Media thread 2022/23

[KS55]

"Criticiise"?
I only asked a question.

Ok!

 

[phargrave]

Makes me laugh... All the media for years slating Sterling.
Racist that he left the dippers and came to us. All that shit he put up with.

All the media saying how he can't hit a barn door, how's he's not great at this and that.
Now he's leaving, all I've seen is those same reporters suddenly saying how great he is and how we've made a mistake!

Theres three now on Sky News...

- Why Chelsea appreciate the truth value of Sterling.

- Sterling's Evolution.

- Why is Sterling underrated.

You tell us you cnts, you're the ones that have reported it ever since he pulled on Sky blue!!

Absolute bastards the lot of them.

Fucking hypocrites more like!

 

[SWP's back]

As far as the taxman is concerned, it is the tax haven element that worries them most. Players should not be paid this route as it is the fruit of employment. (Hence we repatriated our players’ commercial rights when informed by HMRC such a scheme was illegal.) For agents there may be more leeway. It should be noted that “offshore” could be EU.

Offshore could also mean Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey etc

 

[petrusha]

Shame that as Brennan has been a beacon of light in the blasck hole of City reporting for years now.

Very late to this, as the revelation that Stuart Brennan was stepping down as City correspondent at the MEN is old news now. However, I was thinking about it this morning and I reckon he deserves much more praise upon his departure than he's actually had (he almost seems to have slipped away unnoticed).

I recall a lot of cynicism when he took the role about a lifelong United fan whose previous position entailed covering that club suddenly being assigned to report on the Blues. As I remember, he dispelled those doubts pretty quickly among most of us (admittedly, there's always the odd dissenter) and made a far better fist of reaching out to City fans than others of a red persuasion who've attempted similar.

To my mind, Stuart really earned his stripes during the whole Der Spiegel and UEFA ban affair. This was where legions of journalists laid bare their ineptitude and illiteracy when it comes to interpreting the business side of the sport together in most cases with their rampant, manifest bad faith in analysing anything to do with our club. Even Martin Samuel didn't seem to consider that we might not be guilty.

Stuart was almost a lone voice on our side among those employed by mainstream media outlets. In trying to counter the welter of uninformed ordure thrown at us over those years, he made himself a target for abuse from the WhatsApp group and I recall on a number of occasions admiring the way he stood up against vacuous but unpleasant hectoring and invective. I also admired that, despite his paper being owned by Reach plc - a bunch of clickbait merchants willing to pollute the MEN with anti-City nonsense - I never remember Stuart going down that road.

TL, DR - Stuart Brennan has been an excellent City correspondent of the MEN. I'm sorry he's no longer in the post and wish him well in whatever he does next.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Haaland refused to commit his future beyond five years...

Classic Sky Cunts.

Still, they managed a montage of Sterling's best goals, most from his first couple of years and then a deflected shot at Norwich last season.

 

[LongsightM13]

Very late to this, as the revelation that Stuart Brennan was stepping down as City correspondent at the MEN is old news now. However, I was thinking about it this morning and I reckon he deserves much more praise upon his departure than he's actually had (he almost seems to have slipped away unnoticed).

I recall a lot of cynicism when he took the role about a lifelong United fan whose previous position entailed covering that club suddenly being assigned to report on the Blues. As I remember, he dispelled those doubts pretty quickly among most of us (admittedly, there's always the odd dissenter) and made a far better fist of reaching out to City fans than others of a red persuasion who've attempted similar.

To my mind, Stuart really earned his stripes during the whole Der Spiegel and UEFA ban affair. This was where legions of journalists laid bare their ineptitude and illiteracy when it comes to interpreting the business side of the sport together in most cases with their rampant, manifest bad faith in analysing anything to do with our club. Even Martin Samuel didn't seem to consider that we might not be guilty.

Stuart was almost a lone voice on our side among those employed by mainstream media outlets. In trying to counter the welter of uninformed ordure thrown at us over those years, he made himself a target for abuse from the WhatsApp group and I recall on a number of occasions admiring the way he stood up against vacuous but unpleasant hectoring and invective. I also admired that, despite his paper being owned by Reach plc - a bunch of clickbait merchants willing to pollute the MEN with anti-City nonsense - I never remember Stuart going down that road.

TL, DR - Stuart Brennan has been an excellent City correspondent of the MEN. I'm sorry he's no longer in the post and wish him well in whatever he does next.

Well said. Also went in to bat for us against the Cult and their support on more than one occasion, even after the anfield wrap instigated a Twitter pile-on against him for daring to tell some home truths around the bus attack

 

[LongsightM13]

Haaland refused to commit his future beyond five years...

Classic Sky Cunts.

Still, they managed a montage of Sterling's best goals, most from his first couple of years and then a deflected shot at Norwich last season.

Some of the lines of questioning in all three press conferences yesterday was revealing

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Some of the lines of questioning in all three press conferences yesterday was revealing

You can taste the bitterness through the TV.

 

[andyhinch]

Haaland refused to commit his future beyond five years...

Classic Sky Cunts.

Still, they managed a montage of Sterling's best goals, most from his first couple of years and then a deflected shot at Norwich last season.

Awaits, Haaland eyeing up exit strategy headline anytime soon ;-)

 

[stonerblue]

Very late to this, as the revelation that Stuart Brennan was stepping down as City correspondent at the MEN is old news now. However, I was thinking about it this morning and I reckon he deserves much more praise upon his departure than he's actually had (he almost seems to have slipped away unnoticed).

I recall a lot of cynicism when he took the role about a lifelong United fan whose previous position entailed covering that club suddenly being assigned to report on the Blues. As I remember, he dispelled those doubts pretty quickly among most of us (admittedly, there's always the odd dissenter) and made a far better fist of reaching out to City fans than others of a red persuasion who've attempted similar.

To my mind, Stuart really earned his stripes during the whole Der Spiegel and UEFA ban affair. This was where legions of journalists laid bare their ineptitude and illiteracy when it comes to interpreting the business side of the sport together in most cases with their rampant, manifest bad faith in analysing anything to do with our club. Even Martin Samuel didn't seem to consider that we might not be guilty.

Stuart was almost a lone voice on our side among those employed by mainstream media outlets. In trying to counter the welter of uninformed ordure thrown at us over those years, he made himself a target for abuse from the WhatsApp group and I recall on a number of occasions admiring the way he stood up against vacuous but unpleasant hectoring and invective. I also admired that, despite his paper being owned by Reach plc - a bunch of clickbait merchants willing to pollute the MEN with anti-City nonsense - I never remember Stuart going down that road.

TL, DR - Stuart Brennan has been an excellent City correspondent of the MEN. I'm sorry he's no longer in the post and wish him well in whatever he does next.

Bang on Stuart..