I moan about the refs.
Totally agree. A few numbskulls among our fan base who don't understand what Pep's creating.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.
You have to laugh. There's some sweaty little bloke living with his aged mother who cooks all his meals and does his ironing. He's bald but with long greasy hair at the back and sides (Mick Miller style) who assembles clothes line pegs for a living to buy his season ticket. He calls the 'phone-in' (his voice is squeakier than Alan Ball's) to berate his club's manager with 40 years experience in football including 20 years of man-management, tactics and formations that have brought success. But in his own mind, the sweaty little bloke is a football expert who believes it's simply a case of playing this player here and that player there. No sense of how a manager needs to assert himself at a club, command respect, and the direction he'll need to give to world class players.I can remember radio phone ins where rags gave Ferguson no end of abuse after a poor result, even when they were on their way to winning yet another league title. It's how football fans react in general.
The phrase "typical City" was around long before oil wealth. Negativity is ingraved in our club. Its just part of life. We are so desparate for true sucess, it doesnt mean we cant remember the very bad times. Actually my favourite memories of being a City fan are from the late ninties when we were at our worst.
Honestly I think its a pressure thing, as a fan i feel scrutinised by everything the media and other fans say about the club I love. I honestly do love city like a family member, but just like a family member I get pissed off at City and with City but love them all the same.
Look at the songs we sing as well. We never win at home and we never win away.. and the invisible man. Both a tongue in cheek look at the fortunes of Manchester City football club. CTID no matter what league no matter what result CTID.
Without the sweaty little bloke working to buy his season ticket there would be no manager making himself a multi millionaire making 11 blokes millionaires kicking a football around a field, so I'd say he's as much right to have an opinion as the next guy.You have to laugh. There's some sweaty little bloke living with his aged mother who cooks all his meals and does his ironing. He's bald but with long greasy hair at the back and sides (Mick Miller style) who assembles clothes line pegs for a living to buy his season ticket. He calls the 'phone-in' (his voice is squeakier than Alan Ball's) to berate his club's manager with 40 years experience in football and 20 years of man-management, tactics and formations that have brought success. But in his own mind, the sweaty little bloke is a football expert who believes it's simply a case of playing this player here and that player there. No sense of how a manager needs to assert himself at a club, command respect, and the direction he'll need to give to world class players.
Specially if we miss out on the Charity shield start of next season.It's true, it's in our DNA and it's what makes us unique as fans.
We've always moaned. Back in the days when we were bobbins and the best part of the day (away day) was the sing song in the pub - the match got in the way!!
Now the club is totally different from the one we used to know (I'm 47, been supporting City since 76 when I discovered football) so we just have different things to moan about
We could win the quadruple, go undefeated through the entire season and we'd still moan.........don't worry about it OP!!
Of course he's entitled to an opinion - there's about 53,000 differing opinions at City most home games "He needs to make 'em play faster. He needs to make 'em launch more balls into the box. He's playing people out of position". Sadly, the sweaty little bloke's season ticket money is now far less critical a factor than it used to be.Without the sweaty little bloke working to buy his season ticket there would be no manager making himself a multi millionaire making 11 blokes millionaires kicking a football around a field, so I'd say he's as much right to have an opinion as the next guy.
Don't talk like a wet fart.
Every team has its own negativity. It's just that you don't live it like you do with City
Stop all this shit now.
Great post.We are the most cynical fans in Europe, but we are the most loyal, it's our club with the best sense of humour known in football, we are hated by the click bait media they have tried everything to get us to implode, we didn't need their help in the eighties, I look at our fans who are the most knowledgeable in the country and yes we love a good self destructive moan it's therapeutic [emoji3]
You have to laugh. There's some sweaty little bloke living with his aged mother who cooks all his meals and does his ironing. He's bald but with long greasy hair at the back and sides (Mick Miller style) who assembles clothes line pegs for a living to buy his season ticket. He calls the 'phone-in' (his voice is squeakier than Alan Ball's) to berate his club's manager with 40 years experience in football including 20 years of man-management, tactics and formations that have brought success. But in his own mind, the sweaty little bloke is a football expert who believes it's simply a case of playing this player here and that player there. No sense of how a manager needs to assert himself at a club, command respect, and the direction he'll need to give to world class players.