Media Thread 2020/21

[superwatsonwatson]

Anybody who believes that It's only women who don't understand the offside rule have now well and truely been proven wrong. Just ask rio ferdinand.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

BBC - "By the letter of the law, City's goal was legitimate".

Haha, fuck off you twats, I see what you did there!

By the letter of the law, Martin Edwards is a pervert

 

[BamberBridgeBlue]

BBC - "By the letter of the law, City's goal was legitimate".

Haha, fuck off you twats, I see what you did there!

By the letter of the law “The BBC knowingly protected a dangerous paedophile and put hundreds of children in danger for decades.”

 

[mccity]

A minor point, but I don't think the ball needs to be played forward to have an offside.

Obviously it's very rare that the ball would be played backwards as being behind the ball when it's played makes you onside.

Happy to be proved wrong though.

You are correct. Offside is merely down to where the player is at the moment the ball is kicked, where they are relative to the ball at the moment it's kicked, and whether they interfere with play in that phase of play.

It is rare though.

 

[Metalartin]

Not know if this has been posted but it seem daily utd have printed something good about City . PS I havent read it yet so the headline could be miss leading lol

Man City fans show their class by supporting Cheltenham Town

Cheltenham Town boss Michael Duff has praised Man City fans who 'have done the hard yards' in the lower leagues for forking out for virtual tickets for an FA Cup tie they won't be able to attend.

www-dailymail-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org

That's a good article, the match day program should sell out fast, smart move that.

Cummings has supplied a famous image of Noel and Liam Gallagher for the from cover of the Robins’ programme, which is on sale for £5, with profits split between the club and a food bank charity, Fair Share.

 

[Postman Pep]

I watched on SuperSport and no mention of offside until match was over and little micky Owen got the mike. Oh the poor lad was fuming so much he could've boiled several kettles.

Chris Sutton on co-commentary? He didn't have a clue what Villa were complaining about until the replay, said on air 'was there a handball?'
Didn't catch post match as I had to refresh the fucker on 85 mins and it came back as Benfica.

 

[wolviedinho]

Well, this is perfectly normal from the Liverpool Echo, not at all obsessed. In fact, they don't care about us, small club, it’s City fans that are trying to invent a rivalry ...

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Obsessed much?

 

[stonerblue]

Chris Sutton on co-commentary? He didn't have a clue what Villa were complaining about until the replay, said on air 'was there a handball?'
Didn't catch post match as I had to refresh the fucker on 85 mins and it came back as Benfica.

Yeah Sutton. He was shit, continually blowing smoke up villa's arse. After grealish s first touch went straight out of play he began eulogising about him. I'm pretty sure he was watching another game.
How you watching. Box, stick or stream

 

[Centurions]

Anybody who believes that It's only women who don't understand the offside rule have now well and truely been proven wrong. Just ask rio ferdinand.

Think you need to re-read what you wrote there ;)

 

[Shirley]

Remember Stan Collymore? Predictably he’s fuming and will no doubt have a ludicrous hot take in his Mirror column.
The thick bastard also used a screenshot which outed him as using a dodgy box

He spends a lot of time in Malaysia but not sure if he's there at the moment.
Astro is the football channel there.

 

[wolviedinho]

At times we give the pundits far too much coverage. Idiots with a platform to spout nonsense. Their “expert views” belong in the gutter. Most of them do not understanding the laws of the game.

BT Sports is the home of fucktards.

 

[Bodicoteblue]

Well, this is perfectly normal from the Liverpool Echo, not at all obsessed. In fact, they don't care about us, small club, it’s City fans that are trying to invent a rivalry ...

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If anyone at this esteemed journal needs any guidance on the letter, the spirit or indeed, the morality of the rules then perhaps they would find considerable assistance in this quest, from anyone associated with their very generous shirt sponsors, standard chartered, whom, I am led to believe, have considerable expertise,and experience, of law and morality.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

From the Fail:
"Smith was adamant that Rodri was stood several yards beyond the final defender when he stole the ball off Mings before Silva scored."

 

[Paladin]

Why are City getting such a hard time over this? Surely it should be Moss and VAR (even though they were correct). Also lobby The FA and IFAB if they think the law needs changing. City and Rodri just played the game fairly, and let the referee do his job.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Why are City getting such a hard time over this?

I think you answered your own question.

 

[cleavers]

I wonder if there would have been such a fuss made about a correct decision had Bernardo hit the bar again.

I don't really wonder.....

 

[paulchapo]

Absolutely bang on the money, especially with your last sentence. This is the nub of the matter as far as the UK sports and football media goes. It underpins every post in this thread regarding the media, from the very first one up until today's contributions by Blues who are, quite rightly, irate with the unfair treatment that has been doled out to our club since 2008. The only thing that ever changes is the particular incident involved; whatever it is (from FFP/CAS to a 'morally unpalatable goal award' etc etc) the media response is always to sully our name and whip up the tribal cretins of other clubs, as you put it.

I posted a while ago quoting a line from a song by The Smiths ('Heavy words are so lightly thrown'), referring to the lack of accountability and awareness of the consequences of their actions among media johnnies like the cretins pontificating on City's game last night. From Ferdinand's ravings to Walton with his initial analysis of our first goal, they demonstrated not only their partiality and incompetence but also their complete lack of concern regarding the impact of what they are saying.

These people know the outcomes of what they say but they don't care what falls out from it. If they did care, they would know and research their jobs properly, including knowing the laws of the game. And they would demonstrate their lack of partiality by giving credit to any and every team, whenever it is due. But they don't do that for most clubs that they don't favour; and they certainly don't as far as City is concerned.

Growing up as a kid starved of football on the television in the late 50s/early 60s, it was thrilling to see football, ANY football on the box. Sure, we had tribal loyalties but we enjoyed whatever was on offer, frugal as it was, including supporting other teams in European competitions.

It isn't just looking back through rose-tinted glasses to say that commentaries then were always worth listening to. Wolstenholme, Weeks, Lofthouse, Davies, Moore, Coleman et al were mainly factual, to the point and authoritative in describing the game put before us. When the World Cup came in 1966, television responded with wall-to-wall coverage and innovations such as the 'action replay' and the 'expert panel' (well-respected players who'd become successful managers like Greenwood, Revie and our own dear 'Uncle' Joe Mercer; their analyses of players and tactics had gravitas, teaching us about the game and the only points of contention were such as when 'Uncle' Joe kept on referring to Pele as 'Pee-Lee'..!)

Compare that to the sensationalist ravings we're often presented with by the television providers nowadays. To me, it's almost as though everyone involved with football coverage has to be a fully paid up member of the Church Of The Nine Day Wonder.. 'This will be the greatest game in the history of football; No! the next one coming up will be the greatest game of football ever, featuring the greatest players ever!!; This will be the most talked about incident in football since the last one we can't give a toss to remember the details of! And it's all on (insert your channel of choice here)..!!!' ..and so on and so on..

All the sports and football media cares about is getting clicks and advertising revenue. And hang the consequences.

A consequence for me has been the change from being someone who always supported an English side whenever football was played and who always believed that, for the greater good and interests of the game, a sharing out of the trophy spoils was to be preferred (like when I was growing up, between 1959 when I first went to Maine Road and 1972, 11 different clubs won the title across the 14 seasons while 12 different clubs won the FA Cup).

However, now I couldn't give a stuff for other teams except my own and if City won the next 10 titles on the bounce plus dominated in Europe, I would be most content with that outcome and sod the rest of them, especially our venal media!

I feel exactly the same. As a kid growing up we had motd on Saturday night and the big match on Sunday afternoon on Granada. The only live games I remember were England internationals and the fa cup final. The coverage always seemed fair and that was the same in the tabloids. The massive money wasn't in the game then and as a result any club could win the league, as proved by Derby and Forest. I only really hated United and that stayed the same as we dropped off the pace as we weren't a rival to anybody competing for honours and we were irrelevant to them because of that. Any British club competing in Europe everybody got behind and supported as they were "One of ours."

My strong dislike of other club's started as we descended into the abyss of the lower leagues. The malicious delight a lot of these clubs took in our demise really wound me up. I crossed a lot of "Second clubs" off my list because of that, including Stockport and Bury. Now since our recent success I hate every other club and their mainly brain dead fan's with their ridiculous, "WWYWYWS " chants ( We were there) and their jealousy and swallowing the shit the media feed them. This has now extended into Europe after the vile crap we have had to put up with over there. The only club I have a soft spot for now is Sunderland. Top fan's and to be fair the same could be said of West Ham's fan's. They always recognise we are proper old school fan's ourselves and don't begrudge us our success on the whole.

Hopefully the future will see a cleaning up of the cesspit that passes for reporting these days but I don't hold out a lot of hope.

 

[lefty goldblatt]

It's 20:30. The dipper game is 30 minutes in.
I've seen about 15 minutes worth

Spitty has mentioned the rags at least 4 times
Is he on performance related pay?

 

[Impeccable One]

He didn't make a light-hearted comment about juggling balls. It was clear on playback last night that he used a word beginning with C..... He deserves to have the book thrown at him. It's about time the authorities started publishing the full referees' reports into these incidents.

Clown ?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

He spends a lot of time in Malaysia but not sure if he's there at the moment.
Astro is the football channel there.

Surely he wouldn't lend support to a country which has been lambasted by Amnesty for its shocking human rights record which includes routine killings of citizens, torture, persecution of religious minorities and gay people. After all the fuss made about City's owners!