We have one of the most negative fan bases in football

karen7 said:
1. Football is all about passion and emotion,we are either delerious or flat and moaning,some find it nerve racking and some exhilerating,i wouldn't want it any other way

2.Let everyone say what they want

3.Moaners moaning at people moaning is tedious
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Points 2 and 3 are rather contradictory.
 
The issue with me is how spoilt some fans have become, not how negative they are. It seems anything less than a 3-0 win is a poor performance and only a 5-0 win can make people truly happy.

What really pisses me off, and it happens on every single post-match thread, is the way people focus on the 'what ifs' to have a pop at the team and players. Without fail someone will moan because Bournemouth hit the post or Brighton had a shot at goal, and then claim we were defensively poor because it quite easily could have been 2-2. It's funny though because it never really extends the other way. People don't say we played really well v Bournemouth, on another day we could have had 5 goals. People then seem to just slate the attackers for not scoring.

The fact some people claimed we were poor against Everton despite having more shots, possession, and clear chances than them, and playing over half the game with 10 men just shows how spoilt some people have become.
 
daztrueblue91 said:
The issue with me is how spoilt some fans have become, not how negative they are. It seems anything less than a 3-0 win is a poor performance and only a 5-0 win can make people truly happy.

What really pisses me off, and it happens on every single post-match thread, is the way people focus on the 'what ifs' to have a pop at the team and players. Without fail someone will moan because Bournemouth hit the post or Brighton had a shot at goal, and then claim we were defensively poor because it quite easily could have been 2-2. It's funny though because it never really extends the other way. People don't say we played really well v Bournemouth, on another day we could have had 5 goals. People then seem to just slate the attackers for not scoring.

The fact some people claimed we were poor against Everton despite having more shots, possession, and clear chances than them, and playing over half the game with 10 men just shows how spoilt some people have become.
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Bollocks.


The match day thread has always had those people saying those things. It's human and football nature.

Besides, this is a football forum and as such is a sounding board for different ideas and thoughts. It might have been sanitised over the last few years as not to upset anyone but it still should be a place to vent, applaud and moan about our beloved football club.
 
BimboBob said:
Bollocks.


The match day thread has always had those people saying those things. It's human and football nature.

Besides, this is a football forum and as such is a sounding board for different ideas and thoughts. It might have been sanitised over the last few years as not to upset anyone but it still should be a place to vent, applaud and moan about our beloved football club.
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There is a huge difference between venting and moaning about a poor performance and looking for excuses to slag the team.

Also, this forum should be there for people to moan about poor performances, I haven't stated otherwise.

What I take issue with is how people find faults at the tiniest things to complain about and use hypothetical scenarios to try and prove a point. Then they seem to give very little credit to good performances.
 
What utter bollocks.

This happens when someone spends a bit of time on a forum: you get a distorted view of what the public opinion or mood is. Forums on any subject, but particularly football, act as a magnifying glass for daft, divisive or radical opinions. If I post today that I'm pretty happy with the season so far, and I think we will get even better, then that post will vanish largely unnoticed within a few hours. If I post that GUardiola has been found out in this league, or that Kompany should be sold, then it generates days worth of discussion.

Our fan base in general is still pretty damn grateful for what we have, and whilst a bit nervous at times, generally supportive of everyone on the pitch and in the dugout.

Ironically, we didn't used to be. There was a time when negativity was a big part of the City crowds makeup, and it manfested itself in results and performance, but that was 20 years ago. Things are miles different now.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
What utter bollocks.

This happens when someone spends a bit of time on a forum: you get a distorted view of what the public opinion or mood is. Forums on any subject, but particularly football, act as a magnifying glass for daft, divisive or radical opinions. If I post today that I'm pretty happy with the season so far, and I think we will get even better, then that post will vanish largely unnoticed within a few hours. If I post that GUardiola has been found out in this league, or that Kompany should be sold, then it generates days worth of discussion.

Our fan base in general is still pretty damn grateful for what we have, and whilst a bit nervous at times, generally supportive of everyone on the pitch and in the dugout.

Ironically, we didn't used to be. There was a time when negativity was a big part of the City crowds makeup, and it manfested itself in results and performance, but that was 20 years ago. Things are miles different now.
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Its modern life aswell. Add twitter, talksport, red top newspapers and the excesses of minor celebs on Big Brother, Housewives of Cheshire etc. Everything is sensationalised and normalised debates/opinions/behaviour is devalued.
 
taconinja said:
The problem is that "things aren't going so well" is defined in the Match Day thread as "We haven't scored two in the first ten minutes." One might think I'm exaggerating, but I'm not. If the opposition completes a pass in our final third, it's calamitous. If one of our players doesn't weave through four defenders with perfect ball control and then leave the keeper flat on his back as he thunders a shot in from twenty yards, it's calamitous.

The problem isn't being critical. It's both the lack of proportion and the nonsensical nature of most complaints, which are then followed by the complainer doubling-down and insisting their rudimentary solutions would cure everything from a football match to world hunger.
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Great post.
 
taconinja said:
The problem is that "things aren't going so well" is defined in the Match Day thread as "We haven't scored two in the first ten minutes." One might think I'm exaggerating, but I'm not. If the opposition completes a pass in our final third, it's calamitous. If one of our players doesn't weave through four defenders with perfect ball control and then leave the keeper flat on his back as he thunders a shot in from twenty yards, it's calamitous.

The problem isn't being critical. It's both the lack of proportion and the nonsensical nature of most complaints, which are then followed by the complainer doubling-down and insisting their rudimentary solutions would cure everything from a football match to world hunger.
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Excellent post.

We're 3 games in and on the match thread yesterday there were posters pretty much saying Pep and the team aren't good enough.
 
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