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.
Just wat till you turn 15 kid ppffftt.The amount of negativity from our fans about City at the moment is absolutely staggering, and during a time where we're literally living the greatest era in the club's history.
I can think of only Arsenal at the moment where the fans talk about their own club with such distain. I rarely ever see or hear United fans talk about their club with the venom and malice which has developed amongst a large section of our support. I've never heard a United fan say a bad word about Mourinho since he joined.
You think all those negative media articles and news stories have no impact but they do. They create a mood of negativity, something which festers in the back of the mind. It means you'll be set alight more easily at the slightest mishap or mistake.
The club isn't perfect and it never will be. They make mistakes and they will make mistakes in the future as well. I find a lot of the problems I have about City are the results of my problems with elements of modern football. We're not alone with a lot of our concerns about prices, corporates, fan engagement etc.
Unfortunately it seems that some of us have become professional Manchester City critics rather than Manchester City supporters.
People can't wait to have a moan about the slightest thing, and it's sad. I even saw people on this forum yesterday saying we've had a shit transfer window yesterday after we've spent £200 million+ on several top class players. Some plonker on Twitter saying we've ruined Denayer's career because we made him sign a contract and then loaned him out. The only reason he's not better than Van Dyke right now apparently.
Comments like this after the CL draw "Forgive me for not jumping with glee at not being in a group of death, but I'm still not convinced Pep knows his best XI from game to game" - After we've played 2 matches with 1 change where the number 1 left back is out injured. How on earth that could be your instant reaction or thought to a CL draw is well beyond my way of thinking.
The way some of us speak about the manager, players and people behind the scenes is frightening. It's almost hatred and resentful at times. Every mistake by manager, player or club isn't an excuse to go straight for the throat
The bottom line is that if you're not happy now then you will never ever be happy.
Up until 2008 every single one of us had every good reason to support the rags. Winning everything in sight, no chance of poor refereeing decisions against us, arse-creeping media with a polite aversion of eyes when it came to the eye-watering money spent to achieve success in a virtual monopoly.
But we didn't. And why ? Because we're all contrary bastards. And I'm afraid that spills over into here. Most of us rein it in but there are those, presumably without friends, who are particularly loud and aggressive and tend to drown out the more moderate posters. Collectively, City fans are no more negative than any other fan base.
you cant beat a good moan i moan about everythingThe amount of negativity from our fans about City at the moment is absolutely staggering, and during a time where we're literally living the greatest era in the club's history.
I can think of only Arsenal at the moment where the fans talk about their own club with such distain. I rarely ever see or hear United fans talk about their club with the venom and malice which has developed amongst a large section of our support. I've never heard a United fan say a bad word about Mourinho since he joined.
You think all those negative media articles and news stories have no impact but they do. They create a mood of negativity, something which festers in the back of the mind. It means you'll be set alight more easily at the slightest mishap or mistake.
The club isn't perfect and it never will be. They make mistakes and they will make mistakes in the future as well. I find a lot of the problems I have about City are the results of my problems with elements of modern football. We're not alone with a lot of our concerns about prices, corporates, fan engagement etc.
Unfortunately it seems that some of us have become professional Manchester City critics rather than Manchester City supporters.
People can't wait to have a moan about the slightest thing, and it's sad. I even saw people on this forum yesterday saying we've had a shit transfer window yesterday after we've spent £200 million+ on several top class players. Some plonker on Twitter saying we've ruined Denayer's career because we made him sign a contract and then loaned him out. The only reason he's not better than Van Dyke right now apparently.
Comments like this after the CL draw "Forgive me for not jumping with glee at not being in a group of death, but I'm still not convinced Pep knows his best XI from game to game" - After we've played 2 matches with 1 change where the number 1 left back is out injured. How on earth that could be your instant reaction or thought to a CL draw is well beyond my way of thinking.
The way some of us speak about the manager, players and people behind the scenes is frightening. It's almost hatred and resentful at times. Every mistake by manager, player or club isn't an excuse to go straight for the throat
The bottom line is that if you're not happy now then you will never ever be happy.
Exactly this, you prove my point nicely.This above was probably one of the most negative posts I've ever seen on this forum. You're hardly a regular.
He should have sat in Maine Road during the second half of the 90s. We were a bunch of whingers then.The OP should have read the Pink letters page pre internet!