Happy Clappers

[Roachy]

i'd guess, clap and be happy

I had a go last night for 90 mins, we still got beat.

 

[argyle]

You are allowed to criticise constructively which is what the majority are doing - Id ignore the twits on social media whove been City fans since 2012 or when Haaland joined, as they arent real supporters of the club anyway.

Id say around 90% of City fans were utterly baffled by what the club has been doing in the past 3 transfer windows; actively weakening the squad/team and letting it grow old, effectively falling asleep at the wheel.

Recognizing this and pointing out that its been a cock-up doesnt make you some kind of evil or a disloyal fan either.

Ive been a match going fan for 47 years - after seeing us win the European Cup I could live with City not winning another match ever tbh. The last 13 years have seen every dream Ive had for my club fulfilled - in short Ive been lucky enough to have seen us win the lot, in the flesh, playing fantastic football along the way and going to places and doing things no other English club has ever done. For that I am forever grateful.

However fans that pay their money and spend their time/energy watching the club up/down the country very much have the right to point out when the clubs made mistakes, and at the moment most of whats happening is down to poor squad planning and falling asleep at the wheel in an act of complacency.

Reasoned criticism is fine. However there has been plenty of abuse on here at our players, our manager and the club.

There are always those who criticise signings, think others should have been brought in, others shipped out. It's the glee with which they've been quick to say I told you so, which irks.

Some write like they've been waiting to stick the boot in.

Completely dismissing the achievements this team has made.

 

[Beaker]

well said.

you can't criticise any of the players/manager/board on here without being called a 'rag ****' or the usual 'sniff sniff'.

Agree with this, it’s ridiculous. People who come out with that shit, don’t want to agree with what you say, but haven’t got a coherent argument against you. So they resort to the ‘sniff sniff’ bollocks.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Perhaps to ease the tensions, we could try to work out which ones of us resemble each AFTV person the most closely.

 

[johnny crossan]

What solution would a happer clapper offer right now?

back Pep to find a solution and hope the injured defenders heal sooner rather than later.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

back Pep to find a solution and hope the injured defenders heal sooner rather than later.

Or one or two of our youth defenders and Jacob Wright at 6 come good and solve the problem.

 

[HaughtonGreenBlue]

I am probably classed as a happy clapper and I am afraid I am not going to change. It is not that I can't see there are errors, it is that they don't go out on that pitch thinking 'I am going to play badly today'. You don't go into work thinking you'll have a bad day. You try your best and I feel that the team are just lacking confidence at present because of the losses, therefore it is the time they need our support without the vitriol that some of them get.

That is the way I look at it, I will support the team no matter what, without calling them out. To my mind they are still the BEST TEAM IN THE LAND AND ALL THE WORLD. They are just suffering at present and I don't aim to add to their suffering.

Sorry, but that's how I feel. :-) :-) JMHO

Fabulous post and just how I feel! I know it's not great at the moment but it will get better. We are and always will be the best team in the land and all the world. It is a forum for opinions and that's great but sometimes those opinions border on malicious for me but that's my opinion. Anyway on to the weekend and stuffing the reds!!!! CTWD

 

[Roachy]

back Pep to find a solution and hope the injured defenders heal sooner rather than later.

Returning defenders will help, going to need more than that to turn this around.

 

[Semper aggressus]

I guess people are quicker to criticise than praise, myself included.

However despite frequently moaning about shit results, one thing I never do is criticise individual players. No-one goes out there trying to have a bad game.

The thing that frustrates me is the club’s ‘nice’ approach, particularly when competing for transfers. That’s what I get pissed off with; never Pep or the players who’ve achieved so much. But Pep needs backing, he can only work with what he has. When you look at Arsenal buying Rice for example, that’s the backing Pep should have.

I’ll clap every player in a City shirt, no matter what the result or performance, but I wish we had the players this season to give us better results and performances. The injuries, age and tiredness have caught us up because of a lack of ambition in the transfer market, almost an arrogant expectation that Pep can just work miracles. And that’s what I moan about. But I’ll always support every City player on the pitch and the manager.

 

[Centurions]

You are allowed to criticise constructively which is what the majority are doing - Id ignore the twits on social media whove been City fans since 2012 or when Haaland joined, as they arent real supporters of the club anyway.

Id say around 90% of City fans were utterly baffled by what the club has been doing in the past 3 transfer windows; actively weakening the squad/team and letting it grow old, effectively falling asleep at the wheel.

Recognizing this and pointing out that its been a cock-up doesnt make you some kind of evil or a disloyal fan either.

Ive been a match going fan for 47 years - after seeing us win the European Cup I could live with City not winning another match ever tbh. The last 13 years have seen every dream Ive had for my club fulfilled - in short Ive been lucky enough to have seen us win the lot, in the flesh, playing fantastic football along the way and going to places and doing things no other English club has ever done. For that I am forever grateful.

However fans that pay their money and spend their time/energy watching the club up/down the country very much have the right to point out when the clubs made mistakes, and at the moment most of whats happening is down to poor squad planning and falling asleep at the wheel in an act of complacency.

So all of the (especially key) injuries we've suffered and are still suffering this season is due to poor squad planning? How does that work exactly?