The home support is terrible

[fatbloke]

It's fuck all to do with he supporters.

We have too many players with no affinity to the club who don't care. Our so called best player Yaya Toure has reiterated his desire to leave on several occasions, trying to force a move to PSG. Dzeko, Kolarov, Jovetic are all clearly looking for an escape route and play with no passion or fight. Caballero, Demichillis, Fernando, Mangala, Lampard haven't been around long enough to form a bond with the supporters. We play a very slow, methodical tempo with very little tenacity in regaining possession.

Yet you want our fans to get excited?

 

[Cellarite]

It's fuck all to do with he supporters.

We have too many players with no affinity to the club who don't care. Our so called best player Yaya Toure has reiterated his desire to leave on several occasions, trying to force a move to PSG. Dzeko, Kolarov, Jovetic are all clearly looking for an escape route and play with no passion or fight. Caballero, Demichillis, Fernando, Mangala, Lampard haven't been around long enough to form a bond with the supporters. We play a very slow, methodical tempo with very little tenacity in regaining possession.

Yet you want our fans to get excited?

When was this? Have you got a link to the quotes?

 

[fatbloke]

It's fuck all to do with he supporters.

We have too many players with no affinity to the club who don't care. Our so called best player Yaya Toure has reiterated his desire to leave on several occasions, trying to force a move to PSG. Dzeko, Kolarov, Jovetic are all clearly looking for an escape route and play with no passion or fight. Caballero, Demichillis, Fernando, Mangala, Lampard haven't been around long enough to form a bond with the supporters. We play a very slow, methodical tempo with very little tenacity in regaining possession.

Yet you want our fans to get excited?

When was this? Have you got a link to the quotes?

If you truly believe the birthday cake incident, followed up by essentially saying the club wouldn't allow him time off to mourn his brothers death were genuine then I think you need to give your head a wobble pal.

 

[FanchesterCity]

We're hardly alone in a having a load of foreign players. I don't think they are any more or less motivated than most others either.

The atmosphere isn't great for many reasons, not least of which is the frustration on the pitch. At time we play some sublime football, but at other times we're devoid of ideas and face all 11 of the opposition defending for their lives. That causes tension / frustration and you can sense it in the crowd.

Our fanbase has also changed considerable. We're attracting more middle class fans who are attending with wives / girlfriends / kids and they generally aren't up for an aggressive / hostile atmosphere. They probably want to enjoy the roar of the crows, but fail to appreciate they are part of it, and their voices required. But again, we're hardly alone in this. It's becoming an issue with most of the PL, and since we are now one of the most forward thinking clubs, we're probably ahead of the curve on this problem.

It's not terrible support though. It's quiet support. The two should not be confused.

 

[alib]

The 10k so called fans who disappeared with 10 minutes to go with us 1-0 down and laying siege to the Hull goal are an absolute disgrace

 

[BlueHalli]

It's fuck all to do with he supporters.

We have too many players with no affinity to the club who don't care. Our so called best player Yaya Toure has reiterated his desire to leave on several occasions, trying to force a move to PSG. Dzeko, Kolarov, Jovetic are all clearly looking for an escape route and play with no passion or fight. Caballero, Demichillis, Fernando, Mangala, Lampard haven't been around long enough to form a bond with the supporters. We play a very slow, methodical tempo with very little tenacity in regaining possession.

Yet you want our fans to get excited?

Massively disagree with this. It should have fook all to do with the players. Its the club that we support.

 

[FanchesterCity]

The 10k so called fans who disappeared with 10 minutes to go with us 1-0 down and laying siege to the Hull goal are an absolute disgrace

It was nowhere near 10K with mins to go. The masses started leaving just after Milner's goal.
Some did leave early, that's for sure, but it wasn't 1 in 5 people.

Are they a disgrace? no, they are paying fans. These people have stumped up hard earned cash, sometimes when they can ill afford it. It's frustrating that they leave early, sometimes annoying, but they are no disgrace.
It's hard seeing us struggle like we did yesterday. Some people kick a lamppost. Some people shout out obscenities, some people just want to head home, fed up. It's hard to be critical of any of those reactions.

 

[FanchesterCity]

If you're going to criticise the team for being foreign and having little or no affinity with the club, then you have to say the same of the owners.
It's an easy criticism to make, but it's utter rubbish too.

At what point is the affinity created? from birth? from watching us on tv? from joining the club? (all three are valid).

Let's not kid ourselves, players ARE professionals and most likely join the club for professional reasons (just as they do with most other clubs). Once they are here, we the fans have a part to play in creating that affinity. We do that by cheering them on, letting them know we're behind them when they are doing well, and more importantly when things aren't going well). You can't expect a player to form much affinity with a club when the fans are criticising them. Who's ever going to fall in love with a club where they aren't liked?

 

[HelloCity]

The singing section in the corner is shit. They'd rather just shout abuse at the away fans all game.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

The singing section in the corner is shit. They'd rather just shout abuse at the away fans all game.

its the only bit thats sings. It beats the other side of the south stand i.e. stand In silence all game arms folded.