Media Thread 2020/21

[Blueboy73]

Rashford (as sickly as the coverage is) doesn't deserve the hate in this thread. He got out there and helped out and he's doing a good thing for poor people who don't have enough food. I quite like that it took a lad from Wythenshawe to highlight the issues.

I respect your opinion GT but the message is well and truly out there and as I've said the publicity thrusted in our faces on a daily basis by a publically funded broadcaster is getting ridiculous now.
Schools are fully aware of what they need to do and our experience from the last lockdown has made it easier to support our families this time around and personally I don't need a millionaire footballer who was fed by his club from age 11 lecturing us on how to do our job.
Contrast the publicity for this with all the work that Alex Williams and the CTIC team have undertaken without a fanfare for over 30 years and the work Vinny did with Andy Burnham for the homeless of Manchester.
They neither sought or wanted publicity and put a lot more work into helping those in need than Rashford.

 

[red 2 hats]

Full on wankfest on Sky sports for the swamp dwellers, now informing the mutants it's been 1221 days since they last topped the league, all will be good at castle greyskull if they beat the mighty Burnley tonight.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

2 negative stories about football in the mail on line today all about covid nothing to do directly with city,
main picture is of a city player, nearly always the same when a negative story is out there,
or am i being a bit precious

No, it happens too frequently to be a coincidence.

 

[BillyShears]

Rashford (as sickly as the coverage is) doesn't deserve the hate in this thread. He got out there and helped out and he's doing a good thing for poor people who don't have enough food. I quite like that it took a lad from Wythenshawe to highlight the issues.

It's bizarre and it undermines this thread. There are genuine issues with the way the media cover City in comparison to other clubs.

But if you start having a go at a young black footballer for doing good work for the underprivileged (whatever his personal motivations), then you've lost sight of what's important in the world.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I've supported City for nearly 30 years now and I don't recall too many if ANY actual City supporters from Manchester covering the club.

Going back even further, Peter Gardner was from Blackpool iirc.

 

[cheekybids]

I've supported City for nearly 30 years now and I don't recall too many if ANY actual City supporters from Manchester covering the club. What we've had are proper rags like Ogden, Jackson, Custis, who are basically cheerleaders for United writing about City in the most negative ways possible.

I'm not privy to the Athletic's policy on writers per club, but I know that they have been interviewing for another City reporter to join their team. It won't be a City supporter because sadly, there are very few of us in the mainstream media.

EDIT:

Also, for the record. The Blues who have been given a platform by the mainstream media, are in the main, horrible twats. Conn and his ilk are as bad as Delaney.

I agree with you so do you believe Sam is writing for City fans or about City on behalf of fans of other clubs?

Can you ask Sam if he got a bollocking off his boss for being so close to the club & yet still getting CAS horribly wrong & if not as I suspect lies your answer.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

It's bizarre and it undermines this thread. There are genuine issues with the way the media cover City in comparison to other clubs.

But if you start having a go at a young black footballer for doing good work for the underprivileged (whatever his personal motivations), then you've lost sight of what's important in the world.

I think that's fair comment as far as Rashford goes personally; fwiw I think he’s a good lad and a credit to himself; however, this thread is about the media through the prism of coverage of City, and football more generally, and the juxtaposition of how united and the deeds of their players are reported with that of City and theirs (which is stark and manifest) is clearly pertinent to that.

 

[BillyShears]

I think that's fair comment as far as Rashford goes personally; fwiw I think he’s a good lad and a credit to himself; however, this thread is about the media through the prism of coverage of City, and football more generally - and the juxtaposition of how united and the deeds of their players are reported with that of City and theirs (which is stark and manifest) is clearly pertinent to that.

Think Sterling has had as much positive press as Rashford has tbf. If anything Rashford probably took inspiration from the way Raz decided to use the media to talk about things that mattered to him.

 

[Blueboy73]

It's bizarre and it undermines this thread. There are genuine issues with the way the media cover City in comparison to other clubs.

But if you start having a go at a young black footballer for doing good work for the underprivileged (whatever his personal motivations), then you've lost sight of what's important in the world.

That isn't the point though, the message is well and truly out there and schools are working hard to make provision using very vague government guidelines which basically say do whatever you deem to be fit.
Schools are fully aware of what needs to be done and safeguarding staff are also providing extra support for those who need it wherever this is possible.
The message was relevant during the last lockdown and I don't doubt the lads motivation initially but the longer that the publically funded BBC continues to bang this drum then the more it is starting to look like a publicity stunt.
As a license fee payer and someone who works in a school who is directly involved in this process I don't find the continuing publicity particularly helpful or relevant.

 

[Centurions]

Full on wankfest on Sky sports for the swamp dwellers, now informing the mutants it's been 1221 days since they last topped the league, all will be good at castle greyskull if they beat the mighty Burnley tonight.

Can't say I've had it on this morning but reminding them how long it is since they topped the league(not that they have yet) should be seen as a negative for them?