom Hark when we score.

PMSL

I'm in, David.

Kill the cheese!

 

[alib]

I was only saying the other day, I'll tell you what I'd like to see more of. Some random nobheads chosen from the crowd, giving their well researched, reasoned and totally unbiased carefully considered views on what the final score will be.

Now, I don't want to hear any thoughtful stuff, I don't want any of that thoughtful stuff, I just want a parade of gurning idiots who are so desperate to get on 'TV' that they will quite willingly conform to the 'you are expected to always 'predict' a success for City regardless of the circumstances' mantra.

That is what we are all dying to see.

But if we must have something masquerading as post-Primary School conversation shown on there, can we make sure that it is delivered by some mad bloke nobody has heard of who drones on and on for five minutes, telling us 1,000 times that "that's what's going to happen when you've got the quality of Balotelli" and repeating the same things over and over again so that you can tune out for 2 minutes and come back to virtually the same sentence. Oh, and make sure that there is no credit whatsoever given to the opposition. Make it as close to a Communist Party Broadcast as possible, you know, just in case there is anyone in the ground thinking of having an independent thought on the game.

If we can get it all presented by a CBBC presenter who has overdosed on Harribo too, that would be great.

And a few more mentions for the American-esque firing of t-shirts into the crowd. We all love that and we all want to see more of it.

Just when you thought that Vince Miller had plumbed the depths, singing us down with Blue Moon, the current 'entertainment' pops up.

Don't mind some of the clips, but some, like the Poznan ones are cringeworthy, snippets of interviews with idiots. No-one wants to hear a random fan saying "it's great" about anything - even if they are talking about the best thing in the world ever. It is pointless.

PS: don't like this Ferris bloke getting in my face at every opportunity, thinking he is hosting a Mancunian version of Blue Peter. He can feck off and take the format with him, for me. However, I thought he did very well at the recent fan's forum and that changed my opinion of him somewhat. Can't stand him on a match day but showed a better side that night imo and performed well (well, as well as a bloke passing a microphone around can anyway).

Make a multimillion pound bid for the Anfield announcer. Never shows his face, just reads the odd score and bit of info out. And best of all, he is a right miserable fucker. No jumping about from him. No excitment. he sounds like he is minutes away from topping himself, even when they are winning. That's what we want. A miserable bastard reading out scores and a bit of info, then stick some music on and shut the feck up.

Those stats and (wrong) formations too - shite.

superb

 

[Didsbury Dave]

well we did it again last night.

mr ferris interviewing fans outside the ground pre game, while the city players were warming up and what happens, some fan stands there and slates boateng, giving it, boatengs having a nightmare routine.

so we now have fans slating our players on a 30ft screen while they warm up, it just gets better and better, in fact it's fucking hilarious.

Is that what happened? PMSL

 

[alib]

another classic was him asking some bloke outside before kick off who was going to score for City and he was saying Dzecko 2 and Tevez 1 only to be followed by an embarassing pause and the bloke with mic telling that acually they were both on the bench!!!

 

[WNRH]

well we did it again last night.

mr ferris interviewing fans outside the ground pre game, while the city players were warming up and what happens, some fan stands there and slates boateng, giving it, boatengs having a nightmare routine.

so we now have fans slating our players on a 30ft screen while they warm up, it just gets better and better, in fact it's fucking hilarious.

Please tell me you are making that up? What makes it even worse is surely the interviews are delayed incase of any bad language so someone has allowed that to air?

 

[howfen blue]

well we did it again last night.

mr ferris interviewing fans outside the ground pre game, while the city players were warming up and what happens, some fan stands there and slates boateng, giving it, boatengs having a nightmare routine.

so we now have fans slating our players on a 30ft screen while they warm up, it just gets better and better, in fact it's fucking hilarious.

Is that what happened? PMSL

Hahahahaha that is brilliant!!! He played quite well last night as well maybe we have stumbled across a new motivational tool getting pissed up blues slating the players before the match!!

 

[mcfcliam]

well we did it again last night.

mr ferris interviewing fans outside the ground pre game, while the city players were warming up and what happens, some fan stands there and slates boateng, giving it, boatengs having a nightmare routine.

so we now have fans slating our players on a 30ft screen while they warm up, it just gets better and better, in fact it's fucking hilarious.

WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[Fanzone Danny]

well we did it again last night.

mr ferris interviewing fans outside the ground pre game, while the city players were warming up and what happens, some fan stands there and slates boateng, giving it, boatengs having a nightmare routine.

so we now have fans slating our players on a 30ft screen while they warm up, it just gets better and better, in fact it's fucking hilarious.

If that did get put on the screen mate I can only imagine it was said live and therefore impossible for City to control. I did some fan Q&A's before the game which were pre-recorded an although I didn't see it on the screens afterwards they usually edit some of the negative stuff said about players.

I will let them know on Saturday that feedback and see if City can try to minimise it happening again.

I did listen to comments on this thread and tried to bear them in mind last night at half time and made sure I didn't ask fans their result predictions just tried to keep it to their thoughts on the game so far etc

Give City a bit of breathing space with this stuff mate they are just trying to get the fans more involved in the match day programme and I understand that it may not be to everyones taste but a lot of this is still a work in progress and I'm sure things will get better. Also they are really open to Fan's suggestions on how to improve the match day experience and I have already passed on some of the stuff from this thread.....