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[supercity36]

end of the day any club would have given their soul to have our investment (something we havent done but get constantly get called for doing). and look where we have come in just one year

from fernandes to de jong
from ball to bridge
petrov (good player) to robinho

 

[samharris]

end of the day any club would have given their soul to have our investment (something we havent done but get constantly get called for doing). and look where we have come in just one year

from fernandes to de jong
from ball to bridge
petrov (good player) to robinho

you forgot this one...

From top 6 hopefulls...to top 4 probables..

 

[Rammyblues]

The only people to complain though are the fans of other clubs, and the rag press, any club chairman or any player has the right to turn our offers down and stay put. No one holds a gun to the players head and says "sign for city" no one holds a gun to the chairmans head and says "you must accept this bid" We have gone about it in the right way by making offers to the clubs if we sign the player all well and good if we don't we move on. I couldn't give a monkeys cuss what anybody thinks of us.

 

[Sky Blue]

We are City, super City, City from Main Road.

 

[KentBlue]

I don't think we'll ever be anywhere near as hated as the rags are.
Most football fans have a bit of a soft spot for us because not only have we won sod-all but we take the piss out of ourselves, too. No matter how grave our situation has been in the past, we've always managed to have a bloody good laugh at ourselves. Nobody does gallows humour like we do. And other fans respect us for it. They see how we react when yet again we manage to shoot ourselves in the foot, and they admire us because we just laugh it off and say: "Typical City!"

You contrast that with the surly, arrogant rag fans. If they lose a game it's because they were robbed, the ref was biased - there's always some excuse for them. They can never accept that teams lose games now and again. It happens. They believe their team have a divine right to win anything and everything, and any team who beats them should be punished.

The rags have had that siege mentality for so long now that it's like a second skin to them. They try to emulate the manager and throw tantrums when it's somebody elses turn to be flavour of the month.
When Portsmouth won the FA Cup, every single rag fan I met afterwards complained that it should have been them at Wembley lifting the trophy. They said things like: "Who the fuck are Portsmouth, anyway? Some little tin-point team from the coast."
Rather than just say: "Good on, you. Enjoy your day", they were bitter and resentful.



I don't think any true City fan will ever become like that.

 

[sweep]

mcfcdave, with our team suddenly becoming high profile, the media and their readers have become truly hungry for articles about our business. We can't forget that the arabs have changed the dynamics of the EPL and the established teams do not like this.

Thus far, have had bad press - have hope because bad press is a temprorary experience - the papers will move on to the next story when.... (and I do believe this to be true and this year), our team wins silverware or CL football to boast about.

When this happens - watch the stories suddenly turn into ones that you will be proud to read. Up until then, this is the state of play. Don't let the greasy media and critics get a rise out of you - for it is only you that will have high blood pressure. The reporter is laughing all the way to the bank.

Endnote - the media and the EPL know that we are building something big but, until this happens - please hold your breath, stop getting angry and annoyed about negative articles. Start laughing at the stories - take the piss about the reporter. That's what I'm doing. The reporters and critics are ugly twats anyway - so their picture could do nicely for a 'take the piss' picture thread.

My mantra is "City WILL have the last laugh and I for one is hoping that this day will come round very very soon..."

Keep the faith because the future is indeed blue.

Amen.

They're churning out what jealous fans want to hear in order to sell chip wrapper/get hits, its a sports writer's business. Water off a ducks back (mainly), seriously, don't allow it to interfere with enjoying what is happening at our club over the next few years. We'll have our knocks along the way but we're going to the top. These gobshites mean fuck all, the future of City is bright.