You're wrong, it's evidence many of our supporters con't drop everything to rearrange a game in 10 days, especially if they have already lost money when the first game was called off. Not everyone can rearrange work at short noticeI think it’s evidence that we have a lot of apathetic supporters.
Those who were stuck in traffic will just love you adding to their being pissed off for missing some or the whole of the match where they have been stuck on a motorway with no way to get forward, turn off to get another route or to give up and go home.Sorry but I find the transport issues are just an excuse
Not to mention the teams wasting time especially goalies and feigned injuries. Not very exciting to watch to watch a goalie placing and replacing the several times or a group of people around a perfectly healthy player.I'm a plastic fan from 1970. I live 120 miles away and am a seasoncard holder. I didn't go last night but had travelled 20 miles before turning around for the postponed game. A midweek game means taking a halfday off work and getting home at 1 am. The drive up takes a good hour longer for a night game so after weighing it up chose the armchair option. But watching it last night made me think for the first time that it is the football that is dampening the enthusiasm. Don't get me wrong, we play some great stuff, but it's the other teams approach which is killing it as a spectacle. West Ham were so negative and seemed happy to take a 2 0 defeat and this seems to happen most weeks, even utd approached it that way but got lucky.
There are obviously numerous reasons why the attendance was lower last night, but it was MUCH lower than I’d imagined it would be!
There were swathes of empty seats.
There’s no way that was just down to people going on holiday or traffic issues. There will have been thousands who could have gone last night but could not be arsed.
Really ? You don't think cup runs and finals and European games might contribute.I cant imagine why Manchester City fans are more hard up than say Everton, dippers, rags, geordies or Villa.
True, fair point. Ignore my stupid comment.Really ? You don't think cup runs and finals and European games might contribute.
We just have to accept City's support as we knew it has gone. The passion in the main has evaporated destroyed by the incessant bile and negativity directed at the club and supporter base, apathy now prevails and Soriano and Co have a lot to answer for turning the Etihad into the 'Theatre of Cheese', we have arguably the oldest supporter base in the division and fans have had enough quite obviously, there is little or no fight left sadly.
To be perfectly honest those who didn't go last night didn't miss much. It was boring. Moyes should be fucking prosecuted for his approach. He proves that football isn't about entertainment. We won, but my life, if I had to travel any distance to watch us I'd struggle to muster the enthusiasm. I spotted some of the lads from the A34 Supporter's Club there last night - they travel from the Southampton\Winchester area. Fair play to them, that's hard core.
We need to provide a cheaper option for younger fans and allow them to watch games from the same part of the ground. In fact cheaper tickets all round would be worth investigating, although I am sure FFP is limiting our ability to move in that direction.Don’t agree with all that but agree on the ageing fan base. We desperately need to inject more youth into our fan base.
I feel for the rest of the league..........never gonna win the league ever most of 'em. Just like we used to be.Did 6 hour round trip to support the club, but the season is in a nothing limbo, it now feels pointless, what exactly are we playing for in the league. It's a big ask to expect people to pay 50 quid for a nothing game. Feel totally cheated to be honest.
Football isn’t about winning trophies, or even winning matches.I feel for the rest of the league..........never gonna win the league ever most of 'em. Just like we used to be.
that was my point to be honest...I was being subtle.Football isn’t about winning trophies, or even winning matches.
Football is about pride in your local club representing where you come from, the camaraderie amongst the fanbase, the day out, the piss-up, the atmosphere, and if you happen to win that’s just a bonus.
I think it’s evidence that we have a lot of apathetic supporters.