He wants us to turn up & support the team in the competition & be as keen to win it as he is, so far as I can tell. I think he sees the booing of the anthem as us being negative & wants positivity so people are more enthusiastic about the whole thing.
Drowning it out by supporting City isn't negative. If he can't handle that, he's a right softarse.
There's an often reported description which says 'City fans have never really bought into the Champions League' & it's true & it's a 2nd competition to the Prem as far as we are concerned. I think he wants us to embrace it & get stuck in 100% & win it.
Shouting support of our team over their jingle does both jobs imo & keeps him happy.
We should try to think up other ways of getting on UEFA's case imo.
And that's what it's all about opinions, and many of us see it different. If you choose to chant City and the rest of us opt to boo I see no issue with that as its a personal preference. What I don't agree with is where you see a difference between booing and chanting City. Whichever one you choose, the underlying reason for drowning out the UEFA/G14 'Theme Tune' is to voice our derision toward them for their crooked treatment of us wouldn't you agree?
You mentioned what Pep wanted, but from looking at Pep's interview he was quite clear he wanted the disruption stopped altogether not replace with another form of disruption. Again I totally disagree that not booing for 30 seconds and then balling our lungs out for 90 minutes in support of our team is going to give our team any more of an advantage than if we booed for 30 seconds first would you agree with that?
Also are you making a clear distinction between booing for 3 seconds as opposed to chanting City for 30 seconds?
Are you saying one is more of an advantage to our players and the other slightly disadvantages them?
Would you agree that Pep wants neither disruption?
If you have used Pep's request for us to desist from the disruptions altogether as an example for us to stop booing, why have you suggested we replace it with chanting City? Is this also not against Pep's wishes?
I agree that most City fans see the PL as the priority as the group stages of the CL generally throw up the same ole teams year after year or teams who don't capture the imagination of our loyal but hard pressed support. With this being the case for most fans for the group stages in the CL as I see it, would you agree we are no different to other club's supporters?
Also do you agree or disagree that the majority of our small indifference toward the CL is based on our ruthless treatment at the hands of UEFA/G14 rather than because we're just not that arsed about the competition?
