I am sick of the lack of respect to our players

I don't know if we'll get 4th or not but I will say this... we WILL beat the spuds and we WILL beat the rags, our performance today wasn't as bad as some of you exaggerators want to make it seem.
 
Seems to me it's a vicious circle.

If the crowd isn't up for it neither are the players and vice versa.

The crowd are waiting to be inspired into making a noise by some great play. The players start nervy due to the eerie quiet and then lose confidence and play poorly.

The players should be more professional about it and get on with it anyway but it must be difficult when all you can hear is moaning. We have never had the chance of 4th before and the players must wonder where the support has vanished to. I must admit I can't understand why the crowd isn't more excited at the prospect of CL football next season. It's as if years of underachievement has programmed us into wishing failure on ourselves.

In this last respect I do feel sorry for the players as most of them aren't used to this having been winners at other clubs.

You know....in 5 years time we could get beat in the final of The Champions League and we will all say "typical City"... thank god we have the world's best owner because we have lost the one thing we used to always have....decent support.
 
Don't know why people go on about poor performances when the result is right. The title contenders are up there by the virtue of the fact that they can play poorly and still win. It's the key to success. I take the fact that we can play poorly and still win to be a good omen.
 
People can leave when they want to leave, they choose when they go into the ground so they can choose when they want to go out of it. Atleast they bothered turning up instead of watching on the tele. Does my head in when people decide to tell others what to do
 
ello_jo said:
People can leave when they want to leave, they choose when they go into the ground so they can choose when they want to go out of it. Atleast they bothered turning up instead of watching on the tele. Does my head in when people decide to tell others what to do
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I have sympathy with this opinion but I just don't understand the reasoning. Do these fans leaving with 5 minutes to go also leave the cinema 5 minutes before the end to get to their cars or always leave their pudding at a restaurant? If they do then fair play to them. If they don't then why is a footy match different to any other form of entertainment that you must leave before the end. I'm genuinely interested to know the difference.
 
Cobwebcat said:
ello_jo said:
People can leave when they want to leave, they choose when they go into the ground so they can choose when they want to go out of it. Atleast they bothered turning up instead of watching on the tele. Does my head in when people decide to tell others what to do
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I have sympathy for this approach I just don't understand the reasoning. Do these fans leaving with 5 minutes to go also leave the cinema 5 minutes before the end to get to their cars or always leave their pudding at a restaurant? If they do then fair play to them. If they don't then why is a footy match different to any other form of entertainment that you must leave before the end. I'm genuinely interested to know the difference.
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Poor comparison. If you go to the cinema its mainly in a car. If you go to the match, some go via public transport, infact most do. Leaving a cinema at 10 oclock getting in your car and driving home is a completely different kettle of fish than leaving a stadium along with 45,000 other people, clambering for use of limited public transport etc. Like i say, it happens mainly on the night matches and its easy to see why, as i've just explained.
 
Pigeonho said:
Cobwebcat said:
I have sympathy for this approach I just don't understand the reasoning. Do these fans leaving with 5 minutes to go also leave the cinema 5 minutes before the end to get to their cars or always leave their pudding at a restaurant? If they do then fair play to them. If they don't then why is a footy match different to any other form of entertainment that you must leave before the end. I'm genuinely interested to know the difference.
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Poor comparison. If you go to the cinema its mainly in a car. If you go to the match, some go via public transport, infact most do. Leaving a cinema at 10 oclock getting in your car and driving home is a completely different kettle of fish than leaving a stadium along with 45,000 other people, clambering for use of limited public transport etc. Like i say, it happens mainly on the night matches and its easy to see why, as i've just explained.
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If half the stadium leave with 5 minutes to go aren't they in just as big a squash as the ones that stay to the end? I can only think it's habit or the fact that the result is almost certainly known at that point. I drive and have a mile walk to my car but I don't see the point of missing a percentage of the game I've paid for in advance. Takes all sorts.....
 
Cobwebcat said:
Pigeonho said:
Poor comparison. If you go to the cinema its mainly in a car. If you go to the match, some go via public transport, infact most do. Leaving a cinema at 10 oclock getting in your car and driving home is a completely different kettle of fish than leaving a stadium along with 45,000 other people, clambering for use of limited public transport etc. Like i say, it happens mainly on the night matches and its easy to see why, as i've just explained.
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If half the stadium leave with 5 minutes to go aren't they in just as big a squash as the ones that stay to the end? I can only think it's habit or the fact that the result is almost certainly known at that point. I drive and have a mile walk to my car but I don't see the point of missing a percentage of the game I've paid for in advance. Takes all sorts.....
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You said it there, its all about choice.
 
Agree with the OP's sentiments -

Wigan were here for a point - we were trying things in the first half but didn't get the breaks - wasn't for lack of effort.
The booing off at half time was disgraceful - I`m trying to convince myself it was for Dougie Howser Referee but not sure. Wake up - we are not Barcelona!! Can't just walk through teams - it's called the premiership and all matches are difficult. Ask Arsenal and Chelsea.
Quite rightly the dog got the biggest cheer so far - but the players were putting a shift in - the groaning and moaning at any missed placed pass isn't condusive to encouraging the players to try through balls and pin point one touch passing.
Second half much better in terms of tempo - but Mancini knew we had time - unlike the flapping fans and changed things at the right time.
Tevez was brilliant all night - constant motion and committment and Johnson picked it up at the start of the second.
The least we could have done is acknowldege Tevez's and the teams contribution at the end

Getting behind the team even if not going that well like in the MUFC first leg and Hamburg = effort and result.
 
don't blame the fans blame feckin TV for scheduling matches on a Monday night when every fecker has to get back home and get sorted for work in the morning.
 
Waiting until the final whistle? Is that it?


Kiam was still there even when the groundsmen shut off the lights.
 
Balti said:
don't blame the fans blame feckin TV for scheduling matches on a Monday night when every fecker has to get back home and get sorted for work in the morning.
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seemed ok at the Hamburg game and the Manure first leg
Not the biggest hardship in the world - watching your team to the end - even on a week night
 
I commented to my mate that the ground was half empty at the end, not a good sight.

to be fair though, the game was won and people want to avoid the traffic.

which brings me to the police, why do they close Alan Turing way off? It just means everyone is sat in the car park for half an hour before anything moves. fucking pointless, and a big contributor into why everyone leaves the ground early, imo.
 
Yeah, 'cause it's like they're all here out of respect to City rather than a love for money.

The only ones I refuse to hold back on are the academy lads and Tevez. The rest wouldn't have batted an eyelid if it wasn't for Mansour.
 
I have to leave early, I hate doing so but on a weekend I've gotta get the early bus and in the week I get a lift so we try and avoid the traffic. Otherwise I wouldn't leave early
 
citymad said:
team bridge said:
i think it show,s how far we have come, when most people are pissed off with 3-0 win. remember the bad old day,s under pearce we could,nt even buy a goal. let,s be thankful for the position we,re in. the future is bright, the future is blue.
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Your having a laught mate, the future might be bright but I ain't going to live to see it. On tonights performance we have yet another major rebuild on our hands. That first half was as poor as I've ever seen a City team play. I'm sick of saying this EVERY week.
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You're clueless. we dont have "another major rebuild on our hands"... we need to buy 2/3 more central midfielders and the squad will be quality, that is it!
 
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