What was very telling about that goal was how surprised Pogba was when it went in off the deflection.Pogba's free kick has just been described as a fantastic piece of skill, again, on Sky.
They have had a day now, to notice it was going ten fucking yards wide.
My guess is we will do it organically.We have won the war on the pitch. Off the pitch we are ostracised and vilified. How we change the narrative is anyone guess.
And just how did you acquire this knowledge?If Sky had the option of reporting material factually, or having a red hot poker, or a poker at any temperature as long as it was red, rammed rectumwards, I think, on balance, they would choose the latter.
My guess is we will do it organically.
At some point the media will burn itself out. Fans of other clubs will notice the tension and dichotomy between the style of football we play, the achievements we make and the coverage we get from the hacks.
At some point in the not too distant future the broadcasting media will recognise that proping up the rags and dippers is no longer a sound business model.
It will become clear that sulking because Manchester City play the better football and have a more robust business model than other clubs is no longer reason enough to vilify us.
We are interlopers. The rags and dippers were famous when TV started showing complete games around the world, 80’s and 90’s. This led to a huge expansion of their fan bases. These fans are now in position in high places. You don’t need to be a rag or dipper fan to know which side your bread is buttered if you are in charge at $ly or BT. These two teams bring in the money, more fans watching means more revenue, not just from them paying subs, but from increased revenue from advertising. To keep them happy they employ ex dippers and rags players to increase the revenue. So it goes on.
This is not just something that the TV channels are mindful of but the written press are at it as well. They are having a hard time at the moment and they will do anything to sell a ‘paper’. Good dippers/rag news and negative City news sells.
Take last night for example; we played great football against Burnley but nobody will see it because it wasn’t screened so we, again, don’t get the attention we deserve. It will take a long time to break down this barrier.
Lots of fans jumping on this benfica are greater than City balloney. Now since we are England's top club by way of domestic honours this past decade and yet the criteria to judge City is is on champions league performance. If that is the barometer then how many trees have benfica pulled up in the champions league in the last 25 years? Or how many top players at their peak have left other top European clubs to join benficaYes those comments about City being a smaller club than them and the video of the manager have been circulating most of the papers here.
Have always hated Benfica- they literally own all the football tv viewing rights in Portuguse football and have ruined the league for years. Every twat I have to work supports them and they have more Members than any other club in the world (not fans) - Sporting Lisbon fans far more knowledge and less arrogant
Well thankfully, there is a global movement towards anti-racism and outlets like Sly, BT and the BBC are hanging their hats on it.I would not bet on it but not a bad take on things. The racist undertones that accompany the attacks is worrisome.