Media thread 2022/23

[Rochdale Blue]

This post is just a little aside as much as anything else but just about noteworthy all the same.

Denis Irwin was interviewed on RTE 6 o Clock News this evening. Man Utd are playing a friendly in Dublin and he was wheeled out for some promo pics etc. (the United shirt he wore had no main sponsor on it by the way).

The entire piece - a story about Manchester United coming to Dublin to play some other crowd, remember - was announced as "Coming up after the break Denis Irwin gives his verdict on Manchester City winning the treble".

To be fair to Irwin, he was respectful, if maybe a bit resigned about City ("they're up there now for the rest to aim at and take them down").

Now, I remember in 2012, City in the Community brought the FA Cup over to Ireland and all the media wanted to talk to Patrick Vieira about was Roy Keane this and Man Utd that...

Now, it's gone full circle. United were trying to promote themselves but being cornered into answering questions about Manchester City. City's was the name being used for audience retention o that evening's news

As I say, just a passing observation on my part - and only a small moment in the grand scheme of things but I thought it was worth sharing.

I've just listened to an OTB podcast that was outraged over a British media company cheerleading for an English club in the cl final. I'm not sure what exactly gives an Irish media outlet the right to criticise bt because they didn't spend all night banging on about alleged offences because I'm pretty sure it's not what most people tuned in for. I can imagine the hypocritical outrage if anyone in the British media made those sort of comments over anything to do with Irish football.

 

[Rochdale Blue]

I’d like to announce the start of my Defund the Daily Telegraph .
I am cancelling my subscription as I refuse to pay for their so called ‘football writers’ who are basically just a bunch of rag/scouse sycophants.
Oliver Brown
Sam Wallace
James Burt
Ducker
Carragher
Tell them why you are cancelling/ bias twats.

Cancelled mine some time ago.

 

[trotsky]

Probably already been posted but … a Google search of ‘Man City’ or ‘Manchester City’ greets you with a fireworks display. It pleased me, anyway
I couldn’t bring myself to search that other lot, but in my head you’ll be greeted with vats of boiling piss ;-)

 

[old blue]

Losing to Barcodes in 55 cup final was the moment for me: I love an underdog. Now they have gone and spoilt all that. Bastards.

It is never mentioned but we only had 10 men for a lot of the match after Jimmie Meadows broke his leg. Similarly to that other chap from Blackburn that never gets mentioned, his name slips my memory.

 

[Blueroses]

Positive coverage comes across the shores. I loved this one and I think you will too.

 

[nellyonthewing]

These media twats have thrown the rags a straw to clutch at with the FA allegations. By repeatedly prefacing every article about City with reference to these spurious charges they have become 'the truth' in the warped rag view of football where they are the biggest club in the world and always will be because they loved as the biggest club in the world.

 

[KS55]

It is never mentioned but we only had 10 men for a lot of the match after Jimmie Meadows broke his leg. Similarly to that other chap from Blackburn that never gets mentioned, his name slips my memory.

Did his cruciate in, studs caught in turf. In those days that was end of career.

 

[mrbelfry]

I've just listened to an OTB podcast that was outraged over a British media company cheerleading for an English club in the cl final. I'm not sure what exactly gives an Irish media outlet the right to criticise bt because they didn't spend all night banging on about alleged offences because I'm pretty sure it's not what most people tuned in for. I can imagine the hypocritical outrage if anyone in the British media made those sort of comments over anything to do with Irish football.

"It's Silva darting into the box. his cross deflected. Was there an arm there? The ball is loose in the box. Rodri from downtown. Oh my God a sweet side foot pass from the Iberian around a static Milan defence into the bottom corner. The City fans to my right politely clap and also boo. Could tonight finally be the night? Is City's success in this competition finally written in the stars?"

"I'll tell you what wasn't written Fletch. Appendix 8 in Mancini's contract. I wonder if 12 year old Rodri knew that in 13 years his goal in a champions league final would mean nothing? You've got to feel for the lad"

"And it's the number 47 coming on for the injured number 17 De Bruyne. What does this mean for City?"

"Well Fletch we can talk squad numbers all day but the number on the lips of every City fan is 115"

 

[old blue]

Did his cruciate in, studs caught in turf. In those days that was end of career.

From memory it was right next to the corner flag. I think that that part of the pitch was rolled back for Speed way and Greyhounds it might not have been anchored properly. Of course with the passage of time my memory might be off, I used to think that Bobbie Johnstone's diving header equaliser took place just shy of the centre circle.

 

[train man]

Fair play to the guy. He always comes across in his videos as pretty decent bloke, who doesn't mind giving his club some serious grief. Compare him to Ty on AFTV!

I gave this a 'like' due to his face-up-and-stop-whingeing attitude, but we have to point out that he is bang wrong in saying, twice, that the dippers don't spend anything! Ok, their owners are far less forward-thinking than ours regarding reinvestment of earnings, but they still spend plenty Lee...