Roll call for 9 minute protest

Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
How do you cope at half time or the beginning of the match? When thousands of people are on the concourse, with most leaving for kick off.

What you’re saying is never going to happen and a bit OTT. I’d be shocked if - 1 -everyone took part in the protest and 2 - city fans decide to rush the doors lol

If the concourse can’t cope with it, then there’s something seriously wrong with our safety and the etihad isn’t fit for purpose
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People at those times usually have a few common purposes. You say it yourself, 'most leaving for kick off'...there aren't usually large groups hanging round trying to make a point. What is being proposed disrupts how the crowd dynamics of a space, not designed for this kind of protest, work. Is everyone just going to stand quietly eating pies and supping pints, politely moving to one side if someone wants to get to their seats?
It seems very ill advised and increases the risk of disruption and conflict with people just wanting to enjoy a game...
 
Son of Merv said:
People at those times usually have a few common purposes. You say it yourself, 'most leaving for kick off'...there aren't usually large groups hanging round trying to make a point. What is being proposed disrupts how the crowd dynamics of a space, not designed for this kind of protest, work. Is everyone just going to stand quietly eating pies and supping pints, politely moving to one side if someone wants to get to their seats?
It seems very ill advised and increases the risk of disruption and conflict with people just wanting to enjoy a game...
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Well yea. Unless you think we’re all going to stop people getting to their seats. Why would that happen?

I don’t see how it stops anyone wanting to watch or enjoy the game. Your going overboard
 
stonerblue said:
Obviously not that easy.
I've never been in a supporters club. I get my tickets for face value from other st holders that can't attend.
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Just how fucking stoned are you?

You’re exactly the type of fan that the club is desperate to prevent from attending.
 
Damocles said:
So what you're saying is that you're not going to join a protest that will benefit you because you think it might not work?
So?
What are you losing out on here? This is Pascal's wager in the simplest form. There is not only no benefit to you in refusing to participate but your refusal actively hurts the cause.
And what if you're wrong? What if actually it would have made a difference but you just didnt bother?
It's 9 minutes. Nobody is asking you to donate your house here, they (and when I say they I mean every single Manchester City fan group from the 1894 to the Foodbank to the Disabled Association) are asking you to be leisurely when going to your seat.

And how is this "badly organised"

Here it is on the back page of the country's most circulated paid newspaper before it has even happened

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Here it is as a story on the country's largest sports channel



Recently @Tim of the Oak said that in his opinion, the club won't ever address the ticketing issues because despite the groups and associations raising them as a concern, ultimately they know that a lot of fans don't give a shit and won't bother to protest.

I think he's wrong but your excuses aren't exactly filling me with hope.
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You’ve got that wrong end of the stick Damo. I will be part of the protest. Please check your notes and correct your mistake. No offence taken.

I’m a member of 1894 (not very active) and an occasional contributor to flag displays. I would join the protest even if I don’t agree with with it, but I do so that’s not really an issue.
 
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Eccles Blue said:
As I’ve been a member since 2009 I don’t think approximately 25 posts per week is bad or excessive.
Also, at present, as I’m not able to live the outdoor active life I once did I find this forum, amongst others, a distraction from the pain. :-) :-)

I’ve dealt with bullies all my life @Damocles but I was under the impression that I was posting on an open forum where my opinion is just as valid. :-)
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Keep to your values Sheila. I don’t know what’s happened, with the game on etc. Hopefully, it’s just a misunderstanding. Well informed posters will know that the last time there was a bullying campaign on here (several years ago), the ringleader was laughed out of the Etihad.
 
Damocles said:
So basically even though others are already been priced out, you dont give a shit about them enough to give up 9 minutes of your time, and not only that but actively hurt the legitimacy of their protest because it doesn't effect you yet.
People like you are why the world has turned to shit. The "I'm alright Jack" mob.
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What about the club and the team go stand on the concourse as you like
I will be supporting us to get three points
People like you ? You don’t know me or what I stand for
How about fuck off I will do what I like - lemming !
 
With or without the protest the atmosphere will be crap. We dont want the tourists but dont have enough none tourist fans of a positive mindset to get the 50k+ capacity stadium rocking. We are not and never will be the rags or livarpool and im just greatful to the lads that performed today and will support them as i did City at Bury years ago.
 
My seat in 116 will be empty for the entirety of the game, thanks to my club ban, despite the case not being heard in Court until mid-June. As will the seats of dozens of other Blues in the same situation, plenty of whom post on this forum. Guaranteed SC grabs if found guilty, no matter the circumstances, for the club to sell these seats to the highest bidder.

This isn't just about Third-party sellers, it's about the systematic targeting of "legacy" fans and the seats we've sat in for decades.

It's my firm belief, that within 5 years, season cards will be consigned to history. This forum will be a seething mass of discontent, anger and calls to arms. By then, fellow Blues, it will be too late. The City ship will have sailed. Laden with international tourists, influencers and streamers. Willing to pay top-dollar for a weekend of MMA & Taylor Swift at Co-Op Live, European basketball and Premier League soccer at the Citehdome, with fine-dining at Manchesters finest eateries. All this, from the comfort of your suite at the largest hotel in Manchester, just 50 yards from the action.

You? Me? Shut out, staring in. Dispossessed. Robbed of the Club we once loved. Sold down the fucking Ship Canal. A grandstand view of the prefab Disney cladding going upstream to Stretford.

Sadly, this thread is a reflection of what our once-proud country has become. I'm alright Jack mentality, pass the buck rubber-neckers sneering at any attempt at changjng the narrative. Hand-wringing at how it might look on TV. Pissing our pants because some dick on twatter might take the piss. A passive and divided acceptance that the elite will prosper at the expense of the powerless.

9 minutes is the clarion call. NINE fucking minutes out of your life to send a message. Don't let this fail Blues. Do something about it. Now.

"Welcome to Manchester".

After all, this IS Manchester, and you don't fuck with Mancunians. Do you?
 
Dodge said:
My seat in 116 will be empty for the entirety of the game, thanks to my club ban, despite the case not being heard in Court until mid-June. As will the seats of dozens of other Blues in the same situation, plenty of whom post on this forum. Guaranteed SC grabs if found guilty, no matter the circumstances, for the club to sell these seats to the highest bidder.

This isn't just about Third-party sellers, it's about the systematic targeting of "legacy" fans and the seats we've sat in for decades.

It's my firm belief, that within 5 years, season cards will be consigned to history. This forum will be a seething mass of discontent, anger and calls to arms. By then, fellow Blues, it will be too late. The City ship will have sailed. Laden with international tourists, influencers and streamers. Willing to pay top-dollar for a weekend of MMA & Taylor Swift at Co-Op Live, European basketball and Premier League soccer at the Citehdome, with fine-dining at Manchesters finest eateries. All this, from the comfort of your suite at the largest hotel in Manchester, just 50 yards from the action.

You? Me? Shut out, staring in. Dispossessed. Robbed of the Club we once loved. Sold down the fucking Ship Canal. A grandstand view of the prefab Disney cladding going upstream to Stretford.

Sadly, this thread is a reflection of what our once-proud country has become. I'm alright Jack mentality, pass the buck rubber-neckers sneering at any attempt at changjng the narrative. Hand-wringing at how it might look on TV. Pissing our pants because some dick on twatter might take the piss. A passive and divided acceptance that the elite will prosper at the expense of the powerless.

9 minutes is the clarion call. NINE fucking minutes out of your life to send a message. Don't let this fail Blues. Do something about it. Now.

"Welcome to Manchester".

After all, this IS Manchester, and you don't fuck with Mancunians. Do you?
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I know I should but I don't.
You are banned, going to court ?

I gave given a ticket to people this season, not banned ( yet)).

What are you accused of ?
 
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