Media discussion - 2024/25

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Not milking it , it was awful.

Whoosh.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

I was also there and I disagree with you on a couple of points. Firstly scoring away in the last ten minutes to simultaneously save yourselves and relegate another team instead, the team you’ve scored against, is about as good as it gets as a football fan, especially given the relative size of the two clubs then and the journey they’d been on through the divisions.

Disagree that we were crap, relatively speaking. We’d challenged for the league the previous season and I feel that was the best City team to be relegated since we were promoted in 1966, the 1996 team running them close. We’d been mid table when John Bond resigned in January. No one was talking of relegation then. Our decline and demise was unexpected and sudden and it never ceases to amaze me that John Benson always seems to get missed off worst City managers lists, as he was a complete fucking disaster.

So it was a huge result for Luton.

Don’t care what some bitter on the radio thinks. Illey broke the cunts and that’s why they are still crying

I don't recall anyone predicting a relegation dogfight after the euphoria of Bobby McDonald keeping Watford goalless and City top of the table with a 100% record.

However our impressive start was equally unexpected as the previous season had tailed off quite spectacularly with poor results from the last 20 games and attendances regularly falling below 30,000.

I agree completely about John Benson but I also think John Bond made some short-term poor decisions and somehow we ended up with a squad that might have been considerably stronger with Bennett, Mackenzie and Palmer, plus Clive Wilson who Bond had publicly slated on a number of occasions in his match programme notes, and who never really featured until 84-85.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Awful day, such a shock because I’d never known us be relegated and there was never any real prospect of us going down until that final day.

When Antic scored that was the first time we’d been in the relegation places all season!

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I agree completely about John Benson but I also think John Bond made some short-term poor decisions and somehow we ended up with a squad that might have been considerably stronger with Bennett, Mackenzie and Palmer, plus Clive Wilson who Bond had publicly slated on a number of occasions in his match programme notes, and who never really featured until 84-85.

Yes, Bond left us in a poor state, but even so!

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

I cried as an 18 year old....the next time was the Stoke final.

Same here.

 

[chesterbells]

A heads up if anyone interested, City 115 case due to be discussed in the next half hour on Radio 4’s PR show, When It Hits The Fan.
On now till 5pm.

A warning to a few on here though; remember this is the BBC …

Edit. Seems to be the more recent case not 115

 

[freshie]

Ffs :)

 

[Blue Mist]

As you are all going on about Luton relegating us.....
I believe, we relegated them some years previous at their ground on the last day of the season
I was stood in the City away end, we'd won and they were down. As soon as the whistle went thousands poured from the home end heading towards us.
Me, like most, just turned and fucked off before carnage happened. I'm no hero.

Please tell me I'm right. Matron will be around with my meds soon but I'm sure it happened.

 

[Southern KK]

A heads up if anyone interested, City 115 case due to be discussed in the next half hour on Radio 4’s PR show, When It Hits The Fan.
On now till 5pm.

A warning to a few on here though; remember this is the BBC …

Edit. Seems to be the more recent case not 115

Thanks, had a listen.

David Yelland (ex Sun) and a Blue, summed up by saying sports journalists, bless them, do not know much about financial matters, that the British Media are in the main more against City, a difficult subject for them to summarise, they are all based in London where there are few City fans, and said let the facts speak from them selves.

 

[surprisedbygrass]

A heads up if anyone interested, City 115 case due to be discussed in the next half hour on Radio 4’s PR show, When It Hits The Fan.
On now till 5pm.

A warning to a few on here though; remember this is the BBC …

Edit. Seems to be the more recent case not 115

Thanks for the heads up . About the APT case . DOI . One presenter a Blue , one an Arsenal fan but both trying to be impartial . Blue won the argument that the PL scored a PR own goal by briefing so quickly last Monday about it being " business as usual with a few minor tweaks" and now looking stupid , as they are having to row back. Made me laugh when they suggested sports journalists wouldn't have a scoobie about the meaning of this case and several rushed to press, accepting the briefing from the PL as gospel while City , true to form , released a club statement then sat back ....Maybe they need to have a word down at BBC Sport ...