To be honest I am not sure he does. It wasn't a suggestion that I would expect to realistically happen, just something that would be great in an ideal world ! I will however follow up the idea of contacting BT and sow the seed....Send them some feedback then... does he even live over here these days?
They use it as a stick to beat us with,we should win because we have spent so much money,it's never we should win because we are playing great football,it's the tone and words that none of the other english team get
You are missing the point,every other word of the build up and commentary is about our money and they don't do that for any other team,they don't base their remarks on madrid,rags or barca's money,it's not in a nice way they use ours,it's every game,every paper every news channel,maybe you just don't understand as you don't live hereBut surely that puts us in the same position of say PSG or RM or Barca. Other maybe richer PL clubs are not viewed as that good yet so their progress towards our level must be monitored in order to plot their progress towards us.
They have effectively decided we are of that quality because we ought to win. I'm quite happy for them to concede our superiority because of our investments.
You are missing the point,every other word of the build up and commentary is about our money and they don't do that for any other team,they don't base their remarks on madrid,rags or barca's money,it's not in a nice way they use ours,it's every game,every paper every news channel,maybe you just don't understand as you don't live here
Yeah, need to jib it...Bollocks that. No chance of getting any money out of me anyway.................
Ha! I'll chip em up, you nod them in....well playedWell it happened to be Burnley, but it could have been Rotterdam or anywhere, Liverpool or Rome...
Ha! I'll chip em up, you nod them in....well played
I think if they want someone who knows what they are talking about, and has some character, look no further that The Goat.
It was an interesting watch last night for American Blues. The two games Fox chose to televise were of course Liverpool and Spurs, but they did offer the City game on Fox Sports Facebook Live. Stu Holden was one of the commentators, and of course he kept going on and on about money.
They were making it very interactive with the fans because anyone watching was capable of leaving comments on the feed and the commentators and female host were both interacting with the comments.
At halftime, they were discussing our possibilities of going deep in the competition, to which Holden said the semis were a minimum, but laughed off the idea of us getting to a final. Not sure how those two thoughts can really go together. Which is another thing I find so funny with the hatred by the media and fans of other clubs, they are so quick to talk about the money we spend and saying we're buying success, but then hate on us for potentially succeeding with the players we spend big on. You can't have it both ways. The money talk is obviously just a safety net for them to justify our success, saying we should be doing well for what we spent.
Also, he went on to talk about Sterling's deadline day news and even said "he was ready to go to Arsenal before a deal broke down." Myself and others were quick to tell him he didn't know what he was talking about and it was quite funny to see him get worked up and defensive trying to justify what he was saying. That was one of the better spots of them being able to see what we were all saying, a predominantly City-supporting set of viewers.
I tried to fight this for so long, but mentioned earlier in this thread that it's pointless -- the narrative is now etched in stone, whatever our accomplishments. I don't see it so much as a press agenda against us as I do a continuation of the narrative that helps differentiate us from others and contextualize where we sit in the football world. And since the rags, Liverpool and others are permanent darlings, they have to have a counterpoint, or an enemy, for the story to continue, which is what the job of the press man is -- to add chapters to the story.
Because our on-pitch success won't ever be enough for them to change their narrative. Ever.
I think that it is more than the narrative requirement for an anti-hero with which to contrast the teams you mention. I think it is far more sinister.
I believe that there is a concerted effort to damage us commercially. People scoff at the idea that a major sponsor would be influenced by what the media have to say but to suggest that is to ignore the purpose of advertising. Who, on earth, would want to associate themselves with a product which is overwhelmingly mentioned with negative connotations ? Sure we're getting some blue chip deals but nothing like the size of those clubs whose "advertising" is overwhelmingly positive and whose employees are placed front stage to promote the brand.
Paul Lake is very articulate and would, IMO, be a good pundit.
Have you heard Shaun on BBC Manchester? He's one of my City heroes but as a pundit; never.
The Dutch media will take the lead from their UK counterparts, so this is hardly a surprise that they latch on to all the negatives. It's the exact opposite with the Rag's.Been reading and listening to Dutch media these last few days. Hardly a surprise that it's been mentioned over and over again how much our squad costs and how the Sheik changed the club (not the fans, but that's not worth mentioning) and the big difference money wise.
Again hardly surprising that none of this has been mentioned when Feyeniord played the rags last year. Or when a Dutch team plays Real or Barcelona.
Ok, let's talk about 'moneybags' Manchester City.
The media certainly have an axe to grind regarding this topic. However, there is no balance.
Say we spend £150 million on six players, why do they not say, "but the rags spent the same on TWO players!"
Without some balance their condemnations are laughable .