Media thread 2022/23

[The perfect fumble]

Your post was that, you are correct.

Let’s move on, though, and enjoy what will hopefully be a brilliant (and historic) day as fellow blues.

Are we playing who has the last word?

We shall see.

 

[Fordyboy46]

The Fail's first two stories on their online site, both about the rags. Absolutely deliberate ploy. Expect nothing to change if we win it tonight

 

[Fordyboy46]

In the shop earlier I had a look at the back pages and it seemed the Mail was the only one cheerleading for City. Nice to see, but shameful that our press aren't fully behind the English team.

Not sure about that re the Mail

 

[SebastianBlue]

Are we playing who has the last word?

We shall see.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

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It's the "Our lawyers were better than UEFA's" narrative-not even original TBH.

If you’re going to try and change the rules, and once again find yourselves outclassed, don’t whinge. Just accept, you continue to have been ‘outplayed’.

 

[BlueAnorak]

The truth about Manchester City’s legal battles over FFP? Uefa blew it

Uefa hit the club with a two-year Champions League ban for breaking its financial fair play rules in 2020, but the ban was later overturned

www.telegraph.co.uk

Behind a paywall but the headline is enough.

Here you go here's the web archive version:

https://archive.ph/fyJtd

My comments below the article:

Wow, Sam, you so seem very bitter about it.

I'd calm down f I was you, as this article verges on libel.

UEFA lost, like the Premier League will, because the top clubs, who objected to City joining the "Golden Trough" of cash tried to set the rules to stop City and keep their cartels going.

City having employed the best to run the club, set about complying with these rules, running close to the wind, but complying as any business would.

The top clubs didn't like this and decided City HAD TO BE BE FOUND GUILTY and pushed UEFA to find City guilty and their cronies inside UEFA's compliance unit were all to willing to help.

Getting nowhere pretty fast, the stolen emails, published by Der Spiegel, were a gift and they used them as their weapon to beat City. Sadly in their rush they didn't actually note that there were only 6 emails out of hundreds of thousands that were "smoking guns". They then failed to check the context of these emails or that one email was actually a fake (bring two emails bolted together to change the meaning of both).

It is actually called INCOMPETENCE Sam snd wanting to find guilt were there is none.

City were eventially only found "Guilty" of non cooperation - which considering UEFA was a Kangeroo court is unsurprising.

Some say some of the charges were time bared but that is only because CAS knew it wasn't worth investigating them.

Now then Sam enjoy your bitterness, because its going to get worse because the Premier League charges will have exactly the same ending.

Hopefully he won't be attending the Etihad next season. Time for the club to clamp down on these morons.

 

[foggy1974]

Colin Shindler being a twat in the Times, "City's success is tainted - I won't watch my team."

He goes on to say "The record of the owners of City... with regards to civil rights or human rights abuses appears not to bother 99.9 per cent of supporters."

Just because you wrote a book about City, don't assume you know what we think, you entitled prick.

It's strange how Shinwatras reign isn't viewed in the same limelight. Would have been completely different had Pep been at the helm then.

 

[The perfect fumble]

Have you ever been to the UAE? Saudi? Anywhere in the Middle East?

 

[TinFoilHat]

Have we got any CL final citeh bingo cards ready so we can play during the final?

 

[Dinas]

It's the "Our lawyers were better than UEFA's" narrative-not even original TBH.

Yet another attempt to own and distort the narrative. You can see why EUFA and the PL were keen to press the actions - as many have said it's reputational damage they want. The result of the process is not important to them. The fact that Wallace and people like him are content to support this narrative should be seen as shocking and he and all the others should be exposed for what they are. They have no interest in objectively analysing the facts or presenting City's case and side of the argument. They are just towing the 'party line'. It will never spoil my enjoyment of what City are doing and I can see merit in just ignoring these idiots. But another part of me wants them to be exposed. There are small signs in the media that this is happened and outside of the red top fan people on social media I get the impression that we are appreciated by many fans of other clubs.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Have you ever been to the UAE? Saudi? Anywhere in the Middle East?

Yes, I have worked in Isreal, Palestine, and Jordan. I have visited the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.

But I know the mods will be by to tell us this isn’t the place for this discussion. And I was genuinely trying to put it to bed and convey that I love you as a fellow blue, so let’s pick it back up in the politics forum after what will hopefully be a brilliant day for us. Then you can tell me how sanctimonious and wrong I am as much as you like. :-)

 

[jrb]

Just like the Italian football press who are supporting Inter, our football press are supporting City as well.

Headlines now.









Daily Mail.

 

[jrb]

 

[93.20]

Here you go heres thecweb archive version:

https://archive.ph/fyJtd

My comments below the article:

Hopefully he won't be attending the Etihad next season. Time for the club to clamp down on these morons.

I had a go at Wallace on twitter. Absolute bellend to put that out today

 

[mexico1970]

Just like the Italian football press who are supporting Inter, our football press are supporting City as well.

Headlines now.

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One last wrong to right? Man City stand on the brink of complicated history

Victory against Inter would represent a landmark moment for the game as the Champions League final brings together several key themes, writes Miguel Delaney

www.independent.co.uk

It would be a historic landmark for a state club to finally win the European Cup. It also wouldn't necessarily be for the good of the sport. This is very different to the City that historically charmed the sport, or even their great title winners of 1968.

Guardiola the GOAT? Beyond the billions he has changed world football | Barney Ronay

Stratified nature of modern era makes comparing legacies difficult but Manchester City manager has made his case

www.theguardian.com

There are two points worth making here. First, the basic irony that the system in which Guardiola has thrived, in which his claims to greatness have been pressed, has also made any sense of lineage or robust historical comparison largely pointless; has in effect robbed elite managers of the ability to be truly great.

Football has never been so stratified. Success has never been so jealously hoarded among a select band of economically unassailable entities, backed either by a powerfully monetised cultural history or by boundless state funds. And for whom success and trophies are simply the default.

A story or two doesn't make up for the barrage of shit like this, the press are not behind us at all.

IMHO.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Very patient blues not telling Rob Harris to stick it.

I would be asking him about his tweets about us over the years before he landed his plum job with Comcast.

 

[The perfect fumble]

I say again, give him what he wants....

 

[cheekybids]

I think the media are playing both sides. I’ve listened to some wonderful analysis & chosen to not read some awful clickbait Citeh bingo. All over the positive articles are Rags & Dippers crying about the arse licking towards City.

I think the truth is the snide fuckers have covered every base with their content.

I’ll say this that when I’ve listen to podcasts from bbc, ESPN, graham hunter they really have waxed lyrical about us. Hopefully the boys do it tonight & we’ll accept the challenge to be appreciated of doing it with 8 academy players & then whatever else they throw at us.

Come on City x

 

[Thornliebank]

Three minutes 34 seconds on City.

Currently almost five minutes on United and Moyes.

Absolutely fucking abysmal coverage.

Saw that. Usually any reporter is in the main square with the fans. He’s stood down some side street with the odd cyclist passing by.

 

[TinFoilHat]

A legend....

I would love to see him do a John Terry if we win.

:)