Well yeah, large scale boycotts will require a vast amount of season ticket holders to 'lose' the cost of a game by not attending, and obviously that is a decision many will not want to take. But even large protests before or during the games will have much less of an impact then empty seats during a globally televised game that broadcasters are paying billions for.
So, as ever, ticket prices will increase, options for families will reduce, and more corporate/hospitality tickets made available.
Okay, stay on the concourse for 15 minutes at the start of a chosen live game. Not too much of a hardship for the majority of our fans anyway who seem reluctant to leave the concourse and their pint at the best of times.
Most people I know who moan about ticket prices are the same ones who will then happily go out and blow 150 quid on a pair of trainers, or 100 quid on a night down the pub, or pay sky 120 quid a month to watch rag and dipper ex players slate city.
Let's put this into perspective, if you were putting on a show or a concert and had to spend £100m's on sourcing and paying those starring in the show, would you then only charge the audience £20-30 to watch it? I suspect not. Most big music concerts cost way more than an average ticket at city and yet people pay for, and go to those without much complaint.
Life is about priorities, one of my priorities is my beloved club, so if I need to make some financial sacrifices to watch them, so be it.
It riles me that our fans are moaning at our club about this. In terms of return on investment, we are the best rewarded fans on the planet in the last decade or so.
City are simply a product of the foundations laid by the red cartel, other historically greedy clubs, the PL, UEFA and FIFA. They created a system where to be successful you have to generate lots and lots of revenue. Our owners have added as much as they can, but got branded cheats for doing so. The only way to remain successful is to generate as much income from everywhere possible, including match day sales.
Protesting against the club just doesn't seem right. Yes, protest against the PL or other governing bodies, but why blame our own club for something much bigger than them.
The irony is, many of those who do go and spend their money on a game (and then complain about it) sit there in silence and don't support the club anyway, then blame the atmosphere on tourist fans.
The club don't need any of this shit right now, they have battles on and off the pitch to fight, without their own fans turning on them.
I was going to post something similar.Huge difference in a night out or music concert etc.
I don't go on a night out 20 times a year.
I don't go to a music concert 20 times a year.
20 games at 70quid = 1400quid !
Bit of a difference that between few nights out at about 200quid and my last music gig 100quid.
So my nights out and gigs over the last few years is around 300 quid.
I'm saying that we live in an expensive world, where everything costs more. To expect £30 price capped tickets (as some are saying) is unrealistic. So, as a consumer of anything, we have to make choices, so for me, yes, if I had to make the choice between wearing Nicks or going to City, I'd be wearing the Nicks.So what you're saying is we should all turn up to games in 5 stripe Adidas and Nicks trainers so we can afford tickets?
Right you are: /
So let me get this right, if I don't agree with your view I'm part of the problem? That's just typical of today's social media led society.There have been documentaries made on how the music industry rips the public off.
Plus it’s not just City fans moaning about City, it’s all fans moaning about all clubs and we are uniting over it. City are just 1/20 of the problem but our club is a problem. Wednesday night’s pathetic attendance showed that. Kids all over this city have never set foot inside the Etihad despite being massive Blues. That’s fucking wrong, if you think it isn’t you’re just part of the problem.