markbmcfc
Well-Known Member
Not great again at weekend.
You can have your flags, bananas, singing sections, ticker tape etc etc etc but nothing will fix the root cause of the problem. I admire those for trying to get something going, and this isn't a dig at them, they are doing a great job with a very difficult fanbase to motivate.
People will complain about ticket prices etc, but that affects people not going, not the ones that have gone to the game and still sit quiet. Not sure if it was a full house on Sunday but there were plenty there anyway.
The problem is the fans, it's as simple as that. The sense of entitlement, I hear it every home game. Boos at HT, FT (people can deny it as much as they want, but I can hear just fine). Some of the horrendous abuse players get for making a mistake, or not seeing the right pass, or making the wrong decision is disgusting.
It's not the whole fanbase, but large sections of it. I can't see it getting any better and it seems to be the price of success. Away games are much better but the abuse still the same when mistakes are made.
The only noise we seem to hear is the roars of "encouragement" when chasing a game. The fans expect us to win and the place is flat unless we are winning or trying to get a winner.
Then you leave the ground and overhear people's converstations "fucking disgrace" "pep doesn't know what the fuck he's doing" etc etc. All after 1-1 draws against a good Southampton side and an Everton side that defended better than I've ever seen at the Etihad and Maine Road. Before people question where I sit and blame a small section of idiots, I read the same things on here after the game. Don't even get me started on match day threads on here.
I await the usual "another fan slagging of the atmosphere" rhetoric but whilst the thread is still going with ideas of how to improve it, the topic is still relevant and the issue is still the same, and it won't be fixed by inflatable bananas. Don't ask me what my bright idea is to sort it out either, i've no idea.
I don't even think there is a fix, this is City's modern day fanbase whether we like it or not. There's more to supporting a team than singing bluemoon when 3-0 up.
You can have your flags, bananas, singing sections, ticker tape etc etc etc but nothing will fix the root cause of the problem. I admire those for trying to get something going, and this isn't a dig at them, they are doing a great job with a very difficult fanbase to motivate.
People will complain about ticket prices etc, but that affects people not going, not the ones that have gone to the game and still sit quiet. Not sure if it was a full house on Sunday but there were plenty there anyway.
The problem is the fans, it's as simple as that. The sense of entitlement, I hear it every home game. Boos at HT, FT (people can deny it as much as they want, but I can hear just fine). Some of the horrendous abuse players get for making a mistake, or not seeing the right pass, or making the wrong decision is disgusting.
It's not the whole fanbase, but large sections of it. I can't see it getting any better and it seems to be the price of success. Away games are much better but the abuse still the same when mistakes are made.
The only noise we seem to hear is the roars of "encouragement" when chasing a game. The fans expect us to win and the place is flat unless we are winning or trying to get a winner.
Then you leave the ground and overhear people's converstations "fucking disgrace" "pep doesn't know what the fuck he's doing" etc etc. All after 1-1 draws against a good Southampton side and an Everton side that defended better than I've ever seen at the Etihad and Maine Road. Before people question where I sit and blame a small section of idiots, I read the same things on here after the game. Don't even get me started on match day threads on here.
I await the usual "another fan slagging of the atmosphere" rhetoric but whilst the thread is still going with ideas of how to improve it, the topic is still relevant and the issue is still the same, and it won't be fixed by inflatable bananas. Don't ask me what my bright idea is to sort it out either, i've no idea.
I don't even think there is a fix, this is City's modern day fanbase whether we like it or not. There's more to supporting a team than singing bluemoon when 3-0 up.