It’s sad that when I use to read the online media 10 years ago i enjoyed its content. Not a lot of bullshit about city but there again not much written about city. Now it’s a quick glance at the so called quality papers and the red tops, usually what would have taken me a good hour of perusing has now become speed reading then jump onto blue moon to calm down.
I agree. Sky (And all other commercial media) need the financial kick from having pro-utd/lfc coverage. The BBC just have fanboys of those clubs trying to push their agenda.BBC coverage of City might not be ideal but we get far better coverage on there than elsewhere. Referring this evening to story on Cole Palmer goal for U21s
Then they're achieving what they want. Fuck em. They know how good we are by how much sensationlist bollocks they come out with. Pep taking bungs was the pinnacle.Completely agree with this. It gets worse every season, with the exception of our centurions season. I just find myself getting angrier and angrier with how all media outlets belittle us and our achievements, whilst continuing to blow smoke up rag arses.
I just find I’m losing interest in all football now apart from any positives about City.
But but but, what about when the owners get bored and the oil runs out and Pep leaves? ;-)The Ronaldo signing is a typical Rag move , they are like the Harlem Globetrotters of football , style over substance , only they have zero style. For all the unprecendented bullshit they will be a laughing stock at the end of the season if they end up potless for the seventh season on the trot , we may have the most expensive assembled squad in europe , but if it is broken down into price per trophy the the Rags and Dippers are not in the same league , we have trounced both of them for over a decade.
They had both better get used to it , because the next decade is going to be exactly the same.
I'd rather he'd do is very best and they still not win it.I hope his leg falls off, not fussed which one.
We could sign mother Teresa, Gandy and Princess Diana and we'd still be called an evil empire.The double standards of the media concerning the Der Spiegel articles is stark but sadly not surprising. There is a document there in which Ronaldo admits being a rapist, the authenticity of which has not been refuted, but none of the mainstream media have dared mention it in any of their reporting. I am 100% sure that if we'd have signed him the likes of Delooney would have been shouting from the rooftops about it.
I would love Pep to mention it obliquely in his press conference when he is asked why we didn't sign him. Maybe he could just say we felt it would have been bad for the club's image if we had signed him.
The double standards of the media concerning the Der Spiegel articles is stark but sadly not surprising. There is a document there in which Ronaldo admits being a rapist, the authenticity of which has not been refuted, but none of the mainstream media have dared mention it in any of their reporting. I am 100% sure that if we'd have signed him the likes of Delooney would have been shouting from the rooftops about it.
I would love Pep to mention it obliquely in his press conference when he is asked why we didn't sign him. Maybe he could just say we felt it would have been bad for the club's image if we had signed him.
Not sure we should be wading into that particular moral minefield as long as we’ve got Mendy on the books.
Very good twitter thread on the 3pm blackout and why it only exists in England can be read here:The Torygraph are running with a campaign to stop football's Saturday 3PM televised blackout in the UK because ...
"Cristiano Ronaldo's return is for everyone to see."
[No irony as the Article is hidden behind a paywall]
It's just a fact though. It would have reflected on us badly if we had signed him.
Yep, thankfully we've got grown ups in charge of the club.Still spectacularly ill-advised from a PR perspective to bring it up at the moment in an attempt to win points.
The press would be falling over themselves to accuse us of a morally questionable lapse into the very worst of hypocrisy and myopia, all in a hopelessly misguided attempt to win points over United.
And I’d have to agree with them if we did - which is why I’m sure we’ll go nowhere near it!
Or "we plan on touring the USA, and he wouldn't be allowed to go" followed by a nudge nudge, wink wink.The double standards of the media concerning the Der Spiegel articles is stark but sadly not surprising. There is a document there in which Ronaldo admits being a rapist, the authenticity of which has not been refuted, but none of the mainstream media have dared mention it in any of their reporting. I am 100% sure that if we'd have signed him the likes of Delooney would have been shouting from the rooftops about it.
I would love Pep to mention it obliquely in his press conference when he is asked why we didn't sign him. Maybe he could just say we felt it would have been bad for the club's image if we had signed him.
If we'd have signed it there wouldn't have been a double a standard. #RapeyRon would still be trending.The double standards of the media concerning the Der Spiegel articles is stark but sadly not surprising. There is a document there in which Ronaldo admits being a rapist, the authenticity of which has not been refuted, but none of the mainstream media have dared mention it in any of their reporting. I am 100% sure that if we'd have signed him the likes of Delooney would have been shouting from the rooftops about it.
I would love Pep to mention it obliquely in his press conference when he is asked why we didn't sign him. Maybe he could just say we felt it would have been bad for the club's image if we had signed him.
"Not in my lifetime."We could sign mother Teresa, Gandy and Princess Diana and we'd still be called an evil empire.
It is what it is sadly, in time it may change.
This, this & this. Been saying it for yearsCue all the rags saying that the cost of Ronaldo's fee and wages will be more than covered by shirt sales which is a myth they trot out whenever they shell out too much for a player. (Think Pogba).
Firstly, the rags sell around 3 million shirts a year and that figure doesn't vary much up or down. Although they may get some additional sales the bulk of the shirts would go to rags who would have bought one anyway. It's just that they'll have the name Ronaldo on the back instead of Lingard, Lindelof or McTominay.
Secondly, most clubs get only 10%-15% of royalties from kit manufacturers on shirts they sell. However, the rags' kit deal with Adidas is so front loaded with basic sponsorship cash they get only 5%-6% royalties. Say shirt costs £70. Sales of 3 million would gross £210 million. 5% of that is £10.5 million which wouldn't cover his transfer fee and would only cover about 4 months wages.
I don’t think that midfield would be able to do it on a wet winter’s night in Stoke…We could sign mother Teresa, Gandy and Princess Diana and we'd still be called an evil empire.
It is what it is sadly, in time it may change.
I don’t think that midfield would be able to do it on a wet winter’s night in Stoke…
…thanks for spelling out the bloody obviousMostly because they're dead I suppose.
I dunno.I don’t think that midfield would be able to do it on a wet winter’s night in Stoke…