Media Discussion - 2023/24

[cheekybids]

Bizarre article in the Mail by Ladyman headlined;

How Newcastle United - led by co-owner Amanda Staveley - have learnt lessons from Manchester City's scattergun approach in 2008 to find Premier League success​

Bear in mind we won the league just 3 seasons later, but that isn't mentioned at all in the article. Instead the focus shifts to the Champions League;

"Still it took them three years to qualify for the Champions League and another two to progress beyond the group stages"

And this "scattergun" spending ?

"City made their fair share of early missteps - Robinho, Wayne Bridge and Roque Santa Cruz were three"

Just to remind new fans, Wayne Bridge cost £12m and Santa Cruz barely played through injury. Robinho was a world star name who arguably put City on the international map.

I often wonder if these "journalists" actually get back-handers from the clubs they write about. I hope so because, if they don't, they really don't know football.

Well they’ll need to win an FA Cup & league within 2 years to show our scattergun approach up.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Enjoy...

Much appreciated. Good to see him getting the point across about spending and that it’s actually good for brand, yet certain clubs want to constrain the league for their own ends.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

All the "previews" as they label them will be on here, I presume there's an embargoed 2nd one to come.

https://www.youtube.com/@mancity/videos

Cheers, and now bookmarked.

 

[tweety]

Pep was on top form there. A problem is that only a few people will see the whole video. The press will cherry pick a comment, publish a bullshit story in the mail or sun and twist the meaning of what he was saying to get the desired clicks.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Well they’ll need to win an FA Cup & league within 2 years to show our scattergun approach up.

The approach was hardly scattergun, maybe the thing that didn’t propel City forward quicker was holding on to Mark Hughes too long. The job was too big for him and he was not getting anything out of some very talented players he had at his disposal. The uptick in form when Mancini came in was apparent with the late but unsuccessful push for champions league football at the end of the 09-10 season. Finished 3rd and an Fa cup after that then 2012 happened.

 

[cheekybids]

The approach was hardly scattergun, maybe the thing that didn’t propel City forward quicker was holding on to Mark Hughes too long. The job was too big for him and he was not getting anything out of some very talented players he had at his disposal. The uptick in form when Mancini came in was apparent with the late but unsuccessful push for champions league football at the end of the 09-10 season. Finished 3rd and an Fa cup after that then 2012 happened.

Too right.

Hughes put limitations on what we could achieve. He never believed we could be the best, he said he was the best man for the job, he had the best coaches but still never believed with all the resources we could realistically challenge.

Khaldoon knew then he had to go.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

Pep giving it to the fucking hypocrites, love it

Manchester City: Pep Guardiola says his side would be 'dead' if they spent like Chelsea

Manchester City would be "under scrutiny like you cannot imagine" if they were spending like Chelsea, says boss Pep Guardiola.

www.bbc.co.uk

Quite a fair and faithful report on Pep’s presser from the BBC. No journo credited (probably career-limiting) not the kind of stuff you’d see from Roan and Slimy Stone was probably otherwise occupied halfway up Ten Hag‘s ringpiece at the time. Of course no comments allowed on this one.

 

[hertsblue]

Bizarre article in the Mail by Ladyman headlined;

How Newcastle United - led by co-owner Amanda Staveley - have learnt lessons from Manchester City's scattergun approach in 2008 to find Premier League success​

Bear in mind we won the league just 3 seasons later, but that isn't mentioned at all in the article. Instead the focus shifts to the Champions League;

"Still it took them three years to qualify for the Champions League and another two to progress beyond the group stages"

And this "scattergun" spending ?

"City made their fair share of early missteps - Robinho, Wayne Bridge and Roque Santa Cruz were three"

Just to remind new fans, Wayne Bridge cost £12m and Santa Cruz barely played through injury. Robinho was a world star name who arguably put City on the international map.

I often wonder if these "journalists" actually get back-handers from the clubs they write about. I hope so because, if they don't, they really don't know football.

its the mail, enough said.

 

[TinFoilHat]

A good interview with Ake on football focus ruined by after.

"Manchester City Target Lucas Paqueta is being investigates for alleged betting irregularities"

 

[TinFoilHat]

Adrian Durham defending our view on fixtures on Talkshite.

Makes a really good point that in the CL/Charity Shield and Super Cup were representing the Premier League as a whole and their thank you is to mess up players fitness/recovery rates.