Re: Season Card Reservation,New ST UPDATED TODAY 08/04.
The Fat el Hombre said:
quiet_riot said:
Plenty of "wet" people near me relocated.
Scurry along after them then
Me, my nephew and 3 mates have relocated from where we are. My mum and dad have relocated from where they are (great seats where they'd been since the stadium first opened).
No one's arsed. Me and my mates (and the other 5 that are meeting up with us in the 3rd tier) are buzzing in fact. Mum and dad were in some of the best seats in the house which are trebling in price for them I think (they're old bids), but I think they've saved some money and still got decent seats so don't seem fussed. They knew the price hikes were coming, as did everyone else
I think you're missing the point a little bit, Alex.
Firstly, i don't buy into all this I can't sit with my friends nonsense so I agree with you on that, if you want to sit together then stay or relocate together, as I have done. No problem with that.
It comes down to a matter of principle I think, and that means more to some than it does others, but that doesn't make them 'wet'.
This stems to the fact that we all chose our seats and have paid the premium since we moved to the stadium. We helped the club out by buying two years season tickets in one hit in the final year at Maine Road to help the club finance the move. Now, we're indirectly being forced out of those seats to accommodate people that can just throw more money at it. It doesn't sit well and it stinks, the fact we had two years notice isn't a justification either.
I wouldn't even have complained if they'd put our tickets up £200 for the sole reason that they are the best seats. Many would grumble but you can't please everyone and the world is full of busy fuckers that complain about fucking everything. However, it isn't £200, it's £400 (for me) and it's not because of the view, it's to accommodate people that want to sit on fucking sofa's like it's a starbucks and have plush concourse facilities. I don't want that, people I know don't want that, I'll go to starbucks if I want that, I just want to watch City in my seats I've had for years.
For me it's more about the reasons behind the increase than the actual increase (though not happy with that either admittedly) and that's why it doesn't sit well. I'm forced to stay and pay for other peoples fucking sofa's or move - and that stinks to high heaven and people are rightly miffed about it. Two years notice is irrelevant to the principle of it.