Media Thread - 2021/22

[penalty spot]

Fair point but they did play crap.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Fair point but they did play crap.

As did Kane and Ramsdale and Sako and Phillips and ....

 

[penalty spot]

As did Kane and Ramsdale and Sako and Phillips and ....

Doesn't generate clicks does it.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Wasn't he one o the rags much vaunted yoofs!?! ;-))))

With big pockets he put 10x more funding into
the rags than any team had had before.

 

[Gingers Dad]

The rag fans had lost patience with him before the club greatly exceeded their revenues to build GPC's first title winning team.

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Always like to remind the Rags that chanted Fergie Out at the Demolition Derby in 89.

 

[Gingers Dad]

The ref should only stop play for a head injury. The injured player should have to leave the pitch and not return for 5 minutes. Any other injuries should be treated when the ball next goes out of play and that player should also leave the field and stay off for 5 minutes. If the injury was the result of a foul the offending player should also leave the field for 5 minutes.

They tried that and every player that feigning injury held his head to get play stopped

 

[Bluekiwi]

On the subject of the Wenger 'ideas' the one regarding stopping the clock when the ball is out of play is possibly the one law change that would stop time wasting and make the the game flow like it should, however, 30 minutes each way is much to short and a full 45 minutes each way would be much too long.
When the 90 minutes was originally agreed on it took into account that within that time there would be seconds lost every time the ball was out of play and only additional time should be added for injuries. (more recently for subs and goals).
So if we look at the average amount of stoppages in a game and maybe give them an allotted reasonable average time then take them away from 90 minutes that will give the reasonable time the match (ball in play) should last.

average corners per Premier League game is 11 x 10 seconds = 110 seconds
average throw-ins per Premier League game is 45 x 5 seconds = 225 seconds
average free kicks per Premier League game is 33 x 10 seconds = 330 seconds
average goal kicks per Premier League game is 17 x 10 seconds = 170 seconds
Total seconds = 835 which equates to 13.9 minutes so lets call that 14 minutes

This means the ball will be in play for 76 minutes (38 minutes each way) even if this was 35 minutes each way it would give us 70 minutes in play which is far far more than now and will give no reason for any team to waste time.

sorry for the above but had a bit too much time on my hands tonight with the England game on the telly

Have you ever watched Australian Football Rules (AFL)? There are 4 quarters of 20 minutes each in a game. The clock is stopped whenever there is a break in play so it is not unusual for some quarters to run for 30 minutes. The saving grace for the players is that they can be interchanged any number of times in the game otherwise they would be totally knackered.

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

On the subject of the Wenger 'ideas' the one regarding stopping the clock when the ball is out of play is possibly the one law change that would stop time wasting and make the the game flow like it should, however, 30 minutes each way is much to short and a full 45 minutes each way would be much too long.
When the 90 minutes was originally agreed on it took into account that within that time there would be seconds lost every time the ball was out of play and only additional time should be added for injuries. (more recently for subs and goals).
So if we look at the average amount of stoppages in a game and maybe give them an allotted reasonable average time then take them away from 90 minutes that will give the reasonable time the match (ball in play) should last.

average corners per Premier League game is 11 x 10 seconds = 110 seconds
average throw-ins per Premier League game is 45 x 5 seconds = 225 seconds
average free kicks per Premier League game is 33 x 10 seconds = 330 seconds
average goal kicks per Premier League game is 17 x 10 seconds = 170 seconds
Total seconds = 835 which equates to 13.9 minutes so lets call that 14 minutes

This means the ball will be in play for 76 minutes (38 minutes each way) even if this was 35 minutes each way it would give us 70 minutes in play which is far far more than now and will give no reason for any team to waste time.

sorry for the above but had a bit too much time on my hands tonight with the England game on the telly

Would the early leavers have to leave on 55 minutes rather than 75 minutes ;)

 

[Ric]

Of course they use a picture of Sterling…

 

[FantasyIreland]

Of course they use a picture of Sterling…

That's not right,not by a long way....an agenda is at play there.

Southgate,or the team Captain,if an individuals picture was required,would have been the more relevant and acceptable choice.

 

[Petethemancinleeds]

That's not right,not by a long way....an agenda is at play there.

Southgate,or the team Captain,if an individuals picture was required,would have been the more relevant and acceptable choice.

Dont be daft, no agenda, now v senior pro amongst many poor performers with a superior team on the night celebrating as one as the backdrop, good photo.

 

[give it to gordon]

Of course they use a picture of Sterling…

We arent surprised are we ?

The press/media were always going to blame City players. Southgate should have picked dippers and rag players.

For the City lads playing for England have to drop down a level and that's not easy. You spend the whole season playing at Peps level than drop down to Sunday league level for waistcoat.

 

[NeilMcnabTwoFooted]

We arent surprised are we ?

The press/media were always going to blame City players. Southgate should have picked dippers and rag players.

For the City lads playing for England have to drop down a level and that's not easy. You spend the whole season playing at Peps level than drop down to Sunday league level for waistcoat.

Exactly great point, aswell as being City i’m a big england fan, but your right about our players when they link up with england they play with many inferior team mates with a clueless bloke totally out of his depth lacking any tactical knowhow in charge, Walks,Stones,Phil,Grealish etc must laugh listening to southgates boring nonsense.

 

[give it to gordon]

Exactly great point, aswell as being City i’m a big england fan, but your right about our players when they link up with england they play with many inferior team mates with a clueless bloke totally out of his depth lacking any tactical knowhow in charge, Walks,Stones,Phil,Grealish etc must laugh listening to southgates boring nonsense.

I might add using Grealish as an example has been ok for England but has struggled at City this season. Like so many players before him it takes time to get Peps football.
So to expect City players to forget Peps training for waistcoat isnt going to be easy.

Just look who Walker and Stones have as a keeper for England ! Or who Stones has as a partner in England, non of whom are at the level of laporte or dias.

Stones has carried Maguire but the press/media say it's the other way round lol

 

[BlueMoonday]

Tossers from the BBC are now counting Pride flags, looks like we missed out on that trophy.

I'm all for the pride movement but quite a petty thing to do and the bloke has too much time on his hands. Nothing new for a BBC employee..

 

[NeilMcnabTwoFooted]

I might add using Grealish as an example has been ok for England but has struggled at City this season. Like so many players before him it takes time to get Peps football.
So to expect City players to forget Peps training for waistcoat isnt going to be easy.

Just look who Walker and Stones have as a keeper for England ! Or who Stones has as a partner in England, non of whom are at the level of laporte or dias.

it’s trying to unlearn real intricate genius level tactical knowledge drilled into them by pep to then to then nod and look enthusiastic at a bloke spewing woke sound bites about offield issues & his footballing input probably revole around such tactical mastery as “shall we play a back 3 or back 4” or when waistcoat as you referred to him as really wants to show off his tactical brilliance “we’ll put two spoilers in midfield that’ll stump the greats of international football” our lads must think “this is a joke this whole scene”

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

The lack of respect shown toward the club, Pep and the players is staggering.

This continual spewing of lies and racist bile from the majority of the media should be motivation enough to everyone connected with our club to just go out and continue to dominate the competition and ram their words back down their throats.

COME ON CITY!!!

No different than Baconface and rags in the '90's - pundits and media outlets unified in downplaying any achievements as it's bad for the English game to have a dominant force.

What do you mean no................!?!

 

[Sheik Battle and Goal]

Must be a coincidence that Stones and City target Phillips are on Sky sports headlines photo. They know exactly what they're doing.

And a picture of Phil and Southgate just underline the association of negativity and failure.
Very boring and very predictable.
Phil was only on for 20 odd minutes and had more shots in that time than the rest of the team out had managed all game .

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

That's not right,not by a long way....an agenda is at play there.

Southgate,or the team Captain,if an individuals picture was required,would have been the more relevant and acceptable choice.

What is this newly found concept you speak of..........? ;-)

 

[Zapcity]

The old waistcoated one seems a pretty decent bloke and has some pretty sound views I reckon. He always comes across pretty well in the media.
From a footballing point of view though, he was a very average club manager and does look out of his depth as an International manager. (though he has done pretty well in the last 2 major tournaments in fairness).
It is rare that I watch an England game, basically they just get in the way of proper football during the season.
The media will like to focus on the fact there were 4(?) City players playing last night, but as others have said they will have had to adjust to having far inferior players round them.
This isn't being arrogant ( there was also a reason why City didn't have any players picked for England for years)but at the moment when you watch a City match and then an England one the quality drops massively!