Statement from fan groups ahead of new season

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

It’s a fake lol

I've just read up to speed and seen the claw hands. There are some sad twisted fuck all in their sorry little lives cunts out there Tim.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I've just read up to speed and seen the claw hands. There are some sad twisted fuck all in their sorry little lives cunts out there Tim.

I fell for it too mate. That said, I’ve been sent another image and some of them were smiling when the goal went in.

I know it’s all about money to the Club but it seems very shortsighted not helping to build our long term support.

Also, I raised the shambles about ticket entry / NFC at the OSC AGM yesterday as I think most attendees were unaware of the scale of the fook up.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

I fell for it too mate. That said, I’ve been sent another image and some of them were smiling when the goal went in.

I know it’s all about money to the Club but it seems very shortsighted not helping to build our long term support.

Also, I raised the shambles about ticket entry / NFC at the OSC AGM yesterday as I think most attendees were unaware of the scale of the fook up.

It needs sorting pal thats for sure.

 

[Beaker]

I’m ore worried about the visible empty seats. ;-)

I would stop worrying about it if I were you. While the club is in bed with so many resale sites and extending corporate sections beyond demand, I'm afraid the empty seats will remain.

 

[Corky]

The pic was used in Time India credit Associated Press.

 

[shnaghaicityfish]

I fell for it too mate. That said, I’ve been sent another image and some of them were smiling when the goal went in.

I know it’s all about money to the Club but it seems very shortsighted not helping to build our long term support.

Also, I raised the shambles about ticket entry / NFC at the OSC AGM yesterday as I think most attendees were unaware of the scale of the fook up.

How can the Official SUPPORTERS Club be unaware of a supporter cock up so monumental it made the BBC Sport headlines?

 

[Tim of the Oak]

How can the Official SUPPORTERS Club be unaware of a supporter cock up so monumental it made the BBC Sport headlines?

Well I was aware of it and so were the other people in the meeting who were affected on the day. Everyone’s aware less than 24 hours after the game .

I think it was the scale of the problem that everyone wasn’t aware of.

 

[Rodri’s ACL]

It’s a fake lol

How so?

 

[Tim of the Oak]

How so?

It’s in dispute. An observant poster noticed the hands were wrong on the people holding
the phones. For example, the fingers of the subjects were unnaturally long. This might mean the photo was AI generated. If that’s the case it probably only tinkered with a bit as there are similar photos that look real. It might be legit.

It doesn’t change the key issues that we should be developing our homegrown fanbase more.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

How can the Official SUPPORTERS Club be unaware of a supporter cock up so monumental it made the BBC Sport headlines?

It wasn’t a supporter cock up. How could you get the central detail so wrong and how did you manage to get a like??

 

[Bucko]

It’s in dispute. An observant poster noticed the hands were wrong on the people holding
the phones. For example, the fingers of the subjects were unnaturally long. This might mean the photo was AI generated. If that’s the case it probably only tinkered with a bit as there are similar photos that look real. It might be legit.

It doesn’t change the key issues that we should be developing our homegrown fanbase more.

It's not a fake.
This is block 039, im in 040.
Around 50 half and half scarfers/ international premier league fans seated together. Most of them stood up to take pics after Spurs scored.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

It's not a fake.
This is block 039, im in 040.
Around 50 half and half scarfers/ international premier league fans seated together. Most of them stood up to take pics after Spurs scored.

Thanks for the helpful info much. It’s not such a big deal mate whether it’s fake or real. There is no crime against being Asian and watching City, even though we might not like the modern culture of mobile phone, picture / video taking etc. There was a good young British Asian lad from Norwich sat near me on Saturday who was gutted we were getting beat. He was in his City shirt and was clearly a passionate Blue. I gave him my programme.

The discussion about real vs fake was the smirking from the subjects in the picture when Spurs scored. It’s very irritating. In some images it looks real and in others it looks exaggerated.

The bigger issue is City being shortsighted in chasing the money from fans from Asian countries and not encouraging the growth of more homegrown fans, regardless of race. Obviously, we know a level of this comes with success.

It can work well when it’s more organic. There were 70 Blues from the Norwegian Supporters Club at the match on Saturday, I was told. Their supporters club branch is one of the oldest. They have donated well over 20k to City in the Community, the ex players association and Maine Road FC in the last year.

 

[shnaghaicityfish]

It wasn’t a supporter cock up. How could you get the central detail so wrong and how did you manage to get a like??

The people impacted were supporters (or trying to be, if they could have got in the stadium). I would have thought the supporters club would have noticed such a high profile failure by the club and had it high on their agenda? Has the OSC commented at all, or asked the club for assurances that it won’t happen again, or will be better managed?
I assume people “liked” my question because they too were surprised it wasn’t a hot topic for the OSC meeting.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

The people impacted were supporters (or trying to be, if they could have got in the stadium). I would have thought the supporters club would have noticed such a high profile failure by the club and had it high on their agenda? Has the OSC commented at all, or asked the club for assurances that it won’t happen again, or will be better managed?
I assume people “liked” my question because they too were surprised it wasn’t a hot topic for the OSC meeting.

You said it was the fault of supporters in your earlier message. Maybe your were confused but it was a really disappointing point to make. Our fans were really looking forward to the season re-starting and it was wholly unacceptable for Blues to be stuck outside, often for 25 or 30 minutes.

Maybe you lost the plot because you think anyone whose a supporters club member deserves stick. Anyway, it’s water off a ducks back because it’s something this forum is synonymous with. I am known on here for being willing to answer questions about my Suporters club etc but your earlier point was so offside that I won’t try in this case. I answered your first question regardless.

I will ask you a question. Did you ever speak out about the anti supporters club thread or is attempted bullying fine in your opinion.

In past years, I have posted a summary of the OSC AGM discussions on here. Where there are bits of info that will help posters I have direct messaged them this time around.

 

[shnaghaicityfish]

You said it was the fault of supporters in your earlier message. Maybe your were confused but it was a really disappointing point to make. Our fans were really looking forward to the season re-starting and it was wholly unacceptable for Blues to be stuck outside, often for 25 or 30 minutes.

Maybe you lost the plot because you think anyone whose a supporters club member deserves stick. Anyway, it’s water off a ducks back because it’s something this forum is synonymous with. I am known on here for being willing to answer questions about my Suporters club etc but your earlier point was so offside that I won’t try in this case. I answered your first question regardless.

I will ask you a question. Did you ever speak out about the anti supporters club thread or is attempted bullying fine in your opinion.

In past years, I have posted a summary of the OSC AGM discussions on here. Where there are bits of info that will help posters I have direct messaged them this time around.

You’ve completely misinterpreted my question, or perhaps I should have been more explicit. I’m well aware it wasn’t a cock up BY supporters, but it was a cock up FOR supporters. We are 100% aligned on that. So it seemed reasonable to ask why it was not higher on the OSC agenda, given the high profile reporting and the furore in the weeks leading up to the game about new SC conditions, new turnstile readers, face recognition, etc.
I have never bullied anyone and I wasn’t aware there was a special thread for that, so no, I have not commented there.
It’s very rare I “lose the plot”; this was not one of those occaisions!
Your feedback on the workings of the OSC are valued. What was the conclusion/action agreed after you raised the issue of Saturdays entry chaos?

 

[Tim of the Oak]

You’ve completely misinterpreted my question, or perhaps I should have been more explicit. I’m well aware it wasn’t a cock up BY supporters, but it was a cock up FOR supporters. We are 100% aligned on that. So it seemed reasonable to ask why it was not higher on the OSC agenda, given the high profile reporting and the furore in the weeks leading up to the game about new SC conditions, new turnstile readers, face recognition, etc.
I have never bullied anyone and I wasn’t aware there was a special thread for that, so no, I have not commented there.
It’s very rare I “lose the plot”; this was not one of those occaisions!
Your feedback on the workings of the OSC are valued. What was the conclusion/action agreed after you raised the issue of Saturdays entry chaos?

OK, on reflection I can see you meant to stick up for the fans who were let down at the turnstiles etc.

This is how I recall things went. Several other Branch heads raised issues linked to NFC, Android phones, wrong access gates, people not being registered for the ten game rule as they weren’t individually scanned in.

The Committee said the IT faults were beyond their understanding so Members were asked to contact Fan Support directly. The correct gate issue had been fixed but it was too late for match day. I also expect Kevin to raise the issues at his next meeting with City because that’s what usually happens and he wrote down the problems, but that wasn’t stated in the meeting.

FWIW, r kid has had to go out and get his phone changed to one better NFC enabled. It’s all a bit over the top.

 

[Centurions]

You’ve completely misinterpreted my question, or perhaps I should have been more explicit. I’m well aware it wasn’t a cock up BY supporters, but it was a cock up FOR supporters. We are 100% aligned on that. So it seemed reasonable to ask why it was not higher on the OSC agenda, given the high profile reporting and the furore in the weeks leading up to the game about new SC conditions, new turnstile readers, face recognition, etc.
I have never bullied anyone and I wasn’t aware there was a special thread for that, so no, I have not commented there.
It’s very rare I “lose the plot”; this was not one of those occaisions!
Your feedback on the workings of the OSC are valued. What was the conclusion/action agreed after you raised the issue of Saturdays entry chaos?

TBF, your post could be interpreted both ways, so that's on you really (I actually read it as you intended as it made no sense to me otherwise).

There's not a "special thread" for bullying Blues (although I presume that was a joke) but there was a disgraceful thread that was left on the forum for far too long before (apparently) being deleted.

 

[mexico1970]

Our fans were really looking forward to the season re-starting and it was wholly unacceptable for Blues to be stuck outside, often for 25 or 30 minutes.

It's disgusting really, the club should have held proper trials but it looks like they genuinely don't give a fuck.

After all everyone who is coming through the gate has already paid so why should the club be reasonable with them?

 

[Saddleworth2]

You know, I’m not sure it is. Another quick search of the internet of Saturday’s shambles shows a fair few of these type of ‘City supporters’ taking photos.

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we sit in 101 or 001 now I think. We used to be surrounded by season ticket holders and that was part of the enjoyment meeting folk and having a natter. The last few seasons they have gradually disappeared until there is only a few of us left. We are now surrounded by fans like that that are more interested in watching the game through their phones. No need to fake anything. Seriously.

 

[mexico1970]

You know, I’m not sure it is. Another quick search of the internet of Saturday’s shambles shows a fair few of these type of ‘City supporters’ taking photos.

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That is exactly how people hold their phones when they take pictures one handed, IMHO it's real and apart from that I see it at every match I go to.

It's a fucking embarrassment, not only that it's happening but people are making excuses for the sniggering tourists doing it.