City Matters thread

Jesus H Gabz said:
I’d say you’ve got a decent gig there blue, being the family rep, City don’t always get it right, but I have to say some of the engagement with families is brilliant, especially the fan zone, What a way to bring the next generation of blues through. But what I did find whilst waiting in the queue on Saturday, was many of the families didn’t have match tickets, which I found quite sad. We have a family stand, surely the club can offer any unsold tickets in this section to families who attend the fan zone at a decent rate, I’d like it to go further than that, but that seems a fair starting point. Also a facility to donate tickets for families, many tickets go unused or unsold, if tickets are not sold on the exchange, then it wouldn’t be difficult for the club to offer a donate function
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I'm just on my way to work, I'll reply to this and the other comments properly once I'm there.
 
M18CTID said:
This thread has been a great read with some quality comments and I can see it ending up in the Classics one day!

However, just being serious for a moment and playing a bit of Devils Advocate, it could be that she follows more than one team. While that’s an alien concept to many of us diehard fans, there are people like that out there.

Also, and this is the most important thing - has she been fulfilling her role properly? Does she turn up for all the meetings and put the requisite effort in? It could be that she does a better job than reps who are hardcore fans of the club.

And with regards to her appointment, I’d have thought that the Canal Street Blues would have had some involvement in that as surely when it comes to appointing a LGBTQ+ rep, CSB would have some say in that. Basically, she must’ve had some City fans who could vouch for her because I doubt that she’s just rocked up completely out of the blue (pardon the pun!). I’ll add that CSB appear to do a great job in the main but that tweet smacks of a bit of a witch hunt.
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Have a look at Twitter, wearing chelsea shirt, chelsea flags all over the place. She ISN’T a City fan
 
BringBackSwales said:
Have a look at Twitter, wearing chelsea shirt, chelsea flags all over the place. She ISN’T a City fan
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Fair enough mate but that raises other questions - who vouched for her in the first place? Was it CSB? Because it it was, then they weren't doing a very good job. Also, and I'll say it again - has she been fulfilling her role properly and looking out for City fans regardless of who she supports? Oh, and I can see that CSB are getting absolute pelters in the replies from both City and Chelsea fans for going about this so publically.
 
M18CTID said:
Fair enough mate but that raises other questions - who vouched for her in the first place? Was it CSB? Because it it was, then they weren't doing a very good job. Also, and I'll say it again - has she been fulfilling her role properly and looking out for City fans regardless of who she supports? Oh, and I can see that CSB are getting absolute pelters in the replies from both City and Chelsea fans for going about this so publically.
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whoever else she supports she shouldn’t be on a City fans committee, it really is that simple. And we wonder why we write grovelling letters to liverpool when we have a rep like that (ie a chelsea fan who used to be a Barnsley fan). It’s actually pathetic and when I think of my 63 years as a City fan I am disgusted by it
 
M18CTID said:
Fair enough mate but that raises other questions - who vouched for her in the first place? Was it CSB? Because it it was, then they weren't doing a very good job. Also, and I'll say it again - has she been fulfilling her role properly and looking out for City fans regardless of who she supports? Oh, and I can see that CSB are getting absolute pelters in the replies from both City and Chelsea fans for going about this so publically.
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One thing I'll say is that Fran played a full part in City Matters.
 
M18CTID said:
Fair enough mate but that raises other questions - who vouched for her in the first place? Was it CSB? Because it it was, then they weren't doing a very good job. Also, and I'll say it again - has she been fulfilling her role properly and looking out for City fans regardless of who she supports? Oh, and I can see that CSB are getting absolute pelters in the replies from both City and Chelsea fans for going about this so publically.
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It might not have been CSB endorsing her because a big deal was made of having Supporters Club Members on City Matters (apart from Kevin) during earlier elections. I remember the Squirty couldn’t get 30 grouping being very vocal at the time lol.
 
BringBackSwales said:
Could you ask wtf the club are doing about the banning of parking within walking distance of the ground especially given (a) the huge amount of money City have invested in the area and (b) the new concert arena, which I believe we are a significant shareholder if. And if the Chelsea fan is there please tell her to fuck right off from me and my family
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As I understand it that's being enforced by the council. City have obviously made representations but it's a council decision. I promise you we are working with the club to find solution. Mark Todd the disabled fans rep has done absolutely loads of work on this, completely unprompted and pretty much independently. If anyone wants a good example of how City Matter can be effective Mark is it.
 
dannybcity said:
As I understand it that's being enforced by the council. City have obviously made representations but it's a council decision. I promise you we are working with the club to find solution. Mark Todd the disabled fans rep has done absolutely loads of work on this, completely unprompted and pretty much independently. If anyone wants a good example of how City Matter can be effective Mark is it.
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Rather than just accepting the councils decision maybe ask the club why they are not pushing hard and threatening to stop pumping in millions into the same local area that don’t want us parking there? Extending the stadium at the same time as doing something that will restrict people going to games seems illogical. Appreciate your response Danny.
 
Eccles Blue said:
May I make a suggestion? Why don't you tell the club that if they don't publish the minutes, which if I remember correctly they promised would be published 2 weeks after the meetings, you (CM Reps) will publish your own minutes?

That might make them sit up and listen?
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We have done this, several times actually. We started taking minutes ourselves then the club acted. We will be doing it again. I appreciate this might seem like a weak response but we pretty limited in terms of what we can actually do. What I will do is try and get on here more often to give updates. As I'm sure you can appreciate its a voluntary role but its actually quite a lot of meetings to squeeze in, but I will make an effort until the minutes thing is sorted out.
 
Manncity said:
A good way to get the right people involved in the group, would be to get recommendations from OSC branches, then hopefully the right people get put forward.
supporters clubs have a lot more to offer and have influence to a degree, 1894 group do a fantastic job, we all need to row in the same direction, cos we all do really care about our club and it’s future.
we do really need engagement for the expanded North stand though, only one chance to get it right.
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On the face of it that seems a good suggestion however if the entire CM Board was in a supporters club how would you get feedback from the many fans that aren't in a supporters club branch?
 
BringBackSwales said:
whoever else she supports she shouldn’t be on a City fans committee, it really is that simple. And we wonder why we write grovelling letters to liverpool when we have a rep like that (ie a chelsea fan who used to be a Barnsley fan). It’s actually pathetic and when I think of my 63 years as a City fan I am disgusted by it
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Well according to one poster, she follows City's men's team and Chelsea's women's team. I can't verify that as her tweets are now protected but I think it's a bit much to say you're disgusted when none of us on here even know the full story. It reminds me of that time when Garry Cook inducted Uwe Rosler into the City hall of fame at a bash with loads of fans present but he mistakenly announced that Uwe was being inducted into the Manchester United hall of fame. The subsequent meltdown on here was off the scale with people practically calling for Cook to be hung, drawn, and quartered. Personally, I thought it was fucking hilarious seeing people lose their shit so much!
 
Tim of the Oak said:
It might not have been CSB endorsing her because a big deal was made of having Supporters Club Members on City Matters (apart from Kevin) during earlier elections. I remember the Squirty couldn’t get 30 grouping being very vocal at the time lol.
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Squirtyflower was a very angry man about all sorts of things. He thought CM was Kevin Parker's secret cabal for forcing through the OSC's agenda as part of his leading role in the New World Order.

For me, being an OSC member (and particularly people like you, blueyorkie and all the others who have spent years running a branch) is evidence of a demonstrable committment to the club.
 
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