I agree wholeheartedly with your point and have been vocal about it on this thread many times but calling them parasites is very harsh. End of the day they’ve made more of an effort to get there and undoubtedly paid more money for the same ticket as you or I had, they’re not the issue and we should be very careful not to turn on foreign supporters, the availability of tickets to them is the issue not them choosing to purchase those tickets.
but they havnt made the same effort though have they, not unless they have spent literally thousand upon thousand racking up loyalty points and traipsing all over the country and Europe following the team. Maybe parasite is unfair, but not as unfair as going to Old Trafford and seeing tourists with utd merchandise sitting in the away end while denying a true city fan their rightful and deserving place.
that’s the club’s fault and your ire should be directed towards them rather than someone who has seen the opportunity to go to a game.but they havnt made the same effort though have they, not unless they have spent literally thousand upon thousand racking up loyalty points and traipsing all over the country and Europe following the team. Maybe parasite is unfair, but not as unfair as going to Old Trafford and seeing tourists with utd merchandise sitting in the away end while denying a true city fan their rightful and deserving place.
More effort for that specific game is what I meant. Again, I’m fully in support of your point of them not having access to tickets, that’s the real issue here, but given that they do, you can’t blame them for paying hundreds of pounds for a £30 ticket and travelling over from the other side of the world to see us. I’ve seen foreign fans get some absolutely terrible abuse from our core support at all the big venues and big games and it’s conpletely out of order when they themselves have done nothing wrong.
i dont disagree with any of what you have said, it just saddens me that genuine supporters are being totally forgotten.
Seems we’re still being accused of it even though there are no points!'Totally forgotten' would be bad enough but accused of being 'points whores' is just insulting.
Seems we’re still being accused of it even though there are no points!
And yet those discussing with Sam Lee are responsible for the introduction of industrial points whoringWe're just 'whores' now.
Interesting, I think that is the figure I guessed at a few pages back on here. I would still be surprised if they announce the figure officially.Sam Lee’s article today says 30 fans