Media coverage 2018/19

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Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
It's not just the tabloids. The DT runs an article this morning about Rabbi Matondo apparently on his way. The striking thing is that it is about the same number of column inches as our last match report. They fall over themselves to attempt to show that something at MCFC isn't working, and that these guys want to play first team football. Every club in the PL is just the same, and unless you are exceptional you won't make the first team. Only eleven can start! Just look at the number of galacticos that MANUre revealed over the last half dozen seasons who might have made one decent pass, scored a goal on their debut, were hailed to the heavens and then pretty much sank without too much trace! But it's only the failings of MCFC that get the column inches!
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The fact that they did ANY of those things, is the unfortunate difference between us & Utd.

Ours mostly do fuck all, as we hardly ever see any of them. Ours, over the years, have been better than theirs, when you see them at their age group. Every now & then, they throw one in & he sticks, like Rashford did. No guarantee he would ever have seen the first team at City & no guarantee he would have made it anywhere else.

It's wrong that these ****s devote so much time to publicising it, but we leave them with an open goal, as we have been total shit at giving young players game time.
 
Shirley said:
Interesting read.
England's U-17 World Cup winners- where are they now?

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46800068
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I like this comment...……………
But Fleetwood boss Joey Barton recalled him from the National League North strugglers early because playing in a team that was "getting beat every week" was no help for his development and gave Crellin a start in the EFL Trophy in September.
 
DorisBlue said:
Why anyone listens to or reads stuff that riles them up is beyond me. Turn off talkshite, dont read the crappy tabloids.
Just turn up on a match day and enjoy it[/QUOTE

Maybe because when we win titles and trample all over the media darlings ,it is ever so slightly more pleasing to see the media subsequently squirming and having to reluctantly give us the credit that is due to our brilliant football club.
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I’m blissfully unaware of the bile and lies spewed forth about our club on this kids comic of a radio station, it’s hard enough watching that smug champagne socialist, jug eared apologist ****, slag us off with his snide comments ... Just as well as with my blood pressure as I’m likely to explode into a million pieces if I heard it....!
I’m a media free zone and all the happier for it :-))))))
 
It’s one of the peculiarities of English football that 27,000 can be respected and admired whereas 54,000 are belittled for empty seats.

That’s the price to pay for our rapid expansion, so some City fans will just have to accept that the fading rose tinted memories of our mid 90s masochistic journey to the lower divisions will inevitably be rewritten by those who weren’t there.

We used to be lauded for our unswerving fanaticism. I can even remember Adrian Durham once arguing that we were the best supporters in the country, mainly because teams like Newcastle and Aston Villa didn’t have Manchester United on their doorstep.

In those days, we had Champions League support, but League One administration. Every single aspect of our Noel Gallagher-Jimmy Grimble inspiration was a total shambles, which strangely made us more fashionable.

Aside from our tin-pot Ticket Office, everything changed when Sheikh Mansour walked through the door, including the nation’s perception of City’s support. Sunderland have taken our crown as most loyal supporters, but City have since won the Premier League 3 times in the last 7 seasons.

It’s no longer trendy to support City, but just like the rags in 1999, I guess I don’t really give a toss.

Bollocks to Talksport
In fact bollocks to every single person who believes the bollocks on Talksport.
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
It’s one of the peculiarities of English football that 27,000 can be respected and admired whereas 54,000 are belittled for empty seats.

That’s the price to pay for our rapid expansion, so some City fans will just have to accept that the fading rose tinted memories of our mid 90s masochistic journey to the lower divisions will inevitably be rewritten by those who weren’t there.

We used to be lauded for our unswerving fanaticism. I can even remember Adrian Durham once arguing that we were the best supporters in the country, mainly because teams like Newcastle and Aston Villa didn’t have Manchester United on their doorstep.

In those days, we had Champions League support, but League One administration. Every single aspect of our Noel Gallagher-Jimmy Grimble inspiration was a total shambles, which strangely made us more fashionable.

Aside from our tin-pot Ticket Office, everything changed when Sheikh Mansour walked through the door, including the nation’s perception of City’s support. Sunderland have taken our crown as most loyal supporters, but City have since won the Premier League 3 times in the last 7 seasons.

It’s no longer trendy to support City, but just like the rags in 1999, I guess I don’t really give a toss.

Bollocks to Talksport
In fact bollocks to every single person who believes the bollocks on Talksport.
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The thing is, I don’t think we’ve lost that fanaticism. Our fans are vocal when we need it - it’s just that these days, the team are so in control of some games, they don’t need roaring on like they used to.

Listening to talkshite on the way back from the Wolves game I got annoyed when a ‘fan’ rang in and said City fans can’t be bothered now we’re winning things and only turn up for the big games.

First of all, where did he get the temerity to speak for all fans?

I can recall games pre-takeover when you could hear a pin drop - even games at Maine Road.

When we played Lyon in the UCL at home, we roared them on, even if we didn’t win and we will do it again when it’s needed.

The talkshite presenter was criticising the fact that it was a must-win game for us and the [perceived] lack of support from our fans might have affected the result if Wolves hadn’t gone down to 10 men.

I still think we’d have won the game without the sending off but if it had been a tight game, the fans would have come through to support the team.

Oh, and I would like to applaud the fan who rang in afterwards and pointed out that when the scum played Burton last season AND GOT BEAT BY THEM, the attendance at mould Trafford was 32,000 (the same as ours last week) but there was no outrage in the media the New!
 
jitsubluedan said:
The thing is, I don’t think we’ve lost that fanaticism. Our fans are vocal when we need it - it’s just that these days, the team are so in control of some games, they don’t need roaring on like they used to.

Listening to talkshite on the way back from the Wolves game I got annoyed when a ‘fan’ rang in and said City fans can’t be bothered now we’re winning things and only turn up for the big games.

First of all, where did he get the temerity to speak for all fans?

I can recall games pre-takeover when you could hear a pin drop - even games at Maine Road.

When we played Lyon in the UCL at home, we roared them on, even if we didn’t win and we will do it again when it’s needed.

The talkshite presenter was criticising the fact that it was a must-win game for us and the [perceived] lack of support from our fans might have affected the result if Wolves hadn’t gone down to 10 men.

I still think we’d have won the game without the sending off but if it had been a tight game, the fans would have come through to support the team.

Oh, and I would like to applaud the fan who rang in afterwards and pointed out that when the scum played Burton last season AND GOT BEAT BY THEM, the attendance at mould Trafford was 32,000 (the same as ours last week) but there was no outrage in the media the New!
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Yep.
Fully agree, but Talksport thrive on perception. regardless of whether it's correct or utter knee-jerk, unresearched bollocks.
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
Yep.
Fully agree, but Talksport thrive on perception. regardless of whether it's correct or utter knee-jerk, unresearched bollocks.
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Oddly enough the talkshite presenter (I can never remember his name) just ignored the point about the lack of fans at the scum/Burton game - it clearly didn’t fit in with the station’s AGENDA!
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
The press we get for our attendances is outrageous. We are a very well-supported club.
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It’s the only stick they have to beat us with, seeing as they were wrong about their prediction that our owner would leave us once he got bored.

Maybe we should start singing “Sheikh Mansour - 10 years plus and he’s still here”. Might need to find a different tune to fit the words in though!
 
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