Media thread 2022/23

[Tangled up in blue.]

Do you accept being referred to as a rat ?

Do you accept an organised and coordinated gang of bullies deliberately antagonising you with racist lies day after day ?

Do you accept this group attempting to destroy our club ?

I don’t.

They will get what’s coming to them in different forms.

They enter the ground just to the right of the main reception, everyone is welcome to call by and give them a “warm’ Manchester welcome.

They are CUNTS.

Why don't we start giving them a guard of honour with a difference when they arrive on match days

 

[halfcenturyup]

Delaney doesn't hate City. At all.

He simply loves his career and the financial rewards it's currently bringing him.

People call it an 'agenda'. Perhaps it is, but it's an agenda driven by being rewarded for content that drives engagement.

He knows the stuff he writes gets a huge amount of traffic. This leads to more and more opportunities to appear across the rapidly expanding podcast universe, which expands his exposure even further.

He's a smart lad. He says and writes exactly what his audience craves.

I worked with him recently, on a (I'll keep it unnamed for the moment) U.S. network's streaming platform that produces a lot of additional documentary content to supplement their live sport coverage.

The focus of one specific piece was Vincent Kompany. Delaney was one of a number of journalists approached to give his thoughts on Vinny's career. He was like a giddy kid. Couldn't wait to get involved and be effusive in his praise of VK and City during his time with us.

Why? Because he got a very decent paycheck and the opportunity to appear on a well-viewed platform. He says what pays.

It's not rocket science. Create engagement = get rewarded. I know for a fact he reads this forum. He'll be dining out on the outrage.

Harris though, seems fucking unhinged. Especially as, in comparison to Delaney, he has very little exposure, so can't be making a decent living from his nonsense.

Yes, I have said before that Delaney can write well about the problems around football and how they originate when he isn't on his crusade. It's a pity that "proper" journalism is dying, there should still be a place for it even in sports, and there are plenty of issues that could be looked at.

 

[BAB.DAB]

Specifically? He's raking it in in from a number of sources.

Media outlets connected to football club's owners?

 

[Inter Me Nan]

Delaney doesn't hate City. At all.

He simply loves his career and the financial rewards it's currently bringing him.

People call it an 'agenda'. Perhaps it is, but it's an agenda driven by being rewarded for content that drives engagement.

He knows the stuff he writes gets a huge amount of traffic. This leads to more and more opportunities to appear across the rapidly expanding podcast universe, which expands his exposure even further.

He's a smart lad. He says and writes exactly what his audience craves.

I worked with him recently, on a (I'll keep it unnamed for the moment) U.S. network's streaming platform that produces a lot of additional documentary content to supplement their live sport coverage.

The focus of one specific piece was Vincent Kompany. Delaney was one of a number of journalists approached to give his thoughts on Vinny's career. He was like a giddy kid. Couldn't wait to get involved and be effusive in his praise of VK and City during his time with us.

Why? Because he got a very decent paycheck and the opportunity to appear on a well-viewed platform. He says what pays.

It's not rocket science. Create engagement = get rewarded. I know for a fact he reads this forum. He'll be dining out on the outrage.

Harris though, seems fucking unhinged. Especially as, in comparison to Delaney, he has very little exposure, so can't be making a decent living from his nonsense.

 

[M16 citeh]

Heres a thought, Perhaps if they tried posting stuff which was balanced and objective they wouldn't be getting dogs abuse?? Clearly it is beyond them.

You reap what you sow.

There's only one Mr whippy

 

[mexico1970]

Him and his like are guilty of inciting the hatred towards City and us fans from the dippers and rags.

He was partly to blame for that young lass being hit by that pint pot full of coins. He has been stoking the hatred of City for years now.

Did he and his like go in hard on the dippers after the coach attack. Did he fuck because he hasnt got the balls to stand up against the dippers.

Him and his like are pathetic little people who make a living out of telling lies and stoking up bad blood

Wont be long before he goes full on Salman Rushdie and asks for government intervention and a secure hole in the ground to type from.

 

[horlock_was_super]

“Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham:

"UEFA - what a disgrace, leaving #ManCity fans to walk miles to get to the ground. No transport, no nothing. We saw what they did last year in Paris and all the arrangements there that failed thousands and thousands of #Liverpool supporters and #RealMadrid supporters," he said.

"But again, they pick these grounds, I think, for these games on the basis of politics or who they please. They give no regard for the arrangements of the travelling supporters. I saw pictures of #ManchesterCity fans walking miles down roads to try and get there. It's not acceptable. #UEFA, you are a disgrace.

"You need to up your game and you need to treat people properly when they travel thousands of miles around the world and pay your ticket prices. This is a bureaucracy that makes absolute millions out of English football supporters but is never held to account. We need to call them out.

"They let down #MCFC supporters massively last weekend.

And thankfully, it didn't ruin their weekend. But they do it year after year to English football supporters and we've had enough of it. We need change from UEFA and I think we really should join forces and send that message loud and clear to them.”

[via BBC Radio Manchester]

Did the twat not mention the time that he called City a small club and accused City fans of abusing a disabled Everton supporter a few years back?
Which later turned out to be not true. I hate this guy with a passion. He had to crowbar the dippers in there too didn't he? They committed crimes at last years final everyone knows that the cheeky bastard should not lump our magnificent club with that feral lot. I hope the Pope told him to Fuck off too the other week. At least he congratulated us on the Treble - oh wait......

 

[Roy Munson]

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[Dinas]

I have no sympathy for the likes of Harris and Delaney. They have nailed their colours to the mast and must take the consequences. I would never condone physical violence against these people but they cannot complain if our fans make their feelings heard. I don't mind alternative views and having such views shouldn't lose you friends. But this is more than a different take on what is going on - it's a concerted attack to ruin our reputation. They are spreading mistruths and giving fans of rival clubs on social media etc the ammunition to throw mud at us and tarnish our reputation. This at a time when we have shown the global football community how good we are and how inspired our football is. Moreover, it's virtually the only thing they talk about. They are meant to be football journalists yet only have one agenda. That's not objective analysis - it's propaganda and we have a right to tell them exactly what we think of their twisted diatribe. We have no need to apologise and I commend Blues who have sought to tell them what we think of them. Every element of their twisted views have been discredited - oil money, state ownership, sports washing etc. Why don't they admit that our club is owned by a wealthy prominent politician/business person? As pointed out on here - the sports-washing argument does not hold water, as demonstrated by the desire to diversify the AD economy. A balanced approach would at least refer to these factors even if they pushed an alternative view. As City fans we should not be lectured by people who act in this unprofessional way. They have discredited their profession and, as such, we have a duty to inform the football community about this - not just as City fans but as people who believe in the proper role of the media. A final thought - they could actually write about football and leave the matters of governance and geo-politics to people who are qualified to write about such subjects.

 

[Iassel]

Well if that's the case and he is just posting shite to get rewarded, and he doesn't hate City then he's an even bigger idiot for being so false. What kind of person does that, a total fraud. Sorry but I find that hard to believe. He needs a wake up call in his life. Money isn't as important in life as telling the truth.

My kids have had shite off others because of idiots like him peddaling their agenda. They don't realise the impact their shite has on people. It stirs hate, whatever happend to #bekind?

You’re missing the key point which is that ultimately it’s his job and every time someone replies to him on Twitter or posts a link to one of his articles, it’s improves his KPI’s and gets him paid…

Until a few years ago his bread and butter was trolling United fans with ludicrous transfer links that teenagers and bots would retweet and articles critical of the setup there. Redcafe ultimately banned any content from him being posted, his KPIs dropped and he moved on to another money earner being City as the biggest story in town.

It’s not just consigned to ‘journalists’ either.

A few years back, Brent Di Cesare was a police office in Nottingham no doubt doing the long night shifts and getting abused regularly in the streets. He created a character ‘Mark Goldbridge’ providing ragebait for United fans and now a few years later has £625k in the bank (per last accounts), probably gets up at lunchtime everyday and ‘works’ a few hours a week, funded by people doing the 9-5 graft posting his stuff around and calling him a loser…..

As to the credibility angle, do you think Ed Sheeran for example really gives a flying fuck that people think he’s a sell out for writing 90% of pop music out there while counting his hundred of millions of ££ - answer, he does not.

Delaney and his cohorts are living the dream, they get to go around the world watching football from the best seats, eating for free, drinking at the free bars and it’s all funded by the people in the street engaging with them.

If people had enough self-control to just you know, ignore the guy, he would very quickly have to find another cashcow - indeed he is already slowly transitioning over to Newcastle - but it seems to be a pipedream that the City fan base could just enjoy the successes on the pitch and ignore Twitter…