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Marvin said:
Press going with it is understood that he will out to around XMas.

Understand my foot. Guessing, something that will creates a convenient headline to entrap ABCs.

Speaking of ABCs, a convenient lead-in to the enemy.

We should celebrate when the Guardian falls below 130,000.

https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/nati...s-smallest-circulation-decline-for-july-2019/

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Only part of the story Marv. The Mail and Guardian have probably comfortably the two biggest online presences which are far more important in this day and age. I'd be surprised if physical copy circulation was anything more than a minor issue in media boardrooms nowadays.
 
aguero93:20 said:
Only part of the story Marv. The Mail and Guardian have probably comfortably the two biggest online presences which are far more important in this day and age. I'd be surprised if physical copy circulation was anything more than a minor issue in media boardrooms nowadays.
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Digital is the growth area, but 50% of the Guardian's revenue comes from print.

They claim 56% of revenue is digital, so I assume half their business come from traditional channels.

I think if newspaper's dropped their title, their web-site would disappear.

Guardian football is awful, and completely thrashed by the BBC analysis which is much more in-depth and comprehensive. Why would anyone stay loyal to a web-site. It's habits and routines which can be broken and change and innovation is part of the internet.
 
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lasereyes said:
In fairness, David Silva is a different type of player to KDB - much more around close control and tight space passes, whereas KDB is the one who finds those impossible passes out of nothing - like Sterling's first away to Palace, Kun's against Liverpool in 2017, those miracle balls against Hughes's Stoke, etc. That was a very key part of our 2017/18 success and most pundits predicted a massive drop in goal output when KDB went down. As it turned out, we had others like Bernardo and Raheem really step up so we papered over the cracks. Similarly, I think our defence will adjust. Not that Aymeric isnt important - but the team is not shaped around one individual.

We will miss him big time in the Liverpool game for sure. No getting around that.
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KDB is the only injury to the squad that legitimately makes a noticeable impact from a data and expected goals POV.

Of course losing anyone in our first 11 is a big deal but what Kevin does for us causes ripples to everyone. Those pundits were definitely correct from my records. Bernardo + Raz stepped up in a big way and definitely improved but many might be surprised to find out that once Kevin went down the nearly entire attack force had a significant drop of in production barring Sane in terms of goals+assists / minutes. Even Dave and Gundogan.

Kevin is so valuable to us from an expected goals POV that we can lose Sane + Laporte long term and it doesn’t affect our title odds in the slightest because of how much he improves this seasons squad. I reckon some of that is Mendys impact too but mostly Kev.
 
A 4 month recovery theme and City to buy in January is a theme in today's press. They might be right, but this is not news reporting, this is guessing and speculation presented as news.
 
ancoats said:
should players start wear knee pads like you get in skateboarding ?? always wonder why nobody really values their knee's like their shins ?? maybe stuff like laporte injury could have been avoided and deflected the impact, maybe somebody could come up with a idea to have a knee pad made into the socks because you see plenty of players with their sock over their knees
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While your at it how about helmets and maybe a cricket box, or better still they play wrapped in foam.
 
Marvin said:
Press going with it is understood that he will out to around XMas.

Understand my foot. Guessing, something that will creates a convenient headline to entrap ABCs.

Speaking of ABCs, a convenient lead-in to the enemy.

We should celebrate when the Guardian falls below 130,000.

https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/nati...s-smallest-circulation-decline-for-july-2019/

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I suspect that unless you work in media very few people will understand the ABC reference. That said I agree re the Guardian but there are still over 1 million buying The Sun!!
 
welsh_andy said:
While your at it how about helmets and maybe a cricket box, or better still they play wrapped in foam.
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your missing my point ?? the boots is some sort of protection, the shine pads are protection, all parts of the leg in which football is a big part of the game are protected from some sort of contact but the knee is clearly not protected, and so many knock to the knee's and your out of the game, am not talking ACL they can happen just running or turning, but the laporte injury in with him having a big contact with another player took the full force ??

also how many player coming off and sitting on the bench with a ice pack on the knee's ?? that is because long term knocks to knee's have took its toll and they swell up, look some sort of protection to the knee is need in the modern game, ok it my look ugly and feel strange but if it keeps players playing then its must
 
Yup, that was largely my point. KDB's absence did have an impact - certainly in the CL, but also other games we lost/drew where he was either absent or short of match fitness/form. The fact that we won the treble shouldn't cloud that. As good as Laporte is, I would not equate losing him to the absence of our primo creative genius.
 
Asa's Heart said:
I am having an operation on the 16th to repair a
Badly torn meniscus in my left knee. They actually called me this morning. I damaged it last year playing walking football and it was quite sore. Did that silly thing of ignoring it and still walking the dogs every day for between six to eight miles. As well as all the walking I do in general. My Garmin Fenix gps says I did almost 1700 miles walking from the time that I damaged it to when it totally went. Had a brace on it for a while that I bought myself and it was only in July that I was away and couldn’t walk at all and also damaged my bicep and shoulder that I went to the hospital. Torn meniscus and they have also found some kind of defect in my meniscus too. Walking with a stick at the moment and bloody glad that they are operating so soon. It’s really painful now. The consultant said I would have at least three months before I am back to where I was. I would be on crutches but I have also torn my bicep off and damaged the rotator cuff in my shoulder. I have that op to look forward to as well. That was just lifting something out of the car. Not even heavy. Heard two loud pops and that was that!
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Not had knee surgery - touch wood! But, being a keeper, I have had 3 shoulder surgeries. the last one was to repair a complete tear of the rotator cuff (only discovered the extent when they went in) and whereas the surgery was a success, the after care was a bitch as I am right handed and it was my right shoulder (of course) so even the simplest things like opening a tin or making a brew was a right PITA! Rehab was the worst as it took forever (but then again, like everyone here, I work) but its fine now and don't have any issues whatsoever if I'm honest...…… just wanted to set your sights buddy, not piss you off completely ;-)
 
Eds said:
I suspect that unless you work in media very few people will understand the ABC reference. That said I agree re the Guardian but there are still over 1 million buying The Sun!!
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Which quite frankly staggers me! Horrible trashy red top which isn't even good enough for wrapping up the chippy supper in - I once asked the local chippy not to wrap it in it when I noticed that she was about to do so, got a real quizzical look :-)
 
BosnianBlue said:
Whenever some knee injury happens, I realize that City have highest percentage of knee-fucked fans in the World.
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Ha ha, or it could be that most City fans are so knowledgable because they've actually played the game and sustained those knee injuries. My own promising Sunday League career was terminated by a ruptured ACL at the tender age of 37.
 
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