Media Thread - 2021/22

[bobbyowenquiff]

Manchester City: Government critical of owner Sheikh Mansour's meeting with Syrian president

Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour is criticised by the UK government for recently meeting with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

www.bbc.co.uk

predictable

You can't take anything our Government says about the Middle East seriously. We have been supplying weapons to both sides of most of the disputes in that region for decades.

 

[Carlos- the- jackal]

You can't take anything our Government says about the Middle East seriously. We have been supplying weapons to both sides of most of the disputes in that region for decades.

You can’t take fuck all seriously whatever this tory shite show says on any subject

 

[waspish]

Sheikh Mansour’s Biggest Win: Manchester City’s $4.6 Billion Increase In Value

With every significant achievement his team makes; from scooping a domestic treble to reaching the Champions League final, there is always that question: Why?

www.forbes.com

Not bad seeing he only paid what was it 250m for us.

 

[halfcenturyup]

It is, but the story comes from The Athletic with the MP criticising being Chris Bryant, the very same Chris Bryant who tweeted the following to a Russian Oligarch father and son:

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So not the government then. Not even anyone with any responsibility for the Middle East.

Help me, Rhondda (yes, I know).

Although they have to be seen to be critical of any overtures to Syria, I very much doubt the government or foreign office will be personally criticising Mansour. Not a great headline by the BBC, unless I am wrong.

 

[CharliesRightPeg]

So not the government then. Not even anyone with any responsibility for the Middle East.

Help me, Rhondda (yes, I know).

Although they have to be seen to be critical of any overtures to Syria, I very much doubt the government or foreign office will be personally criticising Mansour. Not a great headline by the BBC, unless I am wrong.

Dan Roach retweeted it and then deleted when challenged by a couple of blues

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Chris Bryant. Just another attention seeking leftie stamping his feet. First Chelsea, then Everton, now tenuously linking City to his 'look at me' media campaign.

Bryant seems to be a man devoid of any integrity. As usual his comments are reported without the context of his background.

The £650,000 profit a Welsh MP made from selling flats you helped fund

Rhondda MP Chris Bryant even rented out one of the flats when the rules changed and claimed £84,350 from the taxpayer to live somewhere else

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[halfcenturyup]

Sheikh Mansour’s Biggest Win: Manchester City’s $4.6 Billion Increase In Value

With every significant achievement his team makes; from scooping a domestic treble to reaching the Champions League final, there is always that question: Why?

www.forbes.com

Yes, thanks. That's not bad. I shall put my pen back down .....

 

[Rochdale Blue]

just follow his lead & don’t care if your wrong.

I just want the truth, not the baseless allegations the whole media spew out. It should be in his parliamentary expenses record.

 

[Centurions]

There was a mention on the forum somewhere that the meeting between Syria and uae was on behalf/sponsored by the UN.

I can’t find any news item saying that though, has anyone got a link to something that shows that to be the case?

if it is sponsored by the UN then they can all STFU, ( cf uk govt meeting Sinn Fein).

if it was part of a wider Arab led progression on Syria… hmm maybe ok.

if it was just the UAE off their own bat… that’s not a particularly good look.

Are they supposed to let the crap continue, destabilising the Middle East (let alone the suffering) or is it not better that someone step in and try and resolve it? I might add that absolutely no-one seems to know what the meeting is actually about.

I could care less if the Americans are "disappointed".

 

[halfcenturyup]

Dan Roach retweeted it and then deleted when challenged by a couple of blues

It was Roan, was it?

Actually, it's pretty comforting that Mansour doesn't give a single shit about what these people say or write. He must be incredibly secure in his, and the club's, position not to give the slightest toss (compare to Abramovich and how that turned out).

Maybe we as fans should take the same approach.