Media Thread 2020/21

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RBS appointed a board member. I don’t understand how that’s not classed as in administration.
Wouldn't they have had points deducted if they were in administration or did the rules change afterwards ?
They were in a mess and my point was around their hypocrisy when incorrectly saying we're state funded when technically they were state funded via a loan from a state owned bank.
 
We get the bad press because of islamophibia and our owners backgrounds. How dare Arab owners mix it with the rest and are even successful!

I really doubt that.

If the rags or dippers were taken over by the Saudis, do you think the media would turn on them?

I don’t either.

If HHSM had bought the rags, the articles about how much good he has done for the city and the area would be rammed down your throat at every opportunity. Just look at how they treat Rashford and his (wholly admirable) campaign to feed hungry kids, and then imagine the entire club and its owners getting the same praise. Then times it by a thousand.

What we are facing isn’t racism. It is greed.
 
Yes, especially now that we are dominating. I’ve always conceded that we get bad press in certain quarters but also I believe some of our fans are ridiculously paranoid about it and see ghosts where there are none. It’s understandable: we used to be liked by everyone but now we aren’t.
We were liked when we weren't a threat to the established "top clubs".
 
If you have not woken up to smell the coffee pal you never will. We get the bad press because of islamophibia and our owners backgrounds. How dare Arab owners mix it with the rest and are even successful! Had City’s owners been American they would have written articles of the greater good that City were doing. The narrative and stereotypes created by the media is intended to stick long term and fit into a broader political agenda of the how the west want to influence the Middle East. Our owners are smart, wise and excellent in commerce and the media have struggled but they keep trying from different angles. Some of it sticks but others does not. I see where they are coming from and a lot of our clued fans do. But the herd...well that’s media manipulation at work!
I’m not sure it’s necessarily to do with that if I’m honest. If any of United, Liverpool or Arsenal had been taken over by an Arab, the fawning and sycophancy would have continued in the media. FFP would never have been brought into existence because they were already established within the cartel, so the Champions League ban and subsequent court battle would never have happened.
The hatred within the game is because there was an established order that City have turned on its head, and the hatred within the media is because journalists have cosied up to the cartel clubs for years to get clicks from their fan bases bringing revenue.
Perhaps one day City will be accepted within this cartel but I for one hope that day never comes, I enjoy rubbing people up the wrong way too much.
 
I really doubt that.

If the rags or dippers were taken over by the Saudis, do you think the media would turn on them?

I don’t either.

If HHSM had bought the rags, the articles about how much good he has done for the city and the area would be rammed down your throat at every opportunity. Just look at how they treat Rashford and his (wholly admirable) campaign to feed hungry kids, and then imagine the entire club and its owners getting the same praise. Then times it by a thousand.

What we are facing isn’t racism. It is greed.
Personally I think it's a mixture of greed and racism depending on who is spewing their bile.
 
BBC Sport are reporting that the Everton game was called off at our request - is that right?
From ESPN;

In addition, a statement from the Premier League read: "Manchester City lodged a request with the Premier League today to rearrange the game following an increase in positive COVID-19 test results received by the club this morning, on top of the cases reported on Christmas Day.

"This rise has created uncertainty and the Premier League Board received medical advice that the match should be postponed. The Board agreed to rearrange the game as a precaution, and further testing will now take place tomorrow.

"The decision has been taken with the health of players and staff the priority.

"The Premier League continues to have full confidence in its protocols and rules, and the way in which all clubs are implementing them.

"The League wishes those with COVID-19 a safe and speedy recovery and will rearrange the postponed fixture against Everton in due course."


So yes, the BBC have managed to get their facts right, for once. However I’m not sure what they’re getting at by including this line? (I am). It’s not like Everton would have requested the postponement due to City having a Covid outbreak.
 
From ESPN;

In addition, a statement from the Premier League read: "Manchester City lodged a request with the Premier League today to rearrange the game following an increase in positive COVID-19 test results received by the club this morning, on top of the cases reported on Christmas Day.

"This rise has created uncertainty and the Premier League Board received medical advice that the match should be postponed. The Board agreed to rearrange the game as a precaution, and further testing will now take place tomorrow.

"The decision has been taken with the health of players and staff the priority.

"The Premier League continues to have full confidence in its protocols and rules, and the way in which all clubs are implementing them.

"The League wishes those with COVID-19 a safe and speedy recovery and will rearrange the postponed fixture against Everton in due course."


So yes, the BBC have managed to get their facts right, for once. However I’m not sure what they’re getting at by including this line? (I am). It’s not like Everton would have requested the postponement due to City having a Covid outbreak.
Let’s just hope on the 17th Everton as full strength and we spank them.
 
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