Media Thread 2020/21

[Patientman63]

Simon (thinks he's clever Jordan) took the bait big time

So did the Daily Fail

 

[chedinho]

True but sadly the knuckle draggers will take it as fact.

He said the same about Messi. He put Barcelona success was all because of Messi.
And it was taken as fact.

 

[Beaker]

spot on . been many times . not a peep till they score .

The atmosphere at Anfield when they’re not up for a game is the worst I’ve experienced anywhere in the country. The great Anfield roar is the biggest myth in football.

 

[cheekybids]

If they continue with the narrative that anyone could do what Pep is by spending, then Pep is fully entitled to be prickly and sarcastic when he has to engage with them

I can see Pep now with one of his pre match team talks
"You guys are worth every penny this club has spent on you. Now go and rub everyone of the medias fucking noses in it"

it will also send a lot of clubs bust if they try.

 

[iceman]

it will also send a lot of clubs bust if they try.

Bout time we hit back

 

[iceman]

The real debate should be how much utd have wasted and won virtually nothing pretty sure utd fans will phone in and agree

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

He has said it before he is taking the piss.

It's about time we stopped feeling sensitive about the club's spending. Pep is not taking the piss at all, he is simply pointing out that one of the reasons explaining our phenomenal success over the last ten years has been our ability to identify players who will really help create a great team and buy them within budget. This is not to deny that the most important reason is Pep himself, but he's far to modest ever to mention that. I've read the report on our game on the BBC an that is the kind of eulogy that seems to be increasingly common, but the comments are full of the FFP and "cheats" comments that are the sole refuge of the bitter and alienated. No longer should we go on the defensive. We have taken UEFA's "rules" in our stride, conformed and coped with them far, far better than the financially challenged establishment ( has even UEFA managed to get any accounts signed off yet?). The CAS hearing found we hadn't breached any rules and, in fact, those who claimed we had had no evidence at all, never mind any "valid" evidence. So I think we should certainly not be embarrassed but should point out that we have spent "our own money" and got full value for it. None wasted on players who haven't lived up to billing. And if anyone wants to check on that they'll find IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE players in each position who were more expensive than our lads. That's what a decade of financial prudence CAN achieve.

 

[Blue Pete]

From the Talkshite website:

Asked how City have gone on their sensational 19-match winning run, Pep responded: “We have a lot of money to buy a lot of incredible players.

Seriously? I must admit I’ve not seen any post Match interviews But that does seem very strange to say the least.

Pep, should answer every question in every press conference with this. If only to watch their faces.

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

So did the Daily Fail

The Mail's Jonathan Spencer ran his story with this banner headline -

"We have a lot of MONEY', says Pep Guardiola as boss refreshingly admits their £2BILLION spending is the main driver behind 19-game winning streak".​

The simpleton has totally misunderstand that Pep was being sarcastic and throwing back at the press their accusations of "Buying the CL". What a naive dullard.

 

[iceman]

Pep, should answer every question in every press conference with this. If only to watch their faces.

Yes just say coz we loaded to every question

 

[hammocity]

That Naga woman seems to have toned down, think she'shad a bollocking for having a snide pop at Carol a few days ago. Not the first time she's had a pop at her.

https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/t...Munchetty-apology-BBC-Breakfast-meeting-video

I normally enjoy having Saturday morning kitchen on whilst I update my weeks work, just back ground noise most of the time. Last Saturday Munch a titty and a prick she works with (apparently) Charlie someone completely ruined the show. Pair of egotistical maniacs who talked over everyone, trying to be informed, funny and clever. They failed on all three counts, it was an embarrassment, pair of wankers.

 

[@BluePhil8]

Do we have our daily ‘concern’ articles about slaves, state owned clubs, our 50 man squad, our £5b investment, oil money and the state of the game yet? It’s been 24 hours since I last saw some and I’m worried that I’ll forget the message.

 

[danielwood5]

The clowns are complaining at the moment that they have fallen down the league because they have not had fans in the ground.
Although they don't quite say it, one of the benefits they get is the crowd causing intimidation by its noise for Liverpool and the hostility to the visitors.
As the City team had just suffered several minutes of being hit by hundreds of missiles as the police on foot and riding horses and motorcycles and having lots of CCTV and other coverage and were STILL unable/unwilling to deal with offenders, the players must have had misgivings and those psychological effects you mention that their safety inside the ground was far from certain. I dont know about the whole of the ground but it is very easy for fans in the away end to get on the pitch.

I don't think the psychological effects would have made too much difference to the players, I think the biggest psychological influence will be over the referees, they're intimidated into giving decisions the way of the home team.
The biggest issue we had after the coach attack would have been due to the comedown from the adrenalin rush in the lead up to the match, the coach attack and the sight of loads of feral scousers wouldn't have been scary to the people in the coach but it will have triggered an involuntary fight or flight response. Some of the after effects of this adrenaline rush are tiredness, lack of coordination, tremors and difficulty in concentrating amd they usually hit around an hour after the adrenaline response started (approximately just in time for the game to kick off). This is why sports people try to relax and focus before the event and get fired up just before they begin competing and also why these shit house tactics helped Liverpool so much in that game (aided and abetted by a 'generous' German referee).

 

[Blueknows]

The real debate should be how much utd have wasted and won virtually nothing pretty sure utd fans will phone in and agree

1.2 billion since they last won the league

 

[LongsightM13]

Nedum absolutely killing it on SSN this morning. Articulate, insightful and funny. And even though he's a relative novice as a pundit himself, he’s clearly and generously helping his former teammate and co-guest Tom Carroll, who is on for the first time and obviously nervous

 

[lust overlord]

The real debate should be how much utd have wasted and won virtually nothing pretty sure utd fans will phone in and agree

Ha ha No chance .

The angle some of the media take with us is that were the evil empire.

The hope is some team,(united) will step up to beat us.

Last year it was the plucky redbell alliance from Merseyside that blew up our deathstar.

Not this season,i'm afraid to say ;) ,the new deathstar is fully operational.

 

[jrb]

Jim Sh*te on Talk Sh*te banging on about Pep's comments and City spending money. No mention of United, Chelsea, or the net spend Champions.

 

[Mike Cledford]

I don't think the psychological effects would have made too much difference to the players, I think the biggest psychological influence will be over the referees, they're intimidated into giving decisions the way of the home team.
The biggest issue we had after the coach attack would have been due to the comedown from the adrenalin rush in the lead up to the match, the coach attack and the sight of loads of feral scousers wouldn't have been scary to the people in the coach but it will have triggered an involuntary fight or flight response. Some of the after effects of this adrenaline rush are tiredness, lack of coordination, tremors and difficulty in concentrating amd they usually hit around an hour after the adrenaline response started (approximately just in time for the game to kick off). This is why sports people try to relax and focus before the event and get fired up just before they begin competing and also why these shit house tactics helped Liverpool so much in that game (aided and abetted by a 'generous' German referee).

Fans' coaches even a few years back got bricked a lot on both sides of Stanley Park and their windows weren't reinforced like the team bus. It was pretty horrible at Stoke when we got relegated because we were in the gaps between buses and couldn't see them coming but we all act differently.
I think we should have driven straight past Anfield and played the mard arse to our advantage by demanding the match be played behind closed doors or on a neutral ground.
On the face of it the attack worked.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

The atmosphere at Anfield when they’re not up for a game is the worst I’ve experienced anywhere in the country. The great Anfield roar is the biggest myth in football.

So true. The atmosphere at Goodison has always been better than Anfield. Anfield (like most places) was great in the 70s but has been shit for the last 25 years. The YNWA song before games is a contrived event for the plastic tourists. It's embarrassing to watch actually. It is pathetic compared to European grounds I have been to especially Poznan, Seville, Schalke, Hamburg, and Aris Salonika. The TV hype surrounding LFC fans is bollocks. The atmosphere at Bayern Munich and the Camp Nou is also pretty pathetic with thousands of tourists. There are so many myths in football. The Palace fans make more noise than the scousers and so do Leeds.

 

[JRockBlues]

Pep fully immersed himself in Mancunian culture and has finally turned the sarcasm knob up to 11.