Topic: General Manchester City thread

[Henry Gale]

He is still a very good manager. He will go back to being likable again as soon as he leaves Manchester City.

I never liked him before he went there. Thinking about it outside of Liverpool football club I don't think I like anyone in football.

But I am a miserable old git so there is that.

[slaphead]

an amazing picture

someone actually went to the trouble of printing that shite on paper

are they a form of subtitle?

It's a cracker isn't it, its a tough one whether to think that baldy git is disgusted at their treatment by that big bad Uefa, or because he has to hold 2 of them things and people can see the word boob

[redk84]

Now Danny Rose has come out and mentioned how shocked he was at Liverpool fans disliking Sterling

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50404849

check this for a headline 

Joke

[FlashGordon]

This is insanity. Are we the first crowd to boo an ex player?

[Ghost Town]

How many times do you need see it again, every time you see it again?

https://twitter.com/jordang2310/status/1193977925676290054

Mate, I laughed so much at this yesterday that I actually felt pain. I think I'd need a battery of tests and my doctor's permission before viewing this again

Funny that if you come across any on Twitter they nearly all say something like “ST holder since 1980” or “City fan since the bad days” like they’re either desperate to prove they haven’t jumped on the bandwagon or they’re just trying a bit too hard. Feels like there’s more people claiming to be ST holders than there are people going to watch them.

To be fair, they used to get pretty big gates even when they were in the third tier. It was one of the few things they could 'boast' about while the red mancs were ruling the roost.

Right. That's enough of being fair...

an amazing picture

someone actually went to the trouble of printing that shite on paper

are they a form of subtitle?

They probably still had them from when they were Chelsea fans under Rafa...

[Mighty Zeus]

LFC's fault then

Yeah, it's... not our fault he did those fucking interviews. Explaining how he was 'flattered' by Arsenal's interest a matter of days before we played them in one of the most important games of the season?

The club was right to discipline to him for that.

There are some specific, memorable reasons why he gets booed. Are they fair? Was he right to go? Probably not, probably. But if anyone's seriously asking why he gets it more than others, do you not understand anything about football at all?

[please, I have my reasons for it but...]

Now Danny Rose has come out and mentioned how shocked he was at Liverpool fans disliking Sterling

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50404849

check this for a headline 

Joke

Does Danny Rose remember what his fans did to Sol Campbell?

[killer-heels]

Now Danny Rose has come out and mentioned how shocked he was at Liverpool fans disliking Sterling

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50404849

check this for a headline 

Joke

Danny Rose is a moron who is hated by everyone.

[iamnant]

Now Danny Rose has come out and mentioned how shocked he was at Liverpool fans disliking Sterling

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50404849

check this for a headline 

Joke

Stating that Rose - a player who clearly doesn't give a shit about his club - got on with Ox and Walcott as an example of how club rivalries can be put aside, is just idiotic "journalism".

Had a proper giggle reading that article. Did Raheem's agent write it himself did he?

[FiSh77]

This is insanity. Are we the first crowd to boo an ex player?

I'm waiting for Southampton fans to jump on the bandwagon and start putting the boot in

[campioni]

The reaction to this has been bizarre. They spent 25 minutes talking about this on Sky's 'The Debate' programme last night. Not one word of condemnation for Sterling attacking a teammate 24 hours after the two of them pushed each other during a match.

Steve Sidwell said "I can't condone what he did but I love his passion". Lescott went on to say we don't know what really happened and speculated that "maybe there were punches thrown by both parties" despite Southgate categorically saying Gomez did not react to what Sterling did. They then talked about how worried they were that this would affect Sterling, no mention of Gomez. It was more like watching a panel discussion on MCFC TV.

[Ghost Town]

The PR work has already started with his agent. Sources letting the Telegraph know that the Liverpool fans behaviour is the source of his meltdown. The media just lapping it all up.

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Why years of vilification after Anfield exit may be at root of Raheem Sterling meltdown
It was a huge game for Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday, a chance to halve Liverpool’s six-point lead over the visitors and put down a marker while slowing their rivals’ formidable march.

It was no less so for Raheem Sterling and, as the fallout from his bust-up with Joe Gomez is hungrily dissected, that loss of control for which the City forward has subsequently apologised appears to have its roots in a lot more than just frustration at a particularly damaging defeat.

Hmm...''as the fallout from his bust-up with Joe Gomez is hungrily dissected...'' says the writer disapprovingly, before....hungrily dissecting the bust up with Joe Gomez...

Sterling quickly became typecast as a bad-boy mercenary who had moved primarily for a £180,000-a-week salary worth double what was on offer at Anfield, even if his now bulging trophy cabinet dictates otherwise,

At the time when he moved he didn't have that bulging trophy cabinet and no guarantee that it would come; there was no Pep there at the time. Hence it does not 'dictate otherwise'.

Remember the one about him buying a sausage roll from Greggs and having the temerity to eat it in a “£500,000 limited edition Bentley”? Or that one about him shopping in Poundworld, as if that was some sort of mortal sin for such a wealthy individual? And so the list goes on.

He would later joke that he had one of those faces “people don’t like” but the watershed moment came after he was abused during City’s 2-0 defeat at Chelsea in December last year and responded in an Instagram post by accusing some sections of the media of helping to “fuel racism” through their portrayal of young black footballers.

What have these things got to do with Liverpool?

This, of course, is not to excuse Sterling’s behaviour towards Gomez but it might help to offer some context to why the City forward reacted so disproportionately the day after his shove from the Liverpool defender in the closing minutes of Sunday’s 3-1 defeat. One source on Tuesday suggested the Liverpool game had become “totally acidic” for Sterling and perhaps his second clash with Gomez, at St George’s Park after reporting for England duty, was an unacceptable unloading of years of pent-up frustration whenever he visits Anfield.

Sterling had actually been quite calm in the dressing room after the game and had appeared to patch things up with Gomez but something snapped in him on Monday. It is worth noting that Sterling has never suggested he is a saint, even if the narrative has swung so wildly now that people seem wary of even legitimate, constructive criticism. He just asked for some fairness and balance.

''This, of course, is not to excuse Sterling’s behaviour towards Gomez''  says the writer...before going on to try and excuse Sterling's behaviour towards Gomez.

What is going on here?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/11/13/years-vilification-anfield-exit-may-root-raheem-sterling-meltdown/

Ahh that explains it

[JC the Messiah]

Now Danny Rose has come out and mentioned how shocked he was at Liverpool fans disliking Sterling

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50404849

check this for a headline 

Joke

IF it was the Liverpool fans' fault - well they deserve plaudits. They managed to upset a professional footballer, a key player for the richest football club in the world, so much that it not only put him off his game it's put him off behaving like a professional - both during the match and for days after.

How good is that!!? 

Next time we play them, they have licence to do exactly the same.  We hear about the "12th man" and how the crowd at Anfield, particularly the Kop, can influence a game. Well, I've never heard anyone say the influence was at this level.  I not only expect players like Sterling to be targeted in the future, I think it's the Liverpool fans' duty to do so.  As long as there's nothing vile in the attention they dish out, nothing racist, bigoted, abusively personal, etc., then it's all good.  Boo him, jeer him, laugh at him. If it helps us win it'd be madness not to, it'd be a dereliction of duty in fact!

Well played the Anfield crowd.

[Ghost Town]

I read a few pages every now and again and am nauseated every time. It's just endless moaning.

To others that read it more often... Are there with a bit of humour there? RAWK threads on Everton, United, City etc. are more of a laugh than anything. Over there it's just fucking negativity all round.

They're watching one of the best teams in English football history and they can't even enjoy it.

It's the most toxic football forum I've ever visited. There's very little humour or frivolity and very few dues given to the opposition. There are some nuggets of common sense, some posters trying to talk about their own flaws, but mostly it's just anger and paranoia. It's what always happens when posters egg each other on to even stupider levels, but they take it to a new extreme.

It happens here as well; this very thread is an example of it; what should be a joyous piss-take thread (like the Manc and Bitters threads) has too much anger and indignation and po-facedness in it. But nothing like as bad as Blue Moon.

If there's one thing we can do that would really put them in their place (and hilariously rile them up) it would be to stop being so indignant about them here and start full-on taking the piss again. This should be a full-on piss-take thread, what RAWK does so well.

[Medellin]

Well wel well..

Up & down the country everyone is upset & shocked at $terling receiving a hostile reception at Anfield, poor Rah€€m.
If people thought he got a rough ride last Sunday just wait til he returns for his next game.

By the way..
Fella in work got boo'd today, he smashed his assailant in the face with a housebrick, apparently it's ok to do that if you get boo'd.

[Kashinoda]

Didn't even boo him that much compared to a few years back.

[Dim Glas]

https://twitter.com/martynziegler/status/1194616489938227201?s=20

1 match ban for Bernado Silva

[Medellin]

https://twitter.com/martynziegler/status/1194616489938227201?s=20

1 match ban for Bernado Silva

Wow! 

[SerbianScouser]

The timing...hmmmmm

[FiSh77]

Fuck me, time to get the tin foil out again

We twatted them, who gives a fuck

[Ghost Town]

https://twitter.com/martynziegler/status/1194616489938227201?s=20

1 match ban for Bernado Silva

Clear anti-City conspiracy in action

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

I presume a longer ban is coming for the video...

[Ghost Town]

I presume a longer ban is coming for the video...

Are you saying this decision is going to VAR?

[Dim Glas]

Fuck me, time to get the tin foil out again

We twatted them, who gives a fuck

well yeah, the timing thing is actually just funny being as Liverpool won comfortably!

It's the actualy punishment that is hilarious, 1 game and a paltry fine. Such a poor message for the FA to send out, especially at a time where racism is sadly a massive issue.

[royhendo]

We move on. (Not much point expecting consistency and if we're honest it's good the kid's getting education on the subject.)

[Nick110581]

Thought it was going to be a minimum 6 match ban?

[Ghost Town]

Thought it was going to be a minimum 6 match ban?

Maybe because it wasn't on the field of play or even while representing the team?

[ScouserAtHeart]

I can't wait to see how this is our fault as well

[Nick110581]

Maybe because it wasn't on the field of play or even while representing the team?

Aren't you always representing your team whatever capacity it is in?

[Kekule]

It’s great that the FA are so consistent with their punishments, it avoids people making the accusation that they just make things up as they go along.

[Ravishing Rick Dude]

One game ban it's a joke.

[Medellin]

 

Proper meltdown on BM 

Amongst the beauties there..

"can see people throwing in the season tickets if this agenda continues against us"

Fucking hell they started doing that years ago. 

[redgriffin73]

Just read the BBC Sport facebook comments, pretty much everyone on there saying it's a disgrace he was punished at all, PC gone mad, snowflakes, etc etc. Bizarre.

[lfcrule6times]

They're losing the plot. Everyone's out to get them apparently.
One even mentioned a protest against the 'corrupt' FA after the Chelsea game. Oh and the media have an agenda against them. It's all very embarrassing

[Son of Spion]

Funny that if you come across any on Twitter they nearly all say something like “ST holder since 1980” or “City fan since the bad days” like they’re either desperate to prove they haven’t jumped on the bandwagon or they’re just trying a bit too hard. Feels like there’s more people claiming to be ST holders than there are people going to watch them.

The sad thing is, many of their genuine old school have long since been priced out so no longer go.

Both of my female cousins married Mancs, one United and one City. Talking to their brother recently he said the City fella was priced out ages ago. He was brilliant too, and used to get us Reds tickets against them at Maine Road. We saw us tonk them there a number of times thank to him supplying us tickets in the City stand.

From what I hear, he has little time or interest in Abu Dhabi FC now City are dead.

[Kekule]

Anyway, it was like they had 10 men against us for 80 odd minutes with him playing the other day, he was so anonymous I forgot he was even playing until he got their consolation.  They’d probably benefit from him sitting out a 5 further games if that performance is anything to go by.

[ScouserAtHeart]

If anything, the favouritism is in their favor. They waited till the Liverpool game was over to ban him

[Mighty Zeus]

If there's one thing we can do that would really put them in their place (and hilariously rile them up) it would be to stop being so indignant about them here and start full-on taking the piss again. This should be a full-on piss-take thread, what RAWK does so well.

This is true. And I speak as one of the worst offenders.

The fact is, we're just jealous because our owners wouldn't have the testicular fortitude to actually torture someone.

[CraigDS]

I presume a longer ban is coming for the video...

The video that never seems to get a mention 

[I've been a good boy]

Our game at their place is going to be mad, this rivalry seems to be taking an ugly turn and there is a lot more hatred than there was even a year ago.