Media Discussion - 2023/24

[oakiecokie]

And the irony here is, he couldn’t be any more irrelevant.. He’s a bit like a rich man’s Joey Barton, thinking he’s an intellect and superior to the rest of us, whereas reality tells a different story..
He regularly spouts shit in completely the wrong context or worse, uses words that either don’t exist or he’s bastardised through a lack of knowledge of the English language, to cobble together a sentence he thinks will make him appear clever …!

In short … He’s a thick ****…!!!!

Amended.

 

[eyalluvitt]

If you ever get the chance to read some fans forums after we've just played them at their place, in general our fans get a good review.
The media finds it a struggle to slag our team off as we're so good.
So an easy option to have a go at our club is to have a go at our support any chance they get, and not give any credit when it's deserved.
We know their game and have gotten used to it over recent years.
Let them have their fun, while we have our fun winning trophies.

It’s nonsense but it’s a coping mechanism for a lot of fans, they listen to us out sing them for 90mins then jump Ont’internet saying how quiet we were

 

[cheekybids]

I've had the misfortune to hear Jordan on the radio when in other people's cars on a couple of occasions.

As you say, he uses language to create the illusion he both knows what he's talking about and to demand the rest of us in 'The Great Unwashed' pay due attention to him.

Naught but a grandiloquent sesquipedalianist..

..or as my old Aunty Elsie used to say back in Hulme, 'nowt but a gobsh*te'..

Eddie Hearn always schools him & he hates being called a Disc Jockey…… Always refer to him as the Disc Jockey for that reason.

 

[cheekybids]

It’s unfair now because City make the most money and can therefore spend more

& will have even more next year with the club World Cup.

It’s fucking hilarious that we used to joke about playing friendlies in the Middle East to circumvent FFP & FIFA created the competition.

 

[waspish]

It’s unfair now because City make the most money and can therefore spend more

Yep it's unfair now because the rags and arsenal want to spend big but can't ! They made there bed so tough shit

 

[Inca Roads Bert]

I wonder if any of the sports journalists (!) who were so fiercely critical of the UAE’s involvement in the war in Yemen will now be equally vocal about the US/UK air strikes?

C'mon Yemen. Please obliterate those fucking genocidal yanks and their 52nd state lapdogs and expose their racist white supremacist red butt sniffing goebbelsian media.

 

[Inca Roads Bert]

As we know,ffp was introduced to stop City and it has failed.The noises are getting louder now and it’s only a matter of time until they scrap ffp,with the main reason being,..you guessed it,..to stop City!Thundercunts,..the lot of them.

Now those cunts are twisting the narrative once more (that geordie **** amongst others) telling that City invented the FFP to be favoured by breaking its rules, and block the barcodes investment; ycnmiu.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Of course, the wealthiest wins mostly. Good example Aston Villa early success Scottish wealthy benefactor., Arsenal bank of England club enticed Chapman from Huddersfield with the promises of huge transfer kitty. It always has been this way but it doesn't make it a great league. FFP only brought in when the red tops lost control of the league but it definitely came too late. It wasn't good for the rest in the '70's when Liverpool were buying the likes of Ray Kennedy from Arsenal. I mean who else could buy one of the best young players in the country from another top club!!! Only Liverpool could pay that sort of money then. Got to be a better way than the wealthiest just winning really. Definitely keep relegation though, just make it fairer for all.

You are, of course, right, that there should some element of FFP if we actually want a real sport. And we should stop looking at how other clubs were successful in the past and why. The sport and the world have moved on.

The question is: if you want to fix football now with level "playing fields", exciting leagues, protection of community assets, ability for different clubs to challenge and the rest, how would you do it?

Asking because I have no idea. :)

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Yes, Klopp is indeed handicapped.
But by the fact that the Boston Red Sox is the focal point for the Fenway Sports Group.
It's amazing how many media people ignore the fact that for the majority of American-owned clubs, British "soccer" is just a cash-cow.
Think even Wrexham was seen as a gamble worth taking, as their return to the Football League would be a Cinderella story, so loads of positive publicity that couldn't be replicated in America...

I know you put the word “soccer” in quotes as a seemingly negative connotation, but you should look up where that word comes from, who used it first, why, and why the word persists to this day!

Why Do Some People Call Football “Soccer”? | Britannica

You play it with your feet, right?

www.britannica.com

 

[ChicagoBlue]

You are, of course, right, that there should some element of FFP if we actually want a real sport. And we should stop looking at how other clubs were successful in the past and why. The sport and the world have moved on.

The question is: if you want to fix football now with level "playing fields", exciting leagues, protection of community assets, ability for different clubs to challenge and the rest, how would you do it?

Asking because I have no idea. :)

Revenue sharing? Transfer fees based on revenue? Protected players and players able to be poached each season?

The answers all seem quite unpalatable to most, because those that strive to achieve (and do so!) are “punished” by the socialistic aspects of creating an “even playing field” every season.

There is a thought that some revenues should be shared and some revenues are within the purview of the club and their ability to self-generate revenue, and should thus be shielded from any sharing process.

Some might say this almost mirrors what we have today, so what does one change to create greater “equality”?

Is equality of revenues even a worthwhile, achievable goal???

So many questions!!!