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If this becomes a reality and hardcore fans that have been going for 20 years or so get priced out/moved to shit seats to accomodate some middle class twat that payed 3 times as much just to get the seat, I will really question what this club is becoming. It goes against everything the club has represented for so long now. The owners and the club have stated that their priority is rewarding and accommodating those fans that stuck with the team through thick and thin for 35+ years, yet I dont see that with this scheme. Think of the multiple thousand pounds an average fan has spent on this club in those barren years, tickets, shirts, travel, food and drink, etc. why should they then have to suffer just because they can't and Billy Newcomer can afford a 'seat for life'. I must have spent £10k just since we moved to Eastlands, never mind the 5 years before that. Prices are already becoming very difficult to pay, and if they are inflated much more I dont know how I will manage to pay for them. I certainly wont be able to go head to head and turn down say £100 compensation for my seat, but I dont think it's right. I've paid for my season ticket, therefore this is my seat, why should the club offer to someone the chance to buy my seat for life, and try and negotiate me a move somewhere else in the ground whenever they fancy. Don't agree with it at all.

I understand this is all a theory as it stands, and I doubt it will happen. However, if it does and fans like me, and fans like those that have been going home and away for 20+ years, get treated as second class, I will not be afraid to walk away from the club with nothing more than incredible memories of moss side, Lloyd St Chippy's, Wembley 99', promotions, move to Eastlands, several derby day wins, FA Cup, and of course Aguero's special goal.
 
southstander93 said:
If this becomes a reality and hardcore fans that have been going for 20 years or so get priced out/moved to shit seats to accomodate some middle class twat that payed 3 times as much just to get the seat, I will really question what this club is becoming. It goes against everything the club has represented for so long now. The owners and the club have stated that their priority is rewarding and accommodating those fans that stuck with the team through thick and thin for 35+ years, yet I dont see that with this scheme. Think of the multiple thousand pounds an average fan has spent on this club in those barren years, tickets, shirts, travel, food and drink, etc. why should they then have to suffer just because they can't and Billy Newcomer can afford a 'seat for life'. I must have spent £10k just since we moved to Eastlands, never mind the 5 years before that. Prices are already becoming very difficult to pay, and if they are inflated much more I dont know how I will manage to pay for them. I certainly wont be able to go head to head and turn down say £100 compensation for my seat, but I dont think it's right. I've paid for my season ticket, therefore this is my seat, why should the club offer to someone the chance to buy my seat for life, and try and negotiate me a move somewhere else in the ground whenever they fancy. Don't agree with it at all.

I understand this is all a theory as it stands, and I doubt it will happen. However, if it does and fans like me, and fans like those that have been going home and away for 20+ years, get treated as second class, I will not be afraid to walk away from the club with nothing more than incredible memories of moss side, Lloyd St Chippy's, Wembley 99', promotions, move to Eastlands, several derby day wins, FA Cup, and of course Aguero's special goal.
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The unfortunate thing is that it will happen; the club will become a cash cow for the rich businessmen who bought it. Guess it was inevitable and we got to see us win the league before we are sold down the river. And all this on the back of the ex barca bloke saying the club will be sold to global fans on the history of its working class....spin for ripping us off!?!?
 
tazmancblue said:
The unfortunate thing is that it will happen; the club will become a cash cow for the rich businessmen who bought it. Guess it was inevitable and we got to see us win the league before we are sold down the river. And all this on the back of the ex barca bloke saying the club will be sold to global fans on the history of its working class....spin for ripping us off!?!?
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Exactly, that's what is worrying me. As a club, pre FA Cup I'd say, we had one of the largest working class followings in the country and always had. The club always reached out to every one of them, and made it easy to go and rewarded them for loyalty. I'll find it a bitter pill to swallow when those same fans aren't the priority anymore. Obviously success is going to attract a new brand of supporter and probably wealthier ones, but I don't think that these fans should get the priority over the long standing blue from Wythenshawe just because they can pay higher ticket fees etc. Find other ways to extrapolate money from fans, but don't rip off the ones that have been part of the club since before any of the current players even started nursery.
 
I think a point is being missed here IMO, surely if you have the cash to become Ever Blue you would buy the seat you already sit in with your Seasoncard ! I can't see the panic to be honest. My Seasoncard is Platinum in SS2 and I will be renewing next season with an expected small increase. This hair brained scheme will just be another Superbia with very little take up. If we expand to 60,000 we will have an extra 12,000 seats so I would'nt be worried about JCL's as long as you renew yours !
 
pride in battle said:
I think we should all go back supporting a team that are crap, everyone's second team because we were that bad.....I hate success.....
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ridiculous post and totally irrelevant
 
uwerosler28 said:
pride in battle said:
I think we should all go back supporting a team that are crap, everyone's second team because we were that bad.....I hate success.....
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ridiculous post and totally irrelevant
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Why is that? We have the best owners in the world....can we not trust them?
 
I wouldn't mind buying a 10 year season ticket if we could pay a set amount monthly (going up each year) with the club guaranteeing my payment for the next 10 years in return for a lower price.
 
I think some of the people on here need a bit of a reality check. If the owners succeed in turning city into one of the top clubs in Europe all revenue sources are going to have to increase if we are going to meet FFP regulations. Economic reality is that either you pay £15 a game and watch something at Championship standard or you pay more to watch a top class team with good facilities. It is unreasonable to expect to keep paying the same for tickets as when we were crap. There is no such thing as a free lunch unfortunately, it is unrealistic to expect to stay in the best seats in the stadium (Level 2) at cheap rates just because you've been going for years. If cost is a big issue as it will become for me when I retire next year I will move to the 3rd tier if I can't afford/Justify the cost of level 2 anymore, and I've been supporting since 1965. I also think that the effect of JCLs on the atmosphere at games is a red herring - the Etihad has rarely been great on atmosphere, it didn't suddenly get worse once the new owners came along. The nature of the game has changed everywhere - the only thing that could provide a solution that would work for most people would be to have the entirety of Level 1 turned into a safe standing section, cheaper tickets for those who prefer to stand and a better atmosphere all round. If they then extend the capacity to 60,000 there should be enough capacity to keep everyone happy & increase the revenue
 
pride in battle said:
uwerosler28 said:
pride in battle said:
I think we should all go back supporting a team that are crap, everyone's second team because we were that bad.....I hate success.....
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ridiculous post and totally irrelevant
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Why is that? We have the best owners in the world....can we not trust them?
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It is not the owners who are coming up with this poorly judged scheme, it will be one of the excessive tier of management that have been recruited to run the club at an operational level.
 
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