Media Thread - 2021/22

[LongsightM13]

This is how Neville selects guests for his bullshit Overlap…

 

[LongsightM13]

I largely agree with this. Steven is a smashing guy and does what he does pretty well. The club certainly seem to be happy with him, which means they feel he represents us well. But I'm going to take issue with one thing.

In my opinion you can't be in his position and not be interested or have some knowledge of the key financial issues. You can't say you're bored by them. That's the main line of attack of many of our critics and, if he's representing City fans in front of other football fans and ignorant, ill-informed pundits , you have to be able to speak up and defend us. You don't need to be an expert on the minutiae of FFP, as I (sadly) am but you have to have a grasp of the basics. I'm always available to help if required.

As Chomsky said, “if you thought something different you wouldn’t be sitting where you’re sitting right now”
Like most sports editors when hiring, the first question is “are they one of us?”
When lay people are educating themselves on everything from obscure financial regulations to the limitation statues in international law, and fighting the blue fight to lead so-called ‘experts’ in the media a merry dance, then giving it the Kevin The Teenager “boring” on an openly hostile media outlet is a bit cowardly tbh. Either that or poor prep.
Looking at the room it seemed to be filled with YouTubers absolutely desperate for external validation from Sky Sports. A pat on the head from Gary fucking Neville of all people.
A bit sad and desperate tbh
All Neville deserves from City fans is what he got at Brighton away. A Stella shampoo

 

[cheekybids]

This is how Neville selects guests for his bullshit Overlap…

Sums it up perfectly, sometimes I envy those with the filter. We’ve just had an exec & leadership restructure & my vocal mate who gets incredible results has just paid the price but if I can keep my mouth shut for the next 5 years I can retire early & travel the world with no worries.

My wife says I’ve no chance.

 

[The perfect fumble]

As Chomsky said, “if you thought something different you wouldn’t be sitting where you’re sitting right now”
Like most sports editors when hiring, the first question is “are they one of us?”
When lay people are educating themselves on everything from obscure financial regulations to the limitation statues in international law, and fighting the blue fight to lead so-called ‘experts’ in the media a merry dance, then giving it the Kevin The Teenager “boring” on an openly hostile media outlet is a bit cowardly tbh. Either that or poor prep.
Looking at the room it seemed to be filled with YouTubers absolutely desperate for external validation from Sky Sports. A pat on the head from Gary fucking Neville of all people.
A bit sad and desperate tbh
All Neville deserves from City fans is what he got at Brighton away. A Stella shampoo

I agree.

The world of football mainstream media is poisonous and self serving, football social media isn't the antidote, it isn't revolutionary and it doesn't up end the status quo, it's not "authentic", it's not raw and real. It's guys in their spare rooms desperate for content and clicks, some are better than others, but when bedroom pundits meet the big beasts of the mainstream media it always disappoints.

You want the "real" fans to tell Neville and Spitty to fuck themselves, you want blood on the walls and the carpets, but it ain't going to happen. Hence you get this bullshit, where the football corporate talking heads get down with the kids, but not really, and entirely on their own terms.

 

[cheekybids]

As Chomsky said, “if you thought something different you wouldn’t be sitting where you’re sitting right now”
Like most sports editors when hiring, the first question is “are they one of us?”
When lay people are educating themselves on everything from obscure financial regulations to the limitation statues in international law, and fighting the blue fight to lead so-called ‘experts’ in the media a merry dance, then giving it the Kevin The Teenager “boring” on an openly hostile media outlet is a bit cowardly tbh. Either that or poor prep.
Looking at the room it seemed to be filled with YouTubers absolutely desperate for external validation from Sky Sports. A pat on the head from Gary fucking Neville of all people.
A bit sad and desperate tbh
All Neville deserves from City fans is what he got at Brighton away. A Stella shampoo

Neville will know this as well as anyone. The Rags were ran like that for years so it was easy transition to the media.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Would it be a good idea to have a forum on here with threads that address each of the points the media/pundits/blokes on twitter and in pubs hit fans with every day, There could be a debate on each (much has been discussed by the brains on the forum already, but on different threads), then a short, coherent response to each created by some of our more skilled members.

Some would be simple, some more complicated, but it could serve as a resource for those of us who go on the media, chat on social media or in the pub. Hell, they may even get read by some in the media themselves. Who knows?

We complain about the club not doing anything against this stuff, why not, at least, try to educate the fanbase on how to respond to each point in measured, factual (as far as possible) terms.

Bluemoon to the rescue!

Topics: The state-owned discussion, Mansour's role in government, Mansour's position in the royal family, where Mansour's family got their money from, roles of Pearce and Khaldoon in the UAE, M,P&K business relationships and effect on sponsorship, human rights in the UAE, Yemen, gross investment in City and net investment, value of CFG, self-financing nature of City, 1st UEFA FFP, 2nd UEFA FFP and CAS, PL FFP, revenue breakdown, commercial income tied to success, modern sponsorship and its drivers, investment in squad, squad size, inflation-adjusted player purchases, squad wage cost.

Did I miss anything?

Just an idea .....

 

[cheekybids]

Would it be a good idea to have a forum on here with threads that address each of the points the media/pundits/blokes on twitter and in pubs hit fans with every day, There could be a debate on each (much has been discussed by the brains on the forum already, but on different threads), then a short, coherent response to each created by some of our more skilled members.

Some would be simple, some more complicated, but it could serve as a resource for those of us who go on the media, chat on social media or in the pub. Hell, they may even get read by some in the media themselves. Who knows?

We complain about the club not doing anything against this stuff, why not, at least, try to educate the fanbase on how to respond to each point in measured, factual (as far as possible) terms.

Bluemoon to the rescue!

Topics: The state-owned discussion, Mansour's role in government, Mansour's position in the royal family, where Mansour's family got their money from, roles of Pearce and Khaldoon in the UAE, M,P&K business relationships and effect on sponsorship, human rights in the UAE, Yemen, gross investment in City and net investment, value of CFG, self-financing nature of City, 1st UEFA FFP, 2nd UEFA FFP and CAS, PL FFP, revenue breakdown, commercial income tied to success, modern sponsorship and its drivers, investment in squad, squad size, inflation-adjusted player purchases, squad wage cost.

Did I miss anything?

Just an idea .....

Thats a brilliant idea, one I’d read but not contribute to.

 

[Shirley]

Would it be a good idea to have a forum on here with threads that address each of the points the media/pundits/blokes on twitter and in pubs hit fans with every day, There could be a debate on each (much has been discussed by the brains on the forum already, but on different threads), then a short, coherent response to each created by some of our more skilled members.

Some would be simple, some more complicated, but it could serve as a resource for those of us who go on the media, chat on social media or in the pub. Hell, they may even get read by some in the media themselves. Who knows?

We complain about the club not doing anything against this stuff, why not, at least, try to educate the fanbase on how to respond to each point in measured, factual (as far as possible) terms.

Bluemoon to the rescue!

Topics: The state-owned discussion, Mansour's role in government, Mansour's position in the royal family, where Mansour's family got their money from, roles of Pearce and Khaldoon in the UAE, M,P&K business relationships and effect on sponsorship, human rights in the UAE, Yemen, gross investment in City and net investment, value of CFG, self-financing nature of City, 1st UEFA FFP, 2nd UEFA FFP and CAS, PL FFP, revenue breakdown, commercial income tied to success, modern sponsorship and its drivers, investment in squad, squad size, inflation-adjusted player purchases, squad wage cost.

Did I miss anything?

Just an idea .....

It could be titled the agenda thread…

 

[KS55]

Seriously

As in today is April 1st.

D'oh, I had not realised the date!!

 

[1961_vintage]

All Neville deserves from City fans is what he got at Brighton away. A Stella shampoo

He needs to understand that there are consequences to bad-mouthing City in public. There is only one language this little scrote understands. Mass debating the intricacies of our financials or ownership model on some shitty TV show will change nothing.