Media thread 2022/23

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That pathetic excuse for an article from Jonathan Liew is the final straw for me. The club takes an awful lot of (largely unfair and inaccurate) criticism, but the frequent attacks on our fanbase is taking it to a whole new level.

Pitch invasions are probably the longest running tradition of celebration in football, which are replicated up and down the leagues, throughout the country and beyond. Everton look likely to stay up now, and will probably celebrate with a pitch invasion (as they did last year), they have also been charged by the FA. Will their celebrations be criticised in the same way? Unlikely.

I'm going to write to the Guardian to complain, which is a waste of time I know. But I'm also boycotting anything to do with their paper and won't be clicking on any links to their articles. I've followed this approach with some of the other rags for a while and it's better than getting wound up by the pathetic musings of someone I have zero respect for. They can write what they want, but history will remember City's achievements not an opinion piece from a no mark reporter and that's what hurts them the most, their palpable insignificance.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
You don't think the Premier League actually want this shit with City, I certainly don't.

The lobbying from a powerful collection of clubs who want their ball back and using their 'status' to put the executive between a rock and a hard place.
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That's true but Richard Masters knew what he was getting into when he was personally vetted by Directors of LFC and MUFC for the job. What I would really like to know is why the two previous candidates accepted the job but then declined to take it up. One of them (Richard Pemsel) backed out after being the victim of a story about his private life leaked to the tabloids. The initial successful candidate (Susanna Dinnage) has never made clear why she pulled out. I wonder if she was worried about interference from certain clubs making the job an impossible task.
If we had a proper press in this country they would be asking why Masters was parachuted in for the role before he pushed for the Super League proposals. The robust line of questioning Masters was given by the Sports Minister at the recent Select Committe suggests that senior Government figures (and some in the Opposition) clearly smell a rat.
 
Ducado said:
I believe the main driver behind it all was a certain Mr Levy of North London
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I've also been hammering home this point to my Spuds supporting family members & it seems the tide is turning.

They're no longer interested in the "City are cheats, & that's why Spuds can't prosper" narrative from the poisoned dwarf Levy. The penny's dropped & their fans are now turning their anger toward him.

They've long since had enough & now they're sweating over even getting Europa Conference League football & facing the loss of Kane, it's made them extremely pissed with the club's leadership.

How many seasons can you keep the "We'd be winning everything, if it wasn't for that pesky Manchester City" narrative going for?
 
laserblue said:
The dozy lycanthropic prick fails to understand that the burden of proof is on the accuser. It's up to the PL to prove their accusations.
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In his case, His defense fell apart like Arsenal‘s when confronted with a screenshot of pervy hairy handed texts he sent to his daughters best friend
 
Kmezn said:
i'm actually speachless. that was a really nice little animation. i never thought i'd say this but well done PL?!
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Loved it.
The PL are in a bit of a fix, they somehow need to let go of the (bogus) charges in a way that saves face, so maybe it's the beginning of what's coming next for the PL - some nice touches like this and then slowly turn on the charm before the withdrawal of charges.
 
Dribble said:
I've also been hammering home this point to my Spuds supporting family members & it seems the tide is turning.

They're no longer interested in the "City are cheats, & that's why Spuds can't prosper" narrative from the poisoned dwarf Levy. The penny's dropped & their fans are now turning their anger toward him.

They've long since had enough & now they're sweating over even getting Europa Conference League football & facing the loss of Kane, it's made them extremely pissed with the club's leadership.

How many seasons can you keep the "We'd be winning everything, if it wasn't for that pesky Manchester City" narrative going for?
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Its City's fault for every single one of the 62 years they've failed to win the top division in this country.
 
Dribble said:
But the Premier League ARE these clubs, hence why they're so against an independent regulator.

I can see a few PL Executive Officers being VERY wary about their pursuit of City, & they probably just want to get on running the league & protecting it from the Super League, but the 20 clubs are their Masters, & the PL Executive are their employees...

There's a monkey & organ grinder scenario here, & several of the 20 PL Clubs are plinking away on the ivories like Liberace & the Executive are merely dancing along to their Masters' tune!

They make me sick! :-/
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And this is precisely the reason why the Government is pushing strongly to take regulatory powers away from the Premier League and that's why City are the only club supporting that move. The Premier League has shown it is unfit for purpose with its regulatory function. Someone high up at the PL is still leaking confidential information about the discussions taking place between our lawyers and those at the PL. That story about City challenging the entire process (with the irrelevant mischief-making angle about Rosen being an Arsenal fan) didn't make its way to the Times newspaper by accident. You can be sure it didn't come from either of the legal teams (who have signed Non Disclosure Agreements) and no one at City would have leaked it to take the gloss off our Real Madrid victory. Our enemies just can help themselves can they?
 
Jack Gaughan has gradually grown on me as the season’s gone on, he’s growing nicely into his role as a guest on the Bluemoon podcast and today he amusingly gives Erling a rating of 10.5 / 10 for his season ratings.

We need all the friends we can get in the media and Jack is definitely friend rather than foe.
 
dickie davies said:
It's worth close to £700m
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What our squad's worth & what it actually cost are two different things. The point I made to a mate yesterday was as follows:

Foden - Free
Palmer - Free
Lewis - Free
Ortega - Free
Gomez - £12m
Alvarez - £14m
Akanji - £15m
Total - £41m

This is the reality of the team who comfortably beat a £600m+ Chelsea team 1-0, & it's why we all knew the media would comment on the cost of our bench, & say fuck all about the combined £240m cost of the starting 11. :-/
 
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bobbyowenquiff said:
And this is precisely the reason why the Government is pushing strongly to take regulatory powers away from the Premier League and that's why City are the only club supporting that move. The Premier League has shown it is unfit for purpose with its regulatory function. Someone high up at the PL is still leaking confidential information about the discussions taking place between our lawyers and those at the PL. That story about City challenging the entire process (with the irrelevant mischief-making angle about Rosen being an Arsenal fan) didn't make its way to the Times newspaper by accident. You can be sure it didn't come from either of the legal teams (who have signed Non Disclosure Agreements) and no one at City would have leaked it to take the gloss off our Real Madrid victory. Our enemies just can help themselves can they?
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Someone at the PL is certainly in bed with one of the "big" two red clubs in this league, why on earth would a PL employee want to tarnish (within hours of) this clubs most dominant display of football that this country has witnessed for decades. Its bitterness of the highest level, from an organisation that should be impartial to all of its members.
 
flb said:
Someone at the PL is certainly in bed with one of the "big" two red clubs in this league, why on earth would a PL employee want to tarnish (within hours of) this clubs most dominant display of football that this country has witnessed for decades. Its bitterness of the highest level, from an organisation that should be impartial to all of its members.
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Funny you should say that....

Liverpool and Manchester United's rivals have reportedly been left furious after the two clubs were given 'special access' to the candidates looking to replace Richard Scudamore as the Premier League's chief executive.

The Times report that the north-west pair - who are English football's most successful and therefore most marketable clubs - met with three of the candidates before the nominations committee made any decisions.
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I will just leave this here!
 
flb said:
They failed to mention the three academy products on show tearing Chelsea a new arsehole, or the world cup winning Alavarez, Akanji and Ortega cost a pittance, half of that team yesterday cost less than that fucking donkey Antony over at the Trafford ashtray.
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Think it still cost about 280m that starting team
 
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