PrezIke wrote:On "The Debate" from Sky and Jamie Carragher repeats three different bits of information about us that are not accurate. Both came as he and Jamie Redkappp were discussing young players not getting chances within Chelsea, which turned into a rant by both about this in general after the host quoted Conte saying you have to buy expensive players.
1) This then led to commenting on us as having the same problem, "because of the manager"
2) He claims that Pep said "a few weeks ago" that young players are not good enough and "have to have more patience." He then says, "No! You don't have patience as a young player!"
3) He then says "I think there are a couple of players at Man City that are refusing to sign contracts because they're not with the first team and that is a major problem for him."
So with 1, he's wrong because Pellegrini did the same thing, and was clearly even less interested in young players because he was under even more pressure to win games now than Pep, which is a fundamental issue that they touch on, but somehow spend zero time really portraying the other point of view. Why? Of course, because both pundits are England fans over almost any club other than their own, and are coming from an angle that they want to see England players succeed over anyone else, as much of the discussion revolved around English young players (Delle Ali & Loftus-Cheek). Of course, there is no discussion of treatment of Luke Shaw, and we we get no real acknowledgement of why big clubs might be reluctant to give young players chances when the stakes are so high. And we are supposed to believe that they are "objective?" LOL
With 2, I can't find the quote or other take on Pep's words, other than what he said in February and May about this, but I thought I read or heard (possibly on a 93:20 podcast) how these words were taken out of context, and put into a dramatic headline that if you didn't pay close attention to would just take at face value. What did Carragher do? Exactly that, and not only is this lazy, but a source of propaganda that further hurts our reputation (especially where Sky is broadcast, but I got it online, so to other fans as well), even if he doesn't consciously mean it.
With 3 this is an example of the same problem. He honestly sounds like he actually just doesn't know what he is talking about, is talking out of his arse, and effectively is lazy because we all know it is only Sancho that hasn't signed a new deal, and it isn't really because he didn't go with the first team. That came after he already refused to sign a contract! The other possible explanation is how this shows how biased Carragher is. I'm not saying he isn't biased, of course he is, but watching it I take it mostly as lazy and what is most maddening is other ill informed fans watch this and hear these lies said again and take it further as truth.
Looks as though 'The Agenda' is alive and kicking and in full 'get City at any cost' flow with, if anything, greater speed, spite and intensity than last season and this summer.
Each constituent member of this 'movement' looks to be working flat out and harder than ever to win the 'anti City' trophy, awarded annually (or should that be anally ??) at the end of the season, so it looks already that we're going to have to suffer some serious garbage being thrown our way in this forthcoming campaign.
We're going to be damned if we do and damned if we don't, but whenever has it been any different ??
