Media discussion - 2024/25

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HelloCity said:
Piss off.

The BBC’s coverage of Book’s passing has been absolutely horrific. It only made the main BBC football page after numerous complaints.

City were also one of the top sides of the late 60’s and 70’s and were challenging even when not winning trophies. You’d think City were some little underdog scraping a league cup listening to that commentary.

Not covering what Book had won at City overall is just the usual sly reporting style that many have come to expect from the BBC when reporting on City. Hide the positives and bring forward any negatives.
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I know we are biased but Tony Book is a remarkable story, brought up in India, worked on the building site, didn’t make it to the top until 30 & recognised by the football writers as the player of the season. In a period of huge transfers this fella showed hard work & perseverance & stayed at the club for 60 years. Not only did he win trophy’s as a player & manager he was so well respected he was asked to present trophy’s to the latest superstar.

I’d be fascinated in his tale if it was any player with any club. It’s a small time editorial policy that misses these stories, the disrespectful cunts!
 
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cheekybids said:
I know we are biased but Tony Book is a remarkable story, brought up in India, worked on the building site, didn’t make it to the top until 30 & recognised by the football writers as the player of the season. In a period of huge transfers this fella showed hard work & perseverance & stayed at the club for 60 years. Not only did he win trophy’s as a player & manager he was so well respected he was asked to present trophy’s to the latest superstar.

I’d be fascinated in his tale if it was any player with any club. It’s a small time editorial policy that misses these stories, the disrespectful cunts!
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Let’s not forget the BBC ran a minute by minute report of the funeral of United's receptionist.

Compare and contrast
 
cheekybids said:
I know we are biased but Tony Book is a remarkable story, brought up in India, worked on the building site, didn’t make it to the top until 30 & recognised by the football writers as the player of the season. In a period of huge transfers this fella showed hard work & perseverance & stayed at the club for 60 years. Not only did he win trophy’s as a player & manager he was so well respected he was asked to present trophy’s to the latest superstar.

I’d be fascinated in his tale if it was any player with any club. It’s a small time editorial policy that misses these stories, the disrespectful cunts!
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Yes yes quite the CV I'm sure - However, I don't see long time receptionist listed on there, therefore not qualifying for the BBC live funeral coverage.............
 
HelloCity said:
Piss off.

The BBC’s coverage of Book’s passing has been absolutely horrific. It only made the main BBC football page after numerous complaints.

City were also one of the top sides of the late 60’s and 70’s and were challenging even when not winning trophies. You’d think City were some little underdog scraping a league cup listening to that commentary.

Not covering what Book had won at City overall is just the usual sly reporting style that many have come to expect from the BBC when reporting on City. Hide the positives and bring forward any negatives.
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Tony Book was the captain. He lifted 5 major trophies in 3 seasons. What was it Barry Davies said in Vienna 1970 as Skip lifted the ECWC "...it's getting to be rather a habit...". Joe Mercer..."we won everything except the Grand National." The BBC are a disgrace for airbrushing over City's history and in particular the passing of Tony Book. BBC North West Tonight never even mentioned it once.
 
JGL07 said:
The 1976 League Cup was the only trophy won when Swales was chairman.

The statement was fair in context talking about Book's spell as manager rather than as a player. Even if the wording was rather clumsy.

There are too many oversensitive souls on here looking to leap on any minor slip of the tongue.
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The British Bias Corporation is an abomination. Scripted slurs about City are pumped out for their redshirt audiences at every opportunity. Roan uses their coverage of City in exactly the same way as the rest of the US cartel client media does its bidding.
 
I normally don’t watch sky sports much and I have to say this flex person is decent. Is he a rag? Talks sense and to the point.

Didn’t expect that.
 
JGL07 said:
The 1976 League Cup was the only trophy won when Swales was chairman.

The statement was fair in context talking about Book's spell as manager rather than as a player. Even if the wording was rather clumsy.

There are too many oversensitive souls on here looking to leap on any minor slip of the tongue.
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So why was it when they showed a tribute to Denis Law did they not only show only his united career, they also just happened to show him scoring goals against us, with all our players heads down and looking dejected. They then cut to an interview with united fans quoting him saying "his best years were with united". Didn't see any City fans interview despite him also playing not once but twice for us.

There are just too many subtle (and sometimes obvious) biases in the way the BBC report on us compared to the two red north west clubs for it to be just a case of there being "too many oversensitive souls" here.
 
Moss Side's Finest said:
So why was it when they showed a tribute to Denis Law did they not only show only his united career, they also just happened to show him scoring goals against us, with all our players heads down and looking dejected. They then cut to an interview with united fans quoting him saying "his best years were with united". Didn't see any City fans interview despite him also playing not once but twice for us.

There are just too many subtle (and sometimes obvious) biases in the way the BBC report on us compared to the two red north west clubs for it to be just a case of there being "too many oversensitive souls" here.
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The BBC’s constant digs at us are real enough. In plain sight, for all to see.
 
JGL07 said:
The 1976 League Cup was the only trophy won when Swales was chairman.

The statement was fair in context talking about Book's spell as manager rather than as a player. Even if the wording was rather clumsy.

There are too many oversensitive souls on here looking to leap on any minor slip of the tongue.
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Why didn’t they talk about his playing career with us?? Bit too successful???
 
City under Book were a top team and so close to getting on a run of trophies. Remember Liverpool were really on a roll at the time, similar to City in recent years and very established, experienced side. My first season watchin̈g 76-77 City were 1 point behind Livpl in second. Also Book had lost Colin Bell, City's legend, in his prime through injury and missed the whole season. Surely if he had been fit, they would have won the league that season and won more trophies under Book. Disrespectful journalism by the BBC and a typical negative takeaway from them.
 
wolviedinho said:
I normally don’t watch sky sports much and I have to say this flex person is decent. Is he a rag? Talks sense and to the point.

Didn’t expect that.
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Yeah. He’s a rag but grown up in the City era so has respect - unlike the entitled Neville
 
Stuff like this (screenshot below) is why Blues believe the media is completely red shirt driven, and yet we are then accused of being precious or paranoid when we complain.

The article (which I won't link to) has obviously been put together to protect the legacy of Law as only really being a true United legend. It goes into intricate detail to try and argue that him scoring the famous back heel did not technically relegate the rags, but rather it was other results that did it. Whilst there is some truth in what is written, the back heel was a material contributor to their downfall, yet the Fail has gone out of its way to publish a story about an event decades ago solely to protect the United legacy that he was one of their "Holy Trinity".

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Moss Side's Finest said:
So why was it when they showed a tribute to Denis Law did they not only show only his united career, they also just happened to show him scoring goals against us, with all our players heads down and looking dejected. They then cut to an interview with united fans quoting him saying "his best years were with united". Didn't see any City fans interview despite him also playing not once but twice for us.

There are just too many subtle (and sometimes obvious) biases in the way the BBC report on us compared to the two red north west clubs for it to be just a case of there being "too many oversensitive souls" here.
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309 games for them, 81 for Huddersfield, 68 for us & 27 for Torino. I'm sorry but how else are they going to portray him other than as a rag player mainly. Hell he had almost as many games for Scotland as us. In fact Huddersfield fans would have more reason to feel aggrieved.

This point scoring by comparing Book, Law and even their training centre receptionist' s deaths and coverage is small time.

Yes, the BBC Sports Football department are arseholes but try and move on.
 
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