Media thread 2022/23

[Norman kneejerk]

At some point SKY will wake up to the fact that Haaland is the biggest box office star in world football at the moment and could be very commercially valueable to them (with Grealish not far behind). SKY is fading into the background as a broadcaster because of its fixation on the 1990s. It has failed to move on with its audience.

It was like a parody show yesterday, from a bluemoon satire.

 

[edinburgh123]

We was playing walking football though in first half

That sums it up perfectly. I'd put money on Ruben not making more than one sprint that first half.

Surely we WERE playing walking football would it up perfectly.. :-)

 

[aguero93:20]

Should be on the market selling towels out of the back of his van,fucking spiv!

Wouldn't catch me buying any towels off him.

 

[Norman kneejerk]

Apparently it is. I was talking to some Southampton fans in the pub yesterday who were going on about City only being good because of money. I told them City were about 13th in the net spend league over the last 5 years, they just wouldn’t have it and it’s clearly untrue cos it’s not what they’ve read in the press or seen on Sly

And they were the ones who have helped our net spend by buying our youngsters !

 

[old blue]

I don't know about being "decidedly second best" but that's only arguing semantics. What is undoubtedly true is we were definitely having difficulty coming terms with a mediocre Southampton side in that first half.(I remember only one chance for us before the 44th minute). In my opinion, Southampton wouldn't have felt embarrassed had the scoreline been reversed at half time.
The journalist who wrote that presumably isn't a City fan and doesn't have my blue goggles on. Therefore, I'd be inclined to not read too much into it.

I am always inclined not to read it. :-)

 

[Tracking back]

At some point SKY will wake up to the fact that Haaland is the biggest box office star in world football at the moment and could be very commercially valueable to them (with Grealish not far behind). SKY is fading into the background as a broadcaster because of its fixation on the 1990s. It has failed to move on with its audience.

This is the crux of the matter.

The broadcasting media in this country cannot move beyond the bad old days when success was synonymous with those dressed in red.

Their reluctance to let go of the past is going to be their downfall.

The Broadcasting rights in this country are going to hit new financial highs over the next few years.

The organisation that wins the race to broadcast the premier league, will have to leave sentiment and nostalgia behind them if they want to remain relevant.

 

[eyalluvitt]

look at this from THE MIRROR lol...i mean whats it all about...City were decidedly second best for 44 minutes against the league’s bottom side.

Who was the Mirror writer, Ferdinand McClair?

 

[John Wayne]

This is the crux of the matter.

The broadcasting media in this country cannot move beyond the bad old days when success was synonymous with those dressed in red.

Their reluctance to let go of the past is going to be their downfall.

The Broadcasting rights in this country are going to hit new financial highs over the next few years.

The organisation that wins the race to broadcast the premier league, will have to leave sentiment and nostalgia behind them if they want to remain relevant.

Great post. You can't help but feel that the media and broadcasting rights are coming to a crossroads. The international market is burgeoning and yet Sky are cutting costs in many ways to try to keep pace. They are going in the wrong direction. Their sports offering has badly declined in the last five years. With illegal streaming rife, the £100-per-month satellite package feels like it's on borrowed time. It feels like, after three decades, the time for change is coming. With that change should come new ideas, new pundits and a new perspective. I, for one, would relish the end of Sky's hegemony. The offering of BT games is merely managed opposition, as far as Sky are concerned.

 

[eastmanc]

Apparently it is. I was talking to some Southampton fans in the pub yesterday who were going on about City only being good because of money. I told them City were about 13th in the net spend league over the last 5 years, they just wouldn’t have it and it’s clearly untrue cos it’s not what they’ve read in the press or seen on Sly

Unfortunately the press narrative against us will always prevail. Tell a lie enough and it becomes the truth.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

Great post. You can't help but feel that the media and broadcasting rights are coming to a crossroads. The international market is burgeoning and yet Sky are cutting costs in many ways to try to keep pace. They are going in the wrong direction. Their sports offering has badly declined in the last five years. With illegal streaming rife, the £100-per-month satellite package feels like it's on borrowed time. It feels like, after three decades, the time for change is coming. With that change should come new ideas, new pundits and a new perspective. I, for one, would relish the end of Sky's hegemony. The offering of BT games is merely managed opposition, as far as Sky are concerned.

Agree with that. And BT Sport is just awful, though not as nasty towards City as it has been in the past. Seems to be treading water as a channel, it’s content is getting narrower & I can’t see it surviving beyond the next round of bidding for TV rights. Good fucking riddance. We’re not going away and the media dinosaurs had better get used to the fact.