Well if Arsenal is anything to go by they'll probably be clapping when the opposition score or taking pictures of the opposition players.RyantheBlue said:How do you identify a 'tourist' out of interest?
Well if Arsenal is anything to go by they'll probably be clapping when the opposition score or taking pictures of the opposition players.RyantheBlue said:How do you identify a 'tourist' out of interest?
Danny Hoekman said:I don't do all aways anymore due to family and financial restrictions, though did about 15 years without missing one when younger and not bled dry by kids. Still do a fair few though. Is there really that many that do every one nowadays? Thinking about it, I probably recognised a hundred or so on Saturday at most. That doesn't mean anything though. I don't know where I'm going with this.
I was sat next to a young Scandanavian lady on Saturday who was pretty clued up and very vocal.
By the way, hasn't the OP mentioned in the past that he didn't go at all for quite some time whilst selling carpets, therefore would have not been recognised by many on his return to the fold? ;-) I still don't know where I'm going with this tbh.
There are people who buy tickets knowing that they will not be going to the. Fact. They then sell them on, either on this forum or elsewhere. Fact. Are you one of these, no because i read your post last week about being under doctors orders, if people genually can`t go to a game after purchasing a ticket then they are not part of the problem. Hope your health improves, although not much chance of that while watching the Blues is there.Eccles Blue said:totallywired said:Well said, the high points people who know they won`t go to the game so sell `there` ticket on this forum or in the pub. By doing this they are stopping the next highest points earner from getting a ticket to protect there total, Then come over all superior when someone they don`t recognise is at a game. Stick your small minded shite up your arse.greenie_34 said:Before we start slapping ourselves on the back, lets look at the countless season ticket holders shifting on their tickets for yesterday. Yes the support was fantastic, and had more of a manc flavour, but there were plenty of people still selling their tickets.
There are some people who buy their tickets in good faith, they are prepared to go to the match and then circumstances beyond their control mean they can't make it. So they pass it on, one way or another, to another City supporter.
I had to do this on Saturday due to Doctor's orders, so I gave my ticket away. Does this make me the sort of person you are mentioning in your final sentence??? No it doesn't so please let's try not to be too judgemental eh?
There are people who can make it and people who can't, yes it makes a difference sometimes, I found that at Arsenal last week but let's face it, it happens at most football stadiums.
I go to support City and although there are a couple of my friends who say I should be banned from away matches for the rest of the season I shall be at Wolves and at Newcastle!!
~I'm Man City and I'll go where I want,
I'll go where I want,
I'll go where I want
I'm Man City and I'll go where I want!!~
They say I should be banned because the only 2 matches I have missed all season we have won 1-6!!!
ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH MANCHESTER CITY
THE BOYS IN BLUE WILL NEVER GIVE IN.
Exactly.Skashion said:We could have empty seats, or we could have tourists. I pick tourists.
The cookie monster said:Exactly.Skashion said:We could have empty seats, or we could have tourists. I pick tourists.
JohnMaddocksAxe said:People still linking totally unassosciated issues with this thread for some unknown reason.
It is not to do with ANY of the following:
- The ethnicity of any person involved. Given the ethnic make up of Manchester and the surrounding areas how the fuck can people automatically assume that reference to tourist is a byword for 'anyone not white'? Is everyone from Manchester white then?
It's a simple concept, yet people are bringing all sorts of associated bullshit into it here.
I've already said they shouldn't do it for the rags but games like Arsenal in the very recent past didn't used to sell out, and down to 3,500 (remembering this is after Supporters Club - and hence London blues, have most likely had their share) suggests it could drop down to zero with virtually none sold as all the hardcore that would travel to Arsenal actually have far more than that. If away games don't sell out on high points they usually go to open sale. Chelsea's only a problem because we've taken a small allocation there in the past few years - a result of not selling out I seem to recall. Now we probably could sell it out, with a little help from tourists. Liverpool didn't sell out only last April, just over a year ago. You'd have thought that would sell out even for an 8 PM weekday with how close it is. Our away support is not as big as you suppose it to be.JohnMaddocksAxe said:And just how do you come up with the idea that if it wasn't for 'tourists' there would be loads of untaken tickets for games like United, Arsenal and Chelsea away?
I reckon that is total bullshit.