Unfortunately not I'm afraid, the second release is completely unrelated to any consideration with regard to fans and allowing them spread the cost. It is SOLELY driven by the desire to continue selling £35 memberships up to October, with a second big ticket release date to come, for the last 9 home games. The new members will have the same buying rights as the rest of us for the season climax games. We need to just wake up and realise where we stand, the Charity Shield sold out quickly, even with a boycott, any semblance of fan influence or power is completely gone. Don't like it? Someone else will take your place, someone who wants to record a whole game on their phone hoping Erling scores so they can post it on social media.
With the investment and the success we've gained so much, including trophies and wonderful football, but for the first time I really feel that we've lost something important. The club is moving on from us, there's nothing much we can do about it. Feels weird to be negative after the high of our best ever season, and the club could have avoided that with some consideration towards longstanding and loyal Matchday attendees, but they've chosen the membership revenue instead. Can't really argue, I'm not entitled to tickets, but really feel like I deserved some reciprocal loyalty. I am moving to the acceptance stage, and after 42 years supporting them, I might reach indifference. My wife who has no interest in football, and has watched me travel to City as long as she's known me, going to some mid-table meaningless crap, is incredulous when I explain that from now on I have essentially the same ticket buying rights as a few hundred thousand newbies.
I'm bitter about it, but I'll stop complaining now! Thursday morning is going to be grim, I took the tickets for granted when I could get them, and the club took me for granted in return, guess we're even