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[honkytonkman187]

If the journalist in question, the one who asked yesterday's question, had done anything wrong he'd be banned from City. He isn't, because he didn't do anything wrong, no matter how many times it's repeated in this thread.

not quite right - Mancini possibly puts himself in the line of fire by answering questions that he could rightly refuse to answer. Taggart bans journos for fun if they step out of line, either in what they print, or if he's in a bad mood on the day of the press conf.

City rarely ban journos.

And Jamie Jackson is a bell-end. He's a joke of a journalist, and we shouldn't think that just because he doesn't work for a red-top he isn't anything but crap. This is the bloke who was reprimanded by the Judge in the Redknapp trial for tweeting the name of one of the jurors !!

 

[MrOblivious]

After watching the press conference I have even more respect for Mancini. He's right in what he's saying, the press have continuously hounded him since his arrival and it is about time Journalists and such gave him, the players, the owners etc the respect they have earnt.

To be honest though, City's PR department should be protecting the club more really. Journo's should have been told what not to ask, instead the club is repeatedly shot at from all angles and we just seem to take it. Very odd.

 

[Anonymous]

If the journalist in question, the one who asked yesterday's question, had done anything wrong he'd be banned from City. He isn't, because he didn't do anything wrong, no matter how many times it's repeated in this thread.

not quite right - Mancini possibly puts himself in the line of fire by answering questions that he could rightly refuse to answer. Taggart bans journos for fun if they step out of line, either in what they print, or if he's in a bad mood on the day of the press conf.

City rarely ban journos.

And Jamie Jackson is a bell-end. He's a joke of a journalist, and we shouldn't think that just because he doesn't work for a red-top he isn't anything but crap. This is the bloke who was reprimanded by the Judge in the Redknapp trial for tweeting the name of one of the jurors !!

Banning journalists is daft unless they well and truly cross a line (which Jamie Jackson certainly didn't do yesterday). As i said in my earlier postings in this thread, City should've handled the Monaco story better but they didn't. Mancini should've handled it better but he didn't. Criticising a journalist for doing his or her job is daft IMO.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

After watching the press conference I have even more respect for Mancini. He's right in what he's saying, the press have continuously hounded him since his arrival and it is about time Journalists and such gave him, the players, the owners etc the respect they have earnt.

To be honest though, City's PR department should be protecting the club more really. Journo's should have been told what not to ask, instead the club is repeatedly shot at from all angles and we just seem to take it. Very odd.

Yes - but I imagine it's a difficult line - we haven't yet got the status of United and so we can't bully and treat journos with contempt like Slur Alex can - We are an easier target (ie the money club) and so we have to have a bit more tact if we don't want a blanket bad press. At the moment there will be those who overstep the mark - but some who have also started to get on board with what we are trying to build and achieve.
VK (the other VK) could do with playing a little harder ball - but she is in a very delicate position.

 

[jonmcity]

If the journalist in question, the one who asked yesterday's question, had done anything wrong he'd be banned from City. He isn't, because he didn't do anything wrong, no matter how many times it's repeated in this thread.

not quite right - Mancini possibly puts himself in the line of fire by answering questions that he could rightly refuse to answer. Taggart bans journos for fun if they step out of line, either in what they print, or if he's in a bad mood on the day of the press conf.

City rarely ban journos.

And Jamie Jackson is a bell-end. He's a joke of a journalist, and we shouldn't think that just because he doesn't work for a red-top he isn't anything but crap. This is the bloke who was reprimanded by the Judge in the Redknapp trial for tweeting the name of one of the jurors !!

Banning journalists is daft unless they well and truly cross a line (which Jamie Jackson certainly didn't do yesterday). As i said in my earlier postings in this thread, City should've handled the Monaco story better but they didn't. Mancini should've handled it better but he didn't. Criticising a journalist for doing his or her job is daft IMO.

Their readers don't want or care about what might have gone on in the summer. They do it just to have a dig. They did it all last year, and it probably won us the league. Thanks!

 

[Roosty]

Mancini was stupid, in the respect he should have been better briefed.

The press will always take liberties with those they perceive to be weak, under pressure or dare I say, foreign?

United's PR department is worse than City's on so many levels, the only reason they don't fight the fires they do is because nobody would dare ask Ferguson a loaded question in the first place.

He knows the media need United, and he also knows that livelihoods and jobs depend on people towing the line.

All you need to do is ban people on a consistent basis and the penny will start to drop.

The story about Monaco was true, as was confirmed by Mancini.

We can't start having a pop at a guy doing his job, when Mancini presented them with an own goal.

I will caveat it, Champions League pressers are more of a bun fight, managers have to do them and there is less form of control from clubs.

Having just watched the press conference, I don't believe that Mancini was stupid. I can quite understand his reaction, which to be honest I do not think was over the top. He is constantly being asked questions about subjects that go on at all clubs but are not raised with other managers, usually he answers without a problem but on this occasion he had simply had enough.

I think the more important issue is why was this article about Monaco published now, if as said by Gabriele Marcotti this was well known. Quote from Marcotti below:

"The fact that Mancini had weighed up an offer from Monaco and its billionaire owner Dmitry Rybolovlev (the man who bought his daughter the most expensive apartment ever sold in Manhattan, a $88 million penthouse) was generally common knowledge in football circles. The timing of the report last week -- a few days after Brian Marwood, with whom Mancini had clashed, was demoted from his role as de facto sporting director and replaced by Txiki Beguiristain -- doesn't seem coincidental."


If as suggested by this comment the original article was instigated by someone from within the club then this is very worrying to me but also goes some way to explain why Mancini was annoyed about being asked questions on it.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Mancini was stupid, in the respect he should have been better briefed.

The press will always take liberties with those they perceive to be weak, under pressure or dare I say, foreign?

United's PR department is worse than City's on so many levels, the only reason they don't fight the fires they do is because nobody would dare ask Ferguson a loaded question in the first place.

He knows the media need United, and he also knows that livelihoods and jobs depend on people towing the line.

All you need to do is ban people on a consistent basis and the penny will start to drop.

The story about Monaco was true, as was confirmed by Mancini.

We can't start having a pop at a guy doing his job, when Mancini presented them with an own goal.

I will caveat it, Champions League pressers are more of a bun fight, managers have to do them and there is less form of control from clubs.

Having just watched the press conference, I don't believe that Mancini was stupid. I can quite understand his reaction, which to be honest I do not think was over the top. He is constantly being asked questions about subjects that go on at all clubs but are not raised with other managers, usually he answers without a problem but on this occasion he had simply had enough.

I think the more important issue is why was this article about Monaco published now, if as said by Gabriele Marcotti this was well known. Quote from Marcotti below:

"The fact that Mancini had weighed up an offer from Monaco and its billionaire owner Dmitry Rybolovlev (the man who bought his daughter the most expensive apartment ever sold in Manhattan, a $88 million penthouse) was generally common knowledge in football circles. The timing of the report last week -- a few days after Brian Marwood, with whom Mancini had clashed, was demoted from his role as de facto sporting director and replaced by Txiki Beguiristain -- doesn't seem coincidental."


If as suggested by this comment the original article was instigated by someone from within the club then this is very worrying to me but also goes some way to explain why Mancini was annoyed about being asked questions on it.

Marcotti is a liar like that other prick, Ballague.

If it was common knowledge in 'football circles' , it would have been written at the time, when it would have actually been a more pertinent story, and cost us the title.

Marcotti has simply gone in to bat for a fellow countryman, nothing more.

Mancini had no option but to confirm the story, because he did not know what else the Guardian may have been able to produce.

Marwood is fireproof, Mancini is not, that's the reality.

 

[jonmcity]

Mancini was stupid, in the respect he should have been better briefed.

The press will always take liberties with those they perceive to be weak, under pressure or dare I say, foreign?

United's PR department is worse than City's on so many levels, the only reason they don't fight the fires they do is because nobody would dare ask Ferguson a loaded question in the first place.

He knows the media need United, and he also knows that livelihoods and jobs depend on people towing the line.

All you need to do is ban people on a consistent basis and the penny will start to drop.

The story about Monaco was true, as was confirmed by Mancini.

We can't start having a pop at a guy doing his job, when Mancini presented them with an own goal.

I will caveat it, Champions League pressers are more of a bun fight, managers have to do them and there is less form of control from clubs.

Having just watched the press conference, I don't believe that Mancini was stupid. I can quite understand his reaction, which to be honest I do not think was over the top. He is constantly being asked questions about subjects that go on at all clubs but are not raised with other managers, usually he answers without a problem but on this occasion he had simply had enough.

I think the more important issue is why was this article about Monaco published now, if as said by Gabriele Marcotti this was well known. Quote from Marcotti below:

"The fact that Mancini had weighed up an offer from Monaco and its billionaire owner Dmitry Rybolovlev (the man who bought his daughter the most expensive apartment ever sold in Manhattan, a $88 million penthouse) was generally common knowledge in football circles. The timing of the report last week -- a few days after Brian Marwood, with whom Mancini had clashed, was demoted from his role as de facto sporting director and replaced by Txiki Beguiristain -- doesn't seem coincidental."


If as suggested by this comment the original article was instigated by someone from within the club then this is very worrying to me but also goes some way to explain why Mancini was annoyed about being asked questions on it.

True and if Marwood has had anything to do with this he should be sacked.

 

[Anonymous]

Marcotti is full of shit. I know for a fact that the story didn't come from within City but from elsewhere. I'll leave the person who told me that to fill in the blanks if they so wish. But anyone who thinks Marwood had anything to do with it is a mile off.

 

[Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot]

Should just do a Baconface..... refuse to comment then quietly ask your assistant which paper the reporter was working with then ask your assistant to ban them from further press conferences!!

Ferguson is a twat, I'd hate us to go down that road unless a journalist was being ridiculously out of order which was not the case today imo.

it is a bit of a dick thing to do but it's stopped Ferguson receiving stupid questions on a daily basis and it's the main reason why reporters fear him..... The press have had it for Bobby since he took over from Hughes, I have vague memories of his first conference as City manager and it was like watching a bunch of vultures picking at a corpse, I remember feeling embarrassed for Bobby that day and no manager should be welcomed into English football like he did and nothing has changed to this day sadly!!