Exactly. Just a billionaire's play thing.Are they? Success built on massive external investment, can’t fill out on a champions league night and fake noise pumped into the stadium.
I've done a complete 180° with Man City, used to be my "other" team as a youngster for family reasons. No time for them at all these days and Guardiola is a banger (used to really like him as well).
A bit like Chelsea, Liverpool and Man United then.Exactly. Just a billionaire's play thing.
They’re as big as any other big club in England, but they’ll never be as global as Man United or Liverpool.City are a mediocre club in England.
No bigger than a Villa or Everton.
The hypocrisy from these teams is hilarious.A bit like Chelsea, Liverpool and Man United then.
Got a soft spot for city as they are a proper football club with great fans.
Don’t see how it is turning.Whilst Liverpool took almost 30yrs to win to the league,they were winning the CL,something that City can only dream of.it's the number of trophies Liverpool have won. However things are slowly changing.
They were playing in a half full stadium with crowd noise being pumped in before COVID.Got a soft spot for city as they are a proper football club with great fans.
They hate UEFA mate so there has always been some resistance to buying CL tickets. They’re really good fans - 40000 in the old third division and kept going while their city rivals won everything.Are they? Success built on massive external investment, can’t fill out on a champions league night and fake noise pumped into the stadium.
If things carry on as they are, then they will eventually. Just like United in the 90’s, hordes of glory hunting foreigners will adopt City as their team.They’re as big as any other big club in England, but they’ll never be as global as Man United or Liverpool.
The crowd noises were for stadium tours.They were playing in a half full stadium with crowd noise being pumped in before COVID.
Won’t happen overnight, but it will eventually.Don’t see how it is turning.Whilst Liverpool took almost 30yrs to win to the league,they were winning the CL,something that City can only dream of.
Don't agree with this point. City are favourites for the Champions League and will be in and around the favourites to win it for the next 20 years. It's not really out with the realms of probability that they will get it right.Don’t see how it is turning.Whilst Liverpool took almost 30yrs to win to the league,they were winning the CL,something that City can only dream of.
A bit like Chelsea, Liverpool and Man United then.
This 100% this.I’d say it really isn’t, there’s totally different reasons for the dislike of our club from many.
It will still be a 'meh' moment in football history.Don't agree with this point. City are favourites for the Champions League and will be in and around the favourites to win it for the next 20 years. It's not really out with the realms of probability that they will get it right.
We (Rangers) can only dream of winning it, City are geared up to, and expect, to win it.
Was at the first match they had in tier 3, Blackpool on a Friday night - mate was a City fan and we had to buy off a tout for the away end, was more like 33,000 capacity than 40k. Awful side that period but had some good days out at Maine Road, lads off their heads in the concourses etc dancing on tables at the Peter Barnes Bar etc.. so different to now.They hate UEFA mate so there has always been some resistance to buying CL tickets. They’re really good fans - 40000 in the old third division and kept going while their city rivals won everything.
I have to say I completely sympathise with the writer. We know how the press work up here and and all the techniques to bolster one and denigrate another are very familiar.
Half of their seats are for tourists.They were playing in a half full stadium with crowd noise being pumped in before COVID.
Spent something mental like £1.5 billion in the past 10 years, they should be expected to win the champions league.Don't agree with this point. City are favourites for the Champions League and will be in and around the favourites to win it for the next 20 years. It's not really out with the realms of probability that they will get it right.
We (Rangers) can only dream of winning it, City are geared up to, and expect, to win it.
It took Man United 25 years to buy a league title.Spent something mental like £1.5 billion in the past 10 years, they should be expected to win the champions league.
They have bought their way to the top
If a forign billonaire bought Rangers we would be celebrating like we won the lottery. Say what you want about City, but they have a loyal fan base who followed through the shit times in Division 3, yes there are a lot of new fans, but the core is still the same. Manu utd fan base isnt even from Manchester. This year I think we will go one and win the European cup and quite possibly the 3 domestic trophies as well, but still wont get the respect deserved.Don't agree with this point. City are favourites for the Champions League and will be in and around the favourites to win it for the next 20 years. It's not really out with the realms of probability that they will get it right.
We (Rangers) can only dream of winning it, City are geared up to, and expect, to win it.
Every EPL winning club have spent big to be successful, City are no different to Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, Blackburn or Arsenal in that respect. Certainly City have got untold riches but every club would welcome their wealthSpent something mental like £1.5 billion in the past 10 years, they should be expected to win the champions league.
They have bought their way to the top
Who tried to kill them?The jealous nature towards City is very similar to how we are treated also
I’m sure these guys were pig sick when Sir Flimflam was attempting to bankroll us to the top of Europe in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. No doubt raging every time they picked up a paper to see that we were spending another 5 or 6 million on top talent.If a forign billonaire bought Rangers we would be celebrating like we won the lottery. Say what you want about City, but they have a loyal fan base who followed through the shit times in Division 3, yes there are a lot of new fans, but the core is still the same. Manu utd fan base isnt even from Manchester. This year I think we will go one and win the European cup and quite possibly the 3 domestic trophies as well, but still wont get the respect deserved.
Every EPL winning club have spent big to be successful, City are no different to Liverpool, Chelsea, Man Utd, Blackburn or Arsenal in that respect. Certainly City have got untold riches but every club would welcome their wealth
The way we played in the 80's nobody tried to kill them, but we did attempt suicideWho tried to kill them?
do you have any reason to not like Guardiola?Used to root for City regularly but like Chelsea before them they got some money, some success and they started believing they're more than what they are. Also can't stand Guardiola.
you are thinking about UTD mateHalf of their seats are for tourists.
Got a soft spot for city as they are a proper football club with great fans.
Simply because they know that the bias they claim to exist against them is not only untrue, its the very opposite of what is true - the English press fall over themselves to talk about PG and his team.
I think people who sneer at their success, me included, do so not because they have loads of money or buy loads of top players but its the degree to which they do it which makes the success almost pointless. In Pro Sports, teams who outspend their rivals massively will tend to win more/most things because theyll have the best players by some distance. In the case of Man City they have spent money in a way that no team ever has or will. In fact theyve spent so much money and acquired such a depth of squad they dont really need to even bother about Football problems like injuries, suspensions, even loss of form because there is always 2 or 3 players in any position waiting to come in and cover. That kind of advantage is unprecedented and some might say unfair.
For all they have and may yet win my take is given their colossal advantage they should achieve such things and really its not that impressive given their status. Man City should be winning the EPL by mile and the CL and probably the domestic cups, year in year out.
As for PG himself hes obvs a quality coach but succeeding at Barcelona, Bayern Munich (somewhat) and Modern Manchester City isnt really that amazing. Hes also rather defensive about himself which I find a little precious given all the praise hes had and advantages enjoyed, plus hes very politically active while on Football duties, using the platform to push his ideas which I find very distasteful indeed.
Anyone but Man City. Please.
Where did I state that anyone tried to kill them? Try reading what I stated, there's a lot of jealousy down here in England towards City because of their wealth and success, very similar to Rangers during the Souness, Smith and Advocaat years.Who tried to kill them?
It's stuff such as this that makes Man City look small-time.
Joe Hart is a 'legend' and Yaya Toure went in huff over not getting a birthday cake.
"Toure later played down the incident but admitted that the ignorance of not sending him a celebratory birthday cake left him 'damaged' with a lasting effect on his daily life."
I work with a couple of guys based in the NW who have gone every week for 30 odd years. This notion of fair weather fans is completely overdone.Was at the first match they had in tier 3, Blackpool on a Friday night - mate was a City fan and we had to buy off a tout for the away end, was more like 33,000 capacity than 40k. Awful side that period but had some good days out at Maine Road, lads off their heads in the concourses etc dancing on tables at the Peter Barnes Bar etc.. so different to now.
It happens everywhere in the EPL to be honest:Half of their seats are for tourists.