Media bias against City

[franksinatra]

Why not answer the question instead of skirting around it. Just in case you missed it. Why have the rags not been castigated for ruining the career of Zaha?
No wonder you get called a rag.

Stony, I have just posted but decided as I enjoy using the forum I did not want to get banned or upset folk I enjoy debating with.

The basic premise was united have given more young players opportunities both from the academy and signings than we have. Hence they do not receive the same criticism.

As for zaha there were a number of negative articles and one of my first contributions to this thread highlighted this.

 

[ToorakBlue]

Probably why they finished fourth, and got knocked out of the COC 4-0 by Milton Keynes

I'm not even going with the fact they played their 'youth' players as they had no other option at times, or that they have such good yoof that they spent more than any other team in the League last year to scrape into a CL qualifier, or that they had old aged international players playing in their famous yoof triumph this year

You must do much better if you're here to troll the forum

So someone disagrees with your point of view so they are a Troll?
Let's concentrate on what I said in my post if we could?
Our recent track record regarding involving and playing youth players is lamentable. If you disagree with that
then that is no point attempting to discuss the matter any further.

 

[moomba]

Whilst we are talking about players the scum have ruined does anyone know what happen to a very young player i think he was around 8 yrs old when the scum took him in their under 8s or 9s. This was about 6 or 7 yrs ago (i think) the boys family moved so that he could 'sign' for the scum from Australia !. Havent read in the press what has happen to him.

Rhain Davis.

Been a few conflicting reports. Most say he was released in 2013.

 

[moomba]

The negative articles about Zaha were all about Zaha not being good enough/professional enough/hard working enough etc. It's a pretty stark contrast to how similar situations have been reported.

 

[squirtyflower]

So someone disagrees with your point of view so they are a Troll?
Let's concentrate on what I said in my post if we could?
Our recent track record regarding involving and playing youth players is lamentable. If you disagree with that
then that is no point attempting to discuss the matter any further.

Actually I disagreed with you, not vice versa
And I still stand by my assertion

Here's a question for you my friend
Name me one of united's vaunted kids that would be a regular starter at City?

 

[give it to gordon]

Rhain Davis.

Been a few conflicting reports. Most say he was released in 2013.

Did the family move back to Australia after he was released ? I thought at the time that the weight of knowing that your family have moved half way round the world because you might make it as a footballer was wrong. But dont remember the scum getting much bad press about.

 

[moomba]

Did the family move back to Australia after he was released ? I thought at the time that the weight of knowing that your family have moved half way round the world because you might make it as a footballer was wrong. But dont remember the scum getting much bad press about.

Just been googling, looks like he's playing for Alty youth sides and his local school. Not sure if family are still over here or not.

 

[ToorakBlue]

Actually I disagreed with you, not vice versa
And I still stand by my assertion

Here's a question for you my friend
Name me one of united's vaunted kids that would be a regular starter at City?

There is none - we agree on that. But that is not the point I am trying to make (pretty badly from the look of it)
which is OUR track record regarding youth team players in recent years is very, very poor with both Mancini and Pellegrini.
If it's not and can be proven so then I'll hold my hands up.

 

[squirtyflower]

There is none - we agree on that. But that is not the point I am trying to make (pretty badly from the look of it)
which is OUR track record regarding youth team players in recent years is very, very poor with both Mancini and Pellegrini.
If it's not and can be proven so then I'll hold my hands up.

Yes but you made the assertion that United were so much better than City at this. I could re-quote your post and highlight for you where you said they were better.
My point is anyone could bring through mediocre kids and play them, and you end up scrapping for a CL qualifier
I think we have slightly higher ambitions than our scummy friends outside of the city border. Hence why it has been difficult, perhaps, for some to break through.
However it's easy for the likes of you to ignore that we often did bring through young players regularly in the PL era, unfortunately we had no choice as we were quite shit, much like the scum of today.

 

[ToorakBlue]

Yes but you made the assertion that United were so much better than City at this. I could re-quote your post and highlight for you where you said they were better.
My point is anyone could bring through mediocre kids and play them, and you end up scrapping for a CL qualifier
I think we have slightly higher ambitions than our scummy friends outside of the city border. Hence why it has been difficult, perhaps, for some to break through.
However it's easy for the likes of you to ignore that we often did bring through young players regularly in the PL era, unfortunately we had no choice as we were quite shit, much like the scum of today.

I'm not ignoring anything. I was there when we were shit. But I'm talking about recent times. Unless we play them and give them
The opportunity then how do they ever break through? We got knocked out of both cup competitions to lower league / less talented teams (Newcastle played a few youth team players when they beat us) so why not give them a chance in Capitol Cup games or like the game which was the last game of the season? We just don't appear to give them game time even when we can.