Mase wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:mr_nool wrote:Am I the only one who think us city fans come across as twats for first ridiculing the scousers for planning to give our team bus a hostile reception and believing that that + the Anfield atmosphere would get to our players, and now whinging about what we just ridiculed them for?
NB. I'm not condoning their actions — far from it — but before the game most City fans were certain that it wouldn't make a difference...
We're not whinging about them creating atmosphere Noolie. We're criticising them for their criminal behaviour and criticising their club and their police force for their part in facilitating that.
Add to that would the atmosphere alone have caused the City players to shit their pants like they did - or did the bus smashing effect them most?
I don't think the atmosphere alone would and don't know if the bus issue should have.
I think Pep got a lot wrong and the team shat themselves when we let a stupid goal in.
However regarding the publicising, promotion and execution by club, police and fans alike of what everyone knew was going to take place, I think Liverpool
have overstepped the mark of what can be deemed acceptable in trying to gain an advantage and still remain sporting.
They've crossed the line of sportsmanship.
I think the apologies after the fact are hollow and self serving.
I hope we have a cauldron atmosphere on Tuesday but would never wish to see our club use Liverpool FC as a blueprint of how to conduct themselves, as fans team and team management.
Meet and Greet atmosphere means greeting your own team and giving them the confidence. Why would Liverpool condone the meeting of an opposing team bus to take abuse. To gain an advantage, that's the only reason. They got the benefits and are now back tracking.
It wouldn't and possibly couldn't happen at the Etihad and most of all shouldn't.
We have a modern stadium that protects away teams from this sort of shit.
If you want to drag football back to the 80's go brick a bus.
If you want to see a new era of City showing how football should be, get behind the boys this Saturday and lift them over the line.
Get behind them Tuesday and carry them over the line again and maybe just maybe we'll show the world the way to go.
Jaysus! I wish I was over there.