Skip Donoghue
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absolutely spot onsam221985 said:zapbranny said:It's not envy. I know the villa players are playing for more than just money ( maybe with exception of heskey!). It's simply the fact that quite a few of the city fans are saying why does every one hate us. I gave you an answer it's because there is An air of arrogance despite achieving zero so far. I'm not tarring all the city fans with this but it is obvious from some of the posts even on this thread.
Why do you think the Villa players play for the shirt any more than City? I thnk being realistic neither probably do all that much except the handful of locals and homegrowns that each side has.
It sounds like an unthinkingly trotted-out cliché and devalues the rest of what you have to say to be honest.
And I'd suggest any air of arrogance is defensive to recent bitterness and vitriolic bile from other clubs. Directly after the second takeover there was a lot of talk on here of being determined to not become like the rag fans, remember how we felt about Chelsea, be humble and gracious etc. Then came the hate from other clubs' fans, blindly following the media sensationalism and spin like idiotic little sheep. Any arrogance that can't simply be ascribed to kids, or a few classless muppets, has come as a defence mechanism to all that stuff, and that's my honest perception of it and one many on here share I would think.
i tried to explain this to zapfanny yesterday but was wasting my time you will never get past the envy, jealousy and down right lack of knowledge when it comes to what is happening at our club
for me fans of other clubs can just do one the hate and bile spouted against us is so obvious and then they want a discussion about football once they have slagged our players, us fans and our club so please don't darken our door again you will not be missed