Media Thread 2017/18

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I get the distinct impression that some media sources are building us up, (ie invincible, best football the Premier League has ever seen) just so they can go to town on us if we lose a couple of games. In recent weeks in terms of coverage of our scintillating football it's near choked so8me quarters of the media and although they have had no choice but to praise us you can see them all champing at the bit waiting for us to have a blip so they can jump on the City bashing bandwagon. You only have to look at the back pages today to see the out pouring of rag hysteria because they beat a shit Newcastle side, it's absolutely laughable. I really hope that come derby day Pep has them well and truly revved up and sends them out with a clear message to show no mercy. For us to shut them and the media up this season once and for all we need to give them the hiding of a lifetime and make sure come Christmas we are that far in front they'll need a telescope. I dread to think what it will be like if they do a park the bus job on us and nick a win. The media will explode with an endless cliche of headlines, followed by a request that it be celebrated by way of a public holiday and weeks of hearing about the tactical genius of Moaninho. For the love of God Pep don't let this happen, put the team of arrogant wankers and the 650 million cretins out of their misery once and for all.
 
BBC Football.

"They are playing some of the best football ever played in the history of the Premier League. I think we're looking at another invincible team this season."

BBC pundit Garth Crooks was just one of those who lavished praise on Manchester City this weekend after they brushed aside Leicester 2-0 to give them a 16th consecutive win and the joint-best start to a Premier League season.

Afterwards, Leicester boss Claude Puel called City "the best team in Europe".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42038034
 
Looks like a build em up to knock em down scenario here. Hopefully we just keep on winning and leave the c*nts floundering
 
jrb said:
Only because you've constantly recommend it over the years. ;-)

Do you want the truth?

I used to queue up for the Pink Final at my local newsagents after the match. Then I'd go to the chippy next door. Then I'd watch match of the day later that saturday evening, waiting for the last 3 minute slot of the programme for City. A perfect saturday.

Years later I used to get it delivered.

Then I used to get it for free in town.

Then I began using it to light fires to burn leaves, paperwork, etc.

Now I wouldn't wipe my arse with it.

The only time I go on the MUEN website is to scroll through the business news, just to see if they have the odd new snippet.

That's after I've managed to get past all the adds, surveys, social media bollocks, etc.

But if you can make it add and survey free, get the Trinity/MUEN to employ a City supporting Journalist, and get the main City article stuck at the top of the page like the United one is, instead of at the bottom of the page near the MUEN contact number, then I might start reading it again.

On second thoughts, not a fucking chance. Rag infested Rag!

PS. Perhaps Trinity should move the MUEN sports department to the BBC at Mediacity.
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And your point being ?
You are obsessed with finding any type of article in any newspaper,tv,websites, which show any sort of negativity towards City.
What a sad life you must live.Why not concentrate on all the positives we are now receiving,even from those people we least expect.
Its so more refreshing and wonderful than trawling through every Tom,Dick and Harrys write ups about City NOT being on the front page of this,that and `tother.Who honestly gives a flying fuck if the Rags have more column inches than likul ol` City.
I know who I`d sooner be watching and thankfully we have the best manager in the world and the best Owner.
Its great being a City fan ... unless you want to find negativity that doesn`t really exist in the first place on some of your "wonderful finds".
Man up. ;)
 
You just know all the "they will go unbeaten" talk is so that they can claim one defeat is somehow a failure.
 
The BBC have praised us every week on MOTD, so has Lineker post interviewing Guardiola.

I'm not sure how they are seen as impartial. They will also have more articles about United, as they generate more interest. I wouldn't call it impartial though.
 
oldhamblue said:
Looks like a build em up to knock em down scenario here. Hopefully we just keep on winning and leave the c*nts floundering
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Noticed this the last couple of weeks,while some of the pundits seem to be genuinely lavishing praise on us you've got Neville saying yesterday he really thinks we can go the season undefeated,yet it was only 2 weeks ago he was saying the big test would be the next couple of months when we might toil for results like we did last season after a great start.
You get the feeling some of them feel the best way to attack us at the moment is to build us up so much it's then easy to put the boot in at anything less than a comfortable win.
 
Surely if people only want to read nice things about us, then only read the positive articles.
That's what I do. Wait for some nice poster to put up a link to a positive article.
 
rabby said:
Noticed this the last couple of weeks,while some of the pundits seem to be genuinely lavishing praise on us you've got Neville saying yesterday he really thinks we can go the season undefeated,yet it was only 2 weeks ago he was saying the big test would be the next couple of months when we might toil for results like we did last season after a great start.
You get the feeling some of them feel the best way to attack us at the moment is to build us up so much it's then easy to put the boot in at anything less than a comfortable win.
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It is just jealousy mate...take neville towing the line of the invincibles that Martin Keown mentioned first i think a few weeks back, neville the united cockroach that he is said it last night, but look at his face straight afterwards because his eyes told a different story to me.

Some pundits actually recognise that Pep is transforming us to another level

I take it as a compliment that all they now have to try and muddy us with is waiting for a loss......that is sign of how far we have come and how much under the skin we have got

Glorious : )
 
BlueMoonz1977 said:
It is just jealousy mate...take neville towing the line of the invincibles that Martin Keown mentioned first i think a few weeks back, neville the united cockroach that he is said it last night, but look at his face straight afterwards because his eyes told a different story to me.

Some pundits actually recognise that Pep is transforming us to another level

I take it as a compliment that all they now have to try and muddy us with is waiting for a loss......that is sign of how far we have come and how much under the skin we have got

Glorious : )
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And when that first defeat happens they will be all over us sticking the knife in,calling for peps head ..
 
BlueMoonz1977 said:
If we can keep up this level of performance throughout the season or even close too this level, any team that does beat us will get plaudits from the media
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Let’s just hope it isn’t the rags the wankfest would be off the scale,although I did post in another thread about if we win our next number of games before we play them and maintain or increase our lead,sky won’t want it like that they will want to big up a two horse race so better the rags winning the ref will play a big part in that game I just know if we are still unbeaten we will be fucked over in that game ..
 
I know I dont have much say in this being a foreigner and from a relatively newer breed of City fans. But I cant think of a reason why us a fanbase collectively give any ounce of attention to the biased media at all, I mean if we are way down the pecking order on daily mail’s website even after playing some of the best football this country has ever seen then let it be, hell I say dont even click their website link, why even let them generate a single penny with our help.

Media can piss off as far as im concerned, they’ll always favor negative narratives when we are involved.

Having said, I do believe there have been really good articles out there by certain journos that could hint in a change in trend. But it’s still not worth it.
Don’t let them make money off you.
 
I don't expect the papers or the BBC, Sky or BT to be impartial either by making sure that every club has equal treatment in that they have the same column inches each week or by producing articles and features that are perfectly balanced in praise and criticism. We all know that newsmwn have to sell copy and this is a constraint on content, but what I want is objectivity in their coverage of City and this is where I think the coverage of City has been pretty good so far this season. I would like to make my point by considering the "coverage" Pep has given us this season and last. When we got off to a great start last season he was the first to say that we were not playing well enough to win the league; if a reporter or a pundit on the TV had said this we would have been enraged, but he was right. He was not biased but he was objective. This season he has been more objective than we as fans have or as the pundits as analysts have; his message is that we can always improve but we can never be perfect. Again this is a theme that many fans would condemn as wholly negative. We don't see Pep as negative for obvious reasons and yet the media, which suggests that we can go all season undefeated, does this only to demolish us in the future! Let's just enjoy watching the best City team ever, possibly the best English club team ever, and not be so paranoid. Don't worry about biased coverage- City are doing their talking on the pitch and no one can argue with that!
 
deano ou812 said:
Let’s just hope it isn’t the rags the wankfest would be off the scale,although I did post in another thread about if we win our next number of games before we play them and maintain or increase our lead,sky won’t want it like that they will want to big up a two horse race so better the rags winning the ref will play a big part in that game I just know if we are still unbeaten we will be fucked over in that game ..
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I get that totally...but as Pep says one game at a time and lets see if we can remain unbeaten going into the derby. In all honesty it will be interesting to see how the rags setup in this game because they are currently bleating on about their unbeaten home run. He has to attack being the home side but lets see what his mindset is when this game comes around.

I just see us having to much in terms of ability and attacking prowess for them to cope with. They may try and rush out and go for an early goal, after 20 mins they fall back and defend deep, which if happens at home will shut the rag hordes up and anger them towards maureen and his negative setup.

Basically he either chooses to go toe to toe with us and fail, or he sits deep and plays a negative game infront of home crowd and tv camera’s - and fail
 
BluessinceHydeRoad said:
I don't expect the papers or the BBC, Sky or BT to be impartial either by making sure that every club has equal treatment in that they have the same column inches each week or by producing articles and features that are perfectly balanced in praise and criticism. We all know that newsmwn have to sell copy and this is a constraint on content, but what I want is objectivity in their coverage of City and this is where I think the coverage of City has been pretty good so far this season. I would like to make my point by considering the "coverage" Pep has given us this season and last. When we got off to a great start last season he was the first to say that we were not playing well enough to win the league; if a reporter or a pundit on the TV had said this we would have been enraged, but he was right. He was not biased but he was objective. This season he has been more objective than we as fans have or as the pundits as analysts have; his message is that we can always improve but we can never be perfect. Again this is a theme that many fans would condemn as wholly negative. We don't see Pep as negative for obvious reasons and yet the media, which suggests that we can go all season undefeated, does this only to demolish us in the future! Let's just enjoy watching the best City team ever, possibly the best English club team ever, and not be so paranoid. Don't worry about biased coverage- City are doing their talking on the pitch and no one can argue with that!
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Well said fella, well said
 
BlueMoonz1977 said:
I get that totally...but as Pep says one game at a time and lets see if we can remain unbeaten going into the derby. In all honesty it will be interesting to see how the rags setup in this game because they are currently bleating on about their unbeaten home run. He has to attack being the home side but lets see what his mindset is when this game comes around.

I just see us having to much in terms of ability and attacking prowess for them to cope with. They may try and rush out and go for an early goal, after 20 mins they fall back and defend deep, which if happens at home will shut the rag hordes up and anger them towards maureen and his negative setup.

Basically he either chooses to go toe to toe with us and fail, or he sits deep and plays a negative game infront of home crowd and tv camera’s - and fail
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Agree about the derby we will have to much for them all I worry about is the dozen chances we create not going in the net ;)
 
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