Media thread 2022/23

[dadnlad]

Was being a bit sarccy.

I'm not surprised either, I mean it knocked him unconscious but to totally ignore it and not cover it is shocking but like you say not surprising.
Did the mardarses on ref watch review it?

it's a contact sport you know lol
swept under carpet

 

[Xhavenjoe]

it's a contact sport you know lol
swept under carpet

A red carpet?

 

[LongsightM13]

Probably a genuine error?

They’ve got previous

 

[northendenton]

Probably a genuine error?

Of course ,,,,, want to buy some magic beans?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Do you think?

I'm not in the slightest surprised, it'd be on a loop on SSN if it was City defending & crying for a retrospective red as if I remember correctly there was no booking.

Red card all day. Klopp didn’t mention that incident during his whinge.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Whilst your point about politics influencing people’s position on our Club is right, it’s not as simple as the clear left/right distinction you make it out to be.

The frothing Fascists over at the Daily Fail hate us more than anyone, and they’re as hard right as it gets.

I’d suggest it’s more to do with a pro-American stance reflecting the reality that the fastest growing readership for both the Mail and the Guardian is across the pond.

For their audience, the story is - US owners can do no wrong, and have the good of the game at heart - whilst conversely owners from the Arab world can do no right and are by definition nefarious crooks and outrageous cheats.

The Guardian hates us for our wealth and the Mail hates us for our owner’s ethnicity.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

All games with VAR have all potential fouls checked at the time, so no retrospective bans happen anymore.

I find that very hard to believe given the ones that have been 'missed' in recent weeks.

Almost like their is some sort of TV Match Commander making decisions that they deem 'good for the product'.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I find that very hard to believe given the ones that have been 'missed' in recent weeks.

Almost like their is some sort of TV Match Commander making decisions that are 'good for the product'.

You find everything to do with refereeing hard to believe, so at least you are consistent! ;-)

 

[Nicholas van Whatsisface]

The Daily Mail, to give them their proper name, have Martin Samuel who is the best writer on City matters. One of the very few who understood the unfairness of FPP towards City year's ago. Generally, I find their articles good although I doubt whether anyone could write an article without upsetting someone on here. If you were addressing your comments at the Guardian I would agree with their bias against us.

All a matter of opinion, I guess, but my view would be Samuel aside - who is excellent, granted - their coverage of City is about as bad as it gets.

It’s awful enough when taken in isolation, but when you stand it next to the endless reams of fawning, openly propagandist drivel they churn out on both United and Liverpool it looks even more ridiculous and lacking in basic objectivity by comparison.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

You find everything to do with refereeing hard to believe, so at least you are consistent! ;-)

I do also call out good refereeing when I see it.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I do also call out good refereeing when I see it.

Hmm, I must have missed that post in 2014….

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Hmm, I must have missed that post in 2014….

His positioning was pretty bad at times. Kept getting in the way of the ball as we tried to pass it across their box and out to the left wing. It meant we had to look to play inside and gave their defenders chance to get into position.

He also gave one or two poor decisions, but overall pretty decent and better than most PL ref's which isn't that difficult.

Well... I nearly praised the guy ;-)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Well... I nearly praised the guy ;-)

Lovely backhanded compliment :-)

 

[stonerblue]

The elbow on Jesus not shown on motd2.

Weird.

I also spotted a punch/slap by 'hendo' to the back of an Arsenal player that was ignored. Think that's what set off the melee

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Probably a genuine error again?

 

[laserblue]

The Guardian hates us for our wealth and the Mail hates us for our owner’s ethnicity.

The Liverpool Echo hates us because we make their readership cry.

 

[stonerblue]

All a matter of opinion, I guess, but my view would be Samuel aside - who is excellent, granted - their coverage of City is about as bad as it gets.

It’s awful enough when taken in isolation, but when you stand it next to the endless reams of fawning, openly propagandist drivel they churn out on both United and Liverpool it looks even more ridiculous and lacking in basic objectivity by comparison.

Sundays match report was good.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

All a matter of opinion, I guess, but my view would be Samuel aside - who is excellent, granted - their coverage of City is about as bad as it gets.

It’s awful enough when taken in isolation, but when you stand it next to the endless reams of fawning, openly propagandist drivel they churn out on both United and Liverpool it looks even more ridiculous and lacking in basic objectivity by comparison.

The back pages of the Mail are no different to the front. Every article comes with a comments section and provocative headlines to harvest clicks, the rationale being to appeal to its core readership demographics wherever and whenever possible. As regards the front pages this means endless, grotesquely distorted, hate-pieces about Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Jeremy Corbyn, Gary Lineker, 'lefties', public servants, teachers, Joe Biden, woke culture, 'remoaners', asylum seekers, Macron, the French, Benedict Cumberbatch and just about anyone else it can think of that will get its foaming, red faced readers all revved up. On the back pages, it seeks to appeal to United and Liverpool fans because they have far and away the biggest fanbases in this country, so provocative nonsense about City, a carefully cultivated enemy of both clubs, is always on the agenda, from Haaland's 'disgusting' wage packet, to 'net spend' graphs, to empty seats, to anything and everything it can think of to cast us in the role of 'no class' arrivistes and massage the egos of the rags and the dippers in the process

 

[its grim up north]

It looks like the £950k a week Haaland is supposed to be earning is now gospel , every media outlet is now regurgitating this garbage , even the Dipper Echo is now using it as an excuse that the Dipshits cannot compete with

I fail to understand how one of our players wages can result in the Dipps not beating Fulham, Palace, Everton and Brighton, and losing to the rags, Napoli and Arsenal.

 

[daveoswald]

The Guardian hates us for our wealth and the Mail hates us for our owner’s ethnicity.

Think there is a slight flaw in your argument, Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea are all very wealthy, the guardian doesn't seem to hate them.