if your wtchn on the tv your a ****

whalleystrange said:
For my part I think too many fans have let the team and the club down.

All I hear are fans banging on about how important it is to be playing in Europe. That European football is the be-all and end-all. If your club's not playing in Europe you can't attract top players and so on and so on.

So City qualify for Europe (albeit via a snide fair play route) and thousands can't be bothered to turn up!!! I could understand this in the early rounds and perhaps even the group stage but we're in the last few rounds now.

The tickets are, in my view, reasonably priced and have been throughout the competition.

We were eliminated in round 1 of the other two cup comps so there's been no shelling out for Carling Cup or FA Cup runs.

This is only our second season in European competition in how many decades? Nobody's been spending a fortune on going to Euro games in the recent past so there's another excuse out.

Many of the excuses I've read on here are just lame. Like the standard Teletext-United 'fan' excuses that "I would go to OT but it's so hard to get a ticket" - they're bollocks.

If you don't want to come, then fine but when the club isn't playing European football, don't moan about it because you'll have no right to.
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mate thank you! could not have put it better myself! absolutley spot on
 
ConnorMCFC said:
whalleystrange said:
For my part I think too many fans have let the team and the club down.

All I hear are fans banging on about how important it is to be playing in Europe. That European football is the be-all and end-all. If your club's not playing in Europe you can't attract top players and so on and so on.

So City qualify for Europe (albeit via a snide fair play route) and thousands can't be bothered to turn up!!! I could understand this in the early rounds and perhaps even the group stage but we're in the last few rounds now.

The tickets are, in my view, reasonably priced and have been throughout the competition.

We were eliminated in round 1 of the other two cup comps so there's been no shelling out for Carling Cup or FA Cup runs.

This is only our second season in European competition in how many decades? Nobody's been spending a fortune on going to Euro games in the recent past so there's another excuse out.

Many of the excuses I've read on here are just lame. Like the standard Teletext-United 'fan' excuses that "I would go to OT but it's so hard to get a ticket" - they're bollocks.

If you don't want to come, then fine but when the club isn't playing European football, don't moan about it because you'll have no right to.
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mate thank you! could not have put it better myself! absolutley spot on
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I second this.
 
Project Rain said:
ConnorMCFC said:
whalleystrange said:
For my part I think too many fans have let the team and the club down.

All I hear are fans banging on about how important it is to be playing in Europe. That European football is the be-all and end-all. If your club's not playing in Europe you can't attract top players and so on and so on.

So City qualify for Europe (albeit via a snide fair play route) and thousands can't be bothered to turn up!!! I could understand this in the early rounds and perhaps even the group stage but we're in the last few rounds now.

The tickets are, in my view, reasonably priced and have been throughout the competition.

We were eliminated in round 1 of the other two cup comps so there's been no shelling out for Carling Cup or FA Cup runs.

This is only our second season in European competition in how many decades? Nobody's been spending a fortune on going to Euro games in the recent past so there's another excuse out.

Many of the excuses I've read on here are just lame. Like the standard Teletext-United 'fan' excuses that "I would go to OT but it's so hard to get a ticket" - they're bollocks.

If you don't want to come, then fine but when the club isn't playing European football, don't moan about it because you'll have no right to.
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mate thank you! could not have put it better myself! absolutley spot on
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I second this.
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I'd third this, but unfortunately it's total bollox :-)

Why? Well because it's only now that people are really starting to feel the pinch. As recently as say 4 months ago there was a kind of "I'll ignore the recession cos it's not really affecting me" attitude in this country. It's very different now as home owners & those with kids are really starting to struggle. Not only that but when you're in fear of losing your job like many people are you become a whole lot less likely to shell out money on football.

As for the right to moan... people have that right too. I mean, look at your post ;-)
 
I literally couldn't get there.

And no, i couldn't give a fuck what you or anyone else thinks about me for not going last night.

But if you tell me where you sit, at the next home game(if i go!!!) i will come and give you a big round of applause for going last night. Well done!
 
ConnorMCFC said:
Manford said:
I didn't go, and i couldn't give a fuck!
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that comment just about sums it up really, the fact you couldnt give a fuck? you do sound like a rag
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I suspect he means he couldn't give a fcuk what you or anyone else thinks.
 
jay_mcfc said:
Ducado said:
It was a Thursday night against a relativity unknown Danish team, Live on TV, have you not heard there is a Credit Crunch on!
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Was there not a credit crunch last week against Villa? Was that a midweek game? Was there a credit crunch at old trafford or anfield?

The excuses coming from the no shows are getting worse.
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i said last week, and ill say again, its down to the opposition, unknown team, on tv, midweek, no moey, whats most gonna do??
if it was a semi final they would be queing to get it no matter who the oppo was
 
"...If you didnt go because you couldnt be arsed then my thoughts are you probably felt ashamed watching last night but other than that blues who didnt go shouldnt have to explain yourselves. I have to say if we were playing AC Milan and, before anyone says I know theyve gone out, we would have had at least 40 thousand there credit crunch or no credit crunch. It was a really poor attendance which annoyed me at first but once the game got under way I couldnt care less because I was there and I watch the blue boys turn it on..."

Hypothetically, if we were playing Milan, and 40 thou had turned up, would that mean 17 thou had turned up not to watch City, but to watch Milan?

That a bit scary...
 
A few people on this thread have admitted to not going and they are in the Hughes out brigade. Say's it all really.
 
Kris_Musampa said:
[If you didnt go because you couldnt be arsed then my thoughts are you probably felt ashamed watching last night but other than that blues who didnt go shouldnt have to explain yourselves. I have to say if we were playing AC Milan and, before anyone says I know theyve gone out, we would have had at least 40 thousand there credit crunch or no credit crunch. It was a really poor attendance which annoyed me at first but once the game got under way I couldnt care less because I was there and I watch the blue boys turn it on/quote]

Hypothetically, if we were playing Milan, and 40 thou had turned up, would that mean 17 thou had turned up not to watch City, but to watch Milan?

That a bit scary...
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That's not what it means at all, not in the slightest
 
Some of the contradictions in this thread are astounding.

I've heard people banging on about us being on our best euro run for years and how the crowds should be bigger. Yet some of these people want Hughes out, even though admitting we're on our best euro run for years.

Wheres the logic?
 
this thread is bollox, if people cant afford it then what is the problem. Yes ok there were more people at the Villa game because there would have been 20kplus season card holders who can't afford to shell out for every league cup,fa cup and european ticket. Some people have to pay the bills and dont have endless supplies of cash and time to watch every city game me included. I was there last night but if it was between spending £20 on a ticket or being able to feed myself for the week im affraid i would be watching it on the telly
 
Does anyone think attendances would increase if the games were not shown live on tv ?

BTW, yes I was there last night on one of my periodic attendances, but you know what - I got one of my friends to come, who had never been to either COMS or Maine Road before, and the only time he ever went to a City game was as a student in 1968 (away at Tottenham) !!!! Now, that's progress...
 
whitefield_blue said:
Yes ok there were more people at the Villa game because there would have been 20kplus season card holders who can't afford to shell out for every league cup,fa cup and european ticket.
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Are you suggesting that against Villa there were 15k non-season ticket holders, all of whom went last night whereas over 10k season ticket holders didn't bother?

Actually that raises an interesting question, what percentage of season ticket holders were at the game last night? I'd imagine it was quite high.

Mentioning the league and FA cup is a waste of time, we had a total of one home game between the two this season.
 
I'm a season ticket holder, and I wasn't there last night.

As some have put it, there is a financial crisis on at the moment. As I am a student, I can't afford to feed myself, let alone go to the game. As I don't drive, I couldn't even afford the train fare for the Villa game and was gutted I missed out.
Does this make me a second class fan?

The reason people buy season tickets is price and guaranteed seats. I bought one because I had money at the time and knew I wouldn't be able to afford weekly tickets later. I will try my best to get to the next round, and to Istanbul, but I'm not holding my breath.

Considering I am in my twenties, and this is the first final City have ever been to in my lifetime, the thought of missing it cripples me, and all you pisstaking bastards who are giving the "lazy bastards" line to people who didn't show last night can fuck off.
 
some of the comments on this site make me sick
i"ve supported this club 4 over 30yrs been to maine road on bloody cold snowy nights watching some really ...lets face it crappy football ! back in the dark days (when things where really bad) with my brother + my dad,
so i think people should think before doubting anybodys loyalty to this football club
yes, we all love man city "once a blue always a blue" thats what i say
so to all those people chanting that shite last nite
SHAME ON YOU!
we"re all blues stop slagging your fellow supporters
anyway thats my rant over
 
to be honest, if you had valid reasons such as money or family/work commitments etc, then this clearly doesnt apply to you! i was on who attended and the only people i generally can't understand not going, are the ones who could but chose not to, and i think there was a lot of those last night.
i just hope they dont spend their time pushing for european places or moaning about where we finish, if they're not actually going to support us when we get there.
 
I already know that even if we make the final I won't be able to afford it. I've spent thousands watching the lads for over 20 years, but if we make it to the biggest game in my lifetime, without winning the lottery, I will be watching it on TV. Sorry for being a twat.
 
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