Braggster
Well-Known Member
Marvin said:What press are you reading? Alan Green, and Guardian / Observer never miss an opportunity for a little dig. They can't even get the basic facts right
Tend to agree - the press coverage of City is very poor. On the one hand they love us - in that we're easy copy - and you get the sympathetic 'insight' pieces. On the other hand, every time we don't win by 2 clear goals or more, and totally dominate, the snide digs and dismissive comments come in.
Then there's the easy, cliched, stupid 'comparison with the rags/spurs/villa' stuff, doubly crap because Fergie, O'Neill and Benttwat are all beloved of the media, whereas nasty foreign italian defensive Mancini comes from the crappy league that is Serie A and is denying the great unloved British managers their chance. So lots of anti-City soundbites from the (not totally disinterested) managers get lapped up by idiot journos.
And as you say, lots of basic facts are incorrect.
You get far, far better, more objective and insightful commentary on BM than you do in the media.