Media thread 2022/23

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jrb said:
Contrast and compare to the article about Sheikh Mansour, City, MCC, Manchester Life, and East Manchester from the Guardian.


www.theguardian.com

‘The kind of place planners have dreamed of’: the London Olympics site 10 years on

Anish Kapoor’s big red tower remains a spectacular eyesore, but 10 years on from the 2012 Games, the old railway lands of Stratford are a largely thriving new urban district that few other host cities can rival
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Some one must had had a word - the article is in stark contrast to another one they published a couple of weeks back:

www.theguardian.com

‘A massive betrayal’: how London’s Olympic legacy was sold out

The long read: After so many other Olympic sites ended up left to rot, London 2012 was supposed to be different. But who has really benefited from this orgy of development?
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
The_Maverick said:
Not going to post a link but seriously?

Harry Maguire's determination to beat the Manchester United boo boys has seen the England defender turn his back on a potential move to Barcelona

I would say you couldn’t make it up…
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A nonsense rumour propagated by the blinking twitching mess that is Andy Mitten
 
How long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?

Well, if Uefa with their Liverpool persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of an anti competition scheme But I can't help but have my ffp biased suspicions 'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem -:)

ACE had it right!
 
A positive article in the Daily (United) Mail about City.

And a stock picture of Pep smiling. (as well)

I'm going to link it.

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www.dailymail.co.uk

JACK GAUGHAN: Man City have had their window since Guardiola's arrival

JACK GAUGHAN IN GREEN BAY: This is the summer Pep Guardiola has wanted for a couple of years.Guardiola was of the belief that City required tinkering.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
 
cashmereundies said:
The Guardian shocker, Rich man gets Richer......WOW! What isn't pointed out is that Sheikh Mansour was investigating the possibility of investing in a Premier league club before buying City and rumour was his preferred club was Liverpool. This is a City a number of years ago was selling properties for £1 wonder what the Sheffield bods think about that that? The report says there are nine areas sold at a lower price than nearby sites,where? Hale maybe. I remember talking to a lady some years ago, she had been offered a terrace house near the Etihad for £12,000 she turned it down thinking It was in a downbeat area. Within a year of the takeover the same property sold for around £100K she was obviously kicking herself but as she said the stadium was there but nothing else.If you go back to 1993 and the 2000 Olympic bid, there was a plan to build an 80,000 stadium on the present site, a number of company's compulsory purchased and then a stitch up whereby the sneering snobs were asking " where would you rather visit Manchester or Sydney? and London will be the only City considered in the UK" three years later it took a terrorist bomb to kickstart the regeneration which has enabled the emergence of a modern City. So then comes the London Olympic bid and with a pat on the head plummy voiced London centric suits imply that the Capital would be bidding but as a payoff you northern oiks can have the Commonwealth games and don't forget to touch your forlocks. So the site earmarked for the main arena is obviously the area where the Olympic bid stadium was to be built. Though a lesser competition there would still be a substantial amount needed to cover the costs of staging the event.To avoid the main stadium becoming a white elephant an anchor tenant would be needed or the alternative would be to build a temporary arena and demolish it afterwards and so they say the rest is history. For a lot of us moving to the new stadium was strange. Who can forget the sneering rags lined up on the balconies every other week,their smirking faces indicating their thoughts were you might have moved into a new council house but you're still shit and our returning glances acknowledging that we may be shit but you're the ones living in a shithole. So fast forward to today, the sneering rags have disappeared and the area is unrecognisable to 2003 Large swathes of east Manchester have changed considerably and initially that can be thanks to MCFC agreeing to become leaseholders (also part of the deal was over 16 acres of the Maine rd site being part of the deal) and as such Manchester City Council in partnership have enhanced the quality of life of a large number of its residents by providing better quality homes and increasing the value of private property owners.
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Great re-cap...........
 
jrb said:
Sadiq Khan launched the inquiry after it emerged that the cost of completing the works had risen by an extra £50 million.

Work to turn the centrepiece of the 2012 Games into a football ground – including the overhaul of the roof and the addition of 21,000 retractable seats – was originally estimated at £154 million. That figure later rose to £272 million, partly due to the complexity of adapting the huge cantilevered roof. Now it has emerged that the revised total cost is nearer to £323 million, with reports that the cost of the new seating had risen from an estimated £300,000 to £8 million.

It is understood West Ham FC contributed just £15 million towards the conversion costs and that the rest of the £752 million cost of building the arena and subsequently making it fit for football has been met by the taxpayer.

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

London mayor orders inquiry into rising cost of Olympic Stadium refit

Sadiq Khan has ordered an investigation into how the costs of converting Populous’s 2012 Olympic Stadium into the new home for West Ham FC have ballooned
www.architectsjournal.co.uk www.architectsjournal.co.uk

West Ham paid a £15mill contribution to converting the Olympic stadium. West Ham pay £2.5mill a year to lease the Olympic Stadium. (City pay £4mill a year, which goes back to the residents of Manchester, on a 250 year lease on the Etihad Stadium)
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Wouldn't even rent you a flat in some parts of London...............
 
Pubteam Lomas said:
Sky Sports News' Bela Shah this morning; "This is something we are going to have to get used to. Erling Haaland scoring for Manchester City."
It suggests disappointment him scoring.
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Yep, not this is something we can all look forward to....
Oh well.
 
Eebo said:
It is perhaps the only recorded example of the Echo suggesting something might not be in the Dippers favour, so a very unusual article.

However is is still standard Echo fare in that they are

1. Complaining
it is somehow unfair that we have sold 3 players with Klopp being quoted as saying we had 'given' their rivals these players

2. Completely illogical argument
If we have strengthened our top 6 rivals then it is surely just as much a problem for us as it is for the Dippers, as we both have to play them the same number of times in a season. Why does it make it more difficult for the Dippers in particular?
Also they think it is unfair when we buy top quality players so how can it also be unfair when we sell 3 top quality players???
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Not even jrb could argue that the Echo are responsible for Klopps comments ;)

Personally I found what Klopp said hilarious although I suspect he wasn't joking.

We have strengthened 2 of the top 6 without doubt (even if Chelsea seem to have managed to go backwards at the same time, yes, that sounds impossible :) 1 step forward, 3 steps back at the moment).

Spurs do seem to be quietly improving without our help and Arsenal are coming on in leaps and bounds. However despite this we have managed to improve ourselves whereas Liverpool have possibly stood still/degraded/or improved depending on how the swap of Mane for Nunez works out and I doubt even Klopp know how that is going to work out. Perhaps his comments are coming from his sub-conscious and he's a wee bit concerned?

Either way I can see us taking more points from the other 5 compared to last year whilst Liverpool have a much greater chance of dropping more. I'm really feeling positive for this coming season.
 
The_Maverick said:
Not going to post a link but seriously?

Harry Maguire's determination to beat the Manchester United boo boys has seen the England defender turn his back on a potential move to Barcelona

I would say you couldn’t make it up…
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Obviously a straight swap for De Jong given what the rags paid for him
Unbelievable
 
Shaggy said:
Lovely place, changed a lot now now, lived out there for 6 months, had a right giggle, The Zigamar, Z Bar, Villa Flamenca, Coconuts, Linda's Bar, Restaurante Merendero Moreno, Potters Bar, did a little work for Shambles. Seeing other City shirts or t shirts was very rare mooching about town and along the Playa Burriana, Paco's cafe/bar (Cafeteria Bahia) used to have a City tea towel hanging behind his counter that I gave him. Good to hear Ner swarming with City now.
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Booked a table at the Bruxelles (Belgium) restaurant on Burriana Beach last night gave my name as Kevin and the owner start singing Oh Kevin De Bruyne back to me then had a walk along the beach and a German kid was wearing the new City home kit with KDB on the back of it and I start singing the De Bruyne song to him got the thumbs up from him
 
'Reporter notebook: The Erik ten Hag way'

www.skysports.com

Reporter notebook: New Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag making his mark at Old Trafford

Sky Sports News Senior Reporter Melissa Reddy has followed Manchester Uniteds pre-season tours in Thailand and Australia to see new boss Erik ten Hag make his mark at the club
www.skysports.com www.skysports.com
Is this to go alongside the van gaal way, the mourinho way, the solksjaer way and of course the United way?

Honestly these fuckin arseholes in the press are nauseating.
 
manimanc said:
'Reporter notebook: The Erik ten Hag way'

www.skysports.com

Reporter notebook: New Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag making his mark at Old Trafford

Sky Sports News Senior Reporter Melissa Reddy has followed Manchester Uniteds pre-season tours in Thailand and Australia to see new boss Erik ten Hag make his mark at the club
www.skysports.com www.skysports.com
Is this to go alongside the van gaal way, the mourinho way, the solksjaer way and of course the United way?

Honestly these fuckin arseholes in the press are nauseating.
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It’s collectively known as the wrong way :-)
 
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