Why didn't you go to the Leipzig game?

tolmie's hairdoo said:
Pep was only referencing his future again the other week, despite having two years left on his deal, there was no need to do that.
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This is not really true at all.

He was invited to speak at a financial conference and he spoke generally about his life after City in the context of retirement.

In fact when a reporter brought up he'd leave City after 2023 on Tuesday, he very specifically shut that down and said it was not true and a week before he said he might stay another 5 years.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
You are looking at it completely the wrong way around. Pep has fed into the lazy narrative.

City are trying to win hearts and minds, encourage new sponsors and supporters.

How does Pep saying what he has enhance the prospect of that happening?

We don't need our own manager to perpetuate the myth.

This type of shit is why the team does not get the wider recognition it deserves.

Myth becomes fact, over time. Same reason the FFP thing is always with us.
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As a season ticket holder, I was not remotely bothered by Pep’s invitation to supporters. I was there on Wednesday, and I intend to be there on Saturday, but despite having a ticket, I may not make it up from South Oxfordshire next Tuesday; I’m sure Pep won’t hold it against me and I don’t doubt that he understands all the multitude of reasons why people can’t make every game.

The fact that people make a story out of or get worked up about his comments is beyond pathetic.

The team has scored 21 goals in its last four home games so the manager is quite entitled to invite supporters that could but aren’t planning to come the next game, which experience tells us will be tough, to come and cheer the team on.

I get completely the idea that people want him to watch his words so that he doesn’t feed one of the tiresome narratives perpetuated about our club, which some of the media and rival supports cling onto because they are desperate for something to use to try and put us down: they have very little to go at because the team plays beautiful football and breaks record after record…

The media etc are always going to find ways to criticise but this stuff is not that important in my mind. Just look at Paul Merson’s quote this week about our neighbours in Trafford’s performance against Young Boys: “Manchester United couldn’t get out of their half. If that was Manchester City with ten men, Young Boys wouldn’t have touched the ball”. Now that tells you about important perceptions.

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.
 
domalino said:
This is not really true at all.

He was invited to speak at a financial conference and he spoke generally about his life after City.

In fact when a reporter tried to ask him about leaving City after 2023, he very specifically shut that down and said it was not true and he might stay another 5 years.
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Not my recollection?

The club were caught on the back foot and fielded loads of press calls off the back of his Brazil Zoom.

In actual fact, Guz Cruz on here had signed up for it and was posting the quotes as live on here.

Pep shut it down 24 hours later at his presser the next day to clarify, but I know City were not impressed.
 
First time I’ve logged into BM for a while but reading the title and posts I’ve decided to put my view in , not that it counts on a collective reply but on a personal response is …
I’ve never ever felt so disillusioned as a bloke , a fan , a supporter or whatever the club classes me as what I am at the moment. The manager’s comments for me are absolutely uncalled for .
What’s his case for this after coming from a very good win are unfounded , his dsquare top cost more than my two daughters school uniforms we’ve paid for put together.
my youngest has been knocked out from covid she’s only 10 and it’s floored her , I’m under prostate cancer investigation etc ..so not that I need to make any excuse not to go to anybody.
But for someone who’s done over 80 odd grounds and is not being over sensitive his comments need explanation and an apology they were unfounded and without grounds . Couldn’t give a flying fu*k about those who feel the need to answer to any forms of social media in having to explain the Empty seats .
Unfortunately the “ mind the gap “ doesn’t relate to us and the rags it now represents the club and the fans or whatever we’re classed as .
 
Maybe Pep avoiding sh*tting on his own doorstep, IE Barca, by not insisting on bringing in Leo, as back fired big-time. Messi is a seat filler, but the club spent most of the transfer window chasing Kane.

I'm in all 3 cup schemes to increase my chances of getting tickets for finals. But I cut my cloth accordingly, because I can. Not all fans have that luxury, so pick games to suit. Wycombe is another cheap night out. But the crowd will be even smaller.
 
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