Media Thread - 2021/22

[Gorton_Tubster]

When arsenal were known as boring the crowd used to sing it at them. I would LOVE for the opposition to try sing that at Citys team as we run rings around their team with the skilled technical passing style we have. They know its bullshit, we know they know its bullshit.

For example, the seminal games of this decade have come from City. City v lfc. City v spurs in the CL. City beaten by utd, city beating utd.

City being boring is as empty a jibe as the emptyhad jibes.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

The narrative is just getting it in early, as they want to again smear the legitimacy of another (hopefully) City title triumph.

It's reached fever pitch because they know the only way to prevent us dominating for another decade is to soil both our brand and the Premier League product, so the brain dead masses will be fully compliant when the old guard co-conspirators try to rig the rules and jury again.

The greatest payback we can deliver this season is to win Prem, FA Cup and Champions League, followed by Haaland signing and Pep extending this summer.

It will kill them all.

 

[mike1923]

From 1972/73 to 1991/92 (20 seasons) which was the last season before the PL was formed, dippers won the title 11 times and finished second seven times. During this time they had two back to back wins and one three times on the trot. Nobody moaned.
From 1992/93 to 2010 /11 (19 seasons) the scum won the title 12 times, finished second four times and third three times. twice won back to back and twice won it three times on the trot. In the preceding 20 seasons they had finished second three times and third three times so hardly what you call successful during that time which would then lead to all the titles. I wonder how they achieved their success. Nobody moaned.
From 2011 / 12 until now (10 seasons not including this one) due to investment in the club we have won the league five times, finished second three times and third twice. Now every fucker is moaning.
Between the three red shirted teams they have accumulated 52 titles and 40 runners up places, no fucker moans.

Indeed. They’re not sick of seeing the same team win, they’re sick of seeing City win

had a (rag) friend say to me that he finds the PL boring these days, was suitably amused when I suggested that he actually means he’s bored of his team being a laughing stock

 

[waspish]

The narrative is just getting it in early, as they want to again smear the legitimacy of another (hopefully) City title triumph.

It's reached fever pitch because they know the only way to prevent us dominating for another decade is to soil both our brand and the Premier League product, so the brain dead masses will be fully compliant when the old guard co-conspirators try to rig the rules and jury again.

The greatest payback we can deliver this season is to win Prem, FA Cup and Champions League, followed by Haaland signing and Pep extending this summer.

It will kill them all.

Surprised they don’t ban foreign managers or they need to have Visa which has to go through the premier before approving! ;)

Am looking forward to what the New Premier FFP 3 will be like!

Well they’ve went through the courts for us to hand over all our documentations from cas so they can look at any weak points they can Bring into Premier FFP mark 3.

 

[waspish]

Indeed. They’re not sick of seeing the same team win, they’re sick of seeing City win

had a (rag) friend say to me that he finds the PL boring these days, was suitably amused when I suggested that he actually means he’s bored of his team being a laughing stock

I would just laugh at them and tell them don’t you have a mind of your own?! you are like a sheep you listen to the media you read it on social media and your spout it.

You could say predictability could become “boring” for none city fans but you can not say we play boring football.

 

[Octavian]

I’ve just read Delaney’s piece from last week.

Fuck me he’s funny.

All the usual City bingo tropes and states “clubs are unhappy with the CAS verdict” stating that paved the way for the super league somehow???

He stops short himself of stating the ruling was incorrect because A) he knows it wasn’t but wants to insinuate it is and B) doesn’t want to get sued for lying.

He’s sulking that we’re too good and even tho he acknowledges United and Chelsea spend the same as us, apparently we also buy the top people for the whole club’s infrastructure.

Well boo hoo. I bet the **** wasn’t crying when Utd had the best manager in the league.

He also makes a point that Liverpool’s dominance in the 70s and 80s was ok as Villa and Forest won stuff… Liverpool and Chelsea have recently so what’s the issue? Oh yeah it’s coz City are doing it.

He’s one of many bitter cunts that is happy for a team in red to dominate but not a team in sky blue.

 

[Innsbruckblue]

Whatever anyone thinks of Beglin‘s ‘Emptyhad’ comment (I had German commentary, so only heard it from a clip someone posted), it was completely unprofessional from a person who is supposed to be impartial. For that reason alone, I’d love to see him crucified for his action and never work on TV again. I wouldn’t get away with it in my job, so why should he?

 

[M18CTID]

If people find us boring, then what do they think of the opposition?

Chelsea, having beaten us 3 times last year, show up at the Etihad, and park the bus like nearly every other team we play home or away.

Time wasting from the first minute, 20 seconds from their goalkeeper getting the ball before he releases.

Want to talk about boring and soulless, watch the opposition in nearly every City game for the last 2-3 years.

Teams have a right to set up how they want, but while I have no issues with teams further down the league parking the bus, Chelsea's set-up baffled me. Sure, they could've still nicked a goal and a win but given they were starting the game 10 points behind us and they needed a win to stay in the title race, to see them play so defensively and their goalkeeper time-wasting in the first half had me wondering what the hell they were up to.

 

[johnevans]

Sunday Express sports writer fired over Liverpool FC opinion piece vows to continue fighting 'gag on freedom of speech' - Press Gazette

https://pressgazette.co.uk/sunday-e...o-continue-fighting-gag-on-freedom-of-speech/

I attach below a post of mine from 3 years or so ago which may be of interest to you.

It quotes the respected sportswriter Brian Glanville's take on the subject from some 30 years ago and rather uncannily pre-dates the points made by the reporter from the 'Sunday Express' (I was replying at the time to another Blue who had raised a similar observation to yours):

"For your interest, herewith Brian Glanville's take on the matters of behaviours evidenced by Liverpool supporters and the media. This reflects the article you quote by Tony Evans (no relation!) and is taken from his book 'Champions of Europe; The History, Romance and Intrigue of the European Cup' (1991), some six and two years respectively after Heysel and Hillsborough:

'As a club, Liverpool, alas, were not remotely matched by their notorious supporters. Among these there was beyond doubt a core of decent, largely middle-aged, peaceful, pleasant fans, who would share the mature, sensible attitudes of the club itself. There were also, as fans from other clubs all over the country knew all too well, thousands of brutalised, violent toughs, whose excesses had been known for many years.

When the detested Manchester United went to Anfield shortly before Heysel the city had seemed awash with hatred. Coaches and trains of United’s supporters were stoned. Mechanics would run out of garages to scream abuse at the coaches as they went by. When United, just a few weeks later, came once more to Merseyside to play Liverpool, this time in the FA Cup semi-final at Goodison Park, Liverpool’s supporters were firing flares into the Manchester fans’ sections.

Quite where Liverpool’s following had gained its spurious reputation for good conduct with a blinkered press was obscure.

But then, journalists see little or nothing from the Press Box, nothing of what goes on, often sinister and violent, in the surrounding streets and alleys, at railway stations. Unless they are privy to good, first-hand information, journalists accept the public, distorted image; in this case, a misleadingly benign one.

Nor would it be enough to say that violence among Liverpool fans could be explained by unemployment, the crumbling and deliquescence of a doomed city.

The behaviour of Everton’s fans, in Rotterdam for the Cup Winners’ Cup Final two weeks before, had been exemplary.'

 

[Blue Pete]

Teams have a right to set up how they want, but while I have no issues with teams further down the league parking the bus, Chelsea's set-up baffled me. Sure, they could've still nicked a goal and a win but given they were starting the game 10 points behind us and they needed a win to stay in the title race, to see them play so defensively and their goalkeeper time-wasting in the first half had me wondering what the hell they were up to.

I have no problem with any team parking the bus against us, if I was the opposition manager I'd do the same. I object to the fact that:
A. We get called boring because of how the opposition play.
B. Why refs don't react to time wasting until 85+ mins. When it starts from the first minute.

 

[stan bowles]

And when (or if) City lose a couple of games these same wankers come out from behind their rocks and tell everyone how the cracks are showing, how Pep's number is up, players are looking to leave and how refreshing and exciting it is that one team can't dominate our precious unpredictable Premier League.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

I have no problem with any team parking the bus against us, if I was the opposition manager I'd do the same. I object to the fact that:
A. We get called boring because of how the opposition play.
B. Why refs don't react to time wasting until 85+ mins. When it starts from the first minute.

it's time now we start having the correct time added on for teams playing the time wasting tactic.

Imagine seeing its in the 110 minute because cocks like Kepa couldn't just play the ball quickly.

 

[solley attwell]

I missed this article at the time of publishing but the guy was just saying what most people think about Liverpool fans. Trouble follows them almost everywhere they go and has done for decades, however, it is never their fault and it almost never gets the press attention it deserves. With phrases like 'loyal', 'passionate' and 'enthusiastic' used rather than 'violent', 'aggressive' and 'extre

Teams have a right to set up how they want, but while I have no issues with teams further down the league parking the bus, Chelsea's set-up baffled me. Sure, they could've still nicked a goal and a win but given they were starting the game 10 points behind us and they needed a win to stay in the title race, to see them play so defensively and their goalkeeper time-wasting in the first half had me wondering what the hell they were up to.

Teams have a right to set up how they want, but while I have no issues with teams further down the league parking the bus, Chelsea's set-up baffled me. Sure, they could've still nicked a goal and a win but given they were starting the game 10 points behind us and they needed a win to stay in the title race, to see them play so defensively and their goalkeeper time-wasting in the first half had me wondering what the hell they were up to.

Tuchel's plan was to keep it tight for 60/65 mins and then try to win the game with fast counter attacks hence why he brought on Werner and Hudson odoi in the 65th min. So only wanted to go head to head with City for 30 mins

 

[Bonzo Nododo]

Have they dropped the 'no one cares about what City do' shite that looked like being popular a couple of weeks ago because even they realise how stupid it is?
If people cannot see and enjoy the beauty of the beautiful game as played by City, they really need to find another team to support or more likely, a new programme to watch.
When you see Eddie calmy taking a goal kick, passing to any defender, any one of them who has an attacker rushing to close him down the crowd would shout a warning in old football. But in New Total Football the defender easily takes that ball into his control, sometimes passes to a team-mate or easily turns his man and passes in on to a similarly unruffled colleague. Now these cameos of football skill are not done by our skilful midfielders, they are done by hairy-arsed defenders and a fearsome looking tattooed goalie This football magic does not happen on odd occasions, it happens many times almost every time in a match.
So anybody who finds that sort of skill level boring wants to go and support very low level non league clubs with their big boots into Row k or up to the Big Man.

 

[schfc6]

Exactly.

We OWN this game now. And they know it and it’s killing them. It wasnt supposed to be like this. We were supposed to buy a bunch of mercenaries, managed by a fool, and then noisily disappear back into nothingness after a few years howling at the moon. In short, we were supposed to be a direct message to other non sky-4 clubs to never get ideas above their station, to know their place as fodder to the history boys.

Instead our owner turned out to be a humble genius who appointed a bona fide Godfather as chairman, ably assisted by Ferran and Txiki, who between them eventually lured the best manager of the last 50 years to these shores to manage us. And in said manager‘s own words he “destroyed the game in England”.

I bloody adore this club. We are blessed by God.

It’s bizarre they never saw this coming. What people do know and admire about the Emirati’s, that they stop at nothing to have the best. If they’re not 100% confident that they are the best for the task at hand, then they will find the best.

You only need to watch that recent BBC documentary on Dubai or the Chanel 5 documentary on the QE2 hotel to see just how much detail they put into everything.

A very rich, highly educated & motivated man bought our football club. He then went about employing a highly educated, highly motivated and visionary Chairman who then sought out a highly motivated & visionary upper management team. They the bought into Sorriano vision of the CFG.

Is it any wonder we’ve stolen a march on clubs like Real, Barca, United etc ran by either half assed egomaniacs, jobs for the boys or self motivated self serving Americans.

 

[eversince 76]

Hope all is well.

Too many people just do not want to give City due credit. It might take a generation to change that but if we continue to be run as well as we have been, the tide will change.

All is well my friend.

And you are right. It might take a generation. How long did it took us to be confident before a match? And tbf I’m still working on that …

 

[KS55]

Have they dropped the 'no one cares about what City do' shite that looked like being popular a couple of weeks ago because even they realise how stupid it is?
If people cannot see and enjoy the beauty of the beautiful game as played by City, they really need to find another team to support or more likely, a new programme to watch.
When you see Eddie calmy taking a goal kick, passing to any defender, any one of them who has an attacker rushing to close him down the crowd would shout a warning in old football. But in New Total Football the defender easily takes that ball into his control, sometimes passes to a team-mate or easily turns his man and passes in on to a similarly unruffled colleague. Now these cameos of football skill are not done by our skilful midfielders, they are done by hairy-arsed defenders and a fearsome looking tattooed goalie This football magic does not happen on odd occasions, it happens many times almost every time in a match.
So anybody who finds that sort of skill level boring wants to go and support very low level non league clubs with their big boots into Row k or up to the Big Man.

You are absolutely right about skill levels and the ability to receive the ball under pressure. What they don't seem to realise is that this is no accident but the fruit of hours and hours of practice under skilful coaches. We make so many look amateur by comparison. When we don't quite click, this professionalism carries us through.
Pep learnt how to coach young players at La Masia and has carried that through his career. The detractors go on about buying the best players, but many did not possess these skills before Pep influenced them. Think of the improvement in Kyle, Rodri, Stones etc. A great coach being lectured by know nowts as a chequebook manager. Ha.

 

[Idesofmarch69]

I’d love to see him crucified for his action and never work on TV again.

If he was crucified, I doubt he would get any work at all.

 

[Asa's left peg]

The press say that it's only us who find the games interesting. I call bullshit. Other supporters will watcch with great interest as I do on MOTD for instance. The WHU - Leeds game in point. I wouldn't watch a Burnley game of course. But Leicester, WHU, Leeds, Arse, Southampton, Brighton, even Palace now - god, even Norwich are interesting to watch in a perverse way. These teams aren't playing like they have given up! These scibblers have outed themselves as american owner fan boys and if that attitude translates onto the players of those teams, like it did with Chelsea on Saturday, then they are done for.

 

[Newman Noggs]

The press say that it's only us who find the games interesting. I call bullshit. Other supporters will watcch with great interest as I do on MOTD for instance. The WHU - Leeds game in point. I wouldn't watch a Burnley game of course. But Leicester, WHU, Leeds, Arse, Southampton, Brighton, even Palace now - god, even Norwich are interesting to watch in a perverse way. These teams aren't playing like they have given up! These scibblers have outed themselves as american owner fan boys and if that attitude translates onto the players of those teams, like it did with Chelsea on Saturday, then they are done for.

They have created a no-lose argument amongst themselves. We go on to win it, it's a one-team league blah, blah, if we don't win it, it's a terrible failure and whoever does win it has done so in a heroic, giant-killing come back against the odds. Grist to the sensationalist mill.