gordondaviesmoustache
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IcelandicBlue said:
I can see that, pal.
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These so called city "glory hunters"
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I can see that, pal.
Dingus McDouchey
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How can a new fan of a club that has won one trophy in 35 years be a glory hunter?
VinceYoungisaBLUE
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IcelandicBlue said:gordondaviesmoustache said:IcelandicBlue said:I get called a glory hunter a lot these days despite being a fan since i was 5, and that was in 2000.
I have noticed some in Iceland recently but very few.
Fucking fair play to you mate.
Some of the pricks on here think if you weren't conceived and born on the Kippax you're not a real City fan.
You've got as much right to call yourself a blue as anyone.
Thanks man, that's good to hear!
Love this club to bits!
You love the club....... minus Adam Johnson ha
seattleblue33
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Hey guys. At the end of this I am pretty sure I am going to get ripped for this but here is the story of one so called glory hunter.
1st and foremost I was a basketball player and am a full-time college basketball coach. I was born (1982) and raised in seattle washington and am a huge supporter of our local teams: UW Huskies (college), Seahawks (american football), and Mariners (baseball).
In 2008 my heart was ripped out and with the help of the NBA commissioner our NBA team, the Supersonics, was moved 2000 miles to Oklahoma City. I am still not over it. That being said i dont follow an NBA team anymore just the NBA. I needed something to fill that hole. NFL and MLB are too "stop and go for me". My little brother was always a big soccer man and played in college. Quite frankly, I often mocked the sport. But he kept telling me how great the Premier was. The crowds, the rivalries, the stars, the promotions, the relagations etc. I decided, ok, I gonna give this a chance. Watch a few games.
He was a chelsea fan. So Im not gonna follow them. United? Ha, I'm not rooting for the Yankees. Arsenal and liverpool seemed like Lakers and Celtics to me, so no go there. So as a basketball fan I've always loved guys with flair, flash, and style (Vince Carter, Shawn Kemp, Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis, Gary Payton etc) even if that meant they didn't end up as hall of famers.
As an an american with the just a passing interest in soccer I enjoyed the Brazilian National Team for the same qualities I liked certain basketball players. Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, etc.
So when looking for a premier league team outside of the top four I looked for who had "Brazilians". And who had that flair. At that that it was City and Robinho. Later is was adebayor (not brazilian i know but a still a player with some "flair"). I had no idea who owned City or what their story was but they were fun and seemed to be on the up and up. They had fun entertaining players (craig bellamy, SWP, JO).
Now, I would watch the Champions league final before I'd watch Game 6 of last years NBA finals (and that finals was aaaaaamazing.)
I'm on Bluemoon at least 5 times a day (too scared to post due to my lack of soccer knowledge). Im checking out goal.com, bleacherreport, epltalk, teamtalk (for the paper rundown) for all the news.
But i really do love following Man City. I can't wait to up at 4:30 am and silently cheer at the top of my lungs so as not to wake up my roommates. I was over the moon when they came to vancouver to play in the preseason. I consider myself a fan in the best way I can be. It pains me to see Ade, Bells and SWP on the way out cuz THOSE are the guys that really truly made me a fan. When I showed my roommates Ade's celebration vs Arsenal, they immediately said, "Yeah, thats your guy, and thats your team".
And this is where I get ripped. You guys sound like an indie band's fans who finally have a hit and our the radio now and are successful and therefore generate worldwide fans, which helps them be even more successful. But now, no one can be a fan of this band/team unless you were born and bred in Manchester. If one of you guys was a Seahawks fan, I would be like WHOA. I would wanna know how and why you became fan, (BTW the hawks literally had moving vans at their training camp ready to move out of town until Paul Allen, microsoft billionaire, bought them. So I know a thing or two about being the worst team in the league then being saved and becoming a 1st class org)
I just think the more the merrier. You have a team FULL of rockstars (Aguero, Silva, Yaya, Hart, Tevez, Balotelli etc). Let them be rockstars. Help fans like myself with intelligent conversation on blue moon. Educate me on soccer, the positions. Why Nasri is a better fit than Modric. Why Robinho sucked and Aguero won't. Post the songs on youtube so I can sing them at 4:30 am. A slap on the back and a welcome to the rollercoaster that is being a city fan would go a lot farther than the condescension im seeing here. I'm doing the best I can. This year is the 1st year Fox is making all games HD (WOOT WOOT!!!!!). Almost every premier league game on the tube. It getting easier to be a fan. Embrace us, dont push us away.
Thanks guys.
(And yes I go to sounders games and follow them a little but its low low level soccer. I love american football but I wont watch the CFL or the Euroleague when they had it. I wanna watch the best play the best play the best. And thats EPL and Champions league. Sorry for the length. Proceed to with the ripping)
1st and foremost I was a basketball player and am a full-time college basketball coach. I was born (1982) and raised in seattle washington and am a huge supporter of our local teams: UW Huskies (college), Seahawks (american football), and Mariners (baseball).
In 2008 my heart was ripped out and with the help of the NBA commissioner our NBA team, the Supersonics, was moved 2000 miles to Oklahoma City. I am still not over it. That being said i dont follow an NBA team anymore just the NBA. I needed something to fill that hole. NFL and MLB are too "stop and go for me". My little brother was always a big soccer man and played in college. Quite frankly, I often mocked the sport. But he kept telling me how great the Premier was. The crowds, the rivalries, the stars, the promotions, the relagations etc. I decided, ok, I gonna give this a chance. Watch a few games.
He was a chelsea fan. So Im not gonna follow them. United? Ha, I'm not rooting for the Yankees. Arsenal and liverpool seemed like Lakers and Celtics to me, so no go there. So as a basketball fan I've always loved guys with flair, flash, and style (Vince Carter, Shawn Kemp, Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis, Gary Payton etc) even if that meant they didn't end up as hall of famers.
As an an american with the just a passing interest in soccer I enjoyed the Brazilian National Team for the same qualities I liked certain basketball players. Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, etc.
So when looking for a premier league team outside of the top four I looked for who had "Brazilians". And who had that flair. At that that it was City and Robinho. Later is was adebayor (not brazilian i know but a still a player with some "flair"). I had no idea who owned City or what their story was but they were fun and seemed to be on the up and up. They had fun entertaining players (craig bellamy, SWP, JO).
Now, I would watch the Champions league final before I'd watch Game 6 of last years NBA finals (and that finals was aaaaaamazing.)
I'm on Bluemoon at least 5 times a day (too scared to post due to my lack of soccer knowledge). Im checking out goal.com, bleacherreport, epltalk, teamtalk (for the paper rundown) for all the news.
But i really do love following Man City. I can't wait to up at 4:30 am and silently cheer at the top of my lungs so as not to wake up my roommates. I was over the moon when they came to vancouver to play in the preseason. I consider myself a fan in the best way I can be. It pains me to see Ade, Bells and SWP on the way out cuz THOSE are the guys that really truly made me a fan. When I showed my roommates Ade's celebration vs Arsenal, they immediately said, "Yeah, thats your guy, and thats your team".
And this is where I get ripped. You guys sound like an indie band's fans who finally have a hit and our the radio now and are successful and therefore generate worldwide fans, which helps them be even more successful. But now, no one can be a fan of this band/team unless you were born and bred in Manchester. If one of you guys was a Seahawks fan, I would be like WHOA. I would wanna know how and why you became fan, (BTW the hawks literally had moving vans at their training camp ready to move out of town until Paul Allen, microsoft billionaire, bought them. So I know a thing or two about being the worst team in the league then being saved and becoming a 1st class org)
I just think the more the merrier. You have a team FULL of rockstars (Aguero, Silva, Yaya, Hart, Tevez, Balotelli etc). Let them be rockstars. Help fans like myself with intelligent conversation on blue moon. Educate me on soccer, the positions. Why Nasri is a better fit than Modric. Why Robinho sucked and Aguero won't. Post the songs on youtube so I can sing them at 4:30 am. A slap on the back and a welcome to the rollercoaster that is being a city fan would go a lot farther than the condescension im seeing here. I'm doing the best I can. This year is the 1st year Fox is making all games HD (WOOT WOOT!!!!!). Almost every premier league game on the tube. It getting easier to be a fan. Embrace us, dont push us away.
Thanks guys.
(And yes I go to sounders games and follow them a little but its low low level soccer. I love american football but I wont watch the CFL or the Euroleague when they had it. I wanna watch the best play the best play the best. And thats EPL and Champions league. Sorry for the length. Proceed to with the ripping)
ArizonaBlue
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MaineStandMoaner said:IMO, the more the merrier. Welcome aboard all. Not everyone has the priviledge of being born and bred in Manchester.
very good to hear. I keep thinking of the very young people that simply haven't been on the planet long enough to have the old stories. They will be the long time supporters 10,20,30 years from now.
Dalian Blue
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Glory hunter since 1968 - got to six games at CoMs last season, that's six more than I have been to in the last 25 years, and my wife loves the atmosphere. First game for her we got dicked by Arsenal but we went back, again.
Ducado
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These so called city "glory hunters"
Who cares? I do wish people would pack this in it's part and parcel of the modern game we are no longer little City we are a major force
Manchester is a City that is made up of people from all over the world always has been
Who cares? I do wish people would pack this in it's part and parcel of the modern game we are no longer little City we are a major force
Manchester is a City that is made up of people from all over the world always has been
joe salford
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i am a glory hunter also, ive been hunting for 30 years without a sniff until last season.
We should be welcoming these new fans i think, the are choosing city at the end of the day. I bet most blues are actually blues due to family pressure or location. None of us woke up one day and thought "i love pain and despair, i know im gonna support that city team so all the kids at school can take the piss." Football has evolved, it seems some fans perspective of the modern game has'nt.
When all us lot who lived through the past 3 decades of shit are dead, the club will need all these new fans.
The only thing we can hope for is that the new breed are educated in our history (not just post 1993 like the rag twats) and our humility rubs off on them all.
If you support city, however young you are or for however long, much respect and welcome. Just dont act like a rag, you wont last long.
We should be welcoming these new fans i think, the are choosing city at the end of the day. I bet most blues are actually blues due to family pressure or location. None of us woke up one day and thought "i love pain and despair, i know im gonna support that city team so all the kids at school can take the piss." Football has evolved, it seems some fans perspective of the modern game has'nt.
When all us lot who lived through the past 3 decades of shit are dead, the club will need all these new fans.
The only thing we can hope for is that the new breed are educated in our history (not just post 1993 like the rag twats) and our humility rubs off on them all.
If you support city, however young you are or for however long, much respect and welcome. Just dont act like a rag, you wont last long.
r.soleofsalford
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Wardie said:More blues popping up in Ireland where I live, seen 4 shirts in the past week saw none in the previous 7 years.
I got accused of being a glory supporter when my baby had his City shirt on in town the other day. I just laughed and walked on. Being called a plastic by a Irish Utd fan is hilarious.
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