Not a huge fan of Simon Stone but based on what you had written I decided to check out both articles.
With regards Beek and Ake the two mentions of them, and I quote
‘And new £40 million pound centre back Nathan Ake showed his class’
in comparison to
‘Van der beek pulled one back, 10 minutes before time, but Zaha struck again against his former club to secure a deserved victory for Palace’
With regards the Iceland incident the City articles focuses around KDBs and Fodens performance where as Greenwood performance does not even elicit a mention, hence Iceland was mentioned in relation to Foden.
The two article could not have been any more different with praise given to City for their performance and the opposite for United for theirs. Cannot see anything to complain about within those two reports
Wolverhampton now, was BirminghamWhere in the West Midlands are you based? Quoting from the Expross and Stir narrows Midlands Blue to West Midlands Blue. I thought of Black Country Blue for my username being based in Stourbridge but I didn't. This is the quality of post you get two bottles of red wine into the early hours of a Friday morning.
I know what you are saying, But, why not just say new signing Ake showed his class, and not mention the fee.
Or write, 40m Van der Beek pulled one back.
I think that is what the poster you replied to was getting at. He never said he wasn't positive about about Ake, but he treated him differently.
I have noticed over the last few seasons that sky always show our games against the same opposition we lost too the previous season (not including the top 6 games) it's as if they are hoping we will lose to them again.
This is bang on. Hinchcliffe towed the Sky party line over Bernardo, effectively branded him a racist and bleated over how offended he was. He hung the poor lad out to dry on national TV when even John Barnes defended him. From that moment onwards I can’t be arsed with Hinchcliffe, fuck him!!!For me Hinchcliffe was the biggest **** of last season regarding the Bernardo incident,an absolute shithouse of a man....
Couldn't really give a rats arse what the media say but I would assume Ake's signing on fee would be considerably lower than those recieved by Thiago and Milner at Liverpool and the media will ignore or twist them to suit whatever narrative they want.It is not about being treated differently its perfectly normal that sometimes fees get referenced and other times they don’t. It’s a huge leap to think it is some how anti-City in this instance.
As an example I had a quick look at match reports on the BBC to see if City are being treated differently by referencing fees and in the following reports, fees got mentioned.
Everton v West Brom 18m Dingane
Arsenal v West Ham 72m Pepe
chelsea v Liver 20m Thiago/72m Kepa
Fulham v Arsenal 23m Gabriel
Villa v Sheff Utd 17m Martinez
Crystal palace v Southampton 19.5m Eze
Liverpool v Leeds 30m Rodrigo
West Ham v Newc 20m Wilson
Sheff Utd v Wolves 18m Ramsdale
Brighton v Chelsea 50m Chilwell
Do you still think City are being treated differently by this reference to Ake’s fee?
Couldn't really give a rats arse what the media say but I would assume Ake's signing on fee would be considerably lower than those recieved by Thiago and Milner at Liverpool and the media will ignore or twist them to suit whatever narrative they want.
It is not about being treated differently its perfectly normal that sometimes fees get referenced and other times they don’t. It’s a huge leap to think it is some how anti-City in this instance.
As an example I had a quick look at match reports on the BBC to see if City are being treated differently by referencing fees and in the following reports, fees got mentioned.
Everton v West Brom 18m Dingane
Arsenal v West Ham 72m Pepe
chelsea v Liver 20m Thiago/72m Kepa
Fulham v Arsenal 23m Gabriel
Villa v Sheff Utd 17m Martinez
Crystal palace v Southampton 19.5m Eze
Liverpool v Leeds 30m Rodrigo
West Ham v Newc 20m Wilson
Sheff Utd v Wolves 18m Ramsdale
Brighton v Chelsea 50m Chilwell
Do you still think City are being treated differently by this reference to Ake’s fee?
I didn't actually say we are treated differently, although I believe we do on occasions, I was trying to get across the original posters gripe.
I would say though, that I am surprised to see Thiago fee shown, unless they were trying to make out it was a bargain. I am not surprised that you did find a rag price reference.