kippax boy said:Gelsons Dad said:I had a flight to catch after the Fulham game. As I only get to 4 or 5 home games a season my experience has always been parking at the ground or over the road past Asda and stuck in traffic for 45 minutes after the game. When I'm with my kids(who live in the UK) and taking them home after the game it's no big deal. We put the radio on and listen to the idiots on both end of the phone ins. When I'm alone and flying back to Zurich after the game I can't afford to be stuck in traffic so choose to leave early and keep my job. Which I like. Because it pays me enough to fly to the UK and watch City. Usually when they're playing Bolton or Fulham or Blackburn. Now I may be a plastic but at lease I'm putting the hard yards in. In the last 5 seasons the only big team I've seen us play is Chelsea and we lost. Thats out of 25 trips to the UK. I've also been away this season to Salzburg and Turin. I didn't leave those games early as I had taken 2 days vacation for each.
Those holier than thou on here who think it's a mortal sin to leave early are living in their own little world which doesn't match everyone else's circumstance and frankly you sound just a little bit like shitbags banging on about leaving early.
I have a season ticket and go to all the home games and the odd away ones,I occasionally leave 2 minutes early if I need to be some where (work,five a side, golf,pub etc) it is called juggling a busy life and is my choice
Fans like you though who come all the way from Zurich (even for only a few games) are far more loyal in my opinion,I dont know if I would go that far on a regular basis.
The bloke next to me comes from London every week , again far more loyal than me.
I have total respect for you mate and I am sorry to hear you cant see one of the big games,pm me and I will let you have my season ticket for one of them ,and I will watch it be another means, I think people like you are the true fan cheers Dave
Gelsons Dad said:kippax boy said:I have a season ticket and go to all the home games and the odd away ones,I occasionally leave 2 minutes early if I need to be some where (work,five a side, golf,pub etc) it is called juggling a busy life and is my choice
Fans like you though who come all the way from Zurich (even for only a few games) are far more loyal in my opinion,I dont know if I would go that far on a regular basis.
The bloke next to me comes from London every week , again far more loyal than me.
I have total respect for you mate and I am sorry to hear you cant see one of the big games,pm me and I will let you have my season ticket for one of them ,and I will watch it be another means, I think people like you are the true fan cheers Dave
no one is more or less a fan. You either are or you're not. How you support the team will depend on your personal circumstance but that doesn't make anyone more worthy than anyone else. We all support City and we all support each other. It's what being a fan is all about isn't it?
de niro said:for the life of me i can't understand why so many leave early, its city, anything can happen.
Impeccable said:Foley, I left on 84 mins because I have to walk right round the stadium to catch my bus to town (being in ESL Block 107). Live with it.
It's the ones that don't attend at all that you should have a gripe with, pal.
BurnCK said:danburge82 said:the fact remains that you clearly don't give a flying fuck about the club !
What bollocks....'cos obviously people are going to shell out £30-£40 of their hard earned cash to watch City when they don't care.
danburge82 said:BurnCK said:What bollocks....'cos obviously people are going to shell out £30-£40 of their hard earned cash to watch City when they don't care.
But in my eyes if it's more important to people to get home quickly for tea/Xfactor/stop wife moaning than support the team on to a win (like when we're drawing against Fulham but need the win) then you don't give a fuck! Money doesn't come into it. Fuck me, some twats buy tickets for early round cup games but don't even turn up to the game, they just do it to get the points. So for me the money people spend means nothing, it's actually being there and supporting, properly supporting, that's important!
As I've said sometimes some people will have something they need to do a dart for, but not THOUSANDS of people EVERY game regardless of the opposition or the score!
It is peoples own choice to do what they want, but that choice makes them less of a fan if they desert the team!
tolmie's hairdoo said:danburge82 said:But in my eyes if it's more important to people to get home quickly for tea/Xfactor/stop wife moaning than support the team on to a win (like when we're drawing against Fulham but need the win) then you don't give a fuck! Money doesn't come into it. Fuck me, some twats buy tickets for early round cup games but don't even turn up to the game, they just do it to get the points. So for me the money people spend means nothing, it's actually being there and supporting, properly supporting, that's important!
As I've said sometimes some people will have something they need to do a dart for, but not THOUSANDS of people EVERY game regardless of the opposition or the score!
It is peoples own choice to do what they want, but that choice makes them less of a fan if they desert the team!
So people who work shifts, those who want to get home for their small child before bedtime (yep, I admit it, I love him more than City, those who may have other engagements, those who can't afford to be stuck in long queues, the elderly, you seriously don't think this can't be reflected across the entire stadium x 100?
And yet still get to the match?
Seriously, mate. It is a gross generalisation and slur on thousands of people who have everyday lives to contend with outside of football.
I won't be going on Sunday. It's my choice. I have a season ticket, the kick-off time is crap and it's on the TV, it simply does not fit in with my life outside of City.
People need to grow up and stop being so self-aware about how supposed a great City fan they are.
It's about time served, not time at the end of a match.