Media coverage 2018/19

[burning blue soul]

Of all the ex city players to talk to about vinnie they choose tony coton!
He was a rag for more years than he played for us.
Well done sky, outdone yourself there.

at least it wasnt danny fucking mills!!

 

[Marvin]

Wait until Saudi take over the rags at some point. The reporters will be in a pickle then.

Man Utd are already sponsored by Saudi Telecom. Saudi Telecom is largely owned by the Saudi state through its Public Investment Fund. They also have a strategic partnership with the Sports authority of Saudi Arabia. Arsenal have a sponsorship agreement with Rwanda. Leicester, former Premier League winners are owned by a family closely linked to the Thai military/monarchist regime etc etc. Only City are subjected to criticism. There are a small number of journalists eg David Conn who has looked at Usmanov (once of Arsenal, now Everton?) but few and far between. He is an honourable exception.

The bottom line is

1) Our owners are Arab billionaires not American, or European, and
2) They are rivals to Man Utd and Liverpool etc

Hence this is a populist witch-hunt

 

[Deleted member 81382]

 

[jrb]

Has anyone checked on Baldy Castles? Hope he's ok.

Yes!

He’s just dropped his guard again.

This, along with a picture of Sheikh Mansour.

He’s hurting badly, poor baldy Rag.

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[SebastianBlue]

That has to be one of the most idiotic takes circulating today, and that is quite the distinction given the immense competition!

 

[Henkeman]

Man Utd are already sponsored by Saudi Telecom. Saudi Telecom is largely owned by the Saudi state through its Public Investment Fund. They also have a strategic partnership with the Sports authority of Saudi Arabia. Arsenal have a sponsorship agreement with Rwanda. Leicester, former Premier League winners are owned by a family closely linked to the Thai military/monarchist regime etc etc. Only City are subjected to criticism. There are a small number of journalists eg David Conn who has looked at Usmanov (once of Arsenal, now Everton?) but few and far between. He is an honourable exception.

The bottom line is

1) Our owners are Arab billionaires not American, or European, and
2) They are rivals to Man Utd and Liverpool etc

Hence this is a populist witch-hunt

And that's the problem. It isn't for a second that questions shouldn't be asked about City, it's that it is only City that ever get it. The gushing that followed the Leicester owners death is perhaps unsurprising in itself, but no one, absolutely no one, raised the connection with the Thai military dictatorship.

Journalists scream whataboutery when this gets brought up, but the lack of the wider context is a fair criticism of them and they hate it. Likewise, not a single one of them considers when they talk about sportwashing that they didn't write a thing about the UAE before City were bought, not a single word. Their entire premise is misplaced on the one hand, and their hypocrisy prior to it is striking on the other.

And lastly, for all the valid criticisms that can be levelled, it's the UAE, it's not fucking North Korea.

 

[Deleted member 81382]

That has to be one of the most idiotic takes circulating today, and that is quite the distinction given the immense competition!

Well if anyone was going to give Miguel Delaney a run for his money, it had to be a mental giant like Danny Murphy.

 

[laserblue]

That has to be one of the most idiotic takes circulating today, and that is quite the distinction given the immense competition!

It's that bitter dipper twat Murphy. We shouldn't expect anything less.

The concept of Kev having an injury ravaged season and only just returning to fitness thereby having his game time managed seems to be beyond the comprehension of this snot slime.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

On a more positive media note, did anyone watch the BBC news last night after Eurovision? If not, it’s worth a watch

 

[burning blue soul]

It's that bitter dipper twat Murphy. We shouldn't expect anything less.

The concept of Kev having an injury ravaged season and only just returning to fitness thereby having his game time managed seems to be beyond the comprehension of this snot slime.

murphy knows what hes talking about, we should have thrown kev on from the start to get his foot in to their defense..... show them he's there!!!