squirtyflower
Well-Known Member
I’m not disagreeing with you, I just think there’s myriad ways of City manipulating the situation to suit themselves.Disagree. I think it is going more towards a ballot.
On points people have an idea where they stand so you know if we get X amount of tickets you know whether you have a chance regardless of demand. If you then miss out on one, then you're asking whats happened to my place in the queue and where are the tickets going?
If there's a ballot you either get one or you don't. There's no questions over how many tickets are being distributed to supporters, so they can give more to corporate clients and the highest bidders.
Someone posted a picture of a load of old people saying that's what Liverpool away would be like. In reality last year I was sat in front of entire row of Germans and I heard one of them ask a steward if they could move into the Liverpool end. I spoke with another and eventually asked how he had got a ticket and he said his company sponsor City.
Separately there were more selfie sticks in that crowd than I have ever seen at a game before.
That's the reality of what the away support will look like in 10 years.
For example it is a fact that some of the corporate clients have complained about the rowdiness, the swearing, the drunkenness and the smoke bombs at away grounds. A ballot or a tighter control on ticket sales certainly suits the suits.