Media thread 2022/23

[Gazza]

Not a big fan of agueros latest comments, bigging up van dicky, having a pop at city for selling sterling & warning Alverez about the weather

To be fair, van Dyke IS a good player, the weather in Manchester IS pretty shite, but we were right to sell Sterling, so he's wrong on that one in my opinion.

 

[ZanteWeatherman]

Just heard a women's football expert on Radio 5 talking about the importance of getting more investment into the WSL and she added: "We need to avoid a situation where a club like Man City just pours money in and there is no parity with clubs like Reading." England would not have won the Euros without the investment made by Manchester City. The vast majority of the England team (including Ragette Ella Toone) were coached and developed by City. Perhaps we should stop investing and leave it to clubs like Reading. The ongoing distorted coverage by the BBC is a joke.

She was obviously not a fucking expert. Just a 'look at me' I'm on the telly so I'd better say something.

Halfwit.............

 

[ZanteWeatherman]

Cant have it both ways..meedja again..oh there's no time wasting or rolling about like the men!..then when it matters of course we do...meedja knobheads again just make shit up to suit their narrative

Oberdorf got away with 4 (FOUR) fouls and poor tackles to boot early doors, mainly on Stanway.

You just knew the first time Stanway went near her..... Bang, yellow card.

Incidentally, the media calling it 'shithousery' was typical. When men's teams get at it, it's either 'clever game management' or 'running the clock down'. The only shithouses are the alleged journalists who look on the women's game as an easy target.

 

[Rochdale Blue]

I think he's more than earned the right to speak his mind.

And it has been rather warm lately.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

She was obviously not a fucking expert. Just a 'look at me' I'm on the telly so I'd better say something.

Halfwit.............

Didn't get her name but she was from the FA and had responsibiity for female football in some capacity. It's pretty disturbing that she had a pop at Manchester City who helped develop ten of the players who took part in the Euros Final for England (including playing subs). It shows you how embedded the culture of ignorance is within the English game about Manchester City. It was on BBC Radio 5 yesterday in the teatime show. I am sure Lucy Bronze who won five trophies with City (and first played in the CL) would not agree with her.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

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Can't believe we didn't buy any strikers

Just be thankful the Rag's didn't.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Didn't get her name but she was from the FA and had responsibiity for female football in some capacity. It's pretty disturbing that she had a pop at Manchester City who helped develop ten of the players who took part in the Euros Final for England (including playing subs). It shows you how embedded the culture of ignorance is within the English game about Manchester City. It was on BBC Radio 5 yesterday in the teatime show. I am sure Lucy Bronze who won five trophies with City (and first played in the CL) would not agree with her.

Building the new academy training facilities and providing an infrastructure on the football side of things that is equal to what the mens team has at City was probably one of the reasons why that trophy was lifted on Sunday. United don’t have anything like that and members of their team have been pretty vocal about the facilities they have being really poor at United.

Being the best at every level and at every format runs through the club, whether that is the mens first team, The EDS or the womens teams. Probably why England won the final on Sunday but also why the England team in Euro 2020 got to a final for the first time in a long time, both with a lot more City players than any other club.

 

[trueblue gio]

BBC article about the discrepancy between mens and womens wages uses City as an example. Doesn't give us credit for pumping more money into the Womens game though.

Why is there such a huge discrepancy?​

You need to follow the money to find out.
The amount of money clubs bring in is the key factor in governing how much they can pay players.
Take the example of Manchester City. The men's team is current Premier League Champions and reported £571m in turnover for the 2020-21 season.
The club spent 62% of that revenue on players' wages, according to Deloitte, which works out as £354m.
With a squad of 30, that equals an average £11.8m per player.
Compare that to Manchester City's Women's Super League team.
Its accounts reveal £2.9m in turnover for 2020-21 while its wage bill is reported at £3.3m.
That works out across its 44-strong squad and staff as an average of around £75,000 per player per year.

 

[Jacko1956]

She was obviously not a fucking expert. Just a 'look at me' I'm on the telly so I'd better say something.

Halfwit.............

It's womans football !! Australia dicked 7-0 by an under 15s lads side last week ! They can payed the same as men if they get 52k each game and bring sponsorship money like the men do ! That's why the average attendance will be 1500 next season once the excitement dies down !

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Didn't get her name but she was from the FA and had responsibiity for female football in some capacity. It's pretty disturbing that she had a pop at Manchester City who helped develop ten of the players who took part in the Euros Final for England (including playing subs). It shows you how embedded the culture of ignorance is within the English game about Manchester City. It was on BBC Radio 5 yesterday in the teatime show. I am sure Lucy Bronze who won five trophies with City (and first played in the CL) would not agree with her.

Basically, she's saying we need investment in the WSL, just not from City.