Media thread 2022/23

[Groenendijk's tin of peas]

Nice feature on City 1945-70 in the latest Backpass magazine

 

[halfcenturyup]

Non story!
The goal was allowed to stand because the attacking phase of play (APP) was reset when Camavinga gave the ball away with a poor pass under no pressure after the ball may have gone out of play. Anything before that pass isn't valid for a review.

People with brains understand how it works, unfortunately the DM isn't targeted at that demographic.

 

[Stockton Heath Blue]

Agreed.

And a corker of a quote from our good friend Simon Jordan over at talksport. The same line (right or wrong) could be applied to pretty much every Premier League side, so, as you say, the motivation behind his view has to be driven by something else. The rags are every bit American as we are Abu Dhabi and yet the media narrative is still that they are a great British institution whilst we are some sort of sold out foreign company masquerading as a local club.

So Jordan is ignoring the fact we are 20%+ owned by US investors!

 

[Rochdale Blue]

Just listening to that 'scouse' loving presenter, Rick Edwards (from Cambridge!!!), on on 5live.
He was talking about the two goals. And guess which one he thought was the better strike????????????

Now personally I couldn't give a stuff, but they could at least try and not brainwash the listeners with their bias and hatred.

Acting impartially, I thought the Madrid goal was more spectacular, but I got way more enjoyment out of Kevs. I have more of a grouse with someone on espn, who claimed the Vinicius goal was better because it was on his weaker foot.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Is the correct answer!....well said mate and a little research by these so-called journalists would show why. Here's what it says on the Premier League's own website about the Attacking Phase of Play and VAR decisions (which I presume is in sync with UEFA's similar guidelines):

"The starting point for a phase of play that leads to a goal or penalty incident will be limited to the immediate phase and not necessarily go back to when the attacking team gained possession. Other factors for consideration will be the ability of the defence to reset and the momentum of the attack."

That took me about 5 secs to find that. If I can find it anyone can!

There's two things to observe there...(1) the phase of play leading up to the goal which will be reviewed is limited to the immediate phase - so that rules out going back to check the throw in; and (2) the ability of the defence to reset....which they did as RM had the ball and attempted a pass.

As you say, a non-story.

Even it did go further back, as Wenger said when asked - VAR doesn't monitor sidelines, just the goalline and so wouldn't be able to review it.

 

[havefaith]

If we win the treble we will have to get more than 90 points with close to 100 PL goals. We haven't conceded any goals in the FA Cup so far and will have to defeat our closest rivals in the final. So far we are unbeaten in the CL, have conceded just two goals, and are the highest scorers in the competition. In fact in all competitions we are the highest scorers in Europe. To win the CL we will have beaten Borussia Dortmund, Seville, Leipzig, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and one of the Milan giants in the final. This season have scored four or more goals in matches against Arsenal, Liverpool, United, Chelsea, Spurs, three against Bayern Munich and seven against RB Leipzig.
We will have won the treble by scoring more goals, conceding less goals, winning more matches, achieving more league points (in a treble season) than any team ever.
If we achieve this we will be the greatest English team in football history. But large elements of the English press and broadcast media will continue to demean and disrespect our club because they are incapable of being impartial and fair. Some of who this negativity is driven by commercial motives but some of it has been driven by racism towards our owner. This is still the large elephant in the room in the UK media. That's why certain national radio pundits can make statements (just yesterday) like: "The only thing English about City is their location," and remain unpunished.

Spot on, very well put.
Who the hell said this "The only thing English about City is their location",

 

[Rochdale Blue]

SSN this morning. We’ve had an inquest as to whether City’s goal should have stood, because the ball “appeared to go out of play” (it didn’t ‘appear’ to have done anything of the sort of course, because the only available camera angle was utterly inconclusive), an examination of Erling Haaland’s “quiet night” and 21 touches of the ball, and then a snippet about Alfie Haaland’s “embarrassing” altercation with Madrid fans inside the ground. Twunts

Was it Sterling who set up a cross for an Aguero goal at Wembley and had it chalked off because the liner who was nearer the halfway line than the corner flag said it was out.

 

[Rochdale Blue]

We lack punch, ruud gullit and Andy gray also said last night on bein sports we just pass without purpose. A draw away to the current champions, an fa cup final and top of the league...
Where did it all go wrong?

Well it wasn't because we didn't appoint Gullit or Gray instead of Pep.

 

[hello]

Here we go. Reported in the Fail. With unoffical, untested unproven and inconclusive in-house technology BeIN Sports have declared that the ball went out of play before City's equaliser. Overlooking of course that Madrid regained possession but lost it again in the second phase.

Should Man City's Bernabeu goal have been disallowed?

Using a series of TV camera angles a 3D image has been created and Real Madrid were left furious over the decision, which saw manager Carlo Ancelotti booked for his protestations.

www.dailymail.co.uk

That's what I don't get, why aren't the media taking the piss of carlo for not knowing it doesn't matter if the ball was 1mm in play or a metre out it was a new passage of play and could never be reviewed anyhow.

 

[Rochdale Blue]

I wasn't there last night but have been there previously and found it much quieter than most other Spanish stadiums. I also know that Atleti fans mock Real fans for their lack of atmosphere. The Camp Nou is another myth in terms of atmosphere. Literally packed with tourists. On the other hand Seville was a cauldron of noise.

I met more Dutch tourists supporting Madrid than Spaniards. In fact outside the ground the only Spaniards I saw were trying to sell cheap Madrid tat to City supporters and looking confused when no one would buy it.