Pep: 'The players deserve a full stadium, we need our fans!'

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I think the time has come for the club to start bundling Champions League group games into the price of the season ticket so the 299 ticket becomes £380 ??

 

[1.618034]

Time to bring the Poznan back, just for the "anthem".

 

[NeilYoungIsBack]

Slightly off topic, but I thought it was excellent that yesterday's crowd numbered 54,335. This only 30 or so less than the highest so far this season (against Sunderland)

I say this was excellent because Bournemouth returned all the seats in blocks 313 and 314 very late, and they only went on sale to City fans at around 2pm Thursday.

I dare say shifting these seats in short time does the case for the North Stand expansion no harm at all.

 

[Blue Mist]

Everybody knows that.

The middle aged cow impersonaters society have told me.

Why have you got a fixation about middle aged men booing ? My son is 30, hardly middle aged and he booes just as loudly as me. Plenty of youngsters around me also boo but don't worry I will tell them to wait until they are older befoe they have the audacity to upset Mr Gill.

 

[Bobby.M.C.F.C]

They should not open the exit gates until the final whistle or at least once 90 minutes are up. Make them queue through the exit turnstiles if they leave any earlier. That might stop or reduce the numbers leaving early.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Why have you got a fixation about middle aged men booing ? My son is 30, hardly middle aged and he booes just as loudly as me. Plenty of youngsters around me also boo but don't worry I will tell them to wait until they are older befoe they have the audacity to upset Mr Gill.

Poetic license.

Mr Gill doesn't care. He would if we got together & started a campaign to bring his dealings out of the shadows. But we don't care enough to do that, so we boo instead, to make ourselves feel better as we watch them shaft us.

 

[Dribble]

No, I don't agree that Pep will have a problem with people chanting City or singing over the anthem. I think it supports the team & is positive. Booing is a negative & Pep doesn't like it.

As in different most clubs supporters, I have no idea, I'm mainly concerned about the number who could go & don't bother to at City & I think there are loads in that catagory. I think it would be full if we played these games 10 years ago, yet now we have bigger support, we can't fill it. But we fill it v Bournemouth & people are buying up their returned tickets. I think Sunderland would have a full house. We are not that arsed & Pep senses it.

I think our half arsed attitude to the competition, caused by our hatred of the cartel & of UEFA does nothing to encourage fans to come. It makes it easy to stay away. We can't change how we feel about them but I think starting the match with a round of booing is not the best way to improve our own situation, gets the evening off on the wrong note & Pep is right.

The problem as I see it, is that our legitimate grievence about UEFA is causing an apathy about the competition & we, as fans, need to give 100% in the competition if we are to compete seriously in it.

A different outlook from the kickoff would help bring that about imo & Pep, who is a genius, has immediately spotted the problem, as he does.

So I'm backing him.

Again there's a lot of 'I think' in there & Pep was pretty categorical that he wanted the disturbance stopped not substituted with something else.... Unless you categorically know different? Can you clarify if your 'I think' is just your opinion or have you had word directly/indirectly from Pep he wouldn't mind us substituting our boos with chanting City or singing Blue Moon etc.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Again there's a lot of 'I think' in there & Pep was pretty categorical that he wanted the disturbance stopped not substituted with something else.... Unless you categorically know different? Can you clarify if your 'I think' is just your opinion or have you had word directly/indirectly from Pep he wouldn't mind us substituting our boos with chanting City or singing Blue Moon etc.

Supporting our team is not a disturbance.

I think it would be better & much louder anyhow, even if Pep hadn't said anything.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Wow, you really have taken Pellegrinis sacking to heart haven't you. I imagine him bombing Hart out hasn't softened your stance either.

Not sure what you mean about me taking Mr Pellegrini's 'sacking to heart'? Did I mention him? I support Manchester City; managers & players come & go, Manchester City is the constant. If they can't cope with my booing the 'anthem' tough is what I am saying. Ok?

 

[Bentheblue]

To slow down the 80 minute exodus, instead of throwing the gates open to let people out the club should make the early darters leave through a turnstyle, just the one, until the final whistle has gone. This will necessitate leavers having to queue to get out. The club could say it was a safety issue to stop people getting in unchecked by security when they throw the gates open towards the end of the game.
On reflection this will not work as they will just leave even earlier to avoid the queue at the turn style. As you were.