Etihad Atmosphere - 2021/22

Gingers Dad said:
Villa fans have been trying to mock our attendance from last night. Read some comments last night about how Villa Park would be packed to the rafters and rocking if they were in the Champions League (something we'll never know I suppose)
As they love banging on about winning the European Cup 40 years ago here's their attendances

First Round - 20,481
Second Round - 28,175
Qtr Final - 38,579
Semi Final - 38,539

There was a crowd of over 46,000 for the 1981 semi final between City and Ipswich. So none of their European Cup games came near to selling out.
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They must be choosing to forget the Kelechi hat trick cup tie at Villa Park in 2016 when our end made up about half the total attendance
 
He seems completely disconnected with the fans

it’s the middle of a pandemic ffs

Rather he concenrated on not shitting the bed in CL finals and got his “ohh friend barcelona friends” to sign a fucking striker rather than having a pop at people for not turning up for waste of time cl group games
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Did you read the post?

38,000 fans for me is more than acceptable - seemingly not for Pep.

I don't care about the optics, I care about our manager and ownership being so stupidly detached.

Fans justifying their none attendance should not be required, but Pep's comments, without any prompting from the interviewer, have brought it into the public domain, because that's what HE wanted.

Not that it's anyone's business, but I've earned £40 this week, my income has always gone up and down, lost my business during Covid.

As someone who is rightly proud of being a City fan, I am simply sharing that because there are countless barriers to non-attendance across the board, yet Pep should somehow avoid the ire of people like me and thousands of others who feel smarted by an accusation of a lack of loyalty.

It was a crass attack on the supporter base as a whole, some pseudo reverse psycho ploy in his head, no doubt.

I'm going on Saturday in 93:20 because a family member is treating me to a ticket. My dad and son will be there because I've sorted them some comps.

This is an inner-City football club, with a demographic that Pep and his Catalan bubble are so far removed from.

I blame the club for that. They have focused so much on making everything 'just so' for him to achieve on the pitch, they have taken their eye off what truly made this club special off it.
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I read your post, yes. I understand everything you're saying and sympathise massively with your points and I'm sorry you feel the way you do mate.
The long and short of it is we disagree on his comments last night. I genuinely don't think he had any ill intentions when making them and believe he was just trying to fire up the support for an important game on Saturday.
Others believe he has disrespected the fanbase and are using it to have a dig over all sorts of things. It's been blown way out of proportion but the damage is done now.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Worsley would know better than most, but, as I say, I don't care if there was 10k. It's the last rod to beat a successful team over the head with.

I do care about our own manager being deaf to the continued lazy narratives, certainly when he gives a media who hate us already, an open net.
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That was my frustration with his comments as well. No other fan base faces the constant media sniping that City fans have become accustomed to. It's poor for our manager to help fuel that, be it Pep or any other manager. Support works both ways.
 
And this is what happens when Pep opens his mouth about our support. It snowballs across the media and social media. It's not the first time he's done it.

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www.independent.co.uk

Pep Guardiola told to stick to coaching after questioning Manchester City fans

The general secretary of City’s official supporters’ club has had his say on the Spaniard’s comments
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
 
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