Media Thread - 2021/22

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I’ve just opened the Sky app to see what is being said about City in European action tonight….

3 stories in their top section.

1. Merson on Grealish being a waste of money and why we might sell him

2. Can Ancelotti see off City

3. Gary Neville and City’s ”monstrous” Madrid mission

Not one bit of positivity, fucking comical.
 
Eccles Blue said:
*tongue in cheek time folks*


I just sent a text message to 81111 the BBC football column thingymabob asking why there was no reporting on another English team playing in Europe tonight and who had been fighting for quadruple last season..... two minutes later...... wow the first mention of Pep and the team!
Coincidence? I did sign it Manchester Neutral (didn't want them ignoring it by signing it Eccles Blue as I normally do. (Not that I send them many just when I get really frustrated with them!!)
:-) :-) :-)
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Test them, wait a bit and then send them something else similar and sign it the same. If an positive article suddenly appears......... Ric will have to rename this thread......
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
I couldn't believe this so I just checked (4.18pm). Still no significant City articles on the main Mail football page. This can only be deliberate. This is staggeringly negative coverage for an English team in a European semi-final. Never seen anything like this before tbh, not even us last season.
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Totally and utterly deliberate from the childish bastards at the fail. Ignore city, ignore City, I repeat, ignore city please all our journalists, just go pro Real Madrid tonight. They really are pathetic wankers
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
That's pretty disgusting, not least because Real Madrid are one of a few clubs in the world that have actually been confirmed to receive illegal state funding and are the most despised club in Spain, even in large sections of Madrid itself which are dominated by Atleti. It's totally bizarre. It is not surprising that SKY is a failing business. However large Real Madrid's fanbase is, the vast majority of potential viewers don't like them.
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A global fan base but returned half their tickets for the first leg. Something the media would take great delight in hammering us for despite continually telling the world we have virtually no fans outside the borough of Stockport
 
willipp said:
They literally signed off (the last 10 minutes) with what ever that orange faced sour prick who hates City going on about how awful a club we are and how we may be an elite side, but we aren't an elite club.
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Yes, there's a new yard stick, created by the orange one from Talkshite for "elite clubs", and that is you cannot be an "elite club" if you were relegated to league one.

Being relegated is apparently fine for "elite clubs" like Bayern, Liverpool, Man U, Ac Milan, Juventus etc....but to be relegated to tier 3 for 1 season completely eliminates you from any kind of "elite club" status. Ah well. Unlucky lads. We were so close!
 
Rammy Blue said:
I’ve just opened the Sky app to see what is being said about City in European action tonight….

3 stories in their top section.

1. Merson on Grealish being a waste of money and why we might sell him

2. Can Ancelotti see off City

3. Gary Neville and City’s ”monstrous” Madrid mission

Not one bit of positivity, fucking comical.
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As I say mate, it's City fans against the world tonight, the good good guys at Madrid done it all on a shoestring, against the rich vulgarians called Manchester 'abu Dhabi ' City. Time to make a big statement now boys
 
bluealf said:
That is the first time I have heard her speak, can somebody explain how she managed to win the job of main sports reporter on Sky Football and all the other good jobs before that.

Awful
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1. She's a Liverpool fan.
2. She and Sly pamper to Liverpool fans.
3. She's not ugly.
4. Apart from those 3 reasons I haven't got a clue, because there aren't anymore reasons.
 
bluealf said:
I wasn't even going down that road tbh she was just plain awful in front of the camera and her knowledge (or lack of) and bias were plainly on show.
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I can go down that road and also confirm she is to football journalism, what Solskjaer is to management.

Except Ole is prettier in the flesh and after the chemical peel and blonde extensions.

Her nickname was - Melissa Never Ready
 
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eyalluvitt said:
A global fan base but returned half their tickets for the first leg. Something the media would take great delight in hammering us for despite continually telling the world we have virtually no fans outside the borough of Stockport
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For the last time, we restricted their allocation because they did the same to us. They didn't have the tickets to return.
 
mexico1970 said:
www.skysports.com

Real Madrid's Carlo Ancelotti makes history as first manager to reach five Champions League finals with Man City win

Carlo Ancelotti became the first manager in history to reach five Champions League finals after Real Madrid stunningly beat Man City 6-5 on aggregate to set up a match with Liverpool
www.skysports.com www.skysports.com
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I have never seen such an amount of coverage before on an English teams European opponents. Its like we are the non English team with Sky, BBC etc
 
hertsblue said:
I have never seen such an amount of coverage before on an English teams European opponents. Its like we are the non English team with Sky, BBC etc
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I've just made the mistake of turning sky on. Plastic scouser Reddy reporting and it was all about Madrid, nothing about us at all.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Just the plucky, shoestring £600m squad.

Allison £70m
Van Dijk £75m
Robertson £10m
Arnold £0
Thiago £35m
Fabinho £40m
Henderson £20m
Mane £40m
Salah £38m
Djota £45m
Dias £45m
Firminho £30m
Origi £10m
Chamberlain £35m
Konate £35m
Matip £0
Tsimikas £11.75m
Minamito £7.25m
Gomez £4.5m
Keita £54m
Kelleher £1.5m
Milner £0
Jones £0


Ederson £33m
Zinchenko £3m
Steffen £7m
Stones £49m
Dias £52m (Otamendi £14m makeweight)
Walker £52m
Cancelo £28m (Danilo £33m makeweight)
Foden £0
Laporte £58m
Gundogan £20m
Fern £30m
Bernie £44m
Rodri £62m
Mahrez £60m
Sterling £47m
Palmer £0
Jesus £28m
De Bruyne £54m
Mendy £50m
Ake £40m

Take out the £100m splurge on Grealish and the squad prices are more than comparable.

Especially so, if you factor we bought Fern in 2014 and now 37 and another facing prison.
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I was informed last night, they're the best ever team built on a budget.

I pointed out that as they've only won the league cup, essentially they're the Oxford United of the 2020's.
 
jrb said:
1. She's a Liverpool fan.
2. She and Sly pamper to Liverpool fans.
3. She's not ugly.
4. Apart from those 3 reasons I haven't got a clue, because there aren't anymore reasons.
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I don't disagree but she is fronting the main sports provider for this country, I mean how embarrassing for Sky is that.

'Real are in absolute fire form'

Even if we take that as a misspeak then she is also ignoring the fact we made them look very average despite the 4-3 scoreline.

I figure she ticks all the quota boxes, still, in a few years' time the men will be needing that kind of a leg up to get a gig on a sports channel soon enough.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Just the plucky, shoestring £600m squad.

Allison £70m
Van Dijk £75m
Robertson £10m
Arnold £0
Thiago £35m
Fabinho £40m
Henderson £20m
Mane £40m
Salah £38m
Djota £45m
Dias £45m
Firminho £30m
Origi £10m
Chamberlain £35m
Konate £35m
Matip £0
Tsimikas £11.75m
Minamito £7.25m
Gomez £4.5m
Keita £54m
Kelleher £1.5m
Milner £0
Jones £0


Ederson £33m
Zinchenko £3m
Steffen £7m
Stones £49m
Dias £52m (Otamendi £14m makeweight)
Walker £52m
Cancelo £28m (Danilo £33m makeweight)
Foden £0
Laporte £58m
Gundogan £20m
Fern £30m
Bernie £44m
Rodri £62m
Mahrez £60m
Sterling £47m
Palmer £0
Jesus £28m
De Bruyne £54m
Mendy £50m
Ake £40m

Take out the £100m splurge on Grealish and the squad prices are more than comparable.

Especially so, if you factor we bought Fern in 2014 and now 37 and another facing prison.
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They also never mention all the money they spunked on shit players in the time we struck 'oil' starting with the mumbler spending more on Andy Carroll than we did on Aguero lol
 
colin's bell helmet said:
Never really understood the bollocks about net spend.... I'm sure our net spend would be less than most had we sold the likes of Kompany, Aguero, Yaya, Silva, Zabaleta, Hart etc in their prime and cashed in and not got the years we did out of them then let them leave for nothing.
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Nail on head.

Fancy all those mercenaries staying for 10 years
 
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