The so called media bias

[warringtonmcfc]

Reading some of the posts on here it's unbelievable. It could be coming out of Ferguson's mouth. They've all got it in for me!

Most of the media comments are bang on. What Redknapp said last night was bang on. We don't look like getting points away from home against the better sides. The superb haul of two points against the "big" clubs come from grinding out 0-0 draws when we were outplayed for vast tracts of the game.

Stop being so precious and thinking that if the media criticise us there is some sort of conspiracy going on. Generally what they are saying is on the money (when it comes to reporting on the games anyway).

We were a shambles last night. Plenty on here are saying it. Why can't the media? I'd say most of the media don't mind City and hope we do alright.

The fact is our record against United, Liverpool, Arsenal away from home over the years (and this is going back to the 70s) is appalling. Come up with a million reasons but it's a fact. We have won once at United since the 70s, once away against Liverpool since the early 80s and not beaten Arsenal once away since the mid 70s. That is absolutely abysmal.

Whoever was to blame for last night that was an unacceptable performance. Some saying it was a one-off - United got beat there etc etc. But it isn't a one off performance. Even in the good first part of the season we still didn't come from behind away from home to win a game. When the chips are down our players look elsewhere.

Last night you had Kompany who offered some leadership. Everyone else looked elsewhere. That's our problem. Too many players who are happy to sit back in the collective rather than grab hold of the game.

A lot of players there who we will end up getting rid of in the summer and given we signed a lot of them this season that's pretty poor.

The only hope you can cling to is that we often play better against United when we have had some poor displays building up to it. Clutching at straws I suspect but here's hoping.

But let's stop this "they're all out for us" nonsense and accept it's just people calling it as they see it for the vast majority of times.

 

[Pigeonho]

You're fighting a losing battle with this thread fella.

 

[Quinny851]

Bang on. Plus I also think we deserve the criticism and piss taking due to the amount of money that a Welsh man and an Italian have spent.

It's ok though, we're still fourth and in the semi final of the cup. We'll beat Everton away and batter Spurs at home cos when our backs against the wall City always come out fighting!!

Or as last season proved, we fuck off without a whimper and then get fed the rallying cry on the official site from Khaldoon saying how we're progressing quicker than we thought and that we'll be in a better position next season.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

You're fighting a losing battle with this thread fella.

And I think he's fighting an incorrect one. There are innumerable instances where the 'slant' of an article or report is quite clear. BBC reported on us losing this morning, not Liverpool winning. The whole focus of the report was about us losing. You could sense the suppressed glee in the reader's voice. It's the bastard Saunders of Reading! An' that's just the ordinary, run-of-the-mill football result. Compare that to the 'advert' that Radio 5 trailered their coverage of the match. It went something pretty near to the following: "And on Monday night we have Liverpool v Manchester City (cue a little bit of previous commentary from earlier fixture) AND IT'S SUAREZ! ONE NIL TO LIVERPOOL". And the trailer ended there. No mention of any of the three goals earlier in the season at CoMS. I am pretty rational about most things but the constant diggin', nudgin, winkin', is pretty clear.
And that's before I start on the articles from the likes of Oliver Tosser, Paul Wanker and Henry Arsehole that are the clearest hatchet jobs you could see. How many articles have 'graced' the national broadsheets that have taken a clear swipe at Wenger, Ferguson, Ancelotti and their clubs? We would be twenty points clear at the top of the league if points were awarded for subtle and not so subtle swipes at MCFC this season.

 

[Uwe's 80s mullet]

agree with the OP. some of it is cringeworthy.

 

[gio's side step]

The problem is actually relevant. There are far too many blues out there fucking obsessed with Utd, and obsessed with the media. Take the Rooney case. Far too many people pissing their little pants over Rooney missing the semi final instead of worrying about what we do. Then Tevez gets injured. It serves a point.

Worry about us. Not the media or Utd. Stop having a paranoia complex. It only serves to distract any critique away from Mancini.

 

[Pigeonho]

You're fighting a losing battle with this thread fella.

And I think he's fighting an incorrect one. There are innumerable instances where the 'slant' of an article or report is quite clear. BBC reported on us losing this morning, not Liverpool winning. The whole focus of the report was about us losing. You could sense the suppressed glee in the reader's voice. It's the bastard Saunders of Reading! An' that's just the ordinary, run-of-the-mill football result. Compare that to the 'advert' that Radio 5 trailered their coverage of the match. It went something pretty near to the following: "And on Monday night we have Liverpool v Manchester City (cue a little bit of previous commentary from earlier fixture) AND IT'S SUAREZ! ONE NIL TO LIVERPOOL". And the trailer ended there. No mention of any of the three goals earlier in the season at CoMS. I am pretty rational about most things but the constant diggin', nudgin, winkin', is pretty clear.
And that's before I start on the articles from the likes of Oliver Tosser, Paul Wanker and Henry Arsehole that are the clearest hatchet jobs you could see. How many articles have 'graced' the national broadsheets that have taken a clear swipe at Wenger, Ferguson, Ancelotti and their clubs? We would be twenty points clear at the top of the league if points were awarded for subtle and not so subtle swipes at MCFC this season.

It's reported as us losing because of the shockingly bad performance in which we lost. When we went to 10 men v Arsenal at home and lost 3-0, the reports were how we were unlucky because we actually played well. Last night we played shit, the worst all season and the 'manager' made some horrendous and down right idiotic decisions. Because of those decisions we got hammered. That will quite rightly get some stick off the media.
United get bad press and digs. Remember when Ferdinand couldn't sit down on a plane, (reportedly), because of his shattered body? The press had a field day with that.
Torres at Chelsea and the way Ancelotti can't make it work with him and Drogba. That is getting negative press.
Wenger at Arsenal, and how he refuses to spend any kind of significant outlay on players. Gets bad press.
The reason we seem to get more than others is because we have spent nigh on £300m and sacked a manager doing alright in the process. That managers replacement is not pulling up any trees, it will get negative press.

The paranoia is overwhelingly funny though. There is a thread at the minute where the OP is that consumed with paranoia, he thinks Tyler referred to Liverpool as 'we', when it was clear to anyone with an ounce of common sense that he was saying it from the players' point of view, not his own.

 

[balkanno]

Just wanted to say something similar in one other Theard. It would be interessing if someone could bring some Quotes bout this Performance.

 

[warringtonmcfc]

You're fighting a losing battle with this thread fella.

And I think he's fighting an incorrect one. There are innumerable instances where the 'slant' of an article or report is quite clear. BBC reported on us losing this morning, not Liverpool winning. The whole focus of the report was about us losing. You could sense the suppressed glee in the reader's voice. It's the bastard Saunders of Reading! An' that's just the ordinary, run-of-the-mill football result. Compare that to the 'advert' that Radio 5 trailered their coverage of the match. It went something pretty near to the following: "And on Monday night we have Liverpool v Manchester City (cue a little bit of previous commentary from earlier fixture) AND IT'S SUAREZ! ONE NIL TO LIVERPOOL". And the trailer ended there. No mention of any of the three goals earlier in the season at CoMS. I am pretty rational about most things but the constant diggin', nudgin, winkin', is pretty clear.
And that's before I start on the articles from the likes of Oliver Tosser, Paul Wanker and Henry Arsehole that are the clearest hatchet jobs you could see. How many articles have 'graced' the national broadsheets that have taken a clear swipe at Wenger, Ferguson, Ancelotti and their clubs? We would be twenty points clear at the top of the league if points were awarded for subtle and not so subtle swipes at MCFC this season.

You could sense the glee? Are you serious?

I assume you didn't see the back of the Times football pullout yesterday then re articles taking a clear swipe at Ferguson? Patrick Barclay has written more negative ones about him this season than all the negative ones penned by others about Mancini put together.

You have got your head in the sand mate. Ancelotti, Wenger and Ferguson have had miles more stick than Mancini.

 

[Uwe's 80s mullet]

The problem is actually relevant. There are far too many blues out there fucking obsessed with Utd, and obsessed with the media. Take the Rooney case. Far too many people pissing their little pants over Rooney missing the semi final instead of worrying about what we do. Then Tevez gets injured. It serves a point.

Worry about us. Not the media or Utd. Stop having a paranoia complex. It only serves to distract any critique away from Mancini.

it does actually make me laugh when many of our fans say they are obsessed with us or they are he bitter ones! what on earth do they have to be bitter about???

and the amount of threads on this site about the scum, its easy to see why they say we are obsessed with them.