Show of support before Aston Villa | Club update (Pg 13) - Pep wants this to happen

I’m surprised Pep has made a big deal of this. Wouldn’t it be better to treat the occasion as a routine home match? Same build up as usual?

The downside of getting everyone one hyped up is that if we don’t score early on the drop off in atmosphere will be that much greater.

The main requirement from the fans surely is patience?
 
cibaman said:
I’m surprised Pep has made a big deal of this. Wouldn’t it be better to treat the occasion as a routine home match? Same build up as usual?

The downside of getting everyone one hyped up is that if we don’t score early on the drop off in atmosphere will be that much greater.

The main requirement from the fans surely is patience?
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Isn't the real danger that the players get so wound up by it all they don't perform or one of the silly buggers gets sent off??
 
cibaman said:
I’m surprised Pep has made a big deal of this. Wouldn’t it be better to treat the occasion as a routine home match? Same build up as usual?

The downside of getting everyone one hyped up is that if we don’t score early on the drop off in atmosphere will be that much greater.

The main requirement from the fans surely is patience?
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I see your point. There is the chance the pressure gets built up too much. Having said that there’s no doubt Pep gets frustrated with our often lack-lustre home support. I mean, it’s not like we are watching one of the greatest teams ever to play in this country!
 
Manchester33 said:
In his interview after today’s game vs West Ham, Pep said

"I can assure you something. In one week our stadium will be so loud and we will give them all our lives, and they will give us all their lives, for 95 minutes. It's an incredible privilege to win one game at home to be champion."


"I encourage all the people, all blue people in Manchester that day, go to the streets go to the stadium, because we are going to give everything to win the PL, I am pretty sure about that."

It’s up to us fans to respond to him. No excuses. Get to the Etihad in numbers. If you’re lucky enough to have a ticket get down early. If not, come anyway and watch the game in town.

The plan is to welcome the players to the stadium. We will line the road near City @ home up to the main reception. The bus should arrive around 2:15pm.

Get down blues. No excuses.
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Based on previous experiences it would help if (1) the bus actually slowed down as it went past the fans (2) they got a bus without blacked out windows so we could actually see the players. I’ll be there, again, but effectively all I will see is a bus with blacked out windows going past me at 30 mph
 
Mike N said:
I see your point. There is the chance the pressure gets built up too much. Having said that there’s no doubt Pep gets frustrated with our often lack-lustre home support. I mean, it’s not like we are watching one of the greatest teams ever to play in this country!
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It’s very unlikely that it will be lack lustre on Sunday. But it could become excessively tense and nervy
 
Not sure if mentioned but Great Manchester run on Sunday

Sunday 22 May

In alphabetical order, the following roads will be closed:

From 4am

  • Chepstow St : from Oxford St to Great Bridgewater St
  • Deansgate : from Whitworth St West to John Dalton St
  • Dickinson St
  • Peter St : from Mount St to St Peters Square
  • Portland St : from Oxford St to Princess St
  • St John St : from Deansgate to Byrom St
From 6am

  • Mancunian Way (East and West bound) : from Fairfield St to Regent Rd
From 7am

  • Alan Turing Way : From Ashton New Rd to Ashton Old Rd
  • A5063 Trafford Rd : from White City Circle Roundabout to Salford City Boundary
  • A5063 White City Circle
  • A56 Bridgewater Way : from Chester Rd to Wharfside Way
  • A56 Chester Rd : from Bridgewater Way to Bridgewater Viaduct
  • A56 Chester Rd : from White City Circle roundabout to Sir Matt Busby Way
  • A5801 Wharfside Way : from White City Circle Roundabout to Salford City Boundary
  • Abingdon St
  • Ashton Old Rd : from Alan Turing Way to Pin Mill Brow
  • Atkinson St : from Byron St to Deansgate
  • Bloom St : from Chorlton St to Princess St
  • Bootle St : from Deansgate to Southmill St
  • Bridgewater Viaduct
  • Byrom St : from Quay St to Hardman St
  • Central St : from Southmill St to Lloyd St
  • Chepstow St : from Oxford St to Great Bridgewater St
  • Chester Rd : from Bridgewater Way to Bridgewater Viaduct
  • Chester Rd : from Mancunian Way Roundabout to Cornbrook
  • Chester Rd : from Hadfield St to Bridgewater Way
  • Chorlton Rd : from Jackson St to Mancunian Way
  • Chorlton St : from Portland St to Silver St
  • City Rd East : from Albion St to Great Jackson St
  • Cross St : From Cross St to John Dalton St
  • Elevator Rd : from Wharfside Way to Trafford Wharf Rd
  • Ellesmere St : from Hulme Hall Rd to Chester Rd
  • Fairfield St : from Ashton Old Rd to Mancunian Way
  • Great Bridgewater St : from Oxford St to Deansgate
  • Great Jackson St : from City Rd East to Chester Rd
  • Hardman St
  • Hulme Hall Rd : from Ellesmere St to Chester Rd
  • Jacksons Row
  • Lloyd St
  • Major St : from Sackville St to Princess St
  • Manor St : at Mancunian Way
  • Midland St : from Hooper St to Ashton Old Rd
  • Minshul St : from Portland St to Aytoun St
  • Oxford St : from Peter St to Whitworth St West
  • Peter St : from Deansgate to Mount St
  • Pin Mill Brow : from Fairfield St to Mancunian Way
  • Portland St : from New York St to Princess St
  • Princess St : from Albert Square to Portland St
  • Quay St : from Deansgate to Byrom St
  • Sackville St : from Portland St to Major St
  • Silver St : from Minshul St to Chorlton St
  • Sir Alex Ferguson Way
  • Sir Matt Busby Way
  • Southmill St
  • Trafford Rd : from Exchange Quay to Trafford Rd
  • Trafford Wharf Rd : from Warren Bruce Rd to Trafford Rd
  • Warren Bruce Rd : from Wharfside Way to Trafford Wharf Rd
  • Wharf End : from Trafford Wharf Rd to Trafford Rd
From 8.30am

  • Albion St : from Whitworth St West to Medlock St
  • Medlock St : from Albion St to River St
  • Whitworth St : from Albion St to Gloucester St

Road Re-opening times​

From 12:00

  • Alan Turning Way
From 12.30

  • Ashton Old Rd
  • Chorlton Rd
  • Fairfield St
  • Manor St
  • Midland St
  • Pin Mill St
  • Mancunian Way
From 3.45pm

  • Albion St
  • City Rd East
  • Great Jackson St
  • Medlock St
  • Whitworth St
From 5.15pm

  • Peter St
  • Portland St
  • Abingdon St
  • Bloom St
  • Bridgewater St
  • Byrom St
  • Chepstow St
  • Chrolton St
  • Cross St
  • Great Bridgewater St
  • Major St
  • Minshul St
  • Princess St
  • Sackville St
  • Silver St
  • Oxford St
From 6.30pm

  • All remaining on course roads
From 7.30pm

  • Deansgate from Whitworth St West to Peter St
From 9pm
 
jrb said:
I’m not one to pick up on words.

I appreciate the MUEN is running with the story.

But the word PLEA in the headline is misleading.


‘a request made in an urgent and emotional request’

The request by Pep is neither urgent or emotional. All he is doing is asking the fans to get behind the team on Sunday, before, during, and hopefully after the match.
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If one more fucker tells me to 'get behind the team' or 'show your support' on Sunday i'll fucking scream.
There's no need for any 'pleas' to be issued (as if we have no supporters) or calls to arms on pissing twitter, or even here.
 
cibaman said:
Wouldn’t it be better to treat the occasion as a routine home match? Same build up as usual?
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This for me, I'm a superstitious fucker and can't be changing my pre-match routine. Last time I 'mixed it up' was the Spurs game and look how that went.
 
stonerblue said:
If one more fucker tells me to 'get behind the team' or 'show your support' on Sunday i'll fucking scream.
There's no need for any 'pleas' to be issued (as if we have no supporters) or calls to arms on pissing twitter, or even here.
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Some of our fans need a slight prompt every now and again regardless of the match. ;-)
 
BringBackSwales said:
Based on previous experiences it would help if (1) the bus actually slowed down as it went past the fans (2) they got a bus without blacked out windows so we could actually see the players. I’ll be there, again, but effectively all I will see is a bus with blacked out windows going past me at 30 mph
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We’re doing the bus welcome between city at home and the main reception where the players get off (not near gray mere lane). So the bus will be a lot slower.
 
cibaman said:
I’m surprised Pep has made a big deal of this. Wouldn’t it be better to treat the occasion as a routine home match? Same build up as usual?

The downside of getting everyone one hyped up is that if we don’t score early on the drop off in atmosphere will be that much greater.

The main requirement from the fans surely is patience?
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I’m quite sure Pep knows best on this one.

He wants a huge effort from the fans - so that’s what we should give him.
 
stonerblue said:
If one more fucker tells me to 'get behind the team' or 'show your support' on Sunday i'll fucking scream.
There's no need for any 'pleas' to be issued (as if we have no supporters) or calls to arms on pissing twitter, or even here.
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Get behind the team!!! :’)

I feel that many of the older city supporters have a mentality of “I’ve supported through thick and very thin, so no one can tell me what I can/can’t do” which I respect. It’s true. But it’s not constructive to a good atmosphere at the Etihad.

We’ve ended up with, at a push, 10% of the stadium who make any effort to SUPPORT city rather than spectate them.

The facts about Sunday are that Pep WANTS a huge show of support to set the tone for the players. He’s asking ticketless fans to ‘get to the streets’ etc. There are countless examples of players saying the fans helped/hindered their performance. So given all that, I think we owe it to him to rise to the occasion. If we can’t get up for Sunday and break out of our usual match day routines, then are you a City fan(atic) or a City spectator?

Yes, the atmosphere inside the stadium will be great regardless, but it’s about going the extra mile in a huge game.

I don’t see any issue in calling out City fans on this. We are some of the luckiest fans in football. Make the effort. Get there early and hype up the lads. It could be the difference between winning the league or (god forbid) losing it to them lot. We post the information everywhere so most of our fans are aware it’s happening. If we don’t push it, no-one knows and no-one goes!

This isn’t a personal post aimed at you. Your post just echoes a few things I’ve noticed about our fan base and I felt like a rant :’)
 
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