For those that go

[callumcity]

Danny Mills tried so hard to make something bigger out of Kompany being on the bench. He brought it up at least 10 times throughout the game and you could tell he wanted Mangala to fuck up so badly. Hate him.He doesn't have sufficient player or tactical knowledge and is all out biased.

Oh and I couldn't make the game last night but I definitely notice a difference between people who attend matches and those who don't. Commentators, pundits, jounalists etc all sway the mind of those who don't attend games, and even some who do. Probably quite a lot of city fans eating up everything Danny Mills said last night and will go spout the same shit to their mates at work, whereas I think match going fans know the media talk utter shite.

 

[samrmcfc]

Its a shame that 90% of football fans in the England havent got a clue about football in general (I dont think im in a a place to judge football fans in other countries). Its a sad state of affairs when you hear someone slagging Navas off last night when he was putting his utmost effort in for 90 mins and him being one of our best players on the night. Also heard a few having a go at Yaya after the game which is strange considering he had a major hand in both goals which won us the game.

Being a matchgoer in my opinion doesn't really make much of a difference, i know people who have been going for years and they still know fuck all. But i do find the majority of armchair fans have bit of a skewed opinion based on idiotic over analysing of a game.

Over analysing a game ruins football for me, it makes me want to drill a hole in my head, especially when hoddle and likes open their mouths.

Sevilla were brilliant at times to watch last night, easy to see why they have been so successful in europe (albeit the europa league)

And yes i do believe im in the 10% that know what they are talking about. Tin hat in place.

 

[Bluebee2]

I tend not to read to much into someone's opinions if they don't go generally to watch football, basically they know fuck all!

 

[troadie]

Was at the game last night and was surprised when I got home to hear how lucky we were, how poor we were etc. Ok we weren't great and we had some luck at times but we aren't going to blow teams away in this competition like we do with relegation fodder like Bournemouth and Newcastle, I don't think that gets taken into account sometimes. Also didn't think Sevilla were as good a side as they had been made out to be, if I'd watched it on tv I'd probably have had different opinions, so yes for me I think there is a difference of opinions between watching a game live and on tv.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

You can't understand a game technically and tactically properly from the telly, although you get an idea. However if you sit in the front few rows, especially behind the goals and in the corners, you cannot understand the game you are watching at all. If I was forced to sit there I'd have to watch it at on telly at home before making an opinion.

 

[bugsyblue]

I think if you're at the game you get to see certain things that you don't see on TV. I'm not sure that there's a huge difference in opinion between those watching live or on the telly though.

The big difference for me is my perception of the officiating. Often when I am at games I've come away thinking the referee was a joke. I've then watched the highlights and thought actually he wasn't as bad as I first thought...

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

I went last night and didn't think we was half as bad as some are making out. Bony and sterling were poor and zab didn't look fit. Not sure why people are saying are defence was shambolic! I thought otamendi played well and mangala was excellent. Navas was my Motm, he looked a different player.

 

[BillyShears]

is there a difference in opinions between those that make the effort to go to matches and this that watch it on TV/t'internet

I think the issue is media/punditry influencing the opinions of those watching on TV. More often than I can count i've watched a match on French TV then switched over to Sky/BT for the post match stuff and their outlook on the match is invariably far more negative and blinkered than my own. I imagine that if you spend 90 minutes listening to Michael Owen or Rio Ferdinand going on and on about how shit City are in Europe then you're likely to come out the other end influenced by those opinions.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

if you spend 90 minutes listening to Michael Owen or Rio Ferdinand going on and on about how shit City are in Europe then you're likely to come out the other end influenced by those opinions.

I can't imagine any self respecting human being would have their opinion influenced by anything michael owen has to say.

 

[OB1]

You can't understand a game technically and tactically properly from the telly, although you get an idea. However if you sit in the front few rows, especially behind the goals and in the corners, you cannot understand the game you are watching at all. If I was forced to sit there I'd have to watch it at on telly at home before making an opinion.

No doubt that where you watch the game from makes a big difference. I have to watch far more games than I would like on TV and it certainly doesn't compare favourably to where my season ticket seats me.