Not as bothered since 13/05/2012

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I'm not as bothered when we lose these days. Before we won the league I remember being in a foul mood when we lost to Arsenal away. I've been going since around 1990 so I'm city through and through, but I'm getting over losses much quicker these days which I guess is better for my health and makes me wonder how 'over the top' my support was previously. No word of a lie, when Owen scored that winner at the Swamp on 97 mins I screamed FUCK OFF at the TV in front of my wife's 80 yr old grandad (which I still feel terrible about) and had to lie down in a darkened room for a long time. Same when we lost 5-0 at the swamp - I felt physically sick.

Football will never be the same for me after Aguero's goal, that was the absolute pinnacle and since we won it I'm not as bothered about defeats. If we lose at the swamp in April I'll probably be a bit upset but not in the same way as before. I'm sure this is a good thing, just wondering whether anyone else feels the same about this?
 
Nah, not for me fella. Completely ruins my weekend and puts me on a downer whenever we lose.
 
Rammy Blue said:
Nah, not for me fella. Completely ruins my weekend and puts me on a downer whenever we lose.
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Same here.

I can see where he's coming from....I honestly thought I would never see us win anything in my lifetime and since then the FA Cup. 13/05/2012. The League Cup. and the title again! which in a way it makes it slightly easier to take......but still, no.

City losing ruins my days. and winning on the other hand... better than drugs
 
I'm a bit the opposite I guess. In the bad old days we expected to lose and so it didn't come as much of a shock when we invariably did. Nowadays defeats feel harder to take as they are somewhat unexpected.

In the same way wins felt a bit more precious as they weren't expected. Now they feel a bit more routine 9with a few exceptions of course).
 
Johnsonontheleft said:
I'm not as bothered when we lose these days. Before we won the league I remember being in a foul mood when we lost to Arsenal away. I've been going since around 1990 so I'm city through and through, but I'm getting over losses much quicker these days which I guess is better for my health and makes me wonder how 'over the top' my support was previously. No word of a lie, when Owen scored that winner at the Swamp on 97 mins I screamed FUCK OFF at the TV in front of my wife's 80 yr old grandad (which I still feel terrible about) and had to lie down in a darkened room for a long time. Same when we lost 5-0 at the swamp - I felt physically sick.

Football will never be the same for me after Aguero's goal, that was the absolute pinnacle and since we won it I'm not as bothered about defeats. If we lose at the swamp in April I'll probably be a bit upset but not in the same way as before. I'm sure this is a good thing, just wondering whether anyone else feels the same about this?
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It's called getting older and priorities change. Having said that I think amongst the City fans we have a general feeling we'll be challenging (certainly domestically) on all fronts for a while yet.
 
KnaresboroughBlue said:
I'm a bit the opposite I guess. In the bad old days we expected to lose and so it didn't come as much of a shock when we invariably did. Nowadays defeats feel harder to take as they are somewhat unexpected.

In the same way wins felt a bit more precious as they weren't expected. Now they feel a bit more routine 9with a few exceptions of course).
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Yes, that about sums it up for me too - I was fuming after the Arsenal game.
 
It still fucks me off but i can now see the bigger picture.

Plenty of minor bumps in the road but the road we are travelling along leads to a very fine place.

Nothing is going to stop our club claiming every major honour over the coming years, nothing.
 
After a couple of life changing experiences it doesn't effect me all that much.
 
When we loose I go off football for a week - can't post in the Bluemoon threads and say I am giving up on football. I loved that aguero day but I love my club and want us to win 30 titles before I Pop my clogs and want to spend another few days watching us win that title with my old man!

I can't help it!!!
 
Me and the old man have gone the other way. The wins aren't as satisfying as they are expected, and the defeats are more painfull to take for the same reason.
 
I've never let a loss affect me for too long, I'm capable of being an absolute **** to the people I care about when I'm in a bad mood so I have to snap out of it fairly quickly, but for me losing hurts more than ever before because I'm so fucking proud of the team we have and I have so much faith and belief that we're up there with anyone in the world and on our way to the very top.

Nothing hurts more than relegation though, after 2001 I didn't eat or leave a dark room for days, couldn't fucking sleep.
 
I know where the OP is coming from....

For me the highs of winning aren't as intense these days.....and yet every bloody match seems vital......

It's more draining watching these days. It's as if we are expected to win, so that makes it more painful when we lose and more routine when we do.


If that makes any sense ?!
 
aguero93:20 said:
I've never let a loss affect me for too long, I'm capable of being an absolute c**t to the people I care about when I'm in a bad mood so I have to snap out of it fairly quickly, but for me losing hurts more than ever before because I'm so fucking proud of the team we have and I have so much faith and belief that we're up there with anyone in the world and on our way to the very top.

Nothing hurts more than relegation though, after 2001 I didn't eat or leave a dark room for days, couldn't fucking sleep.
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2001 was like 1987. You could see it coming a mile off. That season under Royle we were truly dire. 1983 and relegation to the third in 1998 were far worse closely followed by 1996.
 
Blue Streak said:
aguero93:20 said:
I've never let a loss affect me for too long, I'm capable of being an absolute c**t to the people I care about when I'm in a bad mood so I have to snap out of it fairly quickly, but for me losing hurts more than ever before because I'm so fucking proud of the team we have and I have so much faith and belief that we're up there with anyone in the world and on our way to the very top.

Nothing hurts more than relegation though, after 2001 I didn't eat or leave a dark room for days, couldn't fucking sleep.
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2001 was like 1987. You could see it coming a mile off. That season under Royle we were truly dire. 1983 and relegation to the third in 1998 were far worse closely followed by 1996.
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I was born in 85 mate so don't remember the first one, 96 tore me up but I thought we'd bounce straight back and 98 for me was just fucking surreal, although I agree with you that it was the worst. 2001 though, I was on such a high getting back up to the prem and when we went down it broke my fucking heart, I honestly believed we might never re establish ourselves in the top flight, I couldn't see a way back, just took it really badly.
 
The Stuart Pearce season was my biggest test of faith as a city fan. I considered suicide and I was having sex 7 days a week.
 
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