Shoody Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePreece Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I dont mind city now, the whole"they have taken out two best players" thing has whorn off. Stil think some of the fans have a chip on their shoulder, but then again, some villa fans do too Im actually looking forward to seeing who they will buy in the summer, Champions League will attracy a whole new level of player. Dont be supprised if they bid £100m for Messi or something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 can anyone see Milner leaving them this summer because I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/may/12/manchester-city-bluffers-guide That whole thing was clearly a joke by the website. I guess humour is banned from official sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted May 16, 2011 Moderator Share Posted May 16, 2011 Mr_Dogg if you actually read the article posted above its fairly clear that it wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Mr_Dogg if you actually read the article posted above its fairly clear that it wasn't. Who would have thought a bluffer's guide would cause such a reaction on twitter? Clearly not I and I'm the man who asked for it to be written. I have an admission to make. I've been working on the websites at MCFC for a few months and I can't help myself, I now care about the Club. I didn't think I'd cave in, but working with the @mcfcgeeks team has been great and some of their passion has rubbed off on me. I don't know much of the history, and I want to know more. More importantly, I thought there would be other people out there who might want to know more too so I asked one of our excellent journalist team - a man who has been a City fan since birth and is a diehard Blue - to write me a guide. And so the bluffer's guide was made. The tone was intentionally light-hearted, a bit tongue-in-cheek, open and welcoming. It was relying on the Mancunian sense-of-humour …but clearly some people didn't take it that way. "Cringeworthy" seems to be the main complaint on twitter and I apologise to the hardcore fans for the misunderstanding. I'd have thought it pretty obvious, but this wasn't an article meant for you and it wasn't meant to be patronising. We've been getting more people coming to our website - showing an interest in the Club's community and atmosphere as well as players and the performance on pitch - and these are the people we were trying to help. Brits like me or people from overseas who weren't brought up on football or who don't know the full story. Twitter can be a really powerful medium - but it can also make it really easy for people to jump on a bandwagon. There's nothing easier than clicking RT and it doesn't always convey a depth of thought. However, it's clear from the reaction that there are some loyal supporters who feel very passionately and we try hard on the site, on twitter and facebook to listen to the fans. Of course, as a club that's gaining wider international exposure we will get interest from people who haven't been fans before. We will need to find a way to welcome them into the City way of life - and maybe the reaction to this story suggests we need to have a conversation with the lifelong fans about the best way to do that. I suppose the word 'Bluffer's' might be the problem. We could have called it 'a briefing' perhaps, but I think most people would agree that it's short-hand for giving a quick explanation of the topic. It was hardly a genuine attempt to help people pretend to be fans - more an explainer to help those who might wonder what on earth the Poznan was if they see it on global coverage of the FA Cup. What amazes me about some of the online comments is how quickly reaction can change. Yesterday, about an hour before the bluffer's guide went live, we put up Tunnel Cam. Exclusive footage from inside the tunnel at the match against Spurs. Reaction online was great and it's not the only example of our efforts to be more open and accessible to our community of fans. I don't know of any other football club, or even sports club for that matter, who give the level of frank, honest, straight-talking behind-the-scenes content that we do. What's more, that interaction with the community is a reflection of the work the Club does in and around Manchester - more players have spent more time with supporters' clubs and visiting hospitals or kids clubs over the last couple of years than ever before. In real life, I've found the fans and the Club's atmosphere to be open hearted, welcoming and willing to indoctrinate me into a great culture and the rituals of City life. It seems, in the online world, we face the challenge of how to share the culture in a way that welcomes people who want to get to know the Club better. link Light hearted and tongue in cheek is the tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Mr_Dogg is correct it was meant as a 'joke'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpabloangel18 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Surely ''it was a joke - where's your sense of humour'' is pretty much the default response to any ill-judged PR gaffe like this? In fact if anything I think Ayers's response only serves to embarrass City further. Very easy to now say its a joke, after the many thousands of angry complaints - but I think the real joke is that they published it on their OS, 'jokingly' or not. Most genuine football fans seem to recognise how embarrasing it is - if anything like that ever went up on the Villa site because we got 4th place, I would be ashamed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpabloangel18 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 And that 'relying on the Mancunian sense of humour' line is more cringeworthy than the original article, **** sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoody Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Putting a webcam in the tunnel is a great idea until Ballotelli punches a child mascot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 City fans on twitter apparently moaning that Swansea fans stole the Poznan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 City fans on twitter apparently moaning that Swansea fans stole the Poznan Tell me that's a joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 16, 2011 Moderator Share Posted May 16, 2011 City fans on twitter apparently moaning that Swansea fans stole the Poznan I keep saying they genuinely think it is theirs. I keep being told that they don't. Ho hum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted May 16, 2011 Moderator Share Posted May 16, 2011 City fans on twitter apparently moaning that Swansea fans stole the Poznan I keep saying they genuinely think it is theirs. I keep being told that they don't. Ho hum. A bit like their stadium then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 City fans on twitter apparently moaning that Swansea fans stole the Poznan I keep saying they genuinely think it is theirs. I keep being told that they don't. Ho hum. I don't believe they think it's theirs, more that some of the teams now are stealing it off Man City which I'm not sure how true that is (whether they've done it for years) in a way if I posted a joke I saw on VT, it'd be copying it off VT.....not copying the person who created the joke. (if that makes sense) so by 'they think it is theirs' ....it depends on what you mean. Everyone knows it's not them who created it. Although some fans do believe they should have some sort of exclusive rights to this celebration which is obviously stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I don't believe they think it's theirs, more that some of the teams now are stealing it off Man City which I'm not sure how true that is (whether they've done it for years) they only started when they played Lech Poznan in October or November . Plus 90% of teams in Poland do the dance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 what i do know is celtic put them to shame with it at the weekend, looked like they got the whole stadium did it... and like someone else said its not that new, european teams do it all the time, rangers do their bouncy thing (which im sure ive seen teams copy) hamburg in the top corner were just going nuts all game, and no doubt if we could have worked out what the vienna fans were doing we'd have copied that too, but they just moved in all directions then stopped then sped up then waved their arms about then started jumping... then we chanted what the **** hell is that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpabloangel18 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Teams should just start doing it against them when their team scores. It'll soon die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 The poznan is quite possibly the gayest thing in football right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Teams should just start doing it against them when their team scores. It'll soon die.That's a good idea. I honestly think next time we score against them we should do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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