Why didn't you go to the Leipzig game?

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I’ve cancelled all the cup schemes.

Was thinking about it anyway but this jibe from Guardiola and the absolute fiasco trying to get home from the match on Wednesday has pushed me over the edge.

I’ll go to home league games this season - but the cup and chumps league matches can get in the bin.

Sorry to all the York away happy clappers and sorry Pep etc. Realise I’m not a ‘proper’ fan now.

 

[DontLookBackInAnger]

Personally I have never been a huge fan of Kevin Parker and I seriously question his judgement with regards to speaking to Sky, I don't really see what could have been gained. However, the truth is, this is a story because Pep made it a story and it was a dig at the fanbase and yes he is still the best manager we have ever had, as a person though I'm not a huge fan of his either.

 

[eastmanc]

Personally I have never been a huge fan of Kevin Parker and I seriously question his judgement with regards to speaking to Sky, I don't really see what could have been gained. However, the truth is, this is a story because Pep made it a story and it was a dig at the fanbase and yes he is still the best manager we have ever had, as a person though I'm not a huge fan of his either.

Nothing has been gained from this. The press have loved it.

 

[eastmanc]

By the way Pep is still the best manager and coach in the world.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I have lived away from the Northwest for the last 31 years and in recent times, I have started to see kids with City shirts where I would not have previously done so; even our latest neighbours’ boys have a City football (no idea if they are actually fans). In the very long queue for the park and ride recently at Silverstone the family behind us were I think Dutch UK residents but they weren’t bedecked in orange; however, their son had last season’s City away shirt on. Our support is widening and growing and it won’t be impeded by “Empithad” bollocks.

And my beef with people like Soriano is that we should be actively capitalising on that growth in support, getting them in the ground where possible. Particularly where these kids are local, or relatively local, once they've been a couple of times the chances are they'll come more often.

Yet I'm still to hear the club's strategy for achieving this.

 

[domalino]

He implied that by saying that we didn’t have the history of united and Liverpool.

No. You inferred it. It's not the same thing.

He specifically said we don't have a history in the European Cup. Because we don't, and Pep doesn't have the same inferiority complex/chip on his shoulder/neuroses about that as some of the fans, so he's proud to be building the club's history up with Champion's League finals and semi-finals while unfortunately the aforementioned fans are more concerned about what 11 year old United fans are joking about on twitter in between failed Europa League runs.

He said "We don't have a history in this competition" and you deliberately chose to twist that into "City don't have history", something completely different.

I think Pep's summed this up perfectly - "After 5 years if people are misunderstanding me it is because they want to misunderstand me".

 

[Indaparkside]

and now we have Pep saying he will leave if we don't want him.

Sounds like something a teenager would say
He needs to concentrate on his job not throw his toys out of his Pram when someone questions what he meant

 

[eastmanc]

No. You inferred it. It's not the same thing.

He specifically said we don't have a history in the European Cup. Because we don't, and Pep doesn't have the same inferiority complex/chip on his shoulder/neuroses about that as some of the fans, so he's proud to be building the club's history up with Champion's League finals and semi-finals while unfortunately the aforementioned fans are more concerned about what 11 year old United fans are joking about on twitter in between failed Europa League runs.

I think Pep's summed this up perfectly - "After 5 years if people are misunderstanding me it is because they want to misunderstand me".

So do you think it’s right that he has had more than a few digs at us as fans . Or am I wrong about that as well.

 

[domalino]

So do you think it’s right that he has had more than a few digs at us as fans . Or am I wrong about that as well.

I don't think he's ever taken a genuine shot at the fans. Actually I think today was the closest he's gotten to it.

He's said a lot of things that some fans have chosen to twist into an insult. A lot of fans in this thread have invented things they think he's said.

 

[i kne albert davy]

It's a very simple fact, City have less fans then clubs like United and Liverpool.

Why anyone would let that fact upset them is beyond me.

What Pep said didn't bother me in the least, Utd and Liverpool do have more fans than we have for sure. But dare I say City fans attend more games and not all of them can afford every match at home in all 4 competitions and we don't have the tourist trade to take up the slack like they do.