Meeters and Greeters....Lord have mercy.........

blueinsa said:
red 2 hats said:
I noticed a few of these inside the stadium, decked out in full City gear, they even had boots on.

I heard the first one say " hi, I'm Ferni, here's the ball have a free run on goal " then a bit later on something similar a bloke in a Anglo / French twang saying " hi, I'm Bacri, don't know where I'm supposed to be, just run through, I'm lost "

They were joined by a bald guy in the goalkeeper kit, he muttered " I'm mates with the manager, I don't want to get this kit dirty "

We used to call them defenders and keepers, but with all this political correctness gone mad, meeters and greeters it is.

Hehe :-)
Brilliant... Got to be in the running for post of the year
 
Marvin said:
Noticed it at the start of the season. Easiest job in the world, but a total waste of money. However I don't see any harm in it.

They are there before and after games on most of the major routes into and out of the ground

This is the Beswick alternative to scantily clad American-type cheerleaders! Make the most of it!
 
Tbilisi said:
The other week for the Spurs game I was walking up Joe Mercer way and about 4 groovy looking types by the MCFC logo thing shouted to me & my lads " How are you,have a great day" I didn't think anything of it until they started doing it to everyone else who passed.

I dismissed it as a one off but dear me they were at it again last night.

Now I can take anything,even a pathetic performance against Newcastle but wtf is all that about?

Ive had my head kicked in at places like Leeds,Boro and even Sheffield united over the years but this meeting and greeting shit feels 10 times worse.

Quentin,Sebastian or one of his mates in Marketing who may be reading this,please stop this nonsense now,old fcukers like me cant take it.
Another old fucker here, Tbilisi is right, as I was well past the Merc garage 3 of these lovely looking blue coated Minxs approached me giving it all the teeth and red lipstick smile, fuck me that's the first time in about 30 years i'v been nearly accosted by females, I nearly had a fucking seizure, oi! City no, pack it in now before us old twats keel over
 
As I walked to the East Stand last night I saw three girls doing this job asking fans to give them a 'high five'...one lad simply said "fuck off" and that tells you all you need to know about this shit.

Too many people working at City simply do not understand football culture. It feels like the Etihad is purposely made to be as much like Disneyland or a day out at the Olympics as possible rather than a trip to the Westfalenstadion or Vicente Calderon, and that is quite sad!

Football is a completely different fan culture to things like the Olympics and it does not need to be like a family fun day to attract kids.

The club are spending too much time concentrating on shit like this and winning stupid and meaningless "matchday experience" awards when they're just making normal folk feel disconnected with all of it.

At 32 I sometimes wonder if I'm too old for the football now. Is the place supposed to be for kids and families? Because that's how it's making me feel. It's getting tedious.
 
KippaxCitizen said:
As I walked to the East Stand last night I saw three girls doing this job asking fans to give them a 'high five'...one lad simply said "fuck off" and that tells you all you need to know about this shit.

Too many people working at City simply do not understand football culture. It feels like the Etihad is purposely made to be as much like Disneyland or a day out at the Olympics as possible rather than a trip to the Westfalenstadion or Vicente Calderon, and that is quite sad!

Football is a completely different fan culture to things like the Olympics and it does not need to be like a family fun day to attract kids.

The club are spending too much time concentrating on shit like this and winning stupid and meaningless "matchday experience" awards when they're just making normal folk feel disconnected with all of it.

At 32 I sometimes wonder if I'm too old for the football now. Is the place supposed to be for kids and families? Because that's how it's making me feel. It's getting tedious.

So you'd give up following football because City have introduced an American gimic?

Am not saying you're wrong, but why not just ignore it? I haven't been stopped on Market Street for 5 years now because I give them (charity, beggars, street sellers, preachers) a look to say don't bother.
 
KippaxCitizen said:
As I walked to the East Stand last night I saw three girls doing this job asking fans to give them a 'high five'...one lad simply said "fuck off" and that tells you all you need to know about this shit.

Too many people working at City simply do not understand football culture. It feels like the Etihad is purposely made to be as much like Disneyland or a day out at the Olympics as possible rather than a trip to the Westfalenstadion or Vicente Calderon, and that is quite sad!

Football is a completely different fan culture to things like the Olympics and it does not need to be like a family fun day to attract kids.

The club are spending too much time concentrating on shit like this and winning stupid and meaningless "matchday experience" awards when they're just making normal folk feel disconnected with all of it.

At 32 I sometimes wonder if I'm too old for the football now. Is the place supposed to be for kids and families? Because that's how it's making me feel. It's getting tedious.
Spot on, stood up in the South Stand last night 2 rows from the back and I had a big happy clappy family stood/sat behind me, the adults were continuously on their mobiles, their kids were at one point jumping on my back and when they got bored a whole array of electronic devices came out and they just sat down playing on these and never looked at the match for about 70 mins, every now and again they would start squabbling and crying but Mummy and Daddy were too interested in their phones to shut the little fuckers up
Last time I was in the South Stand about 3 years ago it was lads and lasses getting behind the team and singing, last night was like Disney Land, I too am feeling old and a bit out of it but that's what the club want and they believe is the future
 
dobobobo said:
KippaxCitizen said:
As I walked to the East Stand last night I saw three girls doing this job asking fans to give them a 'high five'...one lad simply said "fuck off" and that tells you all you need to know about this shit.

Too many people working at City simply do not understand football culture. It feels like the Etihad is purposely made to be as much like Disneyland or a day out at the Olympics as possible rather than a trip to the Westfalenstadion or Vicente Calderon, and that is quite sad!

Football is a completely different fan culture to things like the Olympics and it does not need to be like a family fun day to attract kids.

The club are spending too much time concentrating on shit like this and winning stupid and meaningless "matchday experience" awards when they're just making normal folk feel disconnected with all of it.

At 32 I sometimes wonder if I'm too old for the football now. Is the place supposed to be for kids and families? Because that's how it's making me feel. It's getting tedious.

So you'd give up following football because City have introduced an American gimic?

Am not saying you're wrong, but why not just ignore it? I haven't been stopped on Market Street for 5 years now because I give them (charity, beggars, street sellers, preachers) a look to say don't bother.
By no means does one daft gimmick make me want to stop following City. But there's far too much emphasis on the wrong things when it is actual football culture that needs improving.

The whole matchday experience as a whole is what's tedious too, not individual things. The whole thing is just not aimed at me. But, as you say, I can ignore most of it.

Biggest gripe of all is the ticket price hikes year-on-year. That's what will do me in, in the end.

I feel like City don't want me there anymore and want to replace me with someone who loves all that guff, will spend more money than me in the club shop and food kiosks, and will be able to afford all match tickets for how much they'll cost in 5-10 years time (because there's no way I will be able to).
 
I was in town a few weeks back doing a bit of shopping and someone did the same, I thought it was great ,and if I ever needed to ask anything I know where they would be ,

football imo is getting like pubs ,they would prefer a family of four who buy food have a trip to the club shop than four lads who have a couple of beers ,for one the family spends more and costs less to look after ,imagine a ground full of familys they would hardly need stewards and no need for police , we saw what it was like in the 70s/80s when lads with a few beers went. :) its all about the pound note
 
blue underpants said:
KippaxCitizen said:
As I walked to the East Stand last night I saw three girls doing this job asking fans to give them a 'high five'...one lad simply said "fuck off" and that tells you all you need to know about this shit.

Too many people working at City simply do not understand football culture. It feels like the Etihad is purposely made to be as much like Disneyland or a day out at the Olympics as possible rather than a trip to the Westfalenstadion or Vicente Calderon, and that is quite sad!

Football is a completely different fan culture to things like the Olympics and it does not need to be like a family fun day to attract kids.

The club are spending too much time concentrating on shit like this and winning stupid and meaningless "matchday experience" awards when they're just making normal folk feel disconnected with all of it.

At 32 I sometimes wonder if I'm too old for the football now. Is the place supposed to be for kids and families? Because that's how it's making me feel. It's getting tedious.
Spot on, stood up in the South Stand last night 2 rows from the back and I had a big happy clappy family stood/sat behind me, the adults were continuously on their mobiles, their kids were at one point jumping on my back and when they got bored a whole array of electronic devices came out and they just sat down playing on these and never looked at the match for about 70 mins, every now and again they would start squabbling and crying but Mummy and Daddy were too interested in their phones to shut the little fuckers up
Last time I was in the South Stand about 3 years ago it was lads and lasses getting behind the team and singing, last night was like Disney Land, I too am feeling old and a bit out of it but that's what the club want and they believe is the future

Same sort of family sat behind me last night when I moved seats for second half, but it's the consequence of £1 tickets. That said I saw plenty of empty seats in the family stand.

I'd rather put up with that for one match than the sour old woman who turned around and pulled a face every time I told the referee what I thought of him. I feel for the fucker in my seat if she is a season tick holder.
 

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