Media Thread - 2021/22

[The perfect fumble]

Here you go

Another City first!

The right of passage for every young football fan, is to have your sporting hero run off with a Manchester scally flashing the cash.

 

[Bluesince88]

“We’re all ruining, summer holidays”

 

[The perfect fumble]

Pogbas fee five years ago would be worth over 100 million in todays money but i didn’t read any of the hysteria surrounding that transfer.

BBC saying that City ‘smashed’ the British transfer fee when in fact in real terms we haven’t.

Yep, I read somewhere that in 2021 money the Pogba transfer would be valued around £112 million.

 

[Blue Pete]

Today I'll be canoeing on the river of salty tears. Hopefully Kane and Messi will sign and I'll be able to take my oil tanker out for a spin.

 

[mat]

“We’re all ruining, summer holidays”

Gonna win another cup or two...

 

[andthesunshineband]

Doesn't bother me either way to be honest, but how anyone can be certain what a transfer record actually stands at is dubious at best. They all seem to get reported differently, some aren't even disclosed.

 

[trotsky]

Here you go

This is the fella that said the rags were getting a £80m player for £40m when they signed Van de Beek. The difference in the way we are reported could not be more transparent.
I’m looking forward to see how they report when their England darlings are ripping up the league for us. My guess is that they’ll be a concerted campaign to drop ‘unloyal’ Harry and make Sir Rashford Captain and leader.

 

[berryblue]

Doesn't bother me either way to be honest, but how anyone can be certain what a transfer record actually stands at is dubious at best. They all seem to get reported differently, some aren't even disclosed.

We've only paid £89 million. We got £11 from the rags off the Sancho deal meaning we paid the same price as Pogba. ;-)

 

[Chris in London]

Warm Beverage Operative, shirley?

Hot beverage distribution manager

 

[Metalartin]

Haha the comments on the Simon Stone article are just as expected. The BBC comments certainly seem to attract a certain kind of outraged idiot.

The sycophancy towards United is sickening though. "To be fair they earn what they spend but City don't cos empty seats and stuff. They just spend their owners money and cook the books" Same old ill informed shite.

As is "They are turning the PL into the Scottish top flight or Liga". The PL has still been the most competitive top league in Europe in the last 10 years. 5 different names on the trophy, only one club managed consecutive titles(you know who). Look what's happened in Italy and Germany over the last 10 years by contrast.

Where have some of these idiots been anyway? Acting like the PL used to be more competitive. Since when? The creation of the PL and how the Sky money was introduced nearly killed the competitiveness of English football in the 90s. The first 10 years of the PL was one of the least competitive decades in topflight history thanks to United. As we know, the big sly 3 came into being due to unfair advantages(revenue splits) and the financial gulfs looked set to continue to widen, that was with or without foreign owners. I don't get why so many none big sly 3 fans hold this view, is it that they were happy only having 3 clubs to look up at, that were out of reach? They can't claim that would be more competitive either way. Releasing the monopoly the big Sly 3 were starting to have, was the best thing to happen to the PL.