Which repeated lies get on your wick/t**s the most

[Marvin]

Not worried by any of them because anyone believing any one of them is an ignorant idiot. JJ

The trouble is that no one in football is neutral, therefore Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd fans will all readily claim City are state owned cheats etc etc.

 

[wagonman]

The trouble is that no one in football is neutral, therefore Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd fans will all readily claim City are state owned cheats etc etc.

I don't care what they "claim"

JJ

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Usually find its the couch potato plastic fans of the 'istree club who regurgitate all the bullshit , the type of fan who couldnt find Manchester or Liverpool on a map and have zero affinity with the locality of the clubs , they dont have the intelligence to consider facts they just follow like sheep. Really do think our fanbase is different , no doubt glory hunters and JCL's have come on board in recent years but the vast majority of our support have been through the barren years and come out the other side.
We might only be 40k strong on match days but we are worth more than 659m plastics.

 

[Bozo]

None of it gets on my wick. Maybe the 'no history' brigade a little, mostly because we have such a rich and varied history with equal success and failure. All part of the fun. Always good to remind bin dippers we won a European trophy before they did ;)

 

[Bluesiam]

The 'no history' one is more amusing than annoying these days. We are re-writing Premier League history with every passing season. Anyone who gets upset about this just needs to think forward a few years and enjoy the ride

 

[GSW Blue]

The 'no history' one is more amusing than annoying these days. We are re-writing Premier League history with every passing season. Anyone who gets upset about this just needs to think forward a few years and enjoy the ride

This is the beauty of breaking loads of records. Difficult to argue that the team that was the first and only team to get 100 points in a season has no history.

 

[franksinatra]

I have to admit it rarely bothers me. At Brighton away one of there fans was shouting across the divide ‘we have no fans’. Now I doubt there was one Brighton hearing that who thought Brighton were better supported than City, particularly as the stated attendance would have been the lowest crowd ever recorded for a League match at the Etihad.

What people say/shout or write, particular now with the advent of social medIa, is often to get a reaction, pull someone or something down. I used to do it myself when United were sweeping up trophies, with you dont have any fans in Manchester gag (even though I knew it was not true).

Sadly the more reaction this type of nonsense gets the more it gets stated and sadly a lot of City fans have given a lot of non-entities a platform by giving these clowns their two minutes of fame. They must love to see their tweets, for example plastered across this forum and then get City fans reacting to it - job done for them and just encourages more of the same.

So no it does not bother me as I know the majority of the stuff they dont even believe themselves and refuse to give them the reaction they crave.

With regards journalists that can, in the heat of the moment, prove infuriating, as did the BT coverage of the match against Arsenal.

However If you are knowledgeable on any subject you typically find inaccuracies in reporting, so I would not expect anything better from Sports journalists, who lets face it or not up there with the war/political/ economic reporters of their profession.

To me the sensationalism in reporting and fake narratives in football is just a reflection of the dumbing down of society. Sports reporting has turned into an extension of Fan bantz, Interesting social experiments like Big Brother have morphed into Geordie Shore and Made in Chelsea and World Leaders have proven themselves as compulsive liars. We live in a click bait/reactionary world.

 

[DTKOAG]

He will get bored soon

 

[Mancity1980]

Is this wick or t**s or wick and t**s because if it is the former as a middle aged owner of man-boobs I object to this blatant use of discrimination…oh and none of it bothers me or my wick or my t**s…:)

 

[Blue and true]

The "no history" jibe. We were founded in the 19th Century, which should but won't speak volumes for the bitters. But the overriding issue is that they're equating silverware with history. Owing to their flawed logic, there are only about 2-3% of English clubs with "history." Which is patently untrue. Try telling an Oldham fan or Notts County fan they don't have history. Try telling my Dad, who followed City up and down the country in the 60's and 70's, that we have no history. Football wasn't and isn't just about winning trophies, if it was then it would never have become a cornerstone of British tradition. Football is an institution in this country because there are literally hundreds of football clubs with rich heritage and proud followings; not because Liverpool won the majority of their trophies in the 80's, or because United won the majority of theirs in the 90's. It's a grossly inaccurate generalisation which is only given traction because significant swathes of rival fans have the mental capacity of a pissed Neanderthal and are influenced by social media memes and likes. They said the same about Chelsea and doubtless they'll say the same about Newcastle. Fortunately, I still have United mates who can have nuanced debates on our rise and aren't blinded by the propaganda, so it's reassuring to know the open-minded supporter still exists.

It sounds cliche; but the hate really does make the success all the sweeter.

CTID.