Media Discussion - 2023/24

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I had the displeasure of stumbling across that Liew article this morning. Amongst the deluge of inflammatory nonsense littered throughout, this paragraph caught my eye:

"There is a school of thought out there that City is a club driven by grudges and enmities, fuelled by antagonism and spoiling for scraps at any opportunity. Perhaps this is true at a boardroom level, or on the wild frontiers of the internet, where City fans remain unrivalled in their capacity to nurture conspiracy theories and illusory slights, desperate to be hated."

Sadly Liew is too much of a coward to allow comments on the article, but we all know he and his peers can't stay off Bluemoon...

I don't know any City fan that's desperate to be hated, we don't need to be, it is evidence enough when we scroll through social media passing multiple posts obsessing about our attendances, or read a once credible newspaper, as it criticises the conduct of our supporters.

Liew and his peers seem determined to somehow try to undermine City's achievements in order to placate their partisan readership, but their influence is minimal and their short-sightedness is wildly missing the bigger picture. Football is a global game and City are the hottest ticket in town. Note the comments of recent City Group youth signing, American teenager Cavan Sullivan "I always watch Man City. They're like every kid's dream team." Liew and co, read that and drink it in...

The ‘school of thought out there’ part is a dishonest and pitiful attempt to attribute that viewpoint to a third party.

 

[johnny crossan]

Bloody hell! Winter defending City against Shaun Custis on Talksport this morning, trying to accuse us of circumnavigating rules about signing underage kids. This is in regard to the young American Cavan Sullivan and our arrangement with Philadelphia Union.

Is Winter on our payroll now?

 

[At-Swim-Two-Birds]

The Scousers, especially the Scousers, and the Rags are very, very bitter today on X/Twitter.

That aside.

Another football writer who doesn't actually like football. No really. His favourite sport is darts.

 

[jamielowndes]

Why does Liew even cover football? Had a quick scan through his history and he just seems to hatewatch the PL.

 

[remember arthur mann]

 

[mexico1970]

Why does Liew even cover football? Had a quick scan through his history and he just seems to hatewatch the PL.

Another one of his hard hitting pieces ignores the fact that driven men/managers don't even think about the work/life balance like women do. Choices are choices.

But he writes for a comic like the guardian.

Men in football get full rein to pursue their dreams while women must compromise | Jonathan Liew

Two female WSL managers are leaving for reasons of work-life balance. When it comes to sacrifice, it’s not the same for men

www.theguardian.com

 

[malg]

Another one of his hard hitting pieces ignores the fact that driven men/managers don't even think about the work/life balance like women do. Choices are choices.

But he writes for a comic like the guardian.

Men in football get full rein to pursue their dreams while women must compromise | Jonathan Liew

Two female WSL managers are leaving for reasons of work-life balance. When it comes to sacrifice, it’s not the same for men

www.theguardian.com

That is 100% Guardian material. I'm guessing they site 'Wellbeing' in the article somewhere as well. The yogurt knitters will love it.

 

[Atypical]

Jonathon Liew is frankly hurting very bad.

 

[malg]

Must admit to knowing nothing about this new American lad. Is he some kind of big shot and we've ruined football again?

 

[mexico1970]

That is 100% Guardian material. I'm guessing they site 'Wellbeing' in the article somewhere as well. The yogurt knitters will love it.

I'm surprised they didn't mention that she could have worked from home, no football manager should have to commute 5 miles and leave their children with a spouse or childminder.

It's 2024 FFS :)