I get what you are saying and where you are coming from but some of this stuff you have to be, if not necessarily angry, then firm over.
Chants about Hillsborough are not on. Chants about a normal match going fan getting beaten almost to death in the street by a rival fan are not on. Even if you give them the benefit of the doubt that it's not about those situations (the players might not believe it is, but I'm certain 90% of the City fans mean it like that) them singing about opposition fans, normal people who go the game and help pay their wages through the Premier League model, getting battered in the streets are not on. The players chanting about injuring another player are not on. Hell, chanting Munich at Gary Neville who was just doing his job at the side of the pitch are not on.
Us as fans can't do much about the chants on the terraces and that Abu Dhabi version of Allez is only going to be sung louder by them next year and I dare say other cuntish fans will sing a version of it to us as well. In fact I'm certain of that part. I'm not blind to the fact we're not exactly innocent about terrace chants either with the obvious one being Munich and I still cringe over the "I want to know how you broke his leg" version of the Risse song after Alan Smith broke his leg blocking a shot.
But the players and officials of City need to know that as a club we won't stand for their part in this. Celebrating injuring another professional is not on and I'm kind of hoping that when England meet up for the Nations League games that Jordan pulls Sterling, Stones and the rest up over it as our club captain. Whether they were singing it or not, they could have tried to put a stop to it when they realised what the words were (Not just the Salah part, the fans part too obv). I'd like the club to put out their own statement at least saying they are aware of it and will ask City for clarification on the matter, which is basically corporate speak for having a quiet word about what a bunch of dicks you've been.
Then next year I want the players to use it as motivation to smash the plastic twats everywhere.
You make some really good points here. The situation is complicated.
Obviously chants about Hillsborough and/or Sean Cox are fucking revolting. Diabolical - no excuse for it in any possible universe. Goes without saying that we can all agree on that.
Unfortunately though, sections of our fanbase are just as bad. We still have sections of the match-day fanbase who sing about Munich to wind up Utd. Worse still, I've been around fans singing about being 'murderers in Heysel'. This is the darkest day in the club's history, and innocent lives were lost, yet some 'Liverpool fans' sing proudly about it. Unfortunately they weren't the type of lads I fancied telling to shut up, but I really wished I could and the whole experience was really fucking depressing.
So if we're going to sweep those sorts of Liverpool fans under the carpet, shouldn't we just do the same with twats at other clubs? I'm not talking about doing
them a favour, I'm talking about doing
ourselves a favour, because focusing on this kind of thing is just upsetting and depressing.
City's players and staff have made absolute tits of themselves, and they look really bad. For their sensible fans (and I've spoken to a couple), this is already something they'd rather not think about, something that takes a small but tangible bit of the shine off their team and their title. For the sorts of c*nts that came up with the chant in the first place, this is all brilliant. They'll justify it by citing sections of our fanbase's tendency to sing similar songs, and they'll be delighted that their actual players are getting involved with it. What they want is a reaction, and I don't think we should give it to them. I don't really see what would be achieved. City are a club lacking class in a big way from top to bottom, and anyone with any sense can see that already without us getting involved.
There are lots of shades of grey with regards to this stuff.
'And we'll take 'em two by two, and we'll kick fuck out of you, coz Liverpool are the team that we adore...'
I've sung that one, but I'm not actually into kicking fuck out of anyone over a game of football unless I'm actually playing central midfield and getting the ball first. Unfortunately for us, the lines in their 'ole ole ole' adaptation are subtle enough that it can't be proven to refer to the stuff we know it's intended to. So City can just deny it, and to the majority of fans ignorant of the context and connotations, we'll just appear to conform to that very victim stereotype that we are unfairly given in certain quarters.
For example, anyone who has a problem with Wolves fans for singing about Sterling and City needs to toughen up, frankly. When Ferguson, Rooney and co were on the pitch at Sunderland in 2012 with the reality dawning that 'Aguerooo' had just pinched the title, the way they realised was because the Sunderland fans all started cheering. I've re-watched those scenes a few times, they're brilliant. But why do Sunderland give a fuck if Utd lose? Because that's who they're playing that day. Fair enough. So Wolves have the same right to take the piss out of us. It's harmless banter. We shouldn't be getting up in arms about it. When we do, it conforms to the stereotype, and it's actually a bit hypocritical.
I'd say it's best to focus on this:
City fans invented that song because us knocking them out of Europe hurt them so much. They absolutely hated it, and we loved it.
They've got the same number of league titles as Sunderland and the same number of european cups as Everton.
Let them sing their songs, and let them behave in a way that lacks class. Ignore them. We're going to Madrid.
