Media Thread - 2021/22

[pudge]

Never thought I'd agree with Danny Murphy...

Also, didn't Van Persie celebrate in front of us for Arsenal once? Maybe the Adebayor game even

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

I have said for a while that I would like to see Stones given another run at the back with Ruben Dias, in my opinion our best combination as they have struck up a really good rapport. John seems to have a better relationship with Dias than Laporte has. It counts for a lot.

Ruben brings the best out of John.

 

[Les McDowellRIP]

Just seen on 'newsnow.co.uk' Ben White's attitude to linesman...in related pictures an Arsenal player is tugging Jesus' shirt as Mahrez takes penalty!

 

[give it to gordon]

Never thought I'd agree with Danny Murphy...

Also, didn't Van Persie celebrate in front of us for Arsenal once? Maybe the Adebayor game even

So how do the away fans celebrate at the swamp ? You cant get near your own fans

 

[RobinHood]

Dermot Gallagher said you can't send off a player in a high profile match unless there is no other alternative .... WTF..... So the bar is higher for higher profile teams?????

He didn't?

 

[Seedy Ron]

Every time I see that prick Jordan he looks more like Bubbles of The Trailer Park Boys.

 

[Hart of the Matter]

He didn't?

He said you have to be extra sure otherwise you face a media witch hunt the next day...

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

Great post, well said
The depressing focus on contrived ‘controversies’, the minutiae of refereeing decisions and twisting the meaning and context of pre/post-match press conference quotes, rather than enjoying and analysing the game itself on its own merits, reduces football to the same status as Love Island.

Spot on mate - the BT coverage of the Arsenal game was a case in point.

A bunch of witless, partisan hacks and former players grasping at the simplest interpretation of the game which has just unfolded in front of them - corrupt refereeing decisions as the sole reason for the good guys not winning the day, so let’s all boo at the big bad wolf - when there were actually some fascinating storylines to the game.

How was it Arsenal managed to disrupt City’s passing game so effectively in the first half, and how did they overcome our press so effectively to nullify our tactics and force our tired legs to do all the running when most teams struggle to do the same?

What did we tweak at the start of the second half to counter Arsenal’s game plan that frustrated them so much, prompting them into the characteristic burst of self-destructive indiscipline we knew they would be susceptible to?

How did bringing Gundogan on for Jesus improve our attacking shape in response to them going down to 10 men, allowing us to take control of the game and ultimately win it at the end?

Or if you insist on focusing on the refereeing decisions, why was the Ederson/Odegaard incident different from the Silva/Xhaka one based on the explicit rules around VAR, meaning whilst both were open to interpretation - one was referred while the other wasn’t.

Nah - fuck it. The Ref was bent and City are cheats. That’s why we won and Arsenal lost. Nothing more to see here.

 

[RobinHood]

He said you have to be extra sure otherwise you face a media witch hunt the next day...

That's it then. Players in high profile games can get away with stuff that 'lower' teams' players can't. Well done Dermot, you've made yourself look an even bigger fool than you normally do.

 

[BringBackSwales]

That's it then. Players in high profile games can get away with stuff that 'lower' teams' players can't. Well done Dermot, you've made yourself look an even bigger fool than you normally do.

Obviously why that **** Mane wasn’t sent off yesterday. Well that and altrincham anthony being clueless