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[Constellation]

Re: City Vs Bayern Munich Pre Match Thread

Some very bizarre comments about Bayern in this thread.

1) Uli Hoeness was not the owner. They don't have an owner. It's a football club controlled by its members. Hoeness was their elected (by the fans/members) chairman after serving the club as youth player, first team player ( World Cup, Euro and CL winner) and general manager.

2) Their success isn't bankrolled. They were German champions in 1932. When the Nazis took over they suffered extreme persecution ( lots of Jewish members and a Jewish chairman whom they defended against the Nazis). The club was ruined by Nazi reprisals. The only option for them to rebuild post war was youth development.

That produced the likes of Beckenbauer, Muller etc, who propelled them back to the top of the German and European game.

You might not like the club or approve of their holier than thou ethos and history, but you should at least get the facts right.

 

[adrianr]

Re: City Vs Bayern Munich Pre Match Thread

Love Nasri's comments, what a guy. 99 out of 100 footballers wouldn't have the balls to say what he did.

Summary: Lose tomorrow/exit Champions League and we could all get sold because with the money we're on, we should be doing much better.

Good man. Not wrong either.

Its good that he recognises the seriousness of it, isnt making excuses, accepting responsibility.

Its bad in that the players are going into the game fearing the consequences. How will they react to an early setback? Ideally we want the players to be looking forward to these sorts of games, relishing the prospect of playing in them.

I think by now they've had enough chances to look forward and relish, by hook or by crook they need to get us out of this group and progressing in this competition.

 

[carlos tevez is a blue]

Re: City Vs Bayern Munich Pre Match Thread

Starting to get closer to the match, i'm starting to feel this match!


What's attendance looking like so far?

Even the stewards and players won't be in yet.

 

[Puppet Master Silva]

But he called you a muppet mate. Defend yourself.

;-)

Don't really feel inclined too when the poster in question thinks you can just "delete" people.

Off to bed before I head to the Etihad again tomorrow, if it doesn't go well I'm going to ring up and see if they'll exchange my season ticket for one at Stamford Bridge.

Thats great news mate, fuck off :)

We won so City have got me for another week or so, I'll see how I feel after the Bayern game.

 

[wolfie1988]

Only single seats available. Colin Bell & East Stand 1st and 2nd tiers sold out. Around 10 tickets per block available in all other blocks. Probably about 500 or so left. Will be sold out by kick off

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Re: City Vs Bayern Munich Pre Match Thread

Some very bizarre comments about Bayern in this thread.

1) Uli Hoeness was not the owner. They don't have an owner. It's a football club controlled by its members. Hoeness was their elected (by the fans/members) chairman after serving the club as youth player, first team player ( World Cup, Euro and CL winner) and general manager.

2) Their success isn't bankrolled. They were German champions in 1932. When the Nazis took over they suffered extreme persecution ( lots of Jewish members and a Jewish chairman whom they defended against the Nazis). The club was ruined by Nazi reprisals. The only option for them to rebuild post war was youth development.

That produced the likes of Beckenbauer, Muller etc, who propelled them back to the top of the German and European game.

You might not like the club or approve of their holier than thou ethos and history, but you should at least get the facts right.

Your comments about Bayern’s youth policy in the 60s are 100% correct, but then again you’re replying to an opinion that hasn’t actually been made.

Bayern’s team of the 70s included a core of local talent, as did Ajax, St Etienne, and Liverpool. However, that was in the days of the old style European Cup.
The Champions League wasn’t revamped to make a better competition. It was revamped purely to make the rich clubs richer. and the recent TV deal will exaggerate the gulf in finances even further.
We now have a culture of “Super Clubs” and this is why City feel like unwelcome guests at somebody else’s party.

We respect Bayern, but it’s obvious from Rummenigge’s comments that he considers City to be some kind of modern day plastic outfit, like Wolfsburg or Leverkusen. when in reality we have always been one of the best supported teams in England.

Incidentally, City won the League in 1937.

Enjoy the match

 

[jollylescott]

Re: City Vs Bayern Munich Pre Match Thread

Love Nasri's comments, what a guy. 99 out of 100 footballers wouldn't have the balls to say what he did.

Summary: Lose tomorrow/exit Champions League and we could all get sold because with the money we're on, we should be doing much better.

A lot of fans on here have been calling for the proverbial rocket up the backside of our players.

Well Samir has kindly undertaken the task himself, and I am for one am so pleased he has said this. He has lit the fire for this game. He knows we have our backs to the wall and that no one expects us to win. Yet in a funny kind of way it's moments like this where City does the unexpected. A lot of our key players out, scratching around to find players to put on the bench, a Manager under pressure. This is the perfect moment for City to do what is least expected.

We have nothing to lose. I have a funny feeling that City might do what no one expects, and knock these 'superstars' off their pedestal.

 

[schfc6]

Re: City Vs Bayern Munich Pre Match Thread

I think it will be.

"..............Hart...........
Zaba.VK..Demichellis.clichy.
........Milner...Fernando......
Navas...lampard..Nasri.....
.............Aguero...............

Or
...............Hart...........
Zaba..VK.Demichellis..Clichy
........Lampard..Ferndo......
Navas....Jovetic...Milner
...............Aguero...........

If he picks the second, I'll be joining the "out" gang.

Personally I'd pick this team.
................Hart..........
Sagna.. VK..Demichellis.Clichy.
........Zaba.... Fernando.......
Navas....Nasri.....Milner...
..............Aguero........

 

[Puppet Master Silva]

Only single seats available. Colin Bell & East Stand 1st and 2nd tiers sold out. Around 10 tickets per block available in all other blocks. Probably about 500 or so left. Will be sold out by kick off

Well done to all the blues going, I sincerely hope you're not surrounded by Germans/tourists.

 

[bluemooninho]

I know its a long shot but if anyone ends up having 2 spare adult tickets message me and I will take them off you. I only got paid today for the first time in months or else I would have bought them earlier.

No tickets available on the site now!!!