Media bias against City

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I don't understand how Man City consistently suffer this inordinate abuse and belittling from the press and the press can continue with this abuse unopposed if Man City have an effective PR Department. My only conclusion is Man City do not have an effective PR Department. Our first eleven on the pitch and our successes on it are first class and well managed and should propel our image in the public eye, if we are constantly getting negative press in recent years even with Man City's successes on the field surely the PR Department are failing abysmally.
 
I used to have a problem with the bias but I realised awhile back that for specific types of brands it's better to have attention than to be ignored, and given that to the mass consumer (not us blues) we are a *new* product and thus if we were given constant positive publicity the mass consumer would potentially switch off and ignore us: look at these new kids on the block, fuck them, they are plastic. So we'd be more of a "fad"

But through long term media attention, be it negative or positive, the brand gathers new followers (2.57m twitter, 19mil. on facebook, 1.1mil on instagram, 424,968 subscribers • 177,592,134 views on Youtube....)

Which is amazing when you think about how many people would of bought our end of season dvd for 2006/2007.

Alot of the online content followers are self-confessed fans of other clubs, as you can visibly see it on every picture/post/video plenty of comments of people saying: "hey, great video, but i support arsenal"

So this is a wet dream for companies wishing to gain exposure to football supporters.

Long term the 15yr old current arsenal fan who enjoys our youtube channel may eventually have kids of his own and they will get exposed to MCFC and may decide to support city instead. Go and watch a kids team training on a local park, every one of em is wearing a Barcelona shirt lol... they probably couldn't say a spanish sentence between each other and would never of heard of Rivaldo yet they watch Barca every week and set them as their default team on EA Sports FIFA.

This is where CFG is going. it's very raggish/corporate like and sadly the old city we remember will eventually be long gone as the younger fanbases come in, but this is what success attracts.

All the kids huddled around their screens right now playing FIFA/PES couldn't give a hoots what's written in The Mirror. These kids think KDB is quality because they signed him on Footy Manager and he was a star for them lol.
 
Why Always Ste said:
I used to have a problem with the bias but I realised awhile back that for specific types of brands it's better to have attention than to be ignored, and given that to the mass consumer (not us blues) we are a *new* product and thus if we were given constant positive publicity the mass consumer would potentially switch off and ignore us: look at these new kids on the block, fuck them, they are plastic. So we'd be more of a "fad"

But through long term media attention, be it negative or positive, the brand gathers new followers (2.57m twitter, 19mil. on facebook, 1.1mil on instagram, 424,968 subscribers • 177,592,134 views on Youtube....)

Which is amazing when you think about how many people would of bought our end of season dvd for 2006/2007.

Alot of the online content followers are self-confessed fans of other clubs, as you can visibly see it on every picture/post/video plenty of comments of people saying: "hey, great video, but i support arsenal"

So this is a wet dream for companies wishing to gain exposure to football supporters.

Long term the 15yr old current arsenal fan who enjoys our youtube channel may eventually have kids of his own and they will get exposed to MCFC and may decide to support city instead. Go and watch a kids team training on a local park, every one of em is wearing a Barcelona shirt lol... they probably couldn't say a spanish sentence between each other and would never of heard of Rivaldo yet they watch Barca every week and set them as their default team on EA Sports FIFA.

This is where CFG is going. it's very raggish/corporate like and sadly the old city we remember will eventually be long gone as the younger fanbases come in, but this is what success attracts.

All the kids huddled around their screens right now playing FIFA/PES couldn't give a hoots what's written in The Mirror. These kids think KDB is quality because they signed him on Footy Manager and he was a star for them lol.
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None of what you posted militates in any way against the right of a long-standing Citybsupporter to rail against the press failing to report on City in a way that is fair and equitable.
 
Surprise, surprise. TVNZ News bulletins showed Sterling's goal against Roma, followed by Joe's goal and saves in the penalty shootout. I know Australia is only a stones throw away from us but given the All Blacks are in South Africa preparing for a Test Match it was a massive surprise to see us get some favourable coverage and at the start of the sports section.
 
Why Always Ste said:
I used to have a problem with the bias but I realised awhile back that for specific types of brands it's better to have attention than to be ignored, and given that to the mass consumer (not us blues) we are a *new* product and thus if we were given constant positive publicity the mass consumer would potentially switch off and ignore us: look at these new kids on the block, fuck them, they are plastic. So we'd be more of a "fad"

But through long term media attention, be it negative or positive, the brand gathers new followers (2.57m twitter, 19mil. on facebook, 1.1mil on instagram, 424,968 subscribers • 177,592,134 views on Youtube....)

Which is amazing when you think about how many people would of bought our end of season dvd for 2006/2007.

Alot of the online content followers are self-confessed fans of other clubs, as you can visibly see it on every picture/post/video plenty of comments of people saying: "hey, great video, but i support arsenal"

So this is a wet dream for companies wishing to gain exposure to football supporters.

Long term the 15yr old current arsenal fan who enjoys our youtube channel may eventually have kids of his own and they will get exposed to MCFC and may decide to support city instead. Go and watch a kids team training on a local park, every one of em is wearing a Barcelona shirt lol... they probably couldn't say a spanish sentence between each other and would never of heard of Rivaldo yet they watch Barca every week and set them as their default team on EA Sports FIFA.

This is where CFG is going. it's very raggish/corporate like and sadly the old city we remember will eventually be long gone as the younger fanbases come in, but this is what success attracts.

All the kids huddled around their screens right now playing FIFA/PES couldn't give a hoots what's written in The Mirror. These kids think KDB is quality because they signed him on Footy Manager and he was a star for them lol.
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Hallefuckinlujah!

Some common sense at last. Any exposure is better than none at all and any sensible member of the public can pick the undigested sweetcorn out of the toilet bowl full of shit the media throw at us.

We should credit people with having more sense than we realise........
 
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Bluekiwi said:
Surprise, surprise. TVNZ News bulletins showed Sterling's goal against Roma, followed by Joe's goal and saves in the penalty shootout. I know Australia is only a stones throw away from us but given the All Blacks are in South Africa preparing for a Test Match it was a massive surprise to see us get some favourable coverage and at the start of the sports section.
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That is a welcome, pleasing and pleasant surprise. Hopefully it will infiltrate, albeit slowly, dare I say incipiently to the hacks over here.
 
Dribble said:
shia.gif

Hallefuckinlujah!

Some common sense at last. Any exposure is better than none at all and any sensible member of the public can pick out the undigested sweetcorn out of the toilet bowl full of shit the media throw at us.

We should credit people with having more sense than we realise........
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No it's not. And that triumphalism is inappropriate.
 
I'll respond to the post I was debating chronologically. First point. No it's not. It is not better for Manchester City to receive negative press than none at all. That only works for teams other than Manchester City. And the other two lumped together on the strength/weakness of the first point speaks for itself.
 
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