Media coverage 2018/19

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There is a reason the Uni student Mr Hedges got arrested... I have no idea what that reason is and it might not have anything to do with "spying", but I am certain there is a reason.

Time will tell.

In the mean time, I will not take any notice of what the UK tabloid press write about the affair. I don't take any notice of anything else they put in their pathetic excuses for "newspapers" and I am not about to start now.

JJ
 
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Matthew Hedges is imprisoned in Dubai, not Abu Dhabi. Although part of the same relatively loose confederation, Abu Dhabi has no say in local Dubai jurisprudence. “But they have strong economic links, Abu Dhabi must have influence” I imagine Simole Simon saying. It’s true, but so does the US but I didn’t hear anyone asking the New York Yankees to get involved.

The owner of Manchester City is a member of the Royal Family in Abu Dhabi but he is not the ruler. Manchester City is not owned “by Abu Dhabi” but by this one member if the Royal Family. Abu Dhabi is a dictatorship, the owner of Manchester City doesn’t get a vote on the final decisions made by the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, he is a single person in a very large and politically complicated family. He is a second tier Royal in a neighbouring state. Expecting him to impact jurisprudence in Dubai is like expecting Prince Harry to intervene in a French judicial decision.
 
David Conn in the Grauniad has written another pile of cr@p just rehashing the Spiegel nonsense but adding UEFA are looking at the situation yet offers no proof of his assertion.

Maybe it’s all just wishful thinking on his behalf.
 
portisheadblue said:
David Conn in the Grauniad has written another pile of cr@p just rehashing the Spiegel nonsense but adding UEFA are looking at the situation yet offers no proof of his assertion.

Maybe it’s all just wishful thinking on his behalf.
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Conn, says it all, he’s a bitter hack where his supposedly team is concerned, what a prick.
 
SebastianBlue said:
And the narrative shifts. Well, not so much a shift, as a new ray of “light” is projected from another facet of the narrative prism (because one dubious reason for stopping our progress and success is not as good as five... or ten).

Pep Guardiola's rampant Manchester City in danger of making Premier League boring
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No shit, it wasn't boring when the fuckers were all creaming their pants over Super/Sky Sunday and the big/top 4 where they celebrated 4th spot like winning the World Cup as it then meant they could wank themselves stupid for another season over the same big/Sky 4 in the champions league. It wasn't boring when the rags were cleaning up every season with ****ona and the class of 92 with their constant references to the busby Fucking babes.
 
SebastianBlue said:
And the narrative shifts. Well, not so much a shift, as a new ray of “light” is projected from another facet of the narrative prism (because one dubious reason for stopping our progress and success is not as good as five... or ten).

Pep Guardiola's rampant Manchester City in danger of making Premier League boring
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Come on Sebastian there is very little in that article which is negative with the main theme being how fantastic our team is, how better we are than everybody else and with us having the potential to dominate for years to come the race for the league would become boring (which it would).

I think the only narrative prism here is shoehorning every article into an atack on City.
 
franksinatra said:
Come on Sebastian there is very little in that article which is negative with the main theme being how fantastic our team is, how better we are than everybody else and with us having the potential to dominate for years to come the race for the league would become boring (which it would).

I think the only narrative prism here is shoehorning every article into an atack on City.
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Yeh, I’m with you Frank, there’s not a lot in there to get upset about. The only issue is the potential for the wider narrative....
 
franksinatra said:
Come on Sebastian there is very little in that article which is negative with the main theme being how fantastic our team is, how better we are than everybody else and with us having the potential to dominate for years to come the race for the league would become boring (which it would).

I think the only narrative prism here is shoehorning every article into an atack on City.
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No it is the headline that paints it in a negative light. It isn't as boring as Sky's super Sunday's we were never involved in but always featured Liverpool, Arsenal, United and Chelsea. I can't remember how many years that was the nailed on top four but it seemed like forever. I remember being shocked when we won the title in 2012 to discover we were only the second other team to win the premier league outside of United, Arsenal and Chelsea, the other one being Blackburn.

Last time I looked there was only five points between us and Spurs in fourth place so this season we are not exactly running away with it yet.

On s personal level I will settle for us being at least 12 points ahead of everyone by Christmas and winning the title and a cup for the next 10 years, it won't be boring for me.
 
portisheadblue said:
David Conn in the Grauniad has written another pile of cr@p just rehashing the Spiegel nonsense but adding UEFA are looking at the situation yet offers no proof of his assertion.

Maybe it’s all just wishful thinking on his behalf.
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That in my opinion was just about the best write up we've had of the case.
 
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