Holding onto our nerve

[Blue Mooner]

I am so excited about this season more than any other in my 20 odd years supporting City. However, looking through the fixtures I am already fearing the diatribe and bile that I could potentially have to read on here if we have a less than perfect start.

I strongly believe that the media, the officials at the premier league, the FA and UEFA will do everything in their power short of fixing games to try and prevent us breaking into the top 4 cartel - there is too much at stake (particularly with the indebtendness of 3 of the top 4) for them to allow it to happen.

I think referees know that careers are advanced or destroyed on the basis of favourable decisions for the top four an in particular Man U. I appreciate that some may view this as paranoia but I see nothing in the media, or decisions that take place week in week out that prove otherwise.

If someone can show me the occasions the top 4 are not favoured (other than when it involves situations between the respective clubs where invariably the scum get the rub of the green) then I refuse to believe otherwise.

Further evidence of this comes when you look at our first ten fixtures (a typical point at which to measure success) we have only 4 home games vs 6 away games, plus when we have played 10 games the others will have played 11 due to the postponement of the Everton game.

Everyone knows our away form was an achilles heel last season and only us and West Ham will have played less home games than away games at this point. Is this just bad luck or manipulation of the fixtures to help prevent us get a good start to the season ??

Conceivably, even if we match our nearest competition this season home and away in terms of results eg Villa and Everton, in Everton’s first 10 games they have 6 home games vs 4 away and have a piss easy start to boot we could be a minimum of six points off the pace just by virtue of not having played an extra home game and a game less – but our respective home and away form may be identical

Which returns me back to my original point – getting off to a bad start (or perceived bad start by virtue of our tougher programme) could lead us falling right into where the media and officials would want us to be – on Hughes back and calling for the managers head – which is not going to help the team or our aims.

I find with the Hughes doubters things always tend to be Black or White ie he’s good enough or not good enough – never any shades of grey.

All I hope is that we recognise the disadvantage we have at the start and if we are behind the curve after 10 games lets not panic and throw our toys out of the pram but stand together and back the team, the manager and the board to the hilt and not let those in football power who think they are clever and can manipulate things get their way.

If I was the owners and had shelled out £200million only to have fans complaining I would just think what an ungrateful load of f*ckers and leave. That is why we need to have faith in our board and management and let them get the job done. All we can do is make their jobs easier by giving them our unbridled support.

We are City, we are proud and we have waited 30 years for success so let’s not jeopardise it for the sake of a few games.

BLUE ARMY !!

 

[mancunial]

totally agree with you mooner, short of manipulation and dodgy decisions all our live games are away from home up to dec, that means if our away form is still shite they can sit in there ivory towers creating a divide and destroy situation, putting as much pressure on hughsey as they can, very easy to critisise in hindsight. they will pick away at our performances and attitude at each game with a more venom than the other teams. if we start off well that will do there heads in, its baffling how they seem to have platt or mcqueen as supporting comentators for our games who both are man u?

 

[meeesh]

Excellent points...but dont worry

If anyone can fuck it up it will be City,nobody else,we are used to that aint we ???

 

[Blue Mooner]

Exactly right mancunial - you can almost picture a poor performance away from home and the pundits giving us a slating for an hour and a half - a coincidence ? I think not.

The other point about being on TV away from home is that we are trying to get global exposure and showing us potentially lose 'away' from home - against say Pompey - who admittedly are pretty sh*te but are very much a 'home' team is not going to portray us in the best light to those people who we are trying to take the club to around the world.

If I was the club I would be making these comparisons and presenting something to Sky come the end of the season if nothing changes.

 

[Blue Mooner]

Excellent points...but dont worry

If anyone can fuck it up it will be City,nobody else,we are used to that aint we ???

Of course we are but surely we want to change that trend not just accept it !!!!

 

[meeesh]

I expect it to change at the start of every season mate.....this season surely been telling myself for years,but you know what this COULD be the season

UP THE BLUES

 

[samharris]

Excellent points...but dont worry

If anyone can fuck it up it will be City,nobody else,we are used to that aint we ???

Of course we are but surely we want to change that trend not just accept it !!!!

We have never had a team as strong as the one we have now so I think personally the winning mentality will be so strong that it actually works..

Robinho thinks that the winning mentality is with us now....so do I.

 

[Mike D]

I am so excited about this season more than any other in my 20 odd years supporting City. However, looking through the fixtures I am already fearing the diatribe and bile that I could potentially have to read on here if we have a less than perfect start.

I strongly believe that the media, the officials at the premier league, the FA and UEFA will do everything in their power short of fixing games to try and prevent us breaking into the top 4 cartel - there is too much at stake (particularly with the indebtendness of 3 of the top 4) for them to allow it to happen.

I think referees know that careers are advanced or destroyed on the basis of favourable decisions for the top four an in particular Man U. I appreciate that some may view this as paranoia but I see nothing in the media, or decisions that take place week in week out that prove otherwise.

If someone can show me the occasions the top 4 are not favoured (other than when it involves situations between the respective clubs where invariably the scum get the rub of the green) then I refuse to believe otherwise.

Further evidence of this comes when you look at our first ten fixtures (a typical point at which to measure success) we have only 4 home games vs 6 away games, plus when we have played 10 games the others will have played 11 due to the postponement of the Everton game.

Everyone knows our away form was an achilles heel last season and only us and West Ham will have played less home games than away games at this point. Is this just bad luck or manipulation of the fixtures to help prevent us get a good start to the season ??

Conceivably, even if we match our nearest competition this season home and away in terms of results eg Villa and Everton, in Everton’s first 10 games they have 6 home games vs 4 away and have a piss easy start to boot we could be a minimum of six points off the pace just by virtue of not having played an extra home game and a game less – but our respective home and away form may be identical

Which returns me back to my original point – getting off to a bad start (or perceived bad start by virtue of our tougher programme) could lead us falling right into where the media and officials would want us to be – on Hughes back and calling for the managers head – which is not going to help the team or our aims.

I find with the Hughes doubters things always tend to be Black or White ie he’s good enough or not good enough – never any shades of grey.

All I hope is that we recognise the disadvantage we have at the start and if we are behind the curve after 10 games lets not panic and throw our toys out of the pram but stand together and back the team, the manager and the board to the hilt and not let those in football power who think they are clever and can manipulate things get their way.

If I was the owners and had shelled out £200million only to have fans complaining I would just think what an ungrateful load of f*ckers and leave. That is why we need to have faith in our board and management and let them get the job done. All we can do is make their jobs easier by giving them our unbridled support.

We are City, we are proud and we have waited 30 years for success so let’s not jeopardise it for the sake of a few games.

BLUE ARMY !!

Lets give him another seasonthis isn'this side andthey are still suffering fromthe 8/1 drubbing at Boro. Lets all get behind Hughes he's the man

 

[jonmcity]

oh we are so negative. what will they say if we win eight out of the first ten games. we need to aim high have faith and support the team & manager through thick & thin. blue army

 

[Blue Mooner]

Yes I agree it is a negative viewpoint but it's a scenario that could happen, particularly with a new team, playing away 6 out of 10 games and the point I am making is that could put us in a false position. That's the point I'm making, too many people potentially ready to jump on an anti Hughes bandwagon too early.

I fully agree we have the players and squad to be up there and we rightly should be confident but not overreact if things don't go our way straight away.