Media Thread 2017/18

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The greatest achievement in top flight history, the most glorious and technical football ever witnessd, played fairly, breaking all records, respecting the opposition and still treated like an afterthought.

Imagine if the dippers had done it.
 
BlueAnorak said:
Martin Samuel tells it as it is...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...w-City-team-special-Arsenals-Invincibles.html
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It's much more positive than a lot of the media, but even Samuel falls into the same trap as nearly everyone else:

[We shouldn't be too harsh] on Manchester City, despite wider disquiet over the sovereign source of their wealth. At least the money is being spent increasing the gaiety of nations. Manchester City entertain and excite.
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For two seasons, we've been self-sustaining, so how does that make the origin of our wealth a "sovereign" source?
 
lazza said:
It's much more positive than a lot of the media, but even Samuel falls into the same trap as nearly everyone else:



For two seasons, we've been self-sustaining, so how does that make the origin of our wealth a "sovereign" source?
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Three seasons actually.
 
paulchapo said:
I remember Sergio winning the golden boot and Joe the golden gloves but I cannot ever remember the wankfest that Salah is getting. I don't see 100 points being beaten for a very long time if ever. It is an incredible achievement but I am beginning to wonder if it actually happened or did I dream it?
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This is why it's desperately important that Liverpool are prevented from winning the Premier League, preferably ever, it would be much worse on a bullshit scale, even compared to Utd winning it.
 
Has anybody mentioned that Salah's goalscoring will only be considered great when he has done it for three years in a row? No, thought not.
 
Neville Kneville said:
This is why it's desperately important that Liverpool are prevented from winning the Premier League, preferably ever, it would be much worse on a bullshit scale, even compared to Utd winning it.
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So true. The problem is looking at a woeful Chelsea the rags will probably win the fa cup. We will then hear what a great season they have had and how in any other season they would have won the double. The dippers look like their name is on the champions league trophy too. I am praying I am wrong.
 
lazza said:
It's much more positive than a lot of the media, but even Samuel falls into the same trap as nearly everyone else:



For two seasons, we've been self-sustaining, so how does that make the origin of our wealth a "sovereign" source?
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It doesn't.

The issue is not sovereign source, the issue is profit. the Sheikh operates City differently to all the other clubs in the Premier League, he pumps the vast majority of the profit we generate back in to the club. The Fenway Group and all the other owners operate their clubs as income generators for their shareholders, or, as in the case of the Glazers, as a cash cow to service their debt.

The Sheikh does not do that, so when you strip away all the State sponsored, Arab owned, petro dollar nonsense, the football establishment hates the Sheikh because he does not play by the rules regarding profit and how it is divvied up.
 
paulchapo said:
So true. The problem is looking at a woeful Chelsea the rags will probably win the fa cup. We will then hear what a great season they have had and how in any other season they would have won the double. The dippers look like their name is on the champions league trophy too. I am praying I am wrong.
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I don't really care about the rags, as whatever they say, underneath it all, they 'know'.

If Liverpool win the CL not only will we have to suffer that, but it will be rewritten that they more or less won the league as well, because they beat us, & their coronation already started, for winning it next season.
 
We will never get full credit from the media. And in the second half yesterday you could see in the players' and Pep's eyes their determination to stuff the words back down all our critics throats. I was lucky to be there yesterday and for me, after 50 years plus of watching City, I believe it was our greatest moment (in many ways more significant even than 93.20)
It was bloody magnificent and 100 points from 38 games will NEVER be beaten. They still talk about the Preston invincibles and in 100 years they will still remember this team for this moment whether or not we go on to win multiple champions leagues etc.
 
There will be a media backlash next season. We are, realistically, unlikely to equal this season's record-breaking stats, so the media will be quick to point out that we "have not done as well as in 2017-18". This will be taken as a decline.
Mark my words.
 
I would like City's media department to send out a reminder to outlets, something on the lines of;

Just a reminder...
City have broken the following records:

Most points in a season
Most wins in a season
Most goals in a season
Most away wins in a season
Most away points in a season
Best goal difference in a season
Most consecutive wins in a season
Biggest gap to second placed team in a season
Most passes attempted in a game
Most passes completed in a game
Most possession in a game
Been behind in matches for only 153 minutes, the fewest ever
Have 3 players in the premier league top ten scorers, more than any other team
Have 3 players in the premier league top ten assists, more than any other team

and incase you forgot we’ve won the

Premier league (2 places above our performance last season, with 22 more points)
&
The Carabao (League) Cup


Liverpool have:
Broken no records at all… but have the leagues top scorer
Finished 4th in the league (same as last season with 1 point less)
Made the Champions League final (but not won anything yet)
 
David 'El Mago' Silva said:
Cascarino: “it was a tough call putting Hendo in midfield. There have been a number of other candidates. David Silva went missing to Spain too often but Can, Milner and Wijnaldon, Ox and Lallana could all have got the spot. For me Zaha clinched it in those first 9 games”
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Went missing. Utter prick.
 
At this point we're way past bizzare. It doesn't matter the football we play, or the records we break. We could win a treble and the team still would never be as good as X or Y. The only thing we can do is the same thing the dippers and rags have done. After a period of success and the big name players and fans that come along with it, you move them into the media. Then after 10-20-30 years they become mainstays, and can peddle a pro-City narrative. Or you go the more obviously transparent route and buy arsewipes like Castles to push your agenda.
 
David 'El Mago' Silva said:
Cascarino: “it was a tough call putting Hendo in midfield. There have been a number of other candidates. David Silva went missing to Spain too often but Can, Milner and Wijnaldon, Ox and Lallana could all have got the spot. For me Zaha clinched it in those first 9 games”
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Went missing in Spain? That is outrageous and he needs challenging on that. What a wanker saying that
 
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