Protest?

KingGeorge said:
The cold hard reality of pro sport is wages will continue to go up and ticket prices will continue to go up. It has been happening for ages.
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So you just accept ticket price rises and large numbers of people being priced out? If we’d have done that £30 away tickets never would have happened or safe standing.

I’m not saying there should be a protest, but we don’t just have to accept everything the club do.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
So you just accept ticket price rises and large numbers of people being priced out? If we’d have done that £30 away tickets never would have happened or safe standing.

I’m not saying there should be a protest, but we don’t just have to accept everything the club do.
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One of the problems with success is that the bigger we become the more fans we will attract, so the club know that at the end of the day someone will always be willing to pay the asking price if an existing supporter gets priced out.

The club couldn't care less if the ground had 60k coming from Asia and America every week if it meant selling the tickets.

Sad state of affairs, but this is modern football.
 
paulchapo said:
The club have moved on. Success on the field for the last fifteen years, culminating in the champions league victory has generated massive worldwide interest. The netflix documentary will probably accentuate that further. The club doesn't need legacy fans anymore. The charity shield game when we sold out, in spite of a boycott by many legacy fans, proved that. We are now just all customers and easily replaceable. Many knew this would happen if we were successful and so it has proved.

The alternative is we stayed as an also ran. Pottering around in mid table or lower. If we were lucky a good cup run, maybe getting into the Europa league. If unlucky relegation. The highlight of our season would have been beating the rags as it used to be. The banner would still be up at the swamp and now reading 46 years. Tickets would be cheaper but we'd be watching the modern equivalent of Joey Barton, who'd be our star player, Corrardi who'd be our experienced striker backed up by an up and coming prospect Samaras. A raw diamond as Pearce said. On that subject the modern equivalent of Pearce would be our manager. The tactics? Keep it tight and hit it into the channels. Celebrate the odd victory over a big club and dream of the glory days of Bell, Lee and Summerbee. This is the reality. Sadly we can't have it all, or can we?
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That would all hold true mate if it wasn't for the fact that all football fans are being ripped off, it's a systemic abuse of long time fans and the clubs having more concern for fans who would empty the club shop, buy a half and half scarf
before going to the swamp for a tour the week after.

I'm not naïve enough to believe it will change no matter how much people protest, once the sport has been rinsed the owners will hand back the empty husks and move on to their next victims IMHO.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
So you just accept ticket price rises and large numbers of people being priced out? If we’d have done that £30 away tickets never would have happened or safe standing.

I’m not saying there should be a protest, but we don’t just have to accept everything the club do.
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I don't think supporters should just give in to the club on everything. I think there are times when people should push back, but I think protests are going to fall on deaf ears when you a club is having this kind of success. Protests tend to catch more attention when things are in disarray. Furthermore, I think owners will continue to try to reach for every last bit of revenue and I don't think the average fan is going to change that direction of travel. Even with salary caps owners still try to squeeze the golden goose for every last piece of revenue.
 
Eds said:
The club's wage bill is circa £420m (if this is incorrect I am sure someone will correct me. The proposed ticket increases I read will bring in the club around an extra £1.5m if that. Just imagine if the entire staff bill was cut by just 1% then we could all have a discount. The club wouldn't be receiving all this appalling PR and everyone would be happy. For someone like KDB that would mean a weekly wage of just £346,500 instead of £350k. I think he could survive and even at the bottom end of the scale someone like Rico would earn £24,750 per week instead of £25k. Businesses do increase costs but the difference between a players wage and the average supporter is world's apart. I reckon if you ask the players to have a 1% wage decrease (not bonuses) so that the supporters weren't priced out they all would. Tourists are not going to follow the club when we aren't winning things (and it will happen) but we will.
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Top post.
 
Pezzer2 said:
The match day revenue is peanuts. A season card freeze won't hurt the coffers. Its not just about that though, it's about distribution of tickets as well and they have the nerve to call out the atmosphere
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If it’s peanuts, why do all clubs charge similar prices to us. We are by no means the most expensive club outside London but we’re the best
 
What about a ritualistic slaughter of wingman at half time v arsenal? Double whammy, it’s a protest and it improves the half time entertainment
 
As someone who’s not got a pot to piss in and someone who may have to give up his season ticket in the future if the price keeps rising year on year I won’t be protesting.
Firstly because unfortunately this is the price of success.
Billions spent, the best manager in world football, some of the best players and the best football I’ve ever seen.
Secondly because of the rising costs of everything in general.
It’s unfortunate but just the way it is at the moment.
FFP/PSR is no doubt gonna play a huge part in this and I’m expecting other PL clubs to be doing similar.
I will however be protesting if the club decide to let them rag cunts use our ground.
My pitchfork will be razor sharp.
 
KingGeorge said:
"I reckon if you ask the players to have a 1% wage decrease (not bonuses) so that the supporters weren't priced out they all would." I highly doubt players would be interested in wage cuts. Pro athletes are used to their wages continuing to rise at an exorbitant clip. I can't see them doing anything to curtail the gravy train. Most people aren't going to sign off on their pay being cut.

The cold hard reality of pro sport is wages will continue to go up and ticket prices will continue to go up. It has been happening for ages.
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That’s probably the reality but if Blues are being priced out then excessive wages are a big part of that. Phil Foden was a wage rebel for another £50 grand a week because £250k per week wasn’t enough for him. Phil is great. I’m just saying it how it is: loads of players are like that and it’s their agent’s job to help them make the most money.
 
I think the club coming out and explaining their reasoning would go a long way to placating some of the fanbase.
I understand that they don’t need to but just a small statement that accepts that times are hard for many and the increases, whist small could have a detrimental affect on some but are necessary for the club to move forward.
I believe most fans just want their voices to be heard and acknowledged by the club.
 
I live in Germany & the chances are slim to ever visit the Etihad. I don`t why people are so angry. I always thought the ticket prices compared to the other Top 6/8 clubs in the UK were "cheap". If it`s still the case then the fanbase would came across as spoilt. At the end of the day you pay "top money" for top entertainment/success.

I would be more salty about the fact that sometimes the club is snitching fans to the cops.
 
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