Media Thread - 2021/22

[wolfie1988]

This picture is what triggered me. To actually see our owner sitting face to face with Assad, not as part of a delegation but one to one is really concerning to me. Now I hope other posters are right and it’s as part of a peacemaking strategy or some form of go between but I honestly don’t know without researching it.
Of course I know our owner and Chief Exec are well connected politically and active players both within the UAE govt and on a wider scale. I’ve had an itch about it especially over Yemen and Israel but I’ve generally ignored it, tried to think the best and just enjoyed the great ride we are still on. To tell the truth Ivd virtually completely ignored it. Every PL owner bar perhaps Delia is dodgy in some way so why pick on us and it’s because of jealousy and the American influence has always been my view. Also Sheikh Mansour has been very much in the background as far as the club is concerned and again that’s fine by me.
However this new moral front against us is gathering pace and seeing that picture with Assad as well as being publicly named by an MP has shocked and upset me quite a bit - as Assad starts his rehabilitation back into the fold, virtually the first person he is pictured with is our owner! Anyway, like all peace living people I really do hope it is for the good of the Syrian people and the region.
Goodnight and lets hope we best Saints tomorrow.

The human rights accusations have always been there in the background but it's difficult to listen to these when our country continues to trade freely with the UAE, when people holiday freely in the UAE and when so many major sports events are held freely in the UAE.

This is the first real occasion since Sheikh Mansour has been involved with City that we have really seen something like this.

It feels grubby.

 

[jrb]

TBH I’m sick and tired of Dictators, Politicians, etc. 53 years of one after another around the World looking after their self-interests at any cost, makes you……..(fill in as appropriate)

Nothing to do with Manchester City Football Club as such, bar the fact that Sheikh Mansour owns City.

But it’s already started. The bad PR.

The Daily Telehraph. Manchester City Football Club name checked.

The BBC. Manchester City Football Club named checked.

There are plenty more reports. And to come.

 

[Citizen Green]

Where has this sudden flapping over government legislation possibly removing Sheikh Mansour? I’ve not seen this mentioned anywhere and what legal justification could possibly be given for doing so.

 

[jrb]

Maybe years of being told by a corrupt media that our club is a dirty sport washing project which we should all be ashamed of has gotten their backs up a bit and going on the defensive is just something that's become an automatic response.

Anyway, it's not like you're new to Bluemoon, what did you expect?

I don’t know.

That includes Sheikh Mansour meeting Assad, for whatever reason.

 

[wolfie1988]

TBH I’m sick and tired of Dictators, Politicians, etc. 53 years of one after another around the World looking after their self-interests at any cost, makes you……..(fill in as appropriate)

Nothing to do with Manchester City Football Club as such, bar the fact that Sheikh Mansour owns City.

But it’s already started. The bad PR.

The Daily Telehraph. Manchester City Football Club name checked.

The BBC. Manchester City Football Club named checked.

There are plenty more reports. And to come.

To be fair, it probably wouldn't be news in this country if he didn't own Manchester City. So it's fair to mention it, IMO.

 

[jrb]

To be fair, it probably wouldn't be news in this country if he didn't own Manchester City. So it's fair to mention it, IMO.

Correct.

If Sheikh Mansour didn‘t own City, it wouldn’t make tomorrow’s Fish and Chips Newspaper.

 

[Ric]

To be fair, it probably wouldn't be news in this country if he didn't own Manchester City. So it's fair to mention it, IMO.

Is this some kind of reverse sports washing?

 

[wolfie1988]

Is this some kind of reverse sports washing?

Mad innit? How is that even still a thing when it's been constant bashing for 10 years plus.

 

[Ric]

Mad innit? How is that even still a thing when it's been constant bashing for 10 years plus.

It’s just become a largely meaningless cliche that a handful of sanctimonious, hard of thinking journalists keep trotting out.

Not sure it’s necessarily a good thing, but I really don’t think the UAE government give a fuck what is written about them over here, particularly by a few obsessive football hacks.

 

[CharliesRightPeg]

There will be no stability and peace in Syria. Assad, Russia, America, Iran, Turkey, Israel, ISIS, and other hardline Muslim groups.

It’s a f*cking mess that will never be sorted out by anyone.

A great read.

Syria’s War and the Descent Into Horror

The civil uprising against the longtime rule of the Assads deteriorated into protracted civil war. Here’s a look at the elements that have deepened Syria’s tragedy.

www.cfr.org

The UN are trying and that's why Assad is in the UAE