Media thread 2022/23

[Kinkybyname]

You can read the article here....

FOOTBALL | MARTIN SAMUEL

If Man City need an asterisk, then so do all the title winners since 2014​

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/...8?shareToken=d06b7ea3617bd7978973478ab4204d88

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the full text is in the post

 

[WNRH]

Is it true Martin Samuel's son works for the CFG?

 

[The perfect fumble]

the full text is in the post

It is, but it's much easier to read in the original format.

 

[halfcenturyup]

Maybe now the like of Leicester or wolves should ask the league for a new vote on ffp as they were all lead up the garden path and lynched. It does beg the question tho as to why city did not challenge the ffp framework instead of trying to work within its constraints. Has this been the biggest mistake? Commercially no, winning trophies no but as for the clubs reputation well it has and will continue to be decimated for the good of the ‘game ‘, game in this instance meaning the cartel clubs.

Referendum on FFPEXIT?

 

[Dinas]

As long as we continue with our current scouting and transfer policy, I am happy for the rags to nearly sign whoever they want.

and also waste money on players like Fred, Sanchez, Ronaldo (second coming) etc etc. I would like to think we conned them into making these purchases because we knew those players were not really good enough. I suppose that's stretching it - but it's a nice thing to contemplate!

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Now normally I would never watch anything with Piers Morgan in it, but a video appeared on my youtube feed last night with him talking to Barry Hearn about the just stop oil protest at the World snooker championship. So I decided to give it a watch. Hearn talked well, explained how had written to everyone who was in attendance, and how he's getting them together to take the protester to the small claims court, for the price of tickets, travel etc. Basically ruin his life for the next year or two. Then out of nowhere Morgan changes tack, mentions football and goes full City bingo, State owned, oil money, grotesque spending etc. Some of these nutjobs are completely obsessed, we must be in their thought's 24/7.

 

[Innsbruckblue]

and also waste money on players like Fred, Sanchez, Ronaldo (second coming) etc etc. I would like to think we conned them into making these purchases because we knew those players were not really good enough. I suppose that's stretching it - but it's a nice thing to contemplate!

Classic diversionary tactics. Talk loudly about one thing to catch everyone’s attention and interest while quietly working in the background on the real project of which nobody has a clue. Means less competition for the real target.
An extremely popular military strategy too

 

[Dinas]

The ramped up treble talk from the media is setting us up for a huge fall. All I am hearing is they will be shocked if we don’t win everything. Very disrespectful to both United and Milan. Look at the United 99, Bayern were the better team but lost.

It would be great to win the lot but I am being genuine when I say the league alone is a fantastic achievement. It won’t be reported that way, the sneering press won’t allow it.

I'm sure you are correct about the ramped up treble talk to put undue pressure on us. Their comments are either completely negative or devious like this. Either way there's nothing we can do about it. At the end of the day we all know what we have achieved this season - even if we don't prevail in the two finals. I don't think they make a meaningful contribution and try to ignore it as best I can - but sometimes its difficult to do so.

 

[stonerblue]

Thanks for posting. That’s a wonderful piece.

'Slice the wind'
Great stuff

 

[Centurions]

After the tidal wave of shit that we have seen since Sunday this article is, albeit short, a breath of fresh air

Terrace talk: There is always a 'but' with Manchester City

Pep Guardiola's presence guarantees so much for City: organisation, pride, precision, drive, hunger, love, attention to detail and a blue river of tactical tweaks and fiddles

www.irishexaminer.com

"Now regularly outspent by the likes of United and Chelsea, the difference in outcome is eye-watering. United flounder, Chelsea play like a school project about discovering how your body works, Liverpool grind to a breathless halt, City sail smoothly on."

Am I reading too much into the comment about Liverpool?