Media thread 2022/23

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Nicholas van Whatsisface said:
I’m absolutely outraged that Jonathan Wilson had to suffer the harrowing, devastating indignity of not being recognised when trying to stick up for some two bit hack out in Istanbul.

It’s appalling that we City fans don’t treat the good people of the mainstream media with the respect their second class degrees in journalism so richly deserve, and refer to them by name when interacting with them out on the terraces!

They’re sensitive flowers, and we must respect their right to sanctimoniously, disingenuously and relentlessly provoke and denigrate our fanbase without response - for we know they are fighting the good fight.

We know they only devote their every column to wittering incessantly about how awful City are because we are the only club who warrant scrutiny. We know football club ownership and management has been a benevolent, decent and upstanding profession for over a century, and these honest brokers are simply alive to the first whiff of transgression - training their lens without prejudice on our club as they would any other which aroused suspicion.

It’s their right to provoke and attack without response, as they are the brave custodians of the soul of football - impartial moral arbiters, with a keen grasp on the financial and geopolitical complexities underpinning the modern game.

They’re here to educate us, the great unwashed, bestowing on us the gifts of their incisive insights and understanding - gifts which are sadly beyond the grasp of those of us not lucky enough to sponge three years studying football journalism at university.

So please - do your best to remember their names next time they defend one another to a bit of unsavoury chanting.

They do so abhor the indignity of being ignored!
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Over 120,000 British citizens are currently living in the United Arab Emirates.

There are over 5,000 British companies operating there, including BP, Rolls Royce, BAES, Mott McDonald, SERCO, Standard Chartered, HSBC and Waitrose. 779 commercial agencies and 4,762 British brands have invested in the UAE.

88% of the country's residents come from abroad.

Around 510,000 westerners live in the UAE, the country is home to over 200 nationalities.

The UAE is a major tourist destination, around 1.5 million British nationals visit every year. Tourism statistics for the country show that around 25.28 million people visited the UAE in 2019, expected to rise to 27.3 million by 2028.

So what, precisely, are our owners sportswashing? The rest of the world considers the UAE a great place to work, live and vacation and that includes workers on the construction sites from the Indian sub continent, who choose the UAE over any other Gulf state.

In polls conducted in the Middle East and North Africa, the UAE is consistently voted by fellow Arabs the number one most desirable place to work, live and visit.

And yet it's City fans that are deluded.
 
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The perfect fumble said:
Over 120,000 British citizens are currently living in the UAE.

There are over 5,000 British companies operating there, including BP, Rolls Royce, BAES, Mott McDonald, SERCO, Standard Chartered, HSBC and Waitrose. 779 commercial agencies and 4,762 British brands have invested in the UAE.

88% of the country's residents come from abroad.

Around 510,000 Westerners live in the United Arab Emirates, the country is home to over 200 nationalities.

The UAE is a major tourist destination. Around 1.5 million British nationals visit the UAE every year. Tourism statistics for the country show that around 25.28 million people visited the UAE in 2019, expected to rise to 27.3 million by 2028.

So what, precisely, are our owners sports washing? The rest of the world considers the UAE a great place to work, live and vacation and that includes workers on the construction sites from the Indian sub continent, who choose the UAE over any other Gulf state.

In polls conducted in the Middle East and North Africa, the UAE is consistently voted by fellow Arabs the number one most desirable place to work, live and vacation.

And yet it's City fans that are deluded.
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Hammer meet nail.

I have often thought that if the UAE wanted to wash their image and they clearly don’t, they would buy the media.

Harris et al are peddling an agenda, maybe their own, probably someone else’s.
 
The perfect fumble said:
Over 120,000 British citizens are currently living in the UAE.

There are over 5,000 British companies operating there, including BP, Rolls Royce, BAES, Mott McDonald, SERCO, Standard Chartered, HSBC and Waitrose. 779 commercial agencies and 4,762 British brands have invested in the UAE.

88% of the country's residents come from abroad.

Around 510,000 Westerners live in the United Arab Emirates, the country is home to over 200 nationalities.

The UAE is a major tourist destination. Around 1.5 million British nationals visit the UAE every year. Tourism statistics for the country show that around 25.28 million people visited the UAE in 2019, expected to rise to 27.3 million by 2028.

So what, precisely, are our owners sports washing? The rest of the world considers the UAE a great place to work, live and vacation and that includes workers on the construction sites from the Indian sub continent, who choose the UAE over any other Gulf state.

In polls conducted in the Middle East and North Africa, the UAE is consistently voted by fellow Arabs the number one most desirable place to work, live and vacation.

And yet it's City fans that are deluded.
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I live in Jumeirah, close to the Dubai/Abu Dhabi border.

As the UK accelerates towards third world status, the UAE speeds in the opposite direction.

Enlightened, benevolent leadership, aided by world class advisors.
 
jaiguruKun said:


Can't bring myself to listen - did he really say this?!

I hope he gets the help he needs.
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"Once Bayern Munich and Real Madrid were knocked out by Manchester City, astonishingly Manchester City found themselves in the Champions League Final. Is this really how it works?"

Utter fuckwit with clear mental health issues.
 
Manchester_lalala said:
All he’s done over the years is gathered up hatred towards City. He’s been the main instigator, along with Harris. Who was that journalist that labelled City fans as rats? It was something like that anyway.
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Self confessed ping pong cheat Matthew Syed. He called City fans "sewer rats" for having the temerity to back their club. A promised apology never materialised.
 
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