Man City v Everton. 5th Oct @ 12.45.

[Woolly Blue]

City were much better than us and took the 3 points accordingly

Our attack was woeful and our defense nipped to the pub for most of the 1st half

We were well beaten and slinked away with our tales firmly betwixt our legs

Harsh that mate. Citeh played some beautiful stuff today which, particularly in the first half, was nigh on inch perfect. Aguero ( well, I think it was Aguero ) had two golden chances to score in the first half as well and fluffed both. It was just one of those days where you stand there, admire the opposition and wish you had their hundreds of millions to play with.

I agree we were well beaten though. Most teams in Europe would have been well beaten today though.

 

[edever]

A lot of that is just sung in pure Jest though mate. I think that stems from the whole Lescott saga where there was genuine animosity between both sets of fans which in turn revved up the rivalry on the field. All we ever cared about was beating Man United, but when we played you guys during that period you seemed to REALLY want to get one over on us, (and you usually did) Hence the whole "cup final" Bull Sh*t. It genuinely felt like it.

I've heard a few cringe worthy songs coming from the home and away ends since our takeover... The worse one from our fans was "we'll buy your club, and burn it down"... I always hated that one and in our credit it didn't last more than a matter of months before we binned it.

The one that really gets me every time though is "Where were you when you were sh*t!"... It is sung to our fans from every single set of opposition fans, without fail, every game since the takeover. I mean if there was ever a set of fans you can't really sing that to surely it's City fans?

Why would anyone get upset at chants sung at football matches. Its a bit of harmless banter. I enjoy a good one from the other fans even if it is ****ging us off. The only one that makes me cringe is that ****e YNWA

 

[Pabbers]

I do like them vids. In a way it does put a bit of perspective on the game.....its just a job.

 

[Deco]

It's one of those where he got the ball cleanly enough but he was never in control of the challenge, could easily have been a red on another day.

To be fair mate, it's the absolute dream for any club to have that sort of backing. City gets a lot of undeserved hate and I'm neutral towards them, it's just that a lot of your fans do act like you've been at the top forever.

 

[Pabbers]

A lot of that is just sung in pure Jest though mate. I think that stems from the whole Lescott saga where there was genuine animosity between both sets of fans which in turn revved up the rivalry on the field. All we ever cared about was beating Man United, but when we played you guys during that period you seemed to REALLY want to get one over on us, (and you usually did) Hence the whole "cup final" Bull Sh*t. It genuinely felt like it.

I've heard a few cringe worthy songs coming from the home and away ends since our takeover... The worse one from our fans was "we'll buy your club, and burn it down"... I always hated that one and in our credit it didn't last more than a matter of months before we binned it.

The one that really gets me every time though is "Where were you when you were sh*t!"... It is sung to our fans from every single set of opposition fans, without fail, every game since the takeover. I mean if there was ever a set of fans you can't really sing that to surely it's City fans?

City fans were decent when you went semi-pro for a few years, no idea what happened, I don't care how many fans you had in Division 6 mate, it was the lower league's ffs, no real 'big club' touches that level, and I think you know it.

Its very backward logic to claim to be some sort of 'big club' while playing against plumbers and brickies every other week.

Good now like, granted. But you should be, you have a billion in the bank.

If you really think that beating you is our "cup final" then you have not been in many Cup Finals !!

It's simple to me. You used to be crap, and a decent sized club, then you got a load of money, and now you are a big...nope...RICH club.

Doesn't matter about being big anymore, its all about being rich.

 

[Blueblooded]

Was at work earlier, just seen 'highlights' on MOTD. Feck me, if that ref isn't brought up before some sort of panel to explain his performance then WTF chance does any away side have when he's in charge? Those penalty decisions were an effing disgrace! And NINE cards? Totally lost control and lost the plot. Who knows what would have happened if he had been competent enough to do what he was paid for? Maybe we would have gone in at half time level or even ahead?

Still, got to give credit where it's due, MC probably deserved the win on the balance of play and have the better squad (although their value = approx 10x our squad's value, so no **** Sherlock)! Bad day at the office all round and some of our lads need to learn how to play 90 minutes rather than 60/30/20/none.

Positives: For a poor relation in this rich man's league we are still BOSS! We're a proper club who try to do things the proper way while playing proper football and our man Bob is a proper boss!

Bonus for me today: learning that Judi Dench and John Hurt are Evertonians. Proper class actors!

Edited for grammar and also to say: roll on (and roll over) Hull KFC, you are due one hell of a beating! (No offence like, still consider The Housemartins to be one of the best bands of their time)...

 

[billycopper]

Could we have done much about their goals? We gave Yaya too much time and Coleman was guilty of watching the ball rather than knowing where his man was for the first. Distin perhaps should have anticipated Silva's pass and got closer to Aguero. I'm not quite sure why Seamus had ended up in the left back position for the penalty, but he let the attacker get behind him again.

I think the midfield needed to do better. Silva played a long pass right through the middle to Aguero for the first. He had the freedom of our half for the second and Yaya could turn and pick his pass to Zabaleta unchallenged for the third.

Maybe once Barry returns and Gibson regains fitness we'll have more protection for the back four?

 

[Steve Wigan]

He considered Everton. Indeed he considered both the Liverpool clubs along with Newcastle and Spurs...

Not many outside MCFC know this, but just days before Sheikh Mansour bought the club we where hanging on a by a thread, we were days away from going into administration. Our previous owner, Thaksin Shinawatra had all his assets frozen and he put every player on our books up for sale. Legend goes we couldn't even afford to pay for the paint to mark out the pitch.

Not only did Sheikh Mansour buy the club, but he wiped all our debts clean and put forward plans to build an amazing youth academy. He also the club is based around the local community. He quite literally saved our club.



I'm not even gonna try and guess what that means. City are the same club we have always been. The only thing that has changed is others opinions of us, but i guess when you go from yoyo club to competing at the top via a mega rich owner, that's bound to happen.

I've been following City for 30 years. I see the same faces that i've always seen at the matches around me.

I can confirm everything you say....I said as much on a previous now virtually dead Everton forum. I was told by someone who knew....and additionally Mansoor was always going to buy City, he did NOT look at any other club. Shiniwatra was a close personal friend/colleague of the Sheik and one reason, a big reason , for buying City was to get his friend Shiniwatra out of a very big mess.For at least two months during Shiniwatras 'reign' another City director paid the players wages out of his own money...Shiniwatra promised a lot but not much of it actually happened. City were very lucky, and long time City fans I know are currently enjoyng the ride...because nothing lasts forever.

 

[GoatJR]

 

[GoatJR]

 

[rascal]

Ask a City fan for their opinion of Georgi Kinkladze and most will wonder who the feck he is.

 

[MickM86]

Why are you posting the league table knowing that scum are sitting at the top? Who does that?

 

[nsno-chris]

A lot of that is just sung in pure Jest though mate. I think that stems from the whole Lescott saga where there was genuine animosity between both sets of fans which in turn revved up the rivalry on the field. All we ever cared about was beating Man United, but when we played you guys during that period you seemed to REALLY want to get one over on us, (and you usually did) Hence the whole "cup final" Bull Sh*t. It genuinely felt like it.

I've heard a few cringe worthy songs coming from the home and away ends since our takeover... The worse one from our fans was "we'll buy your club, and burn it down"... I always hated that one and in our credit it didn't last more than a matter of months before we binned it.

The one that really gets me every time though is "Where were you when you were sh*t!"... It is sung to our fans from every single set of opposition fans, without fail, every game since the takeover. I mean if there was ever a set of fans you can't really sing that to surely it's City fans?

We want to beat every club, City are no different. Pissed me with your fans thinking it was our cup final, the only reason you lot used to say it was simple: You spent over £400m and a team that was made up of odds'n'ends used to take points off you with ease. This pissed the city fans off and you all got the assumption that we put more effort into playing you than any other club, never the case. Mancini was just a **** manager who couldn't tactically play against us.

Secondly, I used to love the city fans. Have a proper laugh with them, all of a sudden you have turned into a bunch of massive beauts, thinking you're the biggest team in the world coz you threw ridiculous money at over egotistical mercenaries; and Mancini was one bad knob.

I seen what Man City became a couple of years ago when we beat you beat you 2-1 around Christmas. We got stuck in traffic and ended up getting to that Asda to park up (this was about 30 seconds before kick off), we parked the car by the unloading bay and start bombing towards the ground; we must have passed about 200/300 city fans just strolling to the game, not a care in the world that the game had already kicked off. Its just a total lack of love for the club. And thats the problem, while the majority of City fans who followed you up and down the leagues will still go, you will slowly start attracting these pyar meffs who will drag your name down as bitter, deranged mings. But the club will love these people, they'll be the ones who spend the money on merchandise etc etc.

 

[GoatJR]

Why are you posting the league table knowing that scum are sitting at the top? Who does that?

BECAUSE

 

[Sideliner]

i lost count of the number of long balls played to Naismith yesterday - but i cannot recall him winning one -
he jumps as high as he can and misses the ball by at least a head -
Martinez should have spotted this and corrected it