Media discussion - 2024/25

[solley attwell]

From the Daily Mirror:

Ex-Man Utd player gets chance at Championship manager job after surprise sacking

Stoke City have announced the surprise departure of boss Steven Schumacher, giving ex-Manchester United academy prospect Ryan Shawcross the chance to manage in the Championship

www.mirror.co.uk

Which club do most people - let alone Stoke City fans - associate with Ryan Shawcross?

Years	Team	Apps	Goals
2006-08	Trafford Red Sox	0	0
2007	Royal Antwerp (loan)	22	3
2007-08	Stoke City (loan)	26	6
2008-21	Stoke City	375	16
2021-22	Inter Miami	12	0

But you see that all the time. Ex Manchester City captain Matt Busby managing the Busby Babes to glory

 

[Brooklands Blue]

Wow! The good old bbc as independent and impartial as ever in their reporting of their beloved Rags.

 

[eyalluvitt]

Strange you should mention OT attendance, because I cannot find the figure on bbc.
Attendance figures used be put at the bottom of the lineups tab on the bbc match reports.
It’s now on the headline graphic, showing score, scorers, stadium and attendance.

But continuing a tradition of many many years, which I’ve pointed out before, United’s attendance figure is missing (all other LC matches have it), due to it not being anywhere near the mythical 75000 ‘can’t get a ticket/always full’ bollox

If we get 50,456 tonight they will publish their attendance as 50,457 and the circle jerking media will be full of sarcastic articles gaslighting us

 

[Thebigbluehouse]

Talk shite posed the question. " Has Rashit turned a corner after last night performance " I'm not even interested what he did last night and I will not be googling it.

 

[ballbag]

From the Daily Mirror:

Ex-Man Utd player gets chance at Championship manager job after surprise sacking

Stoke City have announced the surprise departure of boss Steven Schumacher, giving ex-Manchester United academy prospect Ryan Shawcross the chance to manage in the Championship

www.mirror.co.uk

Which club do most people - let alone Stoke City fans - associate with Ryan Shawcross?

Years	Team	Apps	Goals
2006-08	Trafford Red Sox	0	0
2007	Royal Antwerp (loan)	22	3
2007-08	Stoke City (loan)	26	6
2008-21	Stoke City	375	16
2021-22	Inter Miami	12	0

Break a leg, Ryan.

He'll be ex-Stoke when he gets them relegated.

 

[Kippax77]

When was our game against Inter postponed, can't see it mentioned on the Beeb's football page.

Especially as the dippers game was billed as a 2005 champs league final re-run

 

[He’stheleftbackremember]

Strange you should mention OT attendance, because I cannot find the figure on bbc.
Attendance figures used be put at the bottom of the lineups tab on the bbc match reports.
It’s now on the headline graphic, showing score, scorers, stadium and attendance.

But continuing a tradition of many many years, which I’ve pointed out before, United’s attendance figure is missing (all other LC matches have it), due to it not being anywhere near the mythical 75000 ‘can’t get a ticket/always full’ bollox

All other League Cup attendances are given on BBC website at the end of the match report, except you know who. Funny that, if it were full do you think it too would have been given?

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

I see the BBC are also trying to reinvigorate the hype around harry kane. They say stats don't lie, but 3 pens and a scrappy rebound are the truth.

 

[salfordbluetrue]

Wow! The good old bbc as independent and impartial as ever in their reporting of their beloved Rags.

Loved the way they mixed the utd game in with the CL games

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Strange you should mention OT attendance, because I cannot find the figure on bbc.
Attendance figures used be put at the bottom of the lineups tab on the bbc match reports.
It’s now on the headline graphic, showing score, scorers, stadium and attendance.

But continuing a tradition of many many years, which I’ve pointed out before, United’s attendance figure is missing (all other LC matches have it), due to it not being anywhere near the mythical 75000 ‘can’t get a ticket/always full’ bollox

Every single game bar the one you mention, played in England last night, that has a clickable link to the stats, has the attendance listed, which is odd but not unexpected…..

 

[TinFoilHat]

Funny how this player striking talk has blown up now a blue has weighed in on it. Barely registered when a dipper said the same last week.

 

[deano ou812]

Every single game bar the one you mention, played in England last night, that has a clickable link to the stats, has the attendance listed, which is odd but not unexpected…..

They haven’t disclosed it as it was no where near a sellout probably around 35,000-40,000 tops

 

[madloaf]

The attendance for last nights united game appears to have been deleted from all teh internet.

there is this picture - which i think shows the whole top deck completely empty.

unfortunately i couldn't look at it for more than two seconds because of the **** on it.

 

[Big Swifty]

A headline in the Times reads "Rashford runs riot" - Two goals is OK, but I think "runs riot" is somewhat overstating the case

Come back when he has as many hat-tricks as Haaland

 

[Gingers Dad]

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter at Old Trafford

"My impression of Antony changed this summer when, along with a couple of other journalists, I interviewed him in Los Angeles on Manchester United's pre-season tour.

He was close to tears as he spoke about his tough upbringing in the favela, where some of his close friends lost their lives."

I mean, its fucking embarrassing at this point.

I'm shocked! Simon Stone was in Los Angeles following a mid-table premier league team on their preseason tour. At least it wasn't at the tax payers expense

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

It was a

I think the over egging the north London derby into the greatest derby of all is very sinister how it’s being manufactured. Nobody has ever given a fuck about it, I’m certain he’s been told by Sky to do this. It’s embarrassing!

Shit game last Sunday.

 

[Blue Til Death]

No blues around to interrupt his on camera diatribe.
Lots of stuff about the sanctions City might face. As usual nothing about City being found “not guilty”

Basically City are already guilty, or they find a loophole (media term for innocence) and are still cheating the system ..
All in all we are guilty …




Of nothing more than playing the red cunts at their own game and destroying them all on and off the pitch… CTID

 

[Blue Til Death]

A headline in the Times reads "Rashford runs riot" - Two goals is OK, but I think "runs riot" is somewhat overstating the case

Come back when he has as many hat-tricks as Haaland

Playing top flight opposition, not the dog n duck ladies team..

 

[hertsblue]

Assume we are playing tonight and its clearly the tie of the opening fixtures and so far zero acknowledgment of the game on BBC,
What is typical of them is a story on Celtic with a link to Celtic page under it, story about Emery with Villa under it, story on mendieta with Valencia under it, story about Stones with football not City under it, so petty.

 

[SilvaisSkyBlue]

From the Daily Mirror:

Ex-Man Utd player gets chance at Championship manager job after surprise sacking

Stoke City have announced the surprise departure of boss Steven Schumacher, giving ex-Manchester United academy prospect Ryan Shawcross the chance to manage in the Championship

www.mirror.co.uk

Which club do most people - let alone Stoke City fans - associate with Ryan Shawcross?

Years	Team	Apps	Goals
2006-08	Trafford Red Sox	0	0
2007	Royal Antwerp (loan)	22	3
2007-08	Stoke City (loan)	26	6
2008-21	Stoke City	375	16
2021-22	Inter Miami	12	0

Similar to the more than once described yernited legend that is Dion Dublin!