Noisy Neighbours - the Man City thread

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https://twitter.com/szteveo/status/727993145376571392

lol

[hhyftrftdr]

Pep factor helped them 'over perform' this season in Champions League but still strikes!  Over 90% likely to not win the champs league at start of the season pre Pep announcement.

Like saying the Pep factor stopped K2 off beating KK!

Doesn't fit Mr Bedi's tiresome agenda though.

[George2Loose]

Pello said it himself after the Real game

[hhyftrftdr]

From his FB page. I want his babies.

''I'll miss the Euros.

To me that's very sad news.

So I could be standing here, feeling sorry for myself. I could fear for my career, as others may do. I could give up.

That is not me.

I decide on my future .

There is a bigger picture to everything in life and only failing to see it, will cause me to fail.

I am a hard worker and a fighter and if you are too, then you know that, to people like us, success can come in many forms. We trust ourselves when the going gets tough.

I have the greatest respect for those who overcome their personal challenges in life with a positive attitude.

I want to live up to that.

So I remain calm and positive. I will continue to follow my path and I will do so with more conviction than ever.

I trust my friends and teammates to do well and do us proud at the next European Championships in France. I am now officially their most fervent supporter and I will be there to support them.

Written from my hospital bed,

Never giving up,

Vincent Kompany''

[Archer]

Well, the Real Madrid game was a huge let down. I was still actually reasonably confident and hopeful that at about 65-70 minutes we would change gear, kick on and go for it. Our inability to throw the kitchen sink at it during the last 10 minutes or so was scary and just didn't make sense. Horrible. The only game I recall that was similar was the defining City v United derby  close to the end of the season in 2012 when United needed to get a draw at the Etihad to effectively win the league and they couldn't create a thing all night.

A big game today. If we don't win the top 4 place is literally in United's hand. Perish the thought. Only consolation there for me is that next year's season tickets will be paid for because I couldn't resist laying City at a range of short prices at diferent stages in the 2nd half of the season. 

[hhyftrftdr]

Well, the Real Madrid game was a huge let down. I was still actually reasonably confident and hopeful that at about 65-70 minutes we would change gear, kick on and go for it. Our inability to throw the kitchen sink at it during the last 10 minutes or so was scary and just didn't make sense. Horrible. The only game I recall that was similar was the defining City v United derby  close to the end of the season in 2012 when United needed to get a draw at the Etihad to effectively win the league and they couldn't create a thing all night.

A big game today. If we don't win the top 4 place is literally in United's hand. Perish the thought. Only consolation there for me is that next year's season tickets will be paid for because I couldn't resist laying City at a range of short prices at diferent stages in the 2nd half of the season. 

+1 with all that.

Going a goal down didn't concern me too much as it didn't really change a great deal, we still had to score. You could see Madrid dropping deeper in the 2nd half, and I was sat there waiting for the onslaught....but it just didn't happen. No shame in losing a 2 legged semi vs Real Madrid by a single goal, but we certainly could've made a better impression on the games, particularly the 2nd half of the 2nd leg. Hopefully the experience will be of some use going forward. Though not much use if we end up 5th

I'm gonna cover all bases and say that the Europa League has the better away days.

[flushthemout]

Very Very disappointed that only a few thousand stayed behind, come on the Hammers, the Bolyn effect may help but still out of our hands. Just can't see where we will go with Pep next season.

[Archer]

Very Very disappointed that only a few thousand stayed behind, come on the Hammers, the Bolyn effect may help but still out of our hands. Just can't see where we will go with Pep next season.

My main disappointment was that we didn't win! I understand your point tho and,  whilst I anticipated loads would leave at the end, I was still surprised so many actually did. We stayed by the way

Do you go on Bluemoon? The anti-Pellegrini sentiment on there is toxic and loads saying they had no intention of wishing him well after the game. I think that is taking it too far even allowing for the ridiculously inconsistent performance in the league.  I hate saying this but there is a big section of the supporter base morphing into the worst breed of "entitled" fan. I hate it. The thing that got me most today tho was the booing of  Bony when he came on. I got involved in argument about that and it was  such a shame Bony  wasn't able to ram it down their throats if he had scored with the effort that hit the bar. There were further boos at the end of the game as well.

Very much touch and go about CL qualification now. We are still betting favourites to make it and priced at 1.73 on bfair compared to 2.28 for United. I was a bit surprised that we are as short as that. There again it is still a big ask for United to win again at West Ham.

Not sure I'm with you about Pep. I'm optiimistic about that.

[hhyftrftdr]

Stayed behind. Not a vintage season but MP deserved better IMO.

Looking forward to seeing where Pep can take us.

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https://m.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/4ifdka/34_of_the_man_city_home_fans_walk_out_the_stadium/

[flushthemout]

Yeah there till the end and more, don't post on Bluemoon,easy to get carried away on there. Think we will be praying on Pep to bring someone in a lot better than Bony, you might as well hit the corner flag then the Crossbar mate, points we needed and just not up to it full season, 1 Cup, Semi final CL ( Corner flag) we are better than that. Who will come to us for Thursday night footy? Sounds depressing but as my fellow blue says... some good away days. Zabba, Yaya, Korolov,Demichales, Sterling and Bony can go for me with Zabba we remember but we must progress or we will end up like the Rags. Ctid

[hhyftrftdr]

Yeah there till the end and more, don't post on Bluemoon,easy to get carried away on there. Think we will be praying on Pep to bring someone in a lot better than Bony, you might as well hit the corner flag then the Crossbar mate, points we needed and just not up to it full season, 1 Cup, Semi final CL ( Corner flag) we are better than that. Who will come to us for Thursday night footy? Sounds depressing but as my fellow blue says... some good away days. Zabba, Yaya, Korolov,Demichales, Sterling and Bony can go for me with Zabba we remember but we must progress or we will end up like the Rags. Ctid

Weird with Kolarov. When the players came out into the centre circle post match, he hung around the dugout area (close to where I sit), then when the lap of honour started he disappeared into the tunnel, to return to the field when the first team squad were heading back into the changing rooms. I think someone knows his days are more than numbered.

Be surprised if we see him, Bony, MDM, big Willy and Yaya there next season. Others who might be looking over their shoulders nervously are Navas, Fernando and Zaba. Pep is notorious for wanting to work with as small a squad as possible.

[TightEnd]

I'm not a fan of laps of honour for the sake of it, for example Bolton had one (and a player of the year do!) after the season they had

it did strike me as rather jarring yesterday to see it so empty for the departing speech of a decent man who after all won the title a year ago and a cup this and only on wednesday was in the champions league semis!

why are segments of the fan base anti-him? (as you say one of the forums is)

[hhyftrftdr]

I'm not a fan of laps of honour for the sake of it, for example Bolton had one (and a player of the year do!) after the season they had

it did strike me as rather jarring yesterday to see it so empty for the departing speech of a decent man who after all won the title a year ago and a cup this and only on wednesday was in the champions league semis!

why are segments of the fan base anti-him? (as you say one of the forums is)

That's a good question and I don't really know what the answer is. Can be a lot of venom directed towards him on Blue Moon, win lose or draw.

In my eyes he was brought in for 2 reasons; a stop gap for when we could get Pep, and because he was the opposite of Mancini. MP doesn't get involved in training ground bust ups, doesn't give the media anything to twist, is an assured and calming influence around the club. I think we have regressed slightly under him, but perhaps we were spoilt that he won us the league and league cup in his first season? Only to lose out to Rogers for manager of the year lol

Maybe because he's not batshit crazy like Mancini was has eventually worked against him in the eyes of some fans? I really don't know. I like him, we've had a solid couple of seasons under his tenure, and whatever club he goes to are getting a very good manager. I felt he deserved better yesterday, but equally fans can do as they please. I'd like to think he'd get a great reception if he ever returns to Eastlands.

[nirvana]

I'm not a fan of laps of honour for the sake of it, for example Bolton had one (and a player of the year do!) after the season they had

it did strike me as rather jarring yesterday to see it so empty for the departing speech of a decent man who after all won the title a year ago and a cup this and only on wednesday was in the champions league semis!

why are segments of the fan base anti-him? (as you say one of the forums is)

Think it's just about yr first sentence really - a virtual lap of honour for no reason, nothing massive to celebrate so why hang around hanging on the words of a manager that's been fired.

Also, he may be a decent man but he's pretty dull/hard to listen to with a low entertainment factor - to me, it's more a surprise that any club would put someone through such a pointless ordeal.