Just been away on a golfing weekend. Playing with lads I only see once a year, lads from different walks of life from all over the country.
The topic of booing and the champions league cropped up. They thought we were simply booing over FFP.
I was happy to tell them the booing was far beyond a simple unhappiness with the FFP debacle.
So, the booing was evident to them but the reasoning why was unknown to them.
I explained the farces we've dealt with regards UEFA.
Fines for everything from singing you're not incredible to turning out 15 seconds late for a second half. Whilst other teams have been fined much less for incidents of racism and such.
I explained that Manchester has the highest percentage of multiracial families in the country and racism is rarely heard at City and if it is there's normally fans quick to call out the perpetrator.
So when UEFA effectively punish City's loyal and commited fan base for racism in the eastern block and make it impossible for us to support our team, that's why we boo. Punished for crimes other commit.
UEFA is a bent, corrupt organisation weak on the key issues or problems in football, City fans are not ok with this. Is booing the answer? Not if our point isn't being understood. Perhaps a fan group or a supporters club could construct a banner/flag.
MANCHESTER CITY against UEFA, corruption and racism. Would be nice wording.
Fan disinterest in the CL is understandable and many saw it as a pointless competition, it's far from that now. Pep , the players and more importantly our owners see it as the launch point for global growth.
Everything as fans we have dreamed of is happening.
We've got the best owners in sport. The best manager in the World and fantastic exciting players. We've even got a good group.
For me, the stadium should be full.
I've been guilty in the past of sacking off the the CL, like many I cherry picked my games.
If we fill the stadium and fans boo, that won't be an issue, the team, Pep, the owners know we're there to support the team despite our feeling on UEFA.
That will be a good boost. A half empty with fans booing really doesnt send out the right signal to me or Pep it seems.
Football is a pastime, a hobby and a passion for many. Finances, work, family will all normally fall above football and rightly so. So I'd never critisise any fan for not going, but what we are seeing now is what we've dreamed of for years.
I personally can't wait to see us play, gutted to miss Saturday, gutted I can't make Swansea in the week. I love watching us at the moment.
I'm sure that's all Pep means, let's build a unity with the players and manager like we used to have, ironically when we were shite.
Pep seems determind to build a bond between the players and us fans, he seems insistent on sending the players over to the fans, not just a gesture but really go over.
If Pep wants my support, he can have it. I'm not a booer myself, but understand it. The team will really need us at some point.
The media alone are building us up as invincible, on the occassions we do lose, the knives will be out. And we can do our bit.
