Media Thread - 2021/22

[waspish]

Pol Ballus is joining The Athletic. Good addition for them, he’s very well-connected when it comes to City.

Let’s hope he doesn’t go for the click bait articles

 

[LongsightM13]

Let’s hope he doesn’t go for the click bait articles

Yes we’ve been here before. Maybe the worm is finally turning but I won’t hold my breath

 

[Ric]

Let’s hope he doesn’t go for the click bait articles

I don’t think The Athletic generally do that tbf (in their City coverage, at least) and Ballus is a very good reporter with integrity. Some Blues have complained that we have only had one reporter covering us (compared to 3/4 for Liverpool and United) so this is welcome news on that front.

 

[JASR]

Let’s hope he doesn’t go for the click bait articles

The headline for the piece starts with united, even though the piece is initially all about his joy of City and the steps that took him there.

The sub-editors of the athletic have their clickbait guidelines still.

 

[lancs blue]

We bottled it in 1972. A mere 50 years ago.

As did Liverpool that season.

 

[Sky Blue]

Oh Aldo, you’ve outdone yourself. Some crackers to save you clicking on the link.

Real Madrid have always been a pretty arrogant club that believes the world revolves around them.

United have put in their worst season in living memory.

Meanwhile, this was the campaign when Liverpool became the first English team to take their trophy wins past the 50 mark, with Manchester City needing another £5 billion of transfer spending and at least a decade to get near that total.

Losing the Premier League title on the final day of the season after it seemed like City were going to bottle it again was tough to take.

More people showed up in the first mile of Liverpool's open-top bus parade than Manchester City attracted for their own badly attended parade to toast their Premier League win.


Rival fans laughing at Liverpool are a million miles behind Jurgen Klopp's winners


https://www.sundayworld.com/sport/s...es-behind-jurgen-klopps-winners-41721172.html

I'd like to do a Graham Young on a plate of his Scouse tea.

 

[cheekybids]

I don’t think The Athletic generally do that tbf (in their City coverage, at least) and Ballus is a very good reporter with integrity. Some Blues have complained that we have only had one reporter covering us (compared to 3/4 for Liverpool and United) so this is welcome news on that front.

We also have 3/4 writers but they write about City for the benefit of opposing fans.

 

[KS55]

Some of the independent’s biggest journalists are Delaney, Reddy and Evans… it’s worse than Carragher and Neville on City games.

They can’t get jobs on proper newspapers, so they have to content themselves with an online tiny rag and reams of mendacious bile on twitter.

 

[wolviedinho]

I don’t think The Athletic generally do that tbf (in their City coverage, at least) and Ballus is a very good reporter with integrity. Some Blues have complained that we have only had one reporter covering us (compared to 3/4 for Liverpool and United) so this is welcome news on that front.

I will hold off on singing his praises until he pens a few articles. If Pol is anything like Sam and his Warped WhatsApp bearers of truth and justice then we will be in for much of the same.

Interesting times but if anyone is falling for the non click motives in an age of misinformation and online revenue then I won’t burst your bubble.

 

[burning blue soul]

Let’s hope he doesn’t go for the click bait articles

You know that he will. If he has agreed to join them, he has agreed to all the other shite that comes with it.
Just start with low expectations and work your way down from there.