Media discussion - 2024/25

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gordondaviesmoustache said:
There isn’t another club where the narrative of the renewal of the contract of a genuine star player’s contract would be framed in the terms of that article. Can anyone imagine if United had such a player that the article would be framed around what would happen if their huge losses continued or a club like Real came knocking on the very day the contract was extended?

And once again an article dishonestly ignores the most likely backstory to this contract renewal, namely the discernible confidence of the club at the outcome, which cannot have occurred in a vacuum, and has to be more evidence based than that of any party other than the PL, who were in ‘the room’ with the club throughout. That’s the actual story. To any reasoned person possessing any critical thinking skills that is surely the most obvious conclusion to draw, and yet it conspicuously doesn’t feature. In terms of article writing, by any objective measure that is, at the very least, grossly negligent.

It’s more of the same tedious bullshit that we’ve had to deal with for many years. It’s as predictable as the inferences from the same sources that we ‘got away with it’ when we are cleared of the substantive charges.
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They start with a premise, construct a lie or work of fiction to suit that premise and stick with the premise in the face of all logic and reasoned responses.
Infuriating, but by now.....tedious.
 
GaudinoMotors said:
They start with a premise, construct a lie or work of fiction to suit that premise and stick with the premise in the face of all logic and reasoned responses.
Infuriating, but by now.....tedious.
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It shows how little professional self-respect he has that he’s willing to completely ignore the most logical and likely explanation. Even Jackson isn’t that thick to be unable to read the room on this, but instead he’s willing to put his name to something replete with sophistry.

Embarrassing ****.
 
Beaker said:
Reading that article, I’m reminded of the stories of the Japanese soldiers still wandering the jungle, refusing to accept their country had surrendered 20 years after the second world war had ended.

Whilst the realisation is dawning on most other people hoping for our demise, this guy is still asking “what if City are playing Plymouth or Doncaster next season? What if Real Madrid decide they want him?” Read the room, it’s over, the disastrous ending for our club you’d hoped for isn’t happening. Acceptance is the first step.
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The most telling thing about the article is the part where he states it ‘provokes several interesting questions’ but then conspicuously fails to ask the most obvious one!
 
Beaker said:
Reading that article, I’m reminded of the stories of the Japanese soldiers still wandering the jungle, refusing to accept their country had surrendered 20 years after the second world war had ended.

Whilst the realisation is dawning on most other people hoping for our demise, this guy is still asking “what if City are playing Plymouth or Doncaster next season? What if Real Madrid decide they want him?” Read the room, it’s over, the disastrous ending for our club you’d hoped for isn’t happening. Acceptance is the first step.
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Superb analogy…..

& to add my bit Lieutenant Hiroo Onada engaged in guerilla warfare until surrendering in 1974 which we can all agree was a good year for football.
 
give it to gordon said:
This is fantastic news for the pl, the world's best striker to stay in the pl for ten years.......oh wait I forget the American cartel give me brown envelopes.
It's absence how can City afford to pay Haaland a million pound aweek with the 115 verdict of guilty and relegation just around the corner........

Being a journalist is piss easy and I failed my CSE English
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CSE! Giving your age away there mate (as am I) lol.
 
BTH said:
It seems the one thing this particularly thin-skinned gentleman of the press can't tolerate is free speech in the form of criticism, however mild.
I feel my work here is done, but I fear Jamie is in for a busy day on his socials...
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Ha ha what a mard arsed Rag **** - I mean paradise BTH not you :)
Great work blue!
 
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cheekybids said:
Superb analogy…..

& to add my bit Lieutenant Hiroo Onada engaged in guerilla warfare until surrendering in 1974 which we can all agree was a good year for football.
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That’s fantastic knowledge. That’s 29 years after the war ended, I wonder if Mr. Jackson will still be penning articles about our impending doom in 2054???
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
The most telling thing about the article is the part where he states it ‘provokes several interesting questions’ but then conspicuously fails to ask the most obvious one!
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You know the Guardian has an editorial line on almost everything of note and that extends to their sports coverage. There's some flexibility here and there, but the default factory setting is restored if it veers too far off message.

The Guardian's view on City, or to be specific our owners, is pretty much set in stone, I'll not insult your intelligence by reiterating it, so questions that serve the line get asked, those that do not, do not.
 
Onholiday(somemightsay) said:
With a thousand percent certainty, people are being incentivised not to.............
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I need some work doing on the house and I'm figuring out if I can afford it.

I'm an idiot, I should re-label it a regeneration project, list all the benefits for the workers I'll employ and throw in some extravagant but vague knock on effects for the local community and bingo! I'll get the council to stump up.
 
The perfect fumble said:
The big question here is....who's paying for this?

Manchester United take step towards potential 100,000-seat stadium​

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ter-united-potential-new-stadium-old-trafford

Yet no one seems to ask it.
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The Government. The "Old Trafford Regeneration Project" has put together a report they've sent to GMCA saying that if the Government pay for it then it will cause an extra £7bn and 90,000 jobs to be brought into the UK economy. But don't ask how. And no, neither you or any journalists are allowed to read this report or see their calculations

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BTH said:
It seems the one thing this particularly thin-skinned gentleman of the press can't tolerate is free speech in the form of criticism, however mild.
I feel my work here is done, but I fear Jamie is in for a busy day on his socials...
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He should have been absolutely thrilled that you related his deranged assembly of words with "journalism".
 
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