mad4city said:Can't all of this nonsense have a forum of its own too, please?
City fans have long been accused of psycho-masochism. It was a charge I'd always bristled at but, now I'm beginning to wonder if I haven't been in denial. Like those wierd Ulster men in bowler hats who travel 50 miles to "have never been so insulted in my life", at Garvaghy every summer, do some people now find themselves seeking out negative articles on City?
So (INSERT NAME OF HACK HERE) writing for the (INSERT NAME OF RAG HERE) has done a new hatchet job on us. Boo-jaysus-hoo... All of this righteous indignation is getting to be a yaaaaawwwwnnn...
People should rightly be amazed if Ribery signs for Man City (or perhaps I should say the 2009 UEFA cup winners - because we've got it in the bag already, judging by some of the giddier element on here). People would also be stunned if we sign Terry and Henry to play alongside him. Until we actually DO any of the above (or similar) they ARE going to view us with scepticism. It's not like we haven't flattered to deceive before is it?
What have we done so far (in world headline terms)? Signed one world class Brazillian, spouted off about signing the world and his uncle (yeah, I know al Fathead was rushed out the door but first impressions count) and publicly failed to sign another world class Brazillian. We've floundered a bit in the league (to the point where finishing seventh would be seen as a fantastic acheivement (that's seventh!) and stumbled into the quarter finals of what is essentially a loser's consolation prize - yet some of our supporters are acting like the good Lord himself has just announced that he'll be there in Istanbul to hand City the trophy because "WE ARE THE CHOSEN PEOPLE" - ffs, there's one thread on here that wonders if we can even keep it in posterity!!!! No wonder people are treating us like a joke!
There's no harm in dreaming - Jesus, Mary and Joeseph, I've spent the last thirty odd years dreaming. That's over three quarters my life, by the way, so I reckon I've got the hang of it by now. Just keep your feet on the ground a while longer lads, please. We are (and no, I didn't coin this phrase!) "a work in progress". Part of that progression is going to include disappointments and even ridicule - such is the nature of life. We will get there, though. That much I am sure of - I just don't know when.
So, please ignore these idiots in the media who do not share our dream. They are entitled to their opinions and only success on the field of play is going to change their minds. Posting these ignorant hacks comments on here only serves to allow them to justify their pay-packets to their editors and inflate their own egos - there's nothing a writer likes more than reaction; there'e nothing a writer hates more than being ignored Don't believe me? Start a thread and see how you'll feel when nobody responds...
Slightly off poiint, but well done for inserting another sumbliminal Irish - anti-British - message in all that. Surely there are those on both side who "travel 50 miles to be insulted"