Media coverage 2018/19

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Kompany Car said:
Not really a link but it was more the point that if they don’t give a toss about something that important, a few of us complaining is unlikely to have any effect. The BBC will not admit they are wrong, even if the truth is staring them in the face.
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Point taken mate, fair enough. It just seems such an incredible length of time between the two eras that there will be almost entirely different staff, even if some lingering cultural echoes perhaps exist; but even that’s a push to me. Different depts too.
One is also of a completely different order to the other, mentioning both together just seems to jar imho.
 
razman said:


The headline may seem negative , but it's a fairly balanced article even if it's from the daily mail.

If we did keep giving chances to the kids , we wouldn't have won the trophies we have
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Only Sancho is good enough for us of ones we let go. Better to sell the others so at least they get a career somewhere else.

I don’t see any articles about Chelsea or Arsenal losing academy players, or the rags not producing anyone as good as Foden since 1992.
 
The Riot Club said:
Only Sancho is good enough for us of ones we let go. Better to sell the others so at least they get a career somewhere else.

I don’t see any articles about Chelsea or Arsenal losing academy players, or the rags not producing anyone as good as Foden since 1992.
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I read this earlier and thought it was an attempt to put young kids off coming to City, but it was so badly done it would have every 11 year old laughing at it.
It shows whether it means to or not City`s success at getting it`s academy players into the top clubs, and it shows that the skills developed at city once their bodies grow will stand them in good stead, hence their value going up after they leave
 
Onholiday(somemightsay) said:
How much have they valued Willo Flood at?
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If you exclude the supposed £90m increase in the value of Sancho then there's only £15m difference between the 2 sets of figures for all the players.

Total non story, where they've refused to accept comments because they know they'd be shot down in flames with their claims and figures.
 
jacko74 said:
If you exclude the supposed £90m increase in the value of Sancho then there's only £15m difference between the 2 sets of figures for all the players.

Total non story, where they've refused to accept comments because they know they'd be shot down in flames with their claims and figures.
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Even if you don't, players tend to get better in their first few years, and it generally be expected that their value would rise.

I was amused by 27M for Denayer seemed fairly enthusiastic, based on playing half the league matches for Lyon this season.
 
Scareye said:
The academy is doing exactly what it was designed to do. It’s basically another value stream. If it turns up the odd Foden along the way all the better.
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This is it... Look at it more as a stud farm... We will be doing well if we can get a player every 5 years to come into the 1st team squad and hold their own... The level is that high
Foden, Sancho and Diaz was one of those freak occurances where you could argue that all 3 were good enough, unfortunately for us we will never know with the latter 2
 
The Riot Club said:
Talking of shite from the press, why the fuck are the bbc writing about the rags treble of 99 instead of ours from the weekend!!?
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You’s are seen as the anti christ who broke up the media’s love in for the original power 4! Love that you’s are dominating and the media just can’t stand it haha!
 
The Riot Club said:
Talking of shite from the press, why the fuck are the bbc writing about the rags treble of 99 instead of ours from the weekend!!?
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Precisely the wrong time in macro currents to become mediocre. Media desperately trying to keep them relevant for a new generation who missed their past glory; have to maintain the brand in a rich-get-richer moment for fear of being left behind. Fashioning a storied-club-in-need-of-return narrative for them to attract/keep global audience. I think there’s a genuine fear of a generational loss for them.
 
Conn has another article in the Guardian today about each clubs finances in 2017/18. Not a judgemental one although the £1.3bn injection over 10 years gets a mention!

Our turnover was 2nd highest behind the rags but wages were 3rd behind rags and Liverpool.

1.3bn is still only around 60% of the money he made from his sale of Barclays shares!
 
cookster said:
The transfer table is interesting (since Pep arrived). They have sales as 134.4m and the current player values at 239.5m.

They have Sancho valued at 100m which is a myth, so that's the difference right there. They've also not factored in the loan fees we have received for the players (many have been on loan before selling) and the sell-on clauses in the contracts.

Let's compare to United who let Pogba go for free and bought him back for 90m and 300k a week. Or signed Sanchez for 30m and pay him 400k+ a week for 4.5 years.

The Mail know the Dipps, Rags, Chavs etc will lap it up though.
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It's funny how nobody ever looks at our current squad in that way; comparing cost to current value.

I suspect the ratio would be very similar to the academy players we've lost, but at much higher absolute numbers.
 
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