Media Thread - 2021/22

[Franny 1234]

Have you told her to keep an eye on the sports news?

She looks for our results so she knows what mood to expect me to come home in. Lol

 

[Kippax77]

Journalism these days is akin to a reality TV show.
Freaks acting out prescripted scenarios and dialogue to gain viewing figures, hits and likes.

Sad sad industry

 

[bluemanchester]

One of my takes on the way we play football is to think of Bob Ross the American painter who had his own shows doing a portrait in about 45 minutes. If you get the chance look him up on you tube. He starts with a blank canvas, we start with the pitch as our canvas. He has brushes and paint and also uses items you can buy at any hardware store to paint with, we have players who you could say also came as unfinished, a work in progress. Bob Ross moved around all the canvas doing bits here and there, we play to the full diameters of the pitch. At the end he has built or created a wonderful picture. At the end of our game we have used all the pitch to create our own little masterpiece slowly but surely. We watch in awe as this wonderful team of ours play football the like of which has never been seen before in English football. Journalists and commentators are now saying it is boring and soulless when the problem is they just cannot see the beauty of our football through the bitterness and bias they have. If you want to understand why the BBC are accused of bias and are having some of their funding withdrawn go and see the workings of the sports department at media city. Like Bob Ross we create something beautiful in the time allowed.

 

[stonerblue]

James Ducker isn't in the whatsapp group. Great piece on Bernardo today and the game report yesterday was without any of the crap:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...merged-darkness-become-player-year-contender/

Pep Guardiola creates a winning culture not seen since Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United

One of the biggest compliments you can pay Manchester City under Pep Guardiola is that you can easily forget when big players are missing.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Usually telegraph behind paywall but these aren't for me.

He for that. It's a Great piece of work

 

[Mid Wales blue]

I don’t think there’s anything I’ve wanted more in a very very long time than a Pep extension.

 

[CharliesRightPeg]

Had a look at the Ken Early stuff
He's used Transfermarkt as his justification of costs and which has meant that various City players have jumped up the list ie Sterling above Fred who cost 3 mil more

 

[wolviedinho]

Exactly.

We OWN this game now. And they know it and it’s killing them. It wasnt supposed to be like this. We were supposed to buy a bunch of mercenaries, managed by a fool, and then noisily disappear back into nothingness after a few years howling at the moon. In short, we were supposed to be a direct message to other non sky-4 clubs to never get ideas above their station, to know their place as fodder to the history boys.

Instead our owner turned out to be a humble genius who appointed a bona fide Godfather as chairman, ably assisted by Ferran and Txiki, who between them eventually lured the best manager of the last 50 years to these shores to manage us. And in said manager‘s own words he “destroyed the game in England”.

I bloody adore this club. We are blessed by God.

Fantastic post @Kazzydeyna. Sums up the state of play nicely.

 

[chesterbells]

Journalism these days is akin to a reality TV show.
Freaks acting out prescripted scenarios and dialogue to gain viewing figures, hits and likes.

Sad sad industry

Ripe for an episode of Brooker’s Black Mirror. Would only need to exaggerate the real thing by 5% to turn it into a dystopian freak show…

 

[wolviedinho]

I love that bald fraud ;)

 

[Blue Pete]

If people find us boring, then what do they think of the opposition?

Chelsea, having beaten us 3 times last year, show up at the Etihad, and park the bus like nearly every other team we play home or away.

Time wasting from the first minute, 20 seconds from their goalkeeper getting the ball before he releases.

Want to talk about boring and soulless, watch the opposition in nearly every City game for the last 2-3 years.