Media discussion - 2024/25

[TShed]

Watched on BBC.
The Henderson handball outside the box has been a red card ever since I started watching football 38 years ago. It was deliberate. Listening to Mowbray and Shearer with their reasons of why that couldn't be a red card was laughable. They may as well have just said this is a small club who everyone wants to win against a big bad club who everyone wants to lose so we don't want the rules applies. It appears those in the VAR room had the same idea.

At least Rooney had the balls at half time to call it as it was and ask what the point in VAR was

I turned over to ITV after that and to be fair they kept going on about how poor the decision was regarding Henderson
But the bottom line for me is as always despite feeling like we are being persecuted on or off the pitch we are our own worst enemies
We lost that final through on our own and are as spineless as all our haters at the end of the day

 

[Shirley]

The bbc hys reflects that most of the armchair fans wanted the underdog to win.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

The bbc hys reflects that most of the armchair fans wanted the underdog to win.

Dont even go there, The BBC HYS is the cesspit of uk media at the moment & that really is saying something.

 

[Pubteam Lomas]

I had a ticket but wasn't able to go yesterday so was forced(!) to watch it at home.
A real eye-opener.
Lineker's 'yes it's a red, but I'm glad Henderson wasn't sent off because it would have spoilt the game', comment shows just where the mainstream media are.

Had that been at the other end we'd have had 'the big teams get all the decisions' mantra.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Pretty much the ideal day yesterday for the uk media,
Plucky Palace beat money bags City to win there first ever cup, Nice bit of controversy to talk about but its not one of the red top clubs suffering so nothing will done, Haaland quite sensibly (imo) decides to give the more in form penalty taker the chance and the keeper who probably should not be on the pitch saves it so its haaland was "frightened" and "Bottled it" etc etc etc,
Yep pretty much the ideal day for the uk Media.

 

[CC1]

Pretty much the ideal day yesterday for the uk media,
Plucky Palace beat money bags City to win there first ever cup, Nice bit of controversy to talk about but its not one of the red top clubs suffering so nothing will done, Haaland quite sensibly (imo) decides to give the more in form penalty taker the chance and the keeper who probably should not be on the pitch saves it so its haaland was "frightened" and "Bottled it" etc etc etc,
Yep pretty much the ideal day for the uk Media.

Not to mention some of our fans on here. Not sure if they love to criticise Pep & the players more than they enjoy winning - probably just take winning for granted because we have such a good club; manager & team …….oh, wait a minute. Is that a bit contradictory?

 

[Centurions]

Not to mention some of our fans on here. Not sure if they love to criticise Pep & the players more than they enjoy winning - probably just take winning for granted because we have such a good club; manager & team …….oh, wait a minute. Is that a bit contradictory?

No surprise with some of the very low post count posters as they're obvious trolls, but it is disappointing from others who obviously are Blue but seem to have entirely lost the plot.

 

[we are really here]

Anyone who saw ITV tell us if that was as bad? I’m guessing the cuts/crowd shots etc were from the same feed.

Twaterface made a comment along the lines of the city fans need to start making some noise. early on in the game

 

[we are really here]

No surprise with some of the very low post count posters as they're obvious trolls, but it is disappointing from others who obviously are Blue but seem to have entirely lost the plot.

This seasons a right off we understand that. But is it the fans that have lost the plot watching us regress and try the same thing against a packed out defence and a team that's happy to hit us on the break because they know we aren't as solid at the back this season.

Or is pep and the players that's lost the plot. Are we saying the team that has cemented themselves in the history books with 4 in a row. Have miraculously forgot how to play football In a system that has won them this much. Or is it the other 19 teams have adapted to our style and they've been found out.

1 man does not make a team. And we can't pin the whole system on Rodri. If we are then we are not in a good place. Because he will just become an even bigger target for teams.

 

[Bowyers Sausages]

Martin Samuel penned another good article in the Sunday Times today.
“..Having hosted the White Horse Final, and the Matthew’s Final, the Stuart Atwell Final really cannot have come as too much of a surprise…”

 

[waspish]

Martin Samuel penned another good article in the Sunday Times today.
“..Having hosted the White Horse Final, and the Matthew’s Final, the Stuart Atwell Final really cannot have come as too much of a surprise…”

https://archive.ph/rSfxd

 

[Stiff Little Wingers]

https://archive.ph/rSfxd

Best bit of writing I’ve seen about the cheating for the red card

 

[waspish]

Best bit of writing I’ve seen about the cheating for the red card

Yeah he was fair and right about making it about palace first trophy

 

[J.G.Blue.]

https://archive.ph/rSfxd

Fair enough appart from the bit about where the added time had come from? it probably came from the fact that everytime a palace player got hit by that deadly football it looked like they had been killed and the priest ran on to give them the last rights and the undertaker came on to measure them for the coffin Martin.

 

[eyalluvitt]

The official FA cup highlights don’t even show the handball or VAR non-intervention, then go on to almost raise the volume of the commentary for each Henderson save. They aren’t even subtle.

It never happened then, slipped down the back of the sofa of issstreee never to be seen again

 

[BlueFurn]

BBC breakfast at 7 yesterday morning didn’t mention Fa cup final at all… five live at 7-30 when I set off, referred to us as ‘the other Manchester Club…

 

[eboblue]

Best bit of writing I’ve seen about the cheating for the red card

"Professional Gaslighting

Best bit of writing I’ve seen about the cheating for the red card

"Professional Gaslighting Match Officials Ltd" - spot on!

 

[Centurions]

Fair enough appart from the bit about where the added time had come from? it probably came from the fact that everytime a palace player got hit by that deadly football it looked like they had been killed and the priest ran on to give them the last rights and the undertaker came on to measure them for the coffin Martin.

With Richards leaning over them screaming "stay down" at the assassins victim, how come the ref can't see or hear that and take it into account?

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Apology incoming from the BBC, for the granny shaggers City cheating again jibe.

FAT ****.

I was fucking astonished to see that he had made the punditry lineup.

Nothing to do with either club, spectacularly failed manager, cannot articulate himself, ugly as sin and thoroughly unlikeable.

What a bell end he is..........

 

[MillionMilesAway]

With Richards leaning over them screaming "stay down" at the assassins victim, how come the ref can't see or hear that and take it into account?

To be fair, both Guehi and Wharton are reported as having gone to hospital rather than the party.

It did look at the time like Wharton was milking it and being told to stay down to break up the game.

I thought 10 minutes was about right, difficult to tell what gets added for slow goalkicks, or how much should be.