Media Thread 2020/21

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Asa's left peg said:
Just a reminder for any lurking journos or whatsapp group members and a reminder for us. Done what he said. Love the last quote btw.

'My intention is that Manchester City has the very best people at its disposal, both on and off the field. For that reason I have asked my friend Khaldoon Al Mubarak, to take on the position of Chairman of the Club. My request to him has been to put together a board and executive team that is worthy of the heritage and potential of Manchester City.

We are ambitious for the club, like you, but not unreasonably so and we understand it takes time to build a team capable of sustaining a presence in the top four of the Premier League and winning European honours.

In cold business terms, Premiership football is one of the best entertainment products in the world and we see this as a sound business investment. That being said, we understand that we need to put money in to get the club to where we believe it can be -and where we think you the fans want it to be.

I should perhaps also explain that despite what you may have read, I have bought the club in a private capacity and as part of my personal business strategy to hold a wide portfolio of business investments. I am a football fan, and I hope that you will soon see that I am now also a Manchester City fan. But I am also a long-term investor and that is probably more important to the club and to you because it means we are here for the long haul and that we will act always in the best interests of the club and all of its stakeholders, but especially you the fans.'

HH Sheikh Mansour 2008
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Worth noting that all those journos who maintain we are state owned are calling Mansour a liar, which I am sure he is not.
 
Superb piece in today's Times: an insight into how the club is run and some of the characters there.
Highlights:
Pep is an emotional guy with many ups and downs (we knew that from watching him on the touchline). He goes to work on his bike.
Juanma Lillo is highly influential. One insider said his main role was to manage the manager. Apparently he has worked out how to tell Pep he is wrong without upsetting him.
Lillo was responsible for the improvement in Cancelo, taking him aside and teaching him how to fulfil the role of 'ghost back'.
Ferna called a players meeting (no coaches allowed) and gave them a massive (!) rocket in five languages. He said some were slacking and "losing is not acceptable, this is Manchester City". The unbeaten run started immediately. Ferna is in love with Manchester.
Pep showed great man management when Foden got into trouble on that England trip. Recognising Phil's devastation, Pep told him: "Dont worry, it will blow over". Insiders put Foden's form partly down to Pep's understanding.
Pep has carte blanche to phone Khaldoon about any subject. He complained to Khaldoon about the state of the pitch. A short while later, two turf consultants turned up.
The picture that emerges is of a seriously professional club, but not without some human failings.
They'll do for me.
 
Just watching Danny Mills on sly sports, boy that guy talks some drivel, how the hell does he get on the box? The guy is a clueless muppet - he must have an excellent agent to have got him this gig. The man only played 50 or 51 games for us in 5 years (through a mixture of poor form and then injury) and clearly (like hinchcliffe) doesn't like City very much. - After typing this I now understand why he gets the sly sports gig!
 
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Guardian Fiver describes Manchester City as a Petroclub and urge the games regulatory authorities to "impose what we all know they are never going to impose".

Ronay: On the the duality of City. "The boundless resources, the basic weirdness of a nation state owning a football club for PR reasons: this all remains. There are those who will be unmoved by success on the pitch, and unable to look past this. It is a logical position. We are all, City fans included, being manipulated in our dear old home grounds by a state hungry for soft power."

It's not news any more that they have this opinion of City but there are a hundred or so City fans who comment on their regularly who just seem to accept this. In what sense are Manchester City a Petroclub? Where is the evidence that City are owned by a nation-state?

Stop commenting.
 
KS55 said:
Superb piece in today's Times: an insight into how the club is run and some of the characters there.
Highlights:
Pep is an emotional guy with many ups and downs (we knew that from watching him on the touchline). He goes to work on his bike.
Juanma Lillo is highly influential. One insider said his main role was to manage the manager. Apparently he has worked out how to tell Pep he is wrong without upsetting him.
Lillo was responsible for the improvement in Cancelo, taking him aside and teaching him how to fulfil the role of 'ghost back'.
Ferna called a players meeting (no coaches allowed) and gave them a massive (!) rocket in five languages. He said some were slacking and "losing is not acceptable, this is Manchester City". The unbeaten run started immediately. Ferna is in love with Manchester.
Pep showed great man management when Foden got into trouble on that England trip. Recognising Phil's devastation, Pep told him: "Dont worry, it will blow over". Insiders put Foden's form partly down to Pep's understanding.
Pep has carte blanche to phone Khaldoon about any subject. He complained to Khaldoon about the state of the pitch. A short while later, two turf consultants turned up.
The picture that emerges is of a seriously professional club, but not without some human failings.
They'll do for me.
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Ferna is the man.
 
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