United thread 2017/18

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Maybe for the first season and selected cup games.

I wouldn't expect then to be down there for more than a couple of seasons!

 

[aguero93:20]

I wouldn't expect then to be down there for more than a couple of seasons!

Have said that about plenty of clubs in the past myself and been badly wrong, if you're bad enough to go down, you're bad enough to stay down, especially with the damage it would do to their revenue and the level of debt at the club. All hypothetical and unlikely to happen though unfortunately... :(

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I was impling more that the majority of football fans watch their team because it is their team and not because they win week in week out. When Pearce was our manager and the football was shite, we still followed our club. It was torture but he kept us in the league. As we are like a lot of other clubs, we have had our share of relegations and promotions. This had until recently toughened the fans up and we coped with our macabre humour.
The majority of the rags have only ever seen winning at all cost football and just like l'Arse dont have the ability to cope. This moment in time is the rags worst nightmare. Just as they are reverting to how they were between 69 and 91 we are playing breath taking football and we should win the league and are favourites for chumps league.

There's nothing you've posted there I can disagree with tbf.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

I was impling more that the majority of football fans watch their team because it is their team and not because they win week in week out. When Pearce was our manager and the football was shite, we still followed our club. It was torture but he kept us in the league. As we are like a lot of other clubs, we have had our share of relegations and promotions. This had until recently toughened the fans up and we coped with our macabre humour.
The majority of the rags have only ever seen winning at all cost football and just like l'Arse dont have the ability to cope. This moment in time is the rags worst nightmare. Just as they are reverting to how they were between 69 and 91 we are playing breath taking football and we should win the league and are favourites for chumps league.

It has been clear for a long time that the Rags / Dippers especially, have collected " supporters " because of their successes in the past. Whilst it will be killing them to see our progress, they wont jump ship soon imo, as they will believe that return is only round the corner - whether it be true or not .

We will no doubt collecting a new brand of supporter who are similar to the glory hunters which attach themselves to any successful team, although I like to believe that our core supporters are of a different class due to the ups/downs, successes and failures we have endured during our time as supporters. I have supported City since 1954 so can speak with some knowledge , and both my sons have only really witnessed success sine Mancini.

I don't accept your thought that we are " favourites for the chumps league " , and refuse to take anything for granted . We are however playing some of the best football I have seen, and hope that will continue to be the case, irrespective of what we actually win.

 

[aguero93:20]

It has been clear for a long time that the Rags / Dippers especially, have collected " supporters " because of their successes in the past. Whilst it will be killing them to see our progress, they wont jump ship soon imo, as they will believe that return is only round the corner - whether it be true or not .

Relegation would change that imo mate, very hard to convince yourself "next year is the year" when you're not even in said competition that year. I've had a good laugh already at the amount of Irish rags that can no longer be bothered to go over to matches (the big reason imo that they can't sell cup games out), buy merchandise or even watch them on tv. That's what 4 seasons of finishing 7th, 4th, 5th and 6th have done to them.

 

[goater555]

I wouldn't expect then to be down there for more than a couple of seasons!

Same here. Too many people in top positions eating from their gravy train. Wouldn't be allowed.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Rag neighbour last night said City are killing the game by winning all the time...Nearly choked on my vol au vent.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Relegation would change that imo mate, very hard to convince yourself "next year is the year" when you're not even in said competition that year. I've had a good laugh already at the amount of Irish rags that can no longer be bothered to go over to matches (the big reason imo that they can't sell cup games out), buy merchandise or even watch them on tv. That's what 4 seasons of finishing 7th, 4th, 5th and 6th have done to them.

Hypothetical imo because neither of them are relegation material " in my lifetime " ...................??

 

[aguero93:20]

Hypothetical imo because neither of them are relegation material " in my lifetime " ...................??

Yeah as I said in an earlier post all hypothetical and extremely unlikely, if Carlsberg did football seasons though...

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Yeah as I said in an earlier post all hypothetical and extremely unlikely, if Carlsberg did football seasons though...

Absolutely this , nice one.