Media Thread 2020/21

[bluealf]

I get all that and agree but for a change it was a positive interview on the whole which makes a pleasant change especially on Sky

Well that was true, shame they have to just drop one shit bit in lol

 

[bluealf]

Spitty will be getting a dressing down from Sly as I'm sure he said Salad dived twice and Mane once during the Murkeyside derby!

Did he, maybe the Everton fan he was supposed to be piped up from deep within his conscience.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Spitty will be getting a dressing down from Sly as I'm sure he said Salad dived twice and Mane once

Think you may have misheard.
Salad died twice and Mane once.

 

[asahartford1]

He just said he cannot get in the side, never gave a reason, mischievousness I guess

Opportunism maybe, I had a rag mate on to me this week, spouting money of course , he used this argument, Ake can't get a game, he said.
I replied Jones cannot get a game , he is injured , he replied, so is AKe, I said. They get the info wrong or not from these journos, and pundits .

 

[Utter bobbins]

Opportunism maybe, I had a rag mate on to me this week, spouting money of course , he used this argument, Ake can't get a game, he said.
I replied Jones cannot get a game , he is injured , he replied, so is AKe, I said. They get the info wrong or not from these journos, and pundits .

It’s just misinformation for the ignorant masses

 

[Chris in London]

Exactly bang on MC, and it’s a shame the journalists on SSN can’t say City are a well run club, instead they say “ we have more resources” throwing another negative out there, what gets me is, nobody pulls them up over there comments/lies.

Nedum Onouha was on a City podcast (Ian Cheeseman’s?) a week or so ago, and he said something like “a question gets asked when you’re on air, and the producer is in the earpiece saying ‘you’ve got 30 seconds on this.’ But then some dinosaur spends 25 seconds spouting shite, and you’re left with five seconds to respond.”

I thought it was interesting to see how much of the debate is framed by the Ferdinands and Keanes of the world spouting “in my day we did this” and how much is framed by producers whose first priority is to make sure the debate runs to time. It also explains why in some cases people spouting shite don’t get pulled up as often as they should.

 

[Hart of the Matter]

As a simple brained man I don't understand. Liverpool's income has been close overall to City's for the last 3 plus years. And not far behind in the previous 3 years. Like City, they can only spend what they earn due to FFP. Therefore we do not have more resources surely?

 

[Utter bobbins]

As a simple brained man I don't understand. Liverpool's income has been close overall to City's for the last 3 plus years. And not far behind in the previous 3 years. Like City, they can only spend what they earn due to FFP. Therefore we do not have more resources surely?

Is it not our dodgy sponsorship deals

 

[Hart of the Matter]

Is it not our dodgy sponsorship deals

Even if that were true our incomes still match...

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

As a simple brained man I don't understand. Liverpool's income has been close overall to City's for the last 3 plus years. And not far behind in the previous 3 years. Like City, they can only spend what they earn due to FFP. Therefore we do not have more resources surely?

Just part of the usual deflection tactics to mask a difference of approaches by the respective owners/management .

Pure bullshit lapped up by the braindeads who are happy to see these kind of excuses to instead of facing the reality of the poor management of their beloved team.

Rags and dipper supporters just love the propaganda .

 

[waspish]

Don’t they watch our chairman annual video he said 2/3 seasons ago we have been self sufficient for the last few years!

That means our owner hasn’t put a penny in to the club for around 5/6 years.

This City Have more resources that the rest is utter bullshit how many owners in the premier have Billionaires as owners or on there board?

It’s a false Narrative they’ve been pushing since our take over.

 

[bluealf]

Is it not our dodgy sponsorship deals

Nah, it is coz we are owned by a State, even though that is against the rules, we are still run by a state.

Well, that's what they tell you on Twitter and even on the Muen.

 

[bluestreak]

As a simple brained man I don't understand. Liverpool's income has been close overall to City's for the last 3 plus years. And not far behind in the previous 3 years. Like City, they can only spend what they earn due to FFP. Therefore we do not have more resources surely?

I think the group that owns them dip their beaks into the income, same as the Glazers do at OT. American owners like to take their cut of the "franchise"

 

[KS55]

As a simple brained man I don't understand. Liverpool's income has been close overall to City's for the last 3 plus years. And not far behind in the previous 3 years. Like City, they can only spend what they earn due to FFP. Therefore we do not have more resources surely?

No. The fact is, we spend £200m of the sheik's money every year and our accounts showing we spend just our football income (which any journo can look up) are fake, as CAS ruled.

 

[JASR]

Don’t they watch our chairman annual video he said 2/3 seasons ago we have been self sufficient for the last few years!

That means our owner hasn’t put a penny in to the club for around 5/6 years.

This City Have more resources that the rest is utter bullshit how many owners in the premier have Billionaires as owners or on there board?

It’s a false Narrative they’ve been pushing since our take over.

I think you'll find we've been self-sufficient longer than 2/3 years ago. IIRC since 2014, and maybe before. Though I'm happy to be corrected. It's certainly longer than 2/3 years!

 

[M12Blue]

Sorry I’m getting confused, was the wind ‘an act of god’ or ‘global warming’ from burning UAE fossil fuels from our despot, loaded owner

 

[M12Blue]

I heard that, very interesting that he doesn’t like TV punditry as a result. As an educated lad he

Nedum Onouha was on a City podcast (Ian Cheeseman’s?) a week or so ago, and he said something like “a question gets asked when you’re on air, and the producer is in the earpiece saying ‘you’ve got 30 seconds on this.’ But then some dinosaur spends 25 seconds spouting shite, and you’re left with five seconds to respond.”

I thought it was interesting to see how much of the debate is framed by the Ferdinands and Keanes of the world spouting “in my day we did this” and how much is framed by producers whose first priority is to make sure the debate runs to time. It also explains why in some cases people spouting shite don’t get pulled up as often as they should.

likes to give full explanations that take time

 

[laserblue]

I think you'll find we've been self-sufficient longer than 2/3 years ago. IIRC since 2014, and maybe before. Though I'm happy to be corrected. It's certainly longer than 2/3 years!

That's correct mate. 7 years self sufficient and in profit and still Delooney tweeted the other day that we have the benefit of Abu Dhabi's billions. Yet the agenda and perception have been set so that if you try and correct an ignorant and deluded rag, dipper, etc. they simply call BS.

 

[KS55]

Its just a matter of difference in business model. Rags, Dippers and ourselves have more or less the same turnover. We spend ours on players. Our players wage bill is about the same as theirs, but individually, our players earn somewhat less than at those clubs. We spread the wages amongst a deeper squad i.e. higher quality 'second string'.
We achieve this by avoiding very expensive galacticos. Compare cost and ages: e.g. Dias vs VVD, Slabhead: all our midfielders vs Pogbad: Eddie vs Alison, De Gea etc etc. Think of all the players we have bypassed as being too expensive: Alexis, Koulibali, Fred, Slabhead etc. I would wager we will not pursue Haarland unless both his agent and Dortmund demand sensible terms.
Secondly, we are not saddled with greedy owners or enormous debt interest as rags are. Not sure about Dippers current situation but you can be sure their owners will want their pound of flesh rather than a deeper squad.
It has been our policy for many years now to buy young, apply the very best in coaching and build a deep squad by improving good players to be excellent.(see zinch). In this compressed season, our enhanced ability to rotate is sending the dippers crying into their beer on the treatment table.
In summary, we are just better managed with the medium term in mind, not just one season.
On top of that we have a brilliant coach.
Pep's successor will need a proven track record of coaching younger players up the ranks.

 

[stan bowles]

Did anyone ask him why nobody has asked about their 'luck' with lack of injuries in the previous 2 seasons where they played the same players, over and over again? It's almost as if something has caught up to them and I'm not talking karma.

I was amazed Klopp started the same XI yesterday as he did midweek. Talk about running your players into the ground. Injuries at the back yes but he never seems to give the front three a rest either.