Wydad AC (N) | CWC | Post Match Thread

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Had a ticket in the cheap seats in the top tier but thanks to @Tbilisi and Mrs Tbilisi distracting the ticket checking staff, I skipped by and the 3 of us were on the 9 row from the front, lower tier behind the goal.
But we were right in the sun, so Tbilisi hatched a plan to go in the Club section which had shade which was section C27.

My ticket was for 227 so when asked for the ticket I put my thumb over the first 2 to reveal 27.
“C27” I said when asked to show my ticket on the phone and was waved through….. now we were in an air conditioned posh bar area at half time and then sat in the shade for the 2nd half
Me, @Tbilisi and @Q_Blue

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

The weirdest of weird football experiences with circa 20,000 City shirts in the crowd, but the regulars and familiar faces simply dwarfed by the LET'S GO CITY types.

In contrast our opponents were outnumbered but their end seemed to contain more genuine supporters who had travelled long distance

The bloke next to me asked why De Bruyne wasn't playing and appeared annoyed when I explained that he was no longer at the club.

There also seemed to be loads of American supporters just wandering around mid game as though they were at the baseball and subsequently missing large chunks of the match

The price of success, a small price to pay. We are big time.

 

[levets]

Yeah but no mention of the healthy-ish attendance in media

BBC do mention that City fans turned up ‘in their thousands’

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

The weirdest of weird football experiences with circa 20,000 City shirts in the crowd, but the regulars and familiar faces simply dwarfed by the LET'S GO CITY types.

In contrast our opponents were outnumbered but their end seemed to contain more genuine supporters who had travelled long distance

The bloke next to me asked why De Bruyne wasn't playing and appeared annoyed when I explained that he was no longer at the club.

There also seemed to be loads of American supporters just wandering around mid game as though they were at the baseball and subsequently missing large chunks of the match

The vast majority of Wydad fans were US based Moroccan folk, very few would have travelled from the home country.
And as much as some of our fan base are the “Let’s Go City” type, last night at the Philly supporters club event, there was about 10 or so of us old school blues sat in the corner. Only 2 had an official City shirt / merchandise on. Where as the let’s go City types were decked out in official club gear. They may be mocked but they are pouring millions into the club where as I certainly am not doing so…….

 

[CC1]

BBC do mention that City fans turned up ‘in their thousands’
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Nice one. Hadn’t seen that

 

[Barcon]

The vast majority of Wydad fans were US based Moroccan folk, very few would have travelled from the home country.
And as much as some of our fan base are the “Let’s Go City” type, last night at the Philly supporters club event, there was about 10 or so of us old school blues sat in the corner. Only 2 had an official City shirt / merchandise on. Where as the let’s go City types were decked out in official club gear. They may be mocked but they are pouring millions into the club where as I certainly am not doing so…….

Cheap ****.

 

[hilts]

bout as pre-season as a game you could get.
Job done, once the 2nd went in.
Players and shape rusty and kinda disjointed.
No injury scares, bar Ake limping at bit.
Next.

Ake was born limping in fairness.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

The vast majority of Wydad fans were US based Moroccan folk, very few would have travelled from the home country.
And as much as some of our fan base are the “Let’s Go City” type, last night at the Philly supporters club event, there was about 10 or so of us old school blues sat in the corner. Only 2 had an official City shirt / merchandise on. Where as the let’s go City types were decked out in official club gear. They may be mocked but they are pouring millions into the club where as I certainly am not doing so…….

I wasn't mocking them
I wasn't even criticising them.

I just found it a bit weird when fans were wandering off mid match and City defending a corner.

As for the Wydad fans there was definitely a plane load from Morocco because they were in the arrivals hall on Sunday

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Cheap ****.

I had a team sheet for you but now you can fuck off ;)

 

[BlueMonkey79]

He’s 100% not got what it takes to start regularly at fullback for us but it’s not his fault he keeps being asked to

Good player to have in the squad though as versatile and can plug gaps as a short term option

Always seems to work hard too

He's 100 per cent not an elite level footballer.

I get the love in for him. But take the blue tinted specs off. He aint even making the bench for the top 10 European sides.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

Ake was born limping in fairness.

This really made me laugh

 

[M Gaudino]

just dropping in to say i thought it probably was a red in this thread after getting pelters in the match thread

all the arguments we dismissed from Liverpool fans about Mane v Ederson (momentum, he went for the ball, intention, wasnt looking at him) can be applied here.

Lewis didnt need to have his foot bounce up and studs out like it did, he could have brought it away. he chose not to and it was reckless and dangerous.

 

[Barcon]

I had a team sheet for you but now you can fuck off ;)

Haha. You know I love you ; )

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

The price of success, a small price to pay. We are big time.

Yeah I didn't say it was a problem

I just found it a bit weird when comparing the match to a typical day at the ETIHAD
I went to the toilet at 60 minutes and couldn't believe how many people were still entering the ground or queuing for food

 

[johnny crossan]

My abiding memory of this match will be at the start when our Channel 5 studio host Kelly chastised the on pitch interviewer of Pep for being polite and thanking him. The game will be expunged lest it contaminate my hopes of a fantastic new team and season ahead - although if I never hear that City hating blister Conor McNamara again it would also be a blessing.

 

[I'm not really here]

The vast majority of Wydad fans were US based Moroccan folk, very few would have travelled from the home country.
And as much as some of our fan base are the “Let’s Go City” type, last night at the Philly supporters club event, there was about 10 or so of us old school blues sat in the corner. Only 2 had an official City shirt / merchandise on. Where as the let’s go City types were decked out in official club gear. They may be mocked but they are pouring millions into the club where as I certainly am not doing so…….

I'm decked out in official city gear from dhgate [emoji6]

 

[RayCTID]

Plenty of postives especially with the set pieces. The bullshit Rico Lewis' sending off and some of the questionable refereeing decisons took a little gloss.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Yeah I didn't say it was a problem

I just found it a bit weird when comparing the match to a typical day at the ETIHAD
I went to the toilet at 60 minutes and couldn't believe how many people were still entering the ground or queuing for food

People queuing up for food were probably saying “I couldn’t believe how many folk were going to the toilet during the game…”. ;)

 

[deegee33]

Rodri and Reijnders what a combo that's going to be. Had a fabulous time today if any of the lads I was talking to today are on here, great speaking with and spending time with you. C'mon City.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

He's 100 per cent not an elite level footballer.

I get the love in for him. But take the blue tinted specs off. He aint even making the bench for the top 10 European sides.

He doesn’t need to be elite to make a contribution within a squad of 25. Plus he is home grown which matters from a squad perspective, and an academy graduate which helps showing other talented youngsters that there’s a pathway to the first team.