People like that are very sad football is supposed to be to your club or country
I went on the City stadium tour at the weekend
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Met someone in Spain who supports city because of Guardiola being there and he stated is a barca fan.
There is the City pre cash infusion and the post one. The average City fan of today doesn't have a clue of the previous eras and it doesn't really matter. If City were to slip back into mid table status or lower, they would simply jump to another team within a few years. This is a different interest into football solely tied to success only.
I am not bashing those fans as in some ways there is a general obsession surrounding the need for success. These fans, do not in large, pretend to be lifelong supporters either. A complete history of the club is not important. For us fans of history and who are nostalgic characters, it may be a bit shocking but not every one shares the same desire to immerse themselves, and instead choose to live in the present only. The approach may lack any romantic aura and real passion, but t's convenient and it is practical. People will put in what they need out if it.
I am not bashing those fans as in some ways there is a general obsession surrounding the need for success. These fans, do not in large, pretend to be lifelong supporters either. A complete history of the club is not important. For us fans of history and who are nostalgic characters, it may be a bit shocking but not every one shares the same desire to immerse themselves, and instead choose to live in the present only. The approach may lack any romantic aura and real passion, but t's convenient and it is practical. People will put in what they need out if it.
They don’t have any one else really.
Fully expected the opening line to be "And I took a giant shit in the middle of their dressing room".
Where's the @Big Andy we know and love.
Dreadful take, if anyone deserves a statue from the past 30 years it’s Eric.
I dont know why we still use statues nowadays for anything. Seems unnecessary and often comes off clumsy.
I’ve grown up a lot
feck me, you wouldn’t give the catalyst to our greatest ever period of success a statue because he’s done a few tv ads you don’t like?
I’d imagine in a fan poll the idea of an Eric statue would absolutely wipe the floor with a Scholesy one.
Exactly what I was thinking reading this thread. We should just clone them and have them present the tours.
I took one in 2011 and really enjoyed it. The tour guide and the stories were completely uninteresting since I already knew all of that, but to physically go inside the dressing room and roam around was worth the whole trip alone. Also sitting in Ferguson's seat in the dug out was huge
City are a small claub, we all know that. Their lack of history won't stop them from winning the next 3/4 titles. That's all I and other people should care about. Mocking them for this is of no consolation to me.
You didn't know the tourist guide was a Chelsea fan. He was just doing it to make ends meet.
They could have one of Craig Bellamy in the middle of a fountain pool where fans can throw coins at it
Even the "history" they plaster around their ground is pretty funny - pretty sure it skips from 1965 to 2009!
Good WUM
I took one in 2011 and really enjoyed it. The tour guide and the stories were completely uninteresting since I already knew all of that, but to physically go inside the dressing room and roam around was worth the whole trip alone. Also sitting in Ferguson's seat in the dug out was huge
Yep. I went in 2009 and it was fantastic.
This is exactly how I view them. They wear the colours of City and kept the name, but in every other sense they're Abu Dhabi who just found a way to get their own team into the English Premier League.
Just a nation state wearing the skin of the club it gutted as a mask. Just because the original club didn't suffer doesn't mean it's not dead.
My brother went on the Arsenal tour with his ex-girlfriend who was an Arsenal supporter. Unfortunately for him everything was super expensive and the tour guide tried to look at his willy in the toilets
Oh wow. Glad that ended well for you.
I took one in 2011 and really enjoyed it. The tour guide and the stories were completely uninteresting since I already knew all of that, but to physically go inside the dressing room and roam around was worth the whole trip alone. Also sitting in Ferguson's seat in the dug out was huge
You guys have me hyped. I can't wait to take one!
They don't have any others.
The museum is pretty good too! It was really cool to see all the trophies on display. I got lucky as well, got to take a picture posing with a whole bunch of trophies
The Premier League, Community Shield, Carling Cup, Super Cup, Intercontinental Cup and the Cup Winners Cup! Still annoyed they didn't throw in the Champions League and Club World Cup trophies too...It'll be coming! Select your favourite player from this list of digital avatars to walk you through the tour. Only another £30 each.
City not fully acknowledging their past is a gross insult to the players that won the league and cups before morphing into Abu Dhabi. Mind you they'd need a separate wing for all of the 2nd Division titles.
My son and I went on the OT tour ***cough cough*** years ago before I moved down here and it was very good. The guide was excellent. Banged into Sir Bobby while going back to the car afterwards and he gladly had his pic taken with my son while modestly saying we didn't really want a photo of an old player like him when some of the current ones would look better. A superb end to a great afternoon.
I agree completely with the MK Don's comparison. They've completely severed all ties to the past that it's like a completely different entity to the City sides that came before it. Very odd. I'd rather United were shit than end up like them.
The museum is pretty good too! It was really cool to see all the trophies on display. I got lucky as well, got to take a picture posing with a whole bunch of trophies
The museum was pretty fecking amazing.
Maybe outside of England, but I’d say that is true of non European fans of big English/Spanish clubs in general. In Manchester and surrounding areas they do have a hardcore fanbase of maybe 40-50,000.
There is no 'Manchester City' now - that team died when they were taken over and franchised by Abu Dhabi.
When you visit Porto its well worth doing the Stadium + Museum tour of Dragon Stadium