BlueMoonRisin’
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Same here. When we scored I couldn't hear the noise of the crowd because it was drowned out by the noise on EL1 concourse. @Bigg Bigg Blue said we'd scored because he saw it on the big screen in the stadium.
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That’s the only thing you took issue with out of all those points?
They key point was that it wasn’t tragedy chanting. We don’t need an official club statement when what has been sung wasn’t even a tragedy chant.
I don’t support the suits in the boardroom; I support the team, the manager, the sky blue shirt, the badge and fellow City fans… they are my team and I’d support them whether we were top of the PL or midtable in League 1, and they are my fellow Mancunians and Blue brothers from elsewhere, I want them to be able to afford to attend City games and not be surrounded by non-City fans and fans of the away team or opposition player when they do attend.
Plus, I’ve posted a list like that three times in this thread and a fair few times in other threads since about November, directly at people who said we’re moaning about nothing and the club don’t do anything wrong. And when I ask them if they’re happy with all that, not a single one has ever replied with an answer. It’s just been flippant comments like yours that doesn’t answer the question or I haven’t got a response.
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M18CTID
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Seriously Oakie, you’re better than this. Is that your only takeaway from all the stuff he posted? I mean, what’s your opinion on everything else he brought up?
Our two biggest rivals, who happen to be the two biggest clubs in the region, the country and two of the biggest clubs in the world, they have had excellent pricing or excellent ticketing ideas for years.
The equivalent seat that I have at the Etihad is cheaper at Anfield and Old Trafford.
United froze their season ticket prices for ten straight years. And they’ve had excellent cheap prices for PL games for juniors for a long time (comparable to what we charge kids for early rounds of the FA and EFL Cups). These were the prices they announced at the start of this season.
Liverpool have also had excellent top end prices and ticketing ideas for years.
Liverpool’s most expensive non-hospitality season ticket is cheaper than mine, and my ST isn’t even the most expensive non-hospitality ST at City.
Their most expensive general admission tickets are capped at £61 which is what the prices start at for some games at the Etihad (it’s been £61-88 for adults against the ‘Big Six’ this season at City!). There are tickets available for adults for as low as £9 at Anfield. They also have £9 tickets for Juniors in all stands apart from the new Anfield Road second tier for all PL games.
Liverpool also have an initiative where their non-season ticket holding members get priority on home tickets at Anfield before others (so they wouldn’t have a situation like we did against Madrid in the 2023 CL semi):
And those £9 adult tickets they have are only available to local fans:
Reds announce ticket initiatives for young and local fans
Liverpool Football Club have today announced further details of initiatives that will bring more young and local Reds into Anfield next season.
www.liverpoolfc.com
£9 and £13 for juniors at Liverpool and United… for games against the ‘Big Six’ this season at the Etihad junior tickets have been £42-58!
If those two sets of cunts can do things like this, City really aren’t doing this right.
‘You’ve priced out our kids, you’ve priced out our kiiids, oh Man City, you’ve priced out our kids!’
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M18CTID
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MANY decades eh? Sounds like you’re trying to claim you’re a bigger blue than me and everyone else. Exactly the kind of thing you’ve been criticising.
M18CTID
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It’s simple really. Don’t be a trolling **** and you won’t get called a ****.
Tim of the Oak
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Hopefully the protest has helped City Matters fans reps to make progress. It was a great show of strength of feeling on Wednesday night. Credit to the organisers and everyone who took part.
Just a couple of other observations based on reading posts on here and X yesterday. Some of the Blues calling for another protest straightaway weren’t able to change their plans to go to the game and protest on Wednesday. Each to their own but I think we need to get the gist of what happened at City Matters (NDAs or not) first.
A young City fan was racially abused on X yesterday by a “regular legacy fan”. If the perpetrator come on here, just call them a FKW like you would if the target wasn’t Asian.
Just a couple of other observations based on reading posts on here and X yesterday. Some of the Blues calling for another protest straightaway weren’t able to change their plans to go to the game and protest on Wednesday. Each to their own but I think we need to get the gist of what happened at City Matters (NDAs or not) first.
A young City fan was racially abused on X yesterday by a “regular legacy fan”. If the perpetrator come on here, just call them a FKW like you would if the target wasn’t Asian.
People get racially abused daily on X by anyone for any reason. Linking the two seems like jigsawing.
And that "regular legacy fan" posts racist shit all the time. Calling out this one incident like its a result of the something the fanbase is doing, especially as every single reply is a City fan telling him to fuck off, is incredible cherrypicking.
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malg
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Christ, that's not a good read, and I'm not on about your 'chant' at the end.Our two biggest rivals, who happen to be the two biggest clubs in the region, the country and two of the biggest clubs in the world, they have had excellent pricing or excellent ticketing ideas for years.
The equivalent seat that I have at the Etihad is cheaper at Anfield and Old Trafford.
United froze their season ticket prices for ten straight years. And they’ve had excellent cheap prices for PL games for juniors for a long time (comparable to what we charge kids for early rounds of the FA and EFL Cups). These were the prices they announced at the start of this season.
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Liverpool have also had excellent top end prices and ticketing ideas for years.
Liverpool’s most expensive non-hospitality season ticket is cheaper than mine, and my ST isn’t even the most expensive non-hospitality ST at City.
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Their most expensive general admission tickets are capped at £61 which is what the prices start at for some games at the Etihad (it’s been £61-88 for adults against the ‘Big Six’ this season at City!). There are tickets available for adults for as low as £9 at Anfield. They also have £9 tickets for Juniors in all stands apart from the new Anfield Road second tier for all PL games.
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Liverpool also have an initiative where their non-season ticket holding members get priority on home tickets at Anfield before others (so they wouldn’t have a situation like we did against Madrid in the 2023 CL semi):
And those £9 adult tickets they have are only available to local fans:
Reds announce ticket initiatives for young and local fans
Liverpool Football Club have today announced further details of initiatives that will bring more young and local Reds into Anfield next season.
£9 and £13 for juniors at Liverpool and United… for games against the ‘Big Six’ this season at the Etihad junior tickets have been £42-58!
If those two sets of cunts can do things like this, City really aren’t doing this right.
‘You’ve priced out our kids, you’ve priced out our kiiids, oh Man City, you’ve priced out our kids!’
johnnytapia
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Fair point.
Saddleworth2
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I think a few folk are getting too polarised towards our owners. It is possible for them to be both good and bad, right and wrong.
The fact that I think they are wrong with ticketing policy doesn't mean I think they are bad owners suddenly. How could anyone when you look at the success they have brought us and the investment into the club and Manchester. Its beyond our wildest dreams. Hopefully they will listen to what fans are telling them.
The fact that I think they are wrong with ticketing policy doesn't mean I think they are bad owners suddenly. How could anyone when you look at the success they have brought us and the investment into the club and Manchester. Its beyond our wildest dreams. Hopefully they will listen to what fans are telling them.
M18CTID
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I’m not on X anymore but someone posted a screenshot of a tweet on a group chat I’m in, calling it out. I’m guessing it’s the same one you’re referring to. Female City fan? And yep, it was bang out of order.
johnnytapia
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The problem was having the Glazers on our club’s fucking website. Tin-eared in extremis.,
All of this success and investment may as well not exist if we cannot afford to actually go to it.
Thr value of an owner, whether they're good or bad, is not based on success. It's based on whether or not they listen to the fans and their concerns. Which is why you can have great skint owners or billionaire crap ones. Competency at running the club is important but not the only metric.
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So let’s get this right because you seem very confused. X is full of scum but by your own words Blues on X lined us up call out the racist bully. How is that possible?
In fact, there are some loons on X like they are everywhere. It’s easy to go for cheap likes because some posters who’ve embarrassed themselves on X come running back on here because they are well received.
Regarding the protest, it’s great that it’s focussing on core values of ticket prices, availability of season cards and not mixing away fans in the home ends.
I don’t mind the lies you’ve told about me over several days. Maybe you aren’t well. It’s only a football discussion forum.
M18CTID
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I totally agree mate. The club has been run in a world class way on many fronts but regarding ticketing they’re having a ‘mare.
Very few are calling them bad owners per se. Don’t forget that many of the fans protesting the other night are the same fans who are defending the club to the hilt on the 115/129/130 case. While the club have no choice but to keep their counsel on that while it’s ongoing, the fans have been at the sharp end taking the fight to all the clueless journalists and opposition fans on social media.
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Tim of the Oak
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Well said Simon.
M18CTID
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Does the person who posted the tweet post on here Tim do you know? Because if they do, I can have a word ;)
Are you asking how a population can hold two distinct groups? Im not sure how even to answer this question. Racists are prevelant on X and abuse people for anything. There are also people who call them cunts for it. How is this "confused"?
Feel free to show and single time that racists "have been well recieved" on here. Me and all the mods and owner would love to know where this content is
The lies I've told? What the fuck are you talking about? I literally remember mentioning you once and that was paraphrasing a point you made while actually supporting its legitimacy in a conversation with someone else.
Again, feel free to provide any actual examples of this delusional horseshit.
Prestwich_Blue
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The Middle East Conflict thread. But antisemitism doesn't seem to be regarded as racism on this forum.