Media coverage 2018/19

[SebastianBlue]

And on cue from ESPN...

Princes and Paupers: Man City and Barnet’s FA Cup Inequality

 

[citizenyank76]

And on cue from ESPN...

Princes and Paupers: Man City and Barnet’s FA Cup Inequality

That actually wasn't that bad. Usually, anything associated with ESPN is garbage.

 

[SebastianBlue]

That actually wasn't that bad. Usually, anything associated with ESPN is garbage.

Yeah, the headline is very much click bait, which is one of the reasons it’s still rubbish.

 

[mat]

I think the media are expecting today's game to play like it's a bye for us. If Burnley win we'll know about it as blues beneath the press box will be drowned in Jizz.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

I think the media are expecting today's game to play like it's a bye for us. If Burnley win we'll know about it as blues beneath the press box will be drowned in Jizz.

Journo Jizz.

 

[canyerdogputoutafire]

I see Pete the Badge is on the BBC football home page again. They must really like him.

 

[Armchair Supporter]

Still not a sign of City on the F365 front page.....

 

[aguero93:20]

And on cue from ESPN...

Princes and Paupers: Man City and Barnet’s FA Cup Inequality

Do people actually pay attention to ESPN?

 

[SebastianBlue]

Do people actually pay attention to ESPN?

Here in America (and a few other places they dominate the sport broadcast market), yes, unfortunately, especially for “casual” fans which, for better or worse, the club understandably want to convert.

Edit: And this “evil empire” portrayal is especially effective as a negative angle in America based on the culture here skewing heavily to the ‘underdog’ when you have no established affinity.

 

[aguero93:20]

Here in America (and a few other places they dominate the sport broadcast market), yes, unfortunately, especially for “casual” fans which, for better or worse, the club understandably want to convert.

Edit: And this “evil empire” portrayal is especially effective as a negative angle in America based on the culture here skewing heavily to the ‘underdog’ when you have no established affinity.

Ah, yanks.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Ah, yanks.

Really is confounding at times. I’ve gotten into a few heated debates with the self-proclaimed ‘I just love football’ sort that have swallowed the ‘evil empire’ narrative whole.

 

[aguero93:20]

Really is confounding at times. I’ve gotten into a few heated debates with the self-proclaimed ‘I just love football’ sort that have swallowed the ‘evil empire’ narrative whole.

Wouldn't worry about it, more than anything else the yanks follow success.

 

[malg]

Ah, yanks.

Hey, we've got BT, Sky and the BBC, let's not slate our American cousins too much.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Wouldn't worry about it, more than anything else the yanks follow success.

Exactly what I tell them.

They’ll eventually be the ones claiming they started to support City in 2005 after their “friend from Manchester” introduced them to the club.

 

[bluealf]

Here in America (and a few other places they dominate the sport broadcast market), yes, unfortunately, especially for “casual” fans which, for better or worse, the club understandably want to convert.

Edit: And this “evil empire” portrayal is especially effective as a negative angle in America based on the culture here skewing heavily to the ‘underdog’ when you have no established affinity.

I thought Yanks were all about the winning and plucky losers can fuck off?

 

[SebastianBlue]

Hey, we've got BT, Sky and the BBC, let's not slate our American cousins too much.

When a few Americans I know start complaining about NBCSN, I just send them a few links to recent BBC or Sky commentary to match analysis. “Imagine having to listen to this for years.”

 

[SebastianBlue]

I thought Yanks were all about the winning and plucky losers can fuck off?

In my experience, they generally are... but only after the plucky upstarts actually lose, and only if there’s no supposed moral high ground to take. ;-)

@ChicagoBlue am I fairly accurate with this assessment?

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

I see Pete the Badge is on the BBC football home page again. They must really like him.

They being mean again?

 

[canyerdogputoutafire]

They being mean again?

Just childish.

 

[waspish]

The bbc sports pages are run by rag k@unts and from the top another rag k@unt are aloud to take the piss out of city and licking the arse of the scum and liverpool! If I was City Id ban the fcukers and tell them no one will be speaking to them till they stop the shit that they spout about us.