JoeMercer'sWay said:
afc16 said:
the reaction by city fans on this thread is so ridiculous. not because you won or that it wasn't a fine achievement (because it was) - but because every time a gooner has mentioned our game against bayern last season when we beat them 2-0, almost every city fan responded with the same comments - that the win doesn't really count and can't be taken seriously as it was a meaningless game for bayen/bayern were already through/bayern didn't take the game seriously/bayern were just going through the motions etc etc.
the fact is that if we had scored 1 more goal which we almost did, we'd have gone through the knockout tie so it wasn't as meaningless as people suggest.
it's funny how when arsenal did it, numerous city fans tried to discredit the achievement using the above reasons/excuses at to why we won.
funny how those exact same reasons/excuses can be levelled against you tonight but that hasn't stopped all of you being really happy and over-joyed like you've just won the champions league.
my point - don't knock other teams achievements and their fans reactions then behave in exactly the same way when you do it.
bottom line - your totally right to be really happy as you've just beaten the best team in the world in their own back yard - exactly the same as we did last season.
it's just banter I think mostly, especially in the light of Gooner bringing it out repeatedly as evidence for how brilliant you are and how you're better than the rest, so I think it's partly a reaction to that, and partly a reaction to the fact that we play you on Saturday so we're not going to be as kind as we were back in the early months of the season, this is a huge boost to us tonight and has got the juices flowing.
that gooner guys an embarrassing idiot!
but even months ago, when we weren't due to play each other so shortly, any mention of our win at bayern got the same reaction from city fans, basically trying to discredit the win.
but anyway, yes it does fire you up nicely for saturday although i really don't think it will make any difference.
in recent years i really think the city/arsenal games have been amongst the highest quality games in the league. i honestly thing that arsenal generally give you your hardest game of the season at the etihad. we are one of the few teams (in fact probably only team) that doesn't roll over up there.
i think regardless of your result tonight and our result 2moro, this game would have been lit anyway!