Media Thread 2020/21

[bobbyowenquiff]

I didn't see the bend but the whole thing was unprofessional. I felt sorry for the bobbies alongside the coach who were in the firing line just in their normal kit. It was negligent because the whole thing was foreseeable and the senior officers failed in their duty of care to City, to their own officers even to those watching on. There were messages on the Internet and fastened to lamp posts in the old fashioned way exhorting dippers to give a 'special' welcome and the intention was to put City of their game.
And of course there was little criticism in the media. As usual l ask what would have happened if the Liverpool bus had been in a similar situation at the Etihad.

I was outside the stadium when this happened. The Liverpool fans were baying for blood. I later spoke to a senior police officer near the turnstiles. He told me the police had been overwhelmed because of a "fuck-up by the higher-ups." He also said that a number of officers had been injured and the Liverpool fans had "behaved like animals." The incident was covered up. Merseyside Police are a disgrace and always have been. It is a cultural problem with that organisation. You saw the same thing outside the Pier Head last year.

 

[Mike Cledford]

I can get bbc tv, I’m going to start watching it sounds compulsive viewing, do you promise I’ll get worked up ;)

The compulsive excitement of a Handforth Parish Council meeting cannot be guaranteed despite the BBC's attempts to mention as much as possible.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Which headline/which article are you talking about? Is it the one with the headline “Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar as it gears up for World Cup”?

Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World Cup awarded

Guardian analysis indicates shocking figure over the past decade likely to be an underestimate

www.theguardian.com

If you check the story it is the deaths of all migrant workers in Qatar and 80 per cent died from natural causes (mostly heart disease). It is also taken over a ten-year period and only 37 deaths were actually related to World Cup construction projects. It is the usual distorted use of information you should expect from the Guardian. The headline is twisted to link it to the World Cup. There probably is a genuine story to be told about how workers are treated in Qatar but this is just more fake news from the Guardian.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

.Sal and Sav sounds like a firm of solicitors on Cromwell Rd in Salford

Great names for a scrap company.
Sal and Sav Salvage.

 

[Gingers Dad]

He doesn't actually play that piano. I wonder to what level he can actually play but that clip is a fake like they do with actors.

Next you'll be saying he got paid about £500k a week for playing shit for Utd

 

[BringBackSwales]

I doubt very much that it is anti-Arab racism; they are playing to the gallery. It's the appease the establishment that we have disturbed/disrupted/destroyed. It's from the same pit as the EUFA action against us.

The Cunts Cartel

 

[Mike Cledford]

Great names for a scrap company.
Sal and Sal Salvage.

Crap or scrap or both?

 

[Blu3m00n91]

Which headline/which article are you talking about? Is it the one with the headline “Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar as it gears up for World Cup”?

Revealed: 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar since World Cup awarded

Guardian analysis indicates shocking figure over the past decade likely to be an underestimate

www.theguardian.com

I wonder how many of the journalists who constantly talk about our owners and human rights will be boycotting the World Cup next year. My guess is zero

 

[KPXBLN]

If you check the story it is the deaths of all migrant workers in Qatar and 80 per cent died from natural causes (mostly heart disease). It is also taken over a ten-year period and only 37 deaths were actually related to World Cup construction projects. It is the usual distorted use of information you should expect from the Guardian. The headline is twisted to link it to the World Cup. There probably is a genuine story to be told about how workers are treated in Qatar but this is just more fake news from the Guardian.

I think 'fake news' is unfair, to be honest. They're reporting from authoritative sources (HRW, Amnesty, etc) and like you say there is a longstanding issue with how migrant workers are treated in the Gulf, as in other parts of the world. (Quote from the Human Rights Watch guy in the article: Qatar continues to “drag its feet on this critical and urgent issue in apparent disregard for workers’ lives”.) Anyway, I was just confused why the OP was referring to this article in this thread as I don't see the City link.

 

[aguero93:20]

I wonder how many of the journalists who constantly talk about our owners and human rights will be boycotting the World Cup next year. My guess is zero

Miss out on all that Qatari hospitality? You must be having a laugh.

Next you'll be saying he got paid about £500k a week for playing shit for Utd

They're still paying him to play shit for inter afaik.