Blue2112
Well-Known Member
A genuine question to all City fans - What have Manchester City Football Club done that is perceived as so wrong? As City supporters we're all on the inside of this journey and so it's natural to get defensive and see little or no wrong in our clubs actions but it's obvious we've been up to no good because we're pissing off a lot of people on the outside.
Now obviously I know we're now challenging the elite and superior established top four but that alone does not warrant some of the negativity the club as a whole attract. Tottenham are also challenging the so called big 4 but yet seemingly appear to be given a free ride and as everyone likes to agree (or at least publicly if not privately) that the more competition there is then the better the English Premier League becomes. This weekend my 48 year old Rag brother-in-law and his Liverpool supporting wife had a verbal attack on my 19 year old daughter whereby they were literally screaming in her face about 'how you don't deserve it'. This at a family party ffs! I wasn't there at the time but when I see the fuckers theyre gonna get an earful, shes been to more games than the two of them put together (not that it would be difficult). So why don't we deserve it?
Ever since the takeover its fair to say there has been more negative press than positive and I do feel it's whipped up an already envious and disgruntled football world to near bursting point to see the 'billionaire newcomers' put firmly and rightly in their place. I've genuinely no problem in how Chelsea want to celebrate their victory last night, it was deserved but it is very amusing watching how their fans and players both on and off the pitch took it as if the title itself depended on that 90 minutes. How the times have changed for us and i'll take it as a backhanded compliment.
So what have the club actually done that has been so wrong? Was it our policy of buying quickly and expensively? Should we have only bought one player per season and tried to build a successful team over the next decade because if so then thats a ludicrous suggestion. But would that have appeased the footballing world? Is it the owners, is it the manager, is it the players? Lord knows Balotelli is every so called media experts prime target and personally I do believe the press he receives has carried itself to the officials and how they deal with him on the pitch. He rarely gets decisions in his favour and seriously 'Who gives a fuck about his non-celebrations' - I for one love him all the more for it. I see the clubs everyday actions and supporter liasons as good as if not better than most others. I don't see any of our dealings as particularly any worse than other clubs. I see Mancini and his players refusing to get embroiled in a war of words with other managers and players both on and off the pitch whenever enticed. Our players are always ready for international duty.
This isn't meant as an us against the world or all officials are out to get us at every opportunity, because I know thats not actually true. What is true and undeniable though is we're everyones number 1 target, is it really only because we're 'potential champions'. I already know the footballing world are envious and threatened by our new status but is that all there really is to it or is there something more sinister we've been up to that I've missed. So as a fan from within how do you view City and how as a club have we gone from everyones favourite second club to not quite but nearly the new 'MAN U' god forgive us and everyones most hated club.
Now obviously I know we're now challenging the elite and superior established top four but that alone does not warrant some of the negativity the club as a whole attract. Tottenham are also challenging the so called big 4 but yet seemingly appear to be given a free ride and as everyone likes to agree (or at least publicly if not privately) that the more competition there is then the better the English Premier League becomes. This weekend my 48 year old Rag brother-in-law and his Liverpool supporting wife had a verbal attack on my 19 year old daughter whereby they were literally screaming in her face about 'how you don't deserve it'. This at a family party ffs! I wasn't there at the time but when I see the fuckers theyre gonna get an earful, shes been to more games than the two of them put together (not that it would be difficult). So why don't we deserve it?
Ever since the takeover its fair to say there has been more negative press than positive and I do feel it's whipped up an already envious and disgruntled football world to near bursting point to see the 'billionaire newcomers' put firmly and rightly in their place. I've genuinely no problem in how Chelsea want to celebrate their victory last night, it was deserved but it is very amusing watching how their fans and players both on and off the pitch took it as if the title itself depended on that 90 minutes. How the times have changed for us and i'll take it as a backhanded compliment.
So what have the club actually done that has been so wrong? Was it our policy of buying quickly and expensively? Should we have only bought one player per season and tried to build a successful team over the next decade because if so then thats a ludicrous suggestion. But would that have appeased the footballing world? Is it the owners, is it the manager, is it the players? Lord knows Balotelli is every so called media experts prime target and personally I do believe the press he receives has carried itself to the officials and how they deal with him on the pitch. He rarely gets decisions in his favour and seriously 'Who gives a fuck about his non-celebrations' - I for one love him all the more for it. I see the clubs everyday actions and supporter liasons as good as if not better than most others. I don't see any of our dealings as particularly any worse than other clubs. I see Mancini and his players refusing to get embroiled in a war of words with other managers and players both on and off the pitch whenever enticed. Our players are always ready for international duty.
This isn't meant as an us against the world or all officials are out to get us at every opportunity, because I know thats not actually true. What is true and undeniable though is we're everyones number 1 target, is it really only because we're 'potential champions'. I already know the footballing world are envious and threatened by our new status but is that all there really is to it or is there something more sinister we've been up to that I've missed. So as a fan from within how do you view City and how as a club have we gone from everyones favourite second club to not quite but nearly the new 'MAN U' god forgive us and everyones most hated club.