HelloCity
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I’ve noticed this trend amongst some older members of our fanbase too, and I don’t really understand why they have such a dislike for him.
Why do you think they can’t get behind him?
My sense is it’s something to do with him not ‘getting us’ like Mancini did - which seems to boil down to his being complimentary about the Rags and their history in his press conferences rather than slagging them off all the time, and not prioritising the derbies as necessarily being any more important than any other game during the season.
A hang up from when the derby was the only game that mattered, which is their sweet spot as fans.
The reality is Pep isn’t a populist tub thumper, and this cerebral sense of distance from the blood and thunder of football rivalry doesn’t fit their idea of what a ‘proper’ City manager ought to look and sound like.
Some of it is because he makes them feel inferior. His superiority makes them feel shit because his understanding of the game is beyond anything they could ever comprehend.
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