Roll call for 9 minute protest

The perfect fumble said:
I'd forgotten how in your zeal to be right all the time you deliberately misinterpret.

As for...

"Sheikh Zayed built the entire country with the consent of its citizens and gave them incredible benefits."

Consent? I'm an admirer of the UAE and have been there many times, but the UAE is a tribal autocracy for crying out loud!

as for...

"Comparing the Al Nahyans to the Glazers is bonkers"

I compared them in one regard, I won't ask you what that one point was, as It clearly went right over your head

Debating with you is a complete waste of time.

Please don't reply, you irritate the f**k out of me.
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Hahahahaha
 
mexico1970 said:
Tourists are tourists

When you jump up and down in a seat in the home end when our opponents score you're a tourist.

It's dead easy but some people just can't stop themselves.
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You’re also a ‘tourist’/‘daytripper’/‘problem’ when you go to a City game at the Etihad with a random shirt or scarf (not even half’n’half, a full-on proper scarf) of a club who aren’t even playing.

In the last two seasons alone this has included: an Arsenal shirt, an Arsenal coat, United souvineer shop bags (multiple times, do City have some sort of deal with United that lets them do both stadium tours and get a ticket for each others games or something?), Celtic shirt, Hajduk Split shirts, Bahia shirts, Liverpool scarf (genuinely, for a game against someone like Fulham), Albania NT shirt, Mexico NT shirt, River Plate shirt, row of Barcelona fans in Barça shirts at Anfield, row of Mallorca fans at Ipswich all wearing the same random mustard colours hats which caused fans to ask them who they were, some fucking idiot with a United hat on in our away end at Anfield last season… and that’s just what I’ve seen or been told of, fuck knows what it comes to across the Etihad and our away end over the years.

These are all from the recent City v Liverpool game:

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Get them fucked off!

Same with the people who turn up and are just a fan of an individual player from the opposition team. Get them fucked off!

Same with the people who just turn up and are glued to their phones, taking in seconds of the game at a time, not celebrating our goals, not interested in City whatsoever. Get them fucked off!

These aren’t worldwide supporters of City. They’re all a fucking nuisance and taking tickets off proper City fans.

In contrast, here is an example of some Japanese City fans from the other night, next to the 1894 singing section. They joined in with as many chants as they knew the words to. Here they are going mad-for-it in the ‘Oscar Bobb Bobb Bobb’ chant.

Top banana! They’re welcome any time.

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Manchester33 said:
I organised a singing section for the game on Weds. 100+ City fans in SSL3. We have a few people of different nationalities who all had a great time. No one was abused or called a tourist.

I stand with a good mate in 115 normally. He's an Indian lad who's moved to Manchester to become a Dr. Everyone loves him round me and he's never had any issues.

I suspect that more of this hostility happens in areas of the ground where the effects of the club's ticketing policy is more prevalent.

For example, a few weeks ago, the Tunnel Club was full of people celebrating Real Madrid's goals. It's absolutely not right that people like Mohammed are getting called a tourist, that's why we need the protests and uproar to coerce the club into doing the right thing (which would prevent it).

My point is that the sentiment you're describing doesn't come from the fans. We are absolutely not a racist fanbase (collectively). The club have created this toxic environment via their ticketing policy.
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Indeed.

Here are some lads who stand in 115. Mancunians, proper Blues like me or anyone else:

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They’re in our WhatsApp group chat and were up on the 1894 singing section the other night.

I reiterate, about the Japanese fans singing all game the other night in my post above.

These are not the people who anyone has a problem with.

This is an issue where there’s a fine line between wanting Manchester City to be as ‘Manchester’ as possible, and it enticing in a few people who end up showing their true colours when it comes to xenophobia and race.

Manchester City stands should prioritise local people over everyone else around the world even if they are City fans. The people of Manchester (of all races) should be able to afford and gain access to Manchester City tickets over anyone else. Worldwide City fans are then welcome after the Manchester people are prioritised, looked after and sorted.

Anyone who’s a City fan is sound and I’d look out for them all day.

But there’s a distinction, in many cases a fucking massive one, between them and the nuisances that are swarming our stadium and away ends.

The amount of Madrid fans and Liverpool fans in the City home stands in the recent City v Madrid and City v Liverpool games was a fucking disgrace!
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Indeed.

Here are some lads who stand in 115. Mancunians, proper Blues like me or anyone else:

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They’re in our WhatsApp group chat and were up on the 1894 singing section the other night.

I reiterate, about the Japanese fans singing all game the other night in my post above.

These are not the people who anyone has a problem with.

This is an issue where there’s a fine line between wanting Manchester City to be as ‘Manchester’ as possible, and it enticing in a few people who end up showing their true colours when it comes to xenophobia and race.

Manchester City stands should prioritise local people over everyone else around the world even if they are City fans. The people of Manchester (of all races) should be able to afford and gain access to Manchester City tickets over anyone else. Worldwide City fans are then welcome after the Manchester people are prioritised, looked after and sorted.

Anyone who’s a City fan is sound and I’d look out for them all day.

But there’s a distinction, in many cases a fucking massive one, between them and the nuisances that are swarming our stadium and away ends.

The amount of Madrid fans and Liverpool fans in the City home stands in the recent City v Madrid and City v Liverpool games was a fucking disgrace!
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When I went through the security checks on weds v leicester, as I'd been checked and was walking away,the steward called me back, he asked me to unzip my jacket, I asked him why after he's done his wand thing before etc.

He said, " he wanted to check what I had on under my jacket " so I said why ?

he said " incase I had a leicester top on " , I couldn't believe it.

So,how do these opposing fans get in our ends ? First time that as happened to me though.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
You’re also a ‘tourist’/‘daytripper’/‘problem’ when you go to a City game at the Etihad with a random shirt or scarf (not even half’n’half, a full-on proper scarf) of a club who aren’t even playing.

In the last two seasons alone this has included: an Arsenal shirt, an Arsenal coat, United souvineer shop bags (multiple times, do City have some sort of deal with United that lets them do both stadium tours and get a ticket for each others games or something?), Celtic shirt, Hajduk Split shirts, Bahia shirts, Liverpool scarf (genuinely, for a game against someone like Fulham), Albania NT shirt, Mexico NT shirt, River Plate shirt, row of Barcelona fans in Barça shirts at Anfield, row of Mallorca fans at Ipswich all wearing the same random mustard colours hats which caused fans to ask them who they were, some fucking idiot with a United hat on in our away end at Anfield last season… and that’s just what I’ve seen or been told of, fuck knows what it comes to across the Etihad and our away end over the years.

These are all from the recent City v Liverpool game:

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Get them fucked off!

Same with the people who turn up and are just a fan of an individual player from the opposition team. Get them fucked off!

Same with the people who just turn up and are glued to their phones, taking in seconds of the game at a time, not celebrating our goals, not interested in City whatsoever. Get them fucked off!

These aren’t worldwide supporters of City. They’re all a fucking nuisance and taking tickets off proper City fans.

Here is an example of some Japanese City fans from the other night, next to the 1894 singing section. They joined in with as many chants as they knew the words to. Here they are going mad-for-it in the ‘Oscar Bobb Bobb Bobb’ chant.

Top banana! They’re welcome any time.

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Completely agree, which is why I have banged on about misusing the tourist word. To me the Japanese lads are tourists, day trippers, call them what you will, might not even be City fans ,at least when they arrived , but joined in. The others in the pictures above are something very different . The two are very different and should be labelled and treated very differently.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
You’re also a ‘tourist’/‘daytripper’/‘problem’ when you go to a City game at the Etihad with a random shirt or scarf (not even half’n’half, a full-on proper scarf) of a club who aren’t even playing.

In the last two seasons alone this has included: an Arsenal shirt, an Arsenal coat, United souvineer shop bags (multiple times, do City have some sort of deal with United that lets them do both stadium tours and get a ticket for each others games or something?), Celtic shirt, Hajduk Split shirts, Bahia shirts, Liverpool scarf (genuinely, for a game against someone like Fulham), Albania NT shirt, Mexico NT shirt, River Plate shirt, row of Barcelona fans in Barça shirts at Anfield, row of Mallorca fans at Ipswich all wearing the same random mustard colours hats which caused fans to ask them who they were, some fucking idiot with a United hat on in our away end at Anfield last season… and that’s just what I’ve seen or been told of, fuck knows what it comes to across the Etihad and our away end over the years.

These are all from the recent City v Liverpool game:

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Get them fucked off!

Same with the people who turn up and are just a fan of an individual player from the opposition team. Get them fucked off!

Same with the people who just turn up and are glued to their phones, taking in seconds of the game at a time, not celebrating our goals, not interested in City whatsoever. Get them fucked off!

These aren’t worldwide supporters of City. They’re all a fucking nuisance and taking tickets off proper City fans.

Here is an example of some Japanese City fans from the other night, next to the 1894 singing section. They joined in with as many chants as they knew the words to. Here they are going mad-for-it in the ‘Oscar Bobb Bobb Bobb’ chant.

Top banana! They’re welcome any time.

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Yes, yes and yes again.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Indeed.

Here are some lads who stand in 115. Mancunians, proper Blues like me or anyone else:

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They’re in our WhatsApp group chat and were up on the 1894 singing section the other night.

I reiterate, about the Japanese fans singing all game the other night in my post above.

These are not the people who anyone has a problem with.

This is an issue where there’s a fine line between wanting Manchester City to be as ‘Manchester’ as possible, and it enticing in a few people who end up showing their true colours when it comes to xenophobia and race.

Manchester City stands should prioritise local people over everyone else around the world even if they are City fans. The people of Manchester (of all races) should be able to afford and gain access to Manchester City tickets over anyone else. Worldwide City fans are then welcome after the Manchester people are prioritised, looked after and sorted.

Anyone who’s a City fan is sound and I’d look out for them all day.

But there’s a distinction, in many cases a fucking massive one, between them and the nuisances that are swarming our stadium and away ends.

The amount of Madrid fans and Liverpool fans in the City home stands in the recent City v Madrid and City v Liverpool games was a fucking disgrace!
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Good post and thanks for posting. The lad on the right is Taj. He’s my mate who I stand with in 115. Top guy. Probably the biggest blue in the block. Literally moved here so he could watch City. :’)

I appreciate my post before has been taken a certain way but I actually wasn’t lying. I literally go to the games with my Indian mate who has never had any problems at the game. (Before anyone says it, I’m not saying racist incidents don’t happen at the Etihad - just that it’s not some mass, toxic pit of racism like some would have you believe).
 
mexico1970 said:
If you don't like a City fan because they are not from around here then you don't really deserve to be a fan IMHO.
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correct if your objection to anyone attending is because they are not local without even knowing their comitment to city then you are out of order

and what does being local look like even ffs
 
urban genie said:
correct if your objection to anyone attending is because they are not local without even knowing their comitment to city then you are out of order

and what does being local look like even ffs
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If I knew how to, I'd post that black and white photo of the Corrie stars at Maine Road in the 60's lol
 
urban genie said:
correct if your objection to anyone attending is because they are not local without even knowing their comitment to city then you are out of order

and what does being local look like even ffs
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My initial thought would be that you are not wearing 3 different club badges and so aren't the 30 or so mates you have with you ;-)
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
You’re also a ‘tourist’/‘daytripper’/‘problem’ when you go to a City game at the Etihad with a random shirt or scarf (not even half’n’half, a full-on proper scarf) of a club who aren’t even playing.

In the last two seasons alone this has included: an Arsenal shirt, an Arsenal coat, United souvineer shop bags (multiple times, do City have some sort of deal with United that lets them do both stadium tours and get a ticket for each others games or something?), Celtic shirt, Hajduk Split shirts, Bahia shirts, Liverpool scarf (genuinely, for a game against someone like Fulham), Albania NT shirt, Mexico NT shirt, River Plate shirt, row of Barcelona fans in Barça shirts at Anfield, row of Mallorca fans at Ipswich all wearing the same random mustard colours hats which caused fans to ask them who they were, some fucking idiot with a United hat on in our away end at Anfield last season… and that’s just what I’ve seen or been told of, fuck knows what it comes to across the Etihad and our away end over the years.

These are all from the recent City v Liverpool game:

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View attachment 151948

Get them fucked off!

Same with the people who turn up and are just a fan of an individual player from the opposition team. Get them fucked off!

Same with the people who just turn up and are glued to their phones, taking in seconds of the game at a time, not celebrating our goals, not interested in City whatsoever. Get them fucked off!

These aren’t worldwide supporters of City. They’re all a fucking nuisance and taking tickets off proper City fans.

In contrast, here is an example of some Japanese City fans from the other night, next to the 1894 singing section. They joined in with as many chants as they knew the words to. Here they are going mad-for-it in the ‘Oscar Bobb Bobb Bobb’ chant.

Top banana! They’re welcome any time.

View attachment 151952
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They are not Japanese. That’s Lewis and Ellie both very clever one at Uni in Liverpool the other going to Cambridge in September both in 1894 and help with displays as does their mother Bess who is moving up to be one of the leaders from next season. I’ve never asked them if they were born here or born in Hong Kong or born in china and they weren’t next to the 1894 section they were in it and were also at the protest before the game

It’s not about the colour of someone’s skin or background it’s about fairness for tickets and not just giving them away to people who don’t care , yes grow a fan base but not to the detriment of losing the core support , the atmosphere identity fan culture and tradition of MCFC.
 
Giovinco said:
will probably get some stick for this but thought that was pretty pointless tonight.

Personally think they’ve jumped the gun and should have waited before the season ticket prices come out first, and combined protests for the pricing and reselling of tickets.

I realize the main issue is tickets being sold via viagogo but we already have 8 other 3rd party resellers.
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Waiting for prices to come out is too late
They know now if they do rise prices will be even more dissent
 
Stop being a dick head. Why are you fucking arsed about empty seat jibes? Jeez grow up. I love it when so called opposition supporters try to bait me about the emptihad etc. My response is simple. When you have won a treble , a domestic quad, 6 out of the last 7 premier leagues, then come back and we can discuss the cost of football. Their response is 115. My response..tell me in detail about those charges..Can you see the power of the media and their agendas?
I am 51 now. I want new dads and their kids to continue in my foot steps with my 3 kids when I decide to jack it. Not have some 1 game a season attendee take my place paying extortionate pricing for an experience at city.( this should be an option but is a different debate)
 
St Helens Blue (Exiled) said:
Stop being a dick head. Why are you fucking arsed about empty seat jibes? Jeez grow up. I love it when so called opposition supporters try to bait me about the emptihad etc. My response is simple. When you have won a treble , a domestic quad, 6 out of the last 7 premier leagues, then come back and we can discuss the cost of football. Their response is 115. My response..tell me in detail about those charges..Can you see the power of the media and their agendas?
I am 51 now. I want new dads and their kids to continue in my foot steps with my 3 kids when I decide to jack it. Not have some 1 game a season attendee take my place paying extortionate pricing for an experience at city.( this should be an option but is a different debate)
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The amount of people who are happy to wreck this club so that some United fans in the local boozer dont take the piss out of them is fucking disgraceful
 
Stephen230 said:
I’ve no negativity towards the protesters. But it did mildly amuse me that the ones in my block spent the full nine minutes heartedly singing on the concourse. Came marching down the stairs, still loudly singing. And then sat down and spent the next 80 minutes in total silence.
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Our Concourse chanting, noisy and a with a wide range of chants is second to none.
 
Damocles said:
Surprised you have the gall to show your face after the shit you put in this thread pre-protest.
People wont forget.
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Oh give over, and is that some sort of threat? I'll happily meet you to discuss what 'people won't forget'.
You've stomped all over this thread abusing poster after poster that you couldn't browbeat into your way of thinking.
And do you wanna show me 'the shit' i posted that has you so riled up?
 
stonerblue said:
Oh give over, and is that some sort of threat? I'll happily meet you to discuss what 'people won't forget'.
You've stomped all over this thread abusing poster after poster that you couldn't browbeat into your way of thinking.
And do you wanna show me 'the shit' i posted that has you so riled up?
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Go easy on Damo please. I think Mad Frankie Fraser has hacked his account!
 
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