Media Thread 2017/18

[Deleted member 77198]

And all we had to do to get that praise was go on the longest winning streak and play the greatest football in PL history! If only we’d known, we could have done it sooner!

But that’s it. With the money we’ve spent we’ve hugely underachieved. We’ve only challenged for the title in the two seasons we’ve won it in the ten years we’ve had the money. I think the media expected a damn sight more from us and have rightly ridiculed us for it all and for everthing else because we aren’t providing them with exciting title challenges. Especially when you see that Leicester could win the league in that time n’all. That’s why Arsenal get so much stick from the media. Spurs are already being talked of like us and Arsenal have done in the past because of their poor Prem season so far.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Not for one minute do i think we have under achieved since 2009 , when you consider Sheik Mansour took over a mid table team without a trophy for 35 years , you cannot compare our situation with a club like Chelsea , Abramovich took over a top four club with recent cup successes their progression was far quicker. It takes time to build a club to dominate football especially in a very competitive premier league , baconface had nearly a decade at the swamp with similar resources before the Rags dominated. The last four seasons we have rightly or wrongly waited for the coach to take us to the next level , and now we are seeing that patience come to fruition , if you want to refer to us as underchievers then lets see where we are at the end of Pep's contract , there will be quite a few supporters and pundits consuming large portions of humble pie. The majority of our supporters are a patient bunch , we have had to be , so waiting nearly ten years for the club to dominate football in this country is a piece of cake , but if you jumped on the bandwagon in 2009 i suppose your expectations would vary.

 

[oakiecokie]

Not for one minute do i think we have under achieved since 2009 , when you consider Sheik Mansour took over a mid table team without a trophy for 35 years , you cannot compare our situation with a club like Chelsea , Abramovich took over a top four club with recent cup successes their progression was far quicker. It takes time to build a club to dominate football especially in a very competitive premier league , baconface had nearly a decade at the swamp with similar resources before the Rags dominated. The last four seasons we have rightly or wrongly waited for the coach to take us to the next level , and now we are seeing that patience come to fruition , if you want to refer to us as underchievers then lets see where we are at the end of Pep's contract , there will be quite a few supporters and pundits consuming large portions of humble pie. The majority of our supporters are a patient bunch , we have had to be , so waiting nearly ten years for the club to dominate football in this country is a piece of cake , but if you jumped on the bandwagon in 2009 i suppose your expectations would vary.

Spot on Jimbo.

 

[Rolee]

But that’s it. With the money we’ve spent we’ve hugely underachieved. We’ve only challenged for the title in the two seasons we’ve won it in the ten years we’ve had the money. I think the media expected a damn sight more from us and have rightly ridiculed us for it all and for everthing else because we aren’t providing them with exciting title challenges. Especially when you see that Leicester could win the league in that time n’all. That’s why Arsenal get so much stick from the media. Spurs are already being talked of like us and Arsenal have done in the past because of their poor Prem season so far.

With all due respect, fuck right off with that bullshit.

 

[SilverFox2]

But that’s it. With the money we’ve spent we’ve hugely underachieved. We’ve only challenged for the title in the two seasons we’ve won it in the ten years we’ve had the money. I think the media expected a damn sight more from us and have rightly ridiculed us for it all and for everthing else because we aren’t providing them with exciting title challenges. Especially when you see that Leicester could win the league in that time n’all. That’s why Arsenal get so much stick from the media. Spurs are already being talked of like us and Arsenal have done in the past because of their poor Prem season so far.

Exactly, if we had any decency we would go back to under achieving rather than suddenly becoming Europes most feared team. No consideration for the gradual way that allows historically successful teams to catch up. In fact we have no place in the current PL and seem to be ruining the whole global plan for the worlds best league.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

With all due respect, fuck right off with that bullshit.

Indeed solid bases take time to build we started off with nothing concrete to build on.

 

[Kinky Dribbler]

It has only taken 8 years or so, but It felt so good listening to Carragher and Henry waxing lyrical over Dave and Kev on Sly Sports. Best Manchester City player ever, a PL legend. Kev might get to the same level in a few years. They are finally climbing on the bus.

To be fair, Henry salivates over Silva on a regular basis, has done nearly every time he's covered a City game since he started working for Sky.

 

[Rolee]

“I allowed them [Tottenham] to self-destruct so all the media, all the people in the world went: ‘Tottenham lost the title,’” Clattenburg told NBC’s Men in Blazers podcast.

Clattenburg admits he didn't ref to the letter of the law and went in with a game plan because he was afraid what the media might say about him.

Something I've suspected for years, we have been the media's pantomime villain for a decade now so it's easier for refs to give decisions against us.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

In a half hour FA Cup draw, the only "special" status given to any team when they read out the numbers was "Manchester City, the team the whole of Europe want to watch at the moment".

 

[Rolee]

In a half hour FA Cup draw, the only "special" status given to any team when they read out the numbers was "Manchester City, the team the whole of Europe want to watch at the moment".

Tell that to Irish broadcasters. They haven't shown City once in the CL this year.