Why didn't you go to the Leipzig game?

Rodney said:
Pep is a great manager, no doubt about that. But he is just passing through, that’s how it is. But we (and KP) are here for life. If I’m being honest Pep’s comments did piss me off the other night.
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His comments in his press conference on Friday pissed me off even more. Like a lot of others he's shown he hasn't got a clue what the oridnary working person puts in to getting to a game (I mean money, time, travel, priorities over other things especially if you have a family). When they announced the other night there would be no buses back in town did Pep sit there thinking "oh shit I'll have to walk back or queue an hour for a tram". Love him for what he's done for us on the pitch but he's been a complete t**t with all this.
 
levets said:
As they have done before…
A couple of seasons ago, first home game of the season v Everton. They advised the Press Agency the attendance was 48k, but anybody who was there knew it was wrong. They forgot the corporate attendees. The same arguments arose then… until the official attendance was updated to 54k a few months later.
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This
 
I live 5,000 miles away!

Honestly this whole thing is silly. A completely fabricated and unnecessary PR disaster.

I don't think Pep meant any malice, although in hindsight his comments were very shortsighted.

The stadium didnt even seem empty. Maybe 40k there. And it's completely understandable to skip a weeknight match in the middle of a pandemic when many are struggling. This whole narrative is ugly, inaccurate, and honestly downright irresponsible considering the circumstances.

Moreover the big club, small club narrative is outdated and needs to go away. For starters, by any measure, City are a big club. I don"t even want or need to elaborate on that.

No matter what, nothing takes away from what happens on the pitch. To me, every win feels great, and every loss awful no matter the 'size' of the opponent. The kid version of me still cried for days trying to understand what relegation was and how fucking Ipswich sent us down in 2000. I know many of you saw worse just years prior including the 80k we sent to York away. In more recent times being the 'bigger' club didn't make losing to Wigan or Middlesborough any better.

Nor does it take the shine off of any of the titles or cups weve won this past decade. And you know what? Every trophy we win in the coming years will feel just as good.
 
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Our official fan group don’t speak for me. It’s only their individual/collective view.

Exactly what did they think would be gained from speaking out publicly?

Leave the in-fighting to the Swales/Lee era.

Typical behaviour of a ‘ooh look at me and how important I am’ committee member.
 
Eccles Blue said:
Is it only me who finds every football game exciting and interesting?
Yes sometimes they are lower quality but that just makes it more exciting, makes me concentrate more on how good our team are and how the opposition manager must be scrutinising our tactics to improve their own.
Am I wrong/stupid/naive?
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No, you're just a football fan and a mad blue!
 
Jogon 127 said:
Our official fan group don’t speak for me. It’s only their individual/collective view.

Exactly what did they think would be gained from speaking out publicly?

Leave the in-fighting to the Swales/Lee era.

Typical behaviour of a ‘ooh look at me and how important I am’ committee member.
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Yep. They’ve a job to do and then speaking out insinuates they’re speaking for us all, they’re not. I had no issues with Peps comments personally. Delusions of grandeur
 
Mine & my sons seats were sold twice. Luckily spare seats adjacent. Complained on the night to a steward who took photo evidence & I've emailed the club, no response as yet.
 
I'm laughing how all of these "no fans" joke would be a thing of the past after 10 years or so when next generation kids would flock to City. All the libel and slander against us by media and rival fans would evaporate into thin air and would be forgotten. At the most they can try to slow this process but not stop it, even they know this. Being successful on the pitch is what matters.
 
Shirley said:
Other than the 3,000 empty seats in the away end there was another 10,000 empties?
Simply the 38,062 attendance is wrong.
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I was surprised by the 38,000 quoted as the attendance. I sit in L3 East stand. 10 mins before kick off I thought the attendance would be low as it was quite empty. However at kick-off,apart from the away section, it looked reasonably full to me.
 
yankblue said:
I live 5,000 miles away!

Honestly this whole thing is silly. A completely fabricated and unnecessary PR disaster.

I don't think Pep meant any malice, although in hindsight his comments were very shortsighted.

The stadium didnt even seem empty. Maybe 40k there. And it's completely understandable to skip a weeknight match in the middle of a pandemic when many are struggling. This whole narrative is ugly, inaccurate, and honestly downright irresponsible considering the circumstances.

Moreover the big club, small club narrative is outdated and needs to go away. For starters, by any measure, City are a big club. I don"t even want or need to elaborate on that.

No matter what, nothing takes away from what happens on the pitch. To me, every win feels great, and every loss awful no matter the 'size' of the opponent. The kid version of me still cried for days trying to understand what relegation was and how fucking Ipswich sent us down in 2000. I know many of you saw worse just years prior including the 80k we sent to York away. In more recent times being the 'bigger' club didn't make losing to Wigan or Middlesborough any better.

Nor does it take the shine off of any of the titles or cups weve won this past decade. And you know what? Every trophy we win in the coming years will feel just as good.
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It's the only comfort blanket small minded teddy bear cuddler's have left. Bless em.
 
walker_is_faster said:
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Pep, don't ever think you're not wanted here. And don't ever think about leaving. You are admired, loved and respected by millions of blues, so don't forget that.

Maybe though, thinking ahead here, say for arguments sake you have some spare time and you're not needed at the ground until close to kick off. You should act as a secret shopper one day, try buying a ticket online, sort out your covid stuff on the day, organise your travel, try the trams at night and gain entry to the ground - in disguise. Maybe then you will understand how frustrating and disorganised matchday is for many fans, then you can escalate the issues in a rapid manner. You're one of us, do it for all of us!
 
The Black Shed said:
Pep, don't ever think you're not wanted here. And don't ever think about leaving. You are admired, loved and respected by millions of blues, so don't forget that.

Maybe though, thinking ahead here, say for arguments sake you have some spare time and you're not needed at the ground until close to kick off. You should act as a secret shopper one day, try buying a ticket online, sort out your covid stuff on the day, organise your travel, try the trams at night and gain entry to the ground - in disguise. Maybe then you will understand how frustrating and disorganised matchday is for many fans, then you can escalate the issues in a rapid manner. You're one of us, do it for all of us!
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This reminds me, wonder what happened to the bloke who used to be in Mary D’s all the time who was the spitting image of Mancini…
 

Hahaha not sure if that’s the same bloke.

Mary’s Mancini looked a bit more haggered. Like if Bobby was forced to manage Rochdale for a couple of years.

Maybe that’s just the Mary D’s effect.
 
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