Media Thread 2020/21

[The perfect fumble]

Indeed. About 95% of people on this forum would be unhappy if city joined the SL according to the poll.

And I was one of them.

What does that have to do with what Scragg wrote?

 

[nmc]

Not sure what your problem is with that? Aren’t JP Morgan propping us up financially with our £750million debt?

Or is that the club I supported before I supported Chelsea? Difficult to keep track not being a legacy fan

From memory I think its Bank of America that's propping up the Rags.

 

[nmc]

Not a winner but Yaya's equaliser is still the best goal in a Wembley Cup final, since the stadium was rebuilt - and possibly ever.
Seconds after he scored it, Sky were at pains to insist that "he didn't really mean it".
The player himself said he did - but what would he know about it, compared to Neville and Redknapp?

Seconds after he scored.... Nasri banged in the second best goal since Wembley was rebuilt!

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

I saw focus for the first time and it was a wankfest over FC Traitors who quit 15 years ago to pretend at it so they didn't get stick off their mates who had backbone.

Talked to a pair of FC fans when they played Fleetwood a few years back. They said " I think we're well respected by all football fans ", I said " most fans I know call you plastic M****hs " .They looked like they wanted to cry.

 

[burning blue soul]

Everyone can have an opinion, and it doesn't have to be informed to be a bellwether, But to be a bellwether it has to be widely shared among the constituency it is supposedly giving voice to, and Lloyd is not doing that.

No one could read what Lloyd wrote and hand on heart say that was the "authentic" voice of City fans. Why is it that crowds are not gathering in numbers outside the Etihad? Or Stamford Bridge? Why last in first out? What about the "Hateful Eight" backdrop, the CAS judgement? What about the massive investment in East Manchester?

These events are nuanced, even this Super League fiasco. But those with their own agenda, like Lloyd, only deal in nuance when it suits them, so he towed the greed line and hit it with a hammer for a nod and a wink.

In the end Lloyd's opinion is worthless, not because I don't recognise its authenticity, or lack of nuance or because it differs from my own, it's worthless because of his association with the Guardian. Cruel I know, but I don't take advice on sobriety from alcoholics, similarly I don't look to anyone from the Guardian for a fair and balanced view on City.

And I have to say, by that bellwether, Lloyd did not disappoint.

Separate the opinion from the person and the media outlet. I don't know him and rarely read the guardian.
I agree with the opinion.

 

[KPXBLN]

And I was one of them.

What does that have to do with what Scragg wrote?

It suggests that what he wrote reflects an opinion that many City fans share.

 

[The perfect fumble]

Separate the opinion from the person and the media outlet. I don't know him and rarely read the guardian.
I agree with the opinion.

Which, with respect, adds the sum total of f**k all to the debate.

 

[LongsightM13]

They'll simply interview multiple fans until they get the narrative they want regardless. Then they'll push it as 'the fans have spoken'.

Yep the Guardian is only interested in the views of City fans if they are Uncle Toms prepared to agree with the sports desk’s narrative

 

[The perfect fumble]

It suggests that what he wrote reflects an opinion that many City fans share.

The fact that 95% of people in here did not want to join the ESL is a fact. What Scragg wrote and what you believe is a supposition and neither Scragg, or you, have produced any cogent argument to substantiate that what he wrote reflects an opinion "many" fans share.

 

[Carlos- the- jackal]

The fact that 95% of people in here did not want to join the ESL is a fact. What Scragg wrote and what you believe is a supposition and neither Scragg, or you, have produced any cogent argument to substantiate that what he wrote reflects an opinion "many" fans share.

Correct to say you’d stop supporting the club is miles away from saying you didn’t want to join the ESL, this club is a part of me i could never stop supporting it.