M18CTID
Well-Known Member
Another poster left a link to a forum on Redit, where a number of supposed blues are telling the Scousers how they no longer feel part of the club and how ungrateful we are for refusing to wait until the team sauntered out after the last home game. I doubt I would ever do a Scouse or rag style Stadium evacuation if we lost a European final, their team vastly overachieved on the run to the final and it was pathetic that they didn't stay to applaud their efforts.[/QUOTE]
Chances are they're not blues but whether they are or not, I'm a little baffled about the amount of publicity this supposed "walk out" on Pellegrini has received. Some of the outrage amongst opposition fans has been hilariously over the top - one poster on Arsenal Mania called us all scum to a man and laughably implied there's more togetherness amongst Gooners despite the fact that they've been literally scrapping over Wenger this season. While there have been calls for Pellegrini to go on this and other forums, the vocal support he has received at matches themselves has always been overwhelmingly positive and we were singing his name loud and proud throughout that Arsenal game. It's my belief that many fans didn't even know there was anything special lined up afterwards - I personally don't recall any announcements by the club in the days leading up to the match yet last season it was well publicised that Lampard was going to get a send off and the vast majority of fans stayed behind. Of course, it was the last home game of the season so perhaps the fans should've expected the players to do a lap of honour but when you've just surrendered the initiative to your cross city rivals in the battle for a top 4 spot I doubt many fans would've had that at the forefront of their minds.
It's hardly a unique phenomenon - when Liverpool played us at Anfield in the penultimate game of the 2002-03 season, they were trying to nail down a CL place but typical City - with nothing to play for - won the match in the last minute through a cracking goal from Anelka and their fans piled for the exits with only a small number of them staying behind for the lap of honour ahead of their crucial match at Chelsea the following week. In fact, GDM was there in their main stand and heard a couple of Liverpool fans refer to it as a "lap of dishonour"!