Media thread 2022/23

[domalino]

We could win 5 titles in 6 years. That wouldn’t be down. In fact it would match Liverpool’s record from 1979 to 1984, which over that period was previously widely considered to be the greatest club side in English football history.

I think that should be pretty straightforward to frame positively

Going from 1st to 1st is staying the same.

Eventually people are going to have to accept we're Lewis Hamilton or Schumacher. Winning again, being excellent for the 7 year in a row isn't news.

Will we struggle after 15 players return from the world cup is interesting. Its interesting for City fans too, that's why we have a few threads with hundreds of comments about it on the forum.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Going from 1st to 1st is staying the same.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

This genuinely might be the worst I’ve seen considering it’s the local paper. I almost can’t comprehend that it’s real. Is it?!

I could believe it is real. It's the kind of shite that was often common currency years before the Good Sheikh arrived and one reason why I binned the MUEN a long time ago. For a team that never plays a home game in Manchester the MUEN have honed a bias towards MANUre that the national media have emulated.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Going from 1st to 1st is staying the same.

Winning five titles in six years is plainly better and more of an achievement than four in five years. It’s the same reason items signifying wedding anniversaries generally increase in value as time passes. There is clearly a story in there that is capable of holding a positive narrative, if there was the will to express it.

 

[asahartford1]

Going from 1st to 1st is staying the same.

Eventually people are going to have to accept we're Lewis Hamilton or Schumacher. Winning again, being excellent for the 7 year in a row isn't news.

Will we struggle after 15 players return from the world cup is interesting. Its interesting for City fans too, that's why we have a few threads with hundreds of comments about it on the forum.

Going from 1st to 1st is more desirable, newsworthy, and profitable than going from 5th to 5th though, don't you think ?

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Listening to the radio last night I understand that Harry Maguire had a brilliant game versus France and has been brilliant all tournament.

I'm now giving up watching football and becoming a tennis fan, as clearly I know nowt!

 

[Blue Mist]

All fans want is forward progress. Forest fans will be as happy with staying up as Arsenal fans are for getting back in the CL

United are making forward progress and it makes them easy to please and easy to write for.

City can’t really go anywhere but down after 4 titles in 5 years, anything less than winning the title is a bad season so stories are hard to frame positively.

Oh come on. A local paper could ask or even state that the players would now be so fired up other teams had better watch out. To call the 15 flops is a joke.... only its not funny. Is Rashford a flop ?

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Oh come on. A local paper could ask or even state that the players would now be so fired up other teams had better watch out. To call the 15 flops is a joke.... only its not funny. Is Rashford a flop ?

Yes ;)

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Was it a requirement to refer to The Swamp as the ‘Theatre of Dreams’? I read it so often but have never heard anybody say it in real life.

Helped with the word count!

 

[BeerIsTheBest]

Is this parody? I think I will continue to buy a coffee. The MUEN is a vile rag and employs pure gutter press. I suppose it's toxicity does reflect It's readership.

BlueMoonday

Unfortunately the coffee over paper won’t bother the MUEN one bit. They are not going away anytime soon.
Like most papers it’s hard circulation number has dived. But it is one of the most successful online brands with one reason being the back page you posted. It clearly appeals to the red gammons worldwide and attracts the clicks from those it annoys and offends.
The back page is a perfect example.

Follow this below if you are interested in the detail.

Reach to end free newspapers in Manchester including making MEN paid-only

Reach is ending the free Manchester Weekly News and free copies of the Manchester Evening News as newsprint costs and digital scale both grow.

pressgazette.co.uk

The only practical thing blues can do is laugh when they see the baiting headlines and don’t click