Media bias against City

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CelesteItis said:
Hope you've used disinfectant gel after touching that vile paper.
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Lol as i said i'm not a newspaper snob, if it's there and it's free i will read it except the Mirror, i don't give two figs for politics or things like that, left leaning, right leaning or centre doesn't interest me in the slightest if it's printed i will read it, lifes too short to worry about daft things
 
big blue balls said:
The Sun today, 2 page spread on old grounds that have shut down and have either been demolished or left to rot, Highbury as you would expect featured so too did loads of smaller ones like Millmore and Plough Lane, guess what never featured, not a sniff not a mention? have you got it right? yes Maine Rd, glad i got that off my chest i'm fucking seething, lol
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And so you should be!!!
Any article about old english football grounds no ,longer here should always include Maine Road ffs!!!
still the largest attendance for a top class football match outside london, 84,564 fans 3rd March 1934 vStoke City .'The great England international Frank Swift was in goal for the blues that day,having first graced Maine Road on Boxing day 1933,the day after his debut on Christmas day at Derby county.....two matches in two days, as was common practise in those days............Matt Busby also turned out at Maine road against Stoke.
the widest pitch throughout the 70s and 80s ..Maine road
used to be called the wembley of the north/
often used for fa cup semi final replays,and when the rags got bombed in the war they had to ask City to play at Maine road and actually gained their record attendance, on our ground, against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Modern day media can try all they like to airbrush our great club out of history, but the facts are there .
 
dennishasdoneit said:
And so you should be!!!
Any article about old english football grounds no ,longer here should always include Maine Road ffs!!!
still the largest attendance for a top class football match outside london, 84,564 fans 3rd March 1934 vStoke City .'The great England international Frank Swift was in goal for the blues that day,having first graced Maine Road on Boxing day 1933,the day after his debut on Christmas day at Derby county.....two matches in two days, as was common practise in those days............Matt Busby also turned out at Maine road against Stoke.
the widest pitch throughout the 70s and 80s ..Maine road
used to be called the wembley of the north/
often used for fa cup semi final replays,and when the rags got bombed in the war they had to ask City to play at Maine road and actually gained their record attendance, on our ground, against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Modern day media can try all they like to airbrush our great club out of history, but the facts are there .
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Correct, if they could wax lyrical about the Den on Cold Blow Lane Millwall they could have mentioned Maine Rd, as you say airbrushed out of sight or are we all getting a touch paranoid?
 
chesterguy said:
I know it is little things but if anyone reads f365 it is clear that since Sky have taken control of the website they have not missed an opportunity to belittle City Such as

"They may have an abundance of stars to fall back on, but with City failing to score from open play in each of their last three league matches Silva’s return can’t come soon enough. The international break has come at just the right time for the league leaders."

Citys last 3 results have been 0 - 0, 2 -1, 0 - 0 they failed to note the header from Otamendi
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"An abundance of stars to fall back on" is a bit like when they say "with the player they've got/ the money they've spent they should expect to win." It prevents the need for any detailed analysis of our squad's strengths and weaknesses. Whereas I very often hear/read detailed discussions about what formation Spurs/arsenal/liverpool/rags should play in national media there is very rarely anything about us apart from lazy crap like this. "With the players they've got they should beat Villa/ win most games/ finish top four." Annoys the shit out of me.
 
jaigurugoat said:
"An abundance of stars to fall back on" is a bit like when they say "with the player they've got/ the money they've spent they should expect to win." It prevents the need for any detailed analysis of our squad's strengths and weaknesses. Whereas I very often hear/read detailed discussions about what formation Spurs/arsenal/liverpool/rags should play in national media there is very rarely anything about us apart from lazy crap like this. "With the players they've got they should beat Villa/ win most games/ finish top four." Annoys the shit out of me.
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It wouldn't bother me in the slightest if you even occasionally heard the same phrase being directed towards united, which you never do, of course.

Their return on investment in recent seasons has been pitiful.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
It wouldn't bother me in the slightest if you even occasionally heard the same phrase being directed towards united, which you never do, of course.

Their return on investment in recent seasons has been pitiful.
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I have to do a fair bit of travelling in my job, so get the time to listen to almost all the main podcasts - Bluemoon Podcast, The Man City Show, Times, Guadian, 606, Monday night club, Sunday Supplement etc. And without fail, on all but the City ones, there is always a lengthy discussion about the rags, and in 95% of cases about Liverpool and Arsenal. Chelsea get good coverage as do Spurs. City...well a cursory mention - rarely have I heard an in-depth analysis of our manager, players or tactics.

Now, given that I've probably got through hundreds of episodes, I can probably count on one hand the times when I've heard any podcast spend more than a few minutes on City - even when we won the league, it was more about United and Liverpool losing it than us winning it! And on the odd occasion there is coverage, it is always obvious that whoever is commenting on us, has spent very little time researching the club.

Some might say, well don't download and boost their figures. But apart from being a City fan, I actually have a genuine interest in football in general, and so whilst the coverage is biased, at least it helps pass the long hours of travelling by listening to something that interests me.
 
All we ask for is fair and accurate reporting from the media.

Instead, we get little to no recognition and they are always ready to stick the knife in.
 
Blueknows said:
I know its another redtop ect , but dont know where to start with this one

www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/jack-rodwells-decline-warning-english-6812393


But the following summer, Rodwell moved from everton to Manchester City for a £15million fee and so began the rapid decline of one of English football’s best young prospects.
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I made the effort to read that... Thought John Cross had come on-side recently.

What did strike me was there were hyperlinks in the storey for Everton, Peter Reid, Wroy, Sunderland etc but not for us.

If ever there was an indication of bias/agenda......
 
Blueknows said:
I know its another redtop ect , but dont know where to start with this one

www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/jack-rodwells-decline-warning-english-6812393


But the following summer, Rodwell moved from everton to Manchester City for a £15million fee and so began the rapid decline of one of English football’s best young prospects.
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If we are honest, he did come to us with a lot of promise and did absolutely nothing and has continued that decline since.

Another example of a over hyped British player getting everything way too soon and thinking he has made it.
 
Rodwell only made 14 starts for Everton in his last year, and was widely considered to not be in their best XI when fit by most toffees I know.

He cam to us and played when fit under Mancini. He just wasn't fit much.

Didn't get much of a go under Pellegrini, which was a shame, but he wasn't the superstar on the verge that people like to make out he was.
 
He had a blinder in a Manchester Senior Cup game at Oldham, ran the game & scored 3.

Apart from that I remember him giving the ball away to cost us a point at home and him never being fit.

He's fit now and can't get a start for Sunderland.....
 
Like all signings I had high hopes for Rodwell but unfortunately it seemed he was always injured.

2 games stick in the mind with him, the Dortmund game when came on for Garcia and made a horrendous mistake which lead to Reus sticking the ball in the net, and the dead rubber against Norwich where he played very well and scored twice.

His record since leaving City speaks for itself, it looks like the injuries have taken their toll on the lad
 
City continually get stick about the English players in the past but look at where Rodwell, Sinclair and Adam Johnson are now. Top teams weren't exactly scrambling for their signatures but we were supposed to play them week in, week out?

Any of the press mentioning Kieran Trippier's move to Spurs where he gets games in the Europa league and that's it?
What about United with Nick Powell and Wilfred Zaha who was quickly binned off to Palace but no mention of them ruining his career or "not giving him a chance".

Even during the Villa game on Sunday, the sky commentator mentioned that Sinclair wasn't given "a fair chance" at City. Really? What's fair? Everyone who saw him would say he looked scared, totally out of his depth and has done nothing since to prove that assessment to be wrong.
 
Abbeygoo said:
City continually get stick about the English players in the past but look at where Rodwell, Sinclair and Adam Johnson are now. Top teams weren't exactly scrambling for their signatures but we were supposed to play them week in, week out?

Any of the press mentioning Kieran Trippier's move to Spurs where he gets games in the Europa league and that's it?
What about United with Nick Powell and Wilfred Zaha who was quickly binned off to Palace but no mention of them ruining his career or "not giving him a chance".

Even during the Villa game on Sunday, the sky commentator mentioned that Sinclair wasn't given "a fair chance" at City. Really? What's fair? Everyone who saw him would say he looked scared, totally out of his depth and has done nothing since to prove that assessment to be wrong.
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The Sinclair signing was a baffling one from the moment we were linked with him, I can't think of one person who thought it was a good idea, or that he was anywhere near good enough to be playing even a rotational role in the City squad. Sinclair was always far below the standard required of City players, and he proved to be just that during his time here. Since leaving he's been a mediocre player in one of the Premier League's worst sides.
 
The point about no analysis of our players or the systems we play is spot on. Time after time I hear detailed appreciation of the likes of Carzola, Bellerin, Hazard, Delle Ali etc, and the impact they have had on a particular game. If the 2 Ferns played for the rags they would be the best midfield combination in the prem, but they go almost unnoticed by the opinion formers in the media. The only thing they have to say about our players is how much they cost, and the fact that our players rarely appear in teams of the year tells you all you need to know.
 
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