Roll call for 9 minute protest

franksinatra said:
Exactly and it’s those attitudes which stop change happening.

I wrote on here previously, when it was a little less palatable, that our owners never built this club for us, the fans, but fortunately our desires aligned and so as fans we have benefitted. I will always be grateful for this but the Super League, Ticket situation etc has shown the interests of the fans is way down the pecking order. Our owners were literally going to remove us from the English league with no more consultation/explanation than a statement pasted and copied from United’s website.

If we want our voices to be heard, protect the next generation of fans we are going to have to work/fight for it, and over the long term.

I doubt the clubs long term policy will change, it will just be a continual creep, increasing prices, further sales to agencies, less available tickets etc and as fans we’re going to have to defend our corner.
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It's definitely been a catch 22 situation hasn't it? Without our owners investment we would never have witnessed the last few magnificent years that's for sure. Also just as certain is without our fans stubborn unshakeable loyalty against all the odds and shit thrown our way in the dark years there wouldn't have been a viable club for them to buy.
Hopefully they see sense.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
A number definitely wanted it to fail. Some are even claiming that it did fail.
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You're right.

When starting a campaign it's important to understand you're not going to get what you want straight away, it would be nice, but it's completely unrealistic, that never happens off the bat.

The first thing we needed to do was to change the conversation and we've done that. 24 hours on the conversation has definitely changed, there can be no doubt about that.

Let's see what the club does next, my guess is there'll be a little flurry of activity masquerading as progress in the hope it all goes away or fans get bored. What the fans do next, if anything at all, will determine if this has legs, but given that organising a fan protest is akin to herding cats, last night was a really impressive start.
 
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paulchapo said:
It's definitely been a catch 22 situation hasn't it? Without our owners investment we would never have witnessed the last few magnificent years that's for sure. Also just as certain is without our fans stubborn unshakeable loyalty against all the odds and shit thrown our way in the dark years there wouldn't have been a viable club for them to buy.
Hopefully they see sense.
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Yes and it’s a real shame, and it could have been very different, but they have been blinded by greed and there targeting those at the bottom. The revenues of the club, and the minimal amount ticket sales produce, the club could still have been successful without adversely impacting those who have waited and deserve to see the recent success.

I doubt the last season ticket price rise covered the 2 million we were fined for delaying kick offs or a month of Haaland’s new contract. Yes the club chose to hit those which it would disproportionately effect.
 
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I'd like to know the percentage of club earnings that tickets make up.

Also I'd like to know if the high prices of tickets have anything to do with the over-priced stuff they sell at the ground, food, shirts, experiences etc. I mean they want the right people at the game dont they? Bit cynical.
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
I'd like to know the percentage of club earnings that tickets make up.

Also I'd like to know if the high prices of tickets have anything to do with the over-priced stuff they sell at the ground, food, shirts, experiences etc. I mean they want the right people at the game dont they? Bit cynical.
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Match day I come in the last group accounts was £75m out of £719m, so about 10%, but that will include food and drink, probably exec boxes too
 
franksinatra said:
Exactly and it’s those attitudes which stop change happening.

I wrote on here previously, when it was a little less palatable, that our owners never built this club for us, the fans, but fortunately our desires aligned and so as fans we have benefitted. I will always be grateful for this but the Super League, Ticket situation etc has shown the interests of the fans is way down the pecking order. Our owners were literally going to remove us from the English league with no more consultation/explanation than a statement pasted and copied from United’s website.

If we want our voices to be heard, protect the next generation of fans we are going to have to work/fight for it, and over the long term.

I doubt the clubs long term policy will change, it will just be a continual creep, increasing prices, further sales to agencies, less available tickets etc and as fans we’re going to have to defend our corner.
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The Super League was to replace the Champions League..(the clubs wanted the guarantee of qualification..so the best way is remove the need to) ....there was never any proposal to stop playing in their own countries league.

City felt they had to join and become and founding member as all the main clubs had joined it. It was purely a move to protect the future of the club.
 
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As a supporter who went in for the start of the game, I was really impressed by the numbers that did. The atmosphere for those 9 minutes was terrible, even after the early goal, nobody sang, it was very strange, but it also helped the protest because it allowed the club to see what the future without the hardcore would be like. It was brilliant too see everyone coming in on 9 minutes I'm not sure how many actually attended last night's game, but I would suggest at least a third of it protested.
 
bridgeblue said:
As a supporter who went in for the start of the game, I was really impressed by the numbers that did. The atmosphere for those 9 minutes was terrible, even after the early goal, nobody sang, it was very strange, but it also helped the protest because it allowed the club to see what the future without the hardcore would be like. It was brilliant too see everyone coming in on 9 minutes I'm not sure how many actually attended last night's game, but I would suggest at least a third of it protested.
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I was on the concourse for the protest, but I actually thought Leicester had scored it was that subdued.

It reminded of the community shield atmosphere a bit. Just nothing, no emotion or noise. It’s just not the same club when the core fans aren’t there.
 
Bucko said:
The Super League was to replace the Champions League..(the clubs wanted the guarantee of qualification..so the best way is remove the need to) ....there was never any proposal to stop playing in their own countries league.

City felt they had to join and become and founding member as all the main clubs had joined it. It was purely a move to protect the future of the club.
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No offence mate but that is just a story used to excuse the clubs behaviour.
 
Manchester33 said:
You're either lying or stupid if you think the protest did nothing...

Worldwide media attention around a game that wasn't even televised in the UK.

You called it wrong. It's ok to be wrong sometimes. It happens to all of us. No point making this a hill to die on. Just accept you got it wrong and the protest went brilliantly. Anything else just makes you look bitter.
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You and the other that liked this were probably the only ones protesting. But keep patting each others backs, you did good
 
jrb said:
To be egotistical is to have an inflated view of your self-importance — basically to think you're better than everyone else. You might express this egotism by constantly reminding Blue Moon forum members that you have a magnificent mind.
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I'm glad that's definitely not me then, I'm dumb as fuck
 
M18CTID said:
Yeah, course you did mate. You observed all that did you? Why the fuck weren’t you watching the match instead?

As for the protest doing nothing, how did you work that one out?
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Mate, I'm a season ticket holder for MANY decades. I've seen it all, years of utter shite, I'm just happy for everything our beautiful owners have given us since then, pains me to see people panning them.
 
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Moss Side's Finest said:
Mate, I'm a season ticket holder for MANY decades. I've seen it all, years of utter shite, I'm just happy for everything our beautiful owners have given us since then, pains me to see people panning them.
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It’s not the owners, it’s the suits that work for them. It doesn’t have to be like this.
 
M18CTID said:
No I’m not actually. I just find it amusing that someone watching at home is shitting their pants about opposition fans taking the piss.

That said, although I don’t play football fan Top Trumps I’m going to make an exception for you. After your laughable trolling of @Manchester33 yesterday, I’ll have you know that he’s more of a City fan than you’ll ever be, given that he has given up hundreds of hours of his own time to ensure we have a better atmosphere in the stadium, campaigned tirelessly on issues that matter to the fans, and has probably started more songs off at City games than you’ve had hot dinners. He’s also one of the nicest people you could ever meet, whereas you come across as a right ****!
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Lol. I'm a ****. Sure thing. I see you have a little flock of likers. Happy days for you. At the end of the day, I have a difference of opinion to you and your cronies. As usual on this forum, because someone disagrees with the 'core' that means we are the enemy, I'm happy to wear that hat. You sit there behind your keyboard assuming who I am, what I haven't done, I'm cool with that. I still stand by everything I've said. Our great owners have given, you, I, and everyone her more than we could ever have dreamed, yet here you are criticising.
 
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