City seem to be getting everything right. Right?
We won our first trophy in a few generations. We're now signing players at the Kun Agüero level (unbelievable!) and we're raising our profile around the world. MCFC is on the way to be in it's best position, ever. Brilliant, yes.. no?!
Hang on a minute, why would that even be in doubt? Well, have a look inside the stadiums around Europe. Look at the BundesLiga, look at Sevilla and Atlético in Spain, look at Greece and Turkey. Stadiums PACKED and bouncing with colour, culture, style and flair. Even look at Celtic. Christ even look down the leagues at places like Stevenage and even at Conference level. Fans are up on their feet and making great noise surrounded by great colour. This is what football is all about. Even change sports and go to The Halliwell-Jones Stadium and look at Warrington RLFC fans too..
But then look inside the Etihad Stadium on matchdays. 75% (if not more) of the stadium are sat down queitly, if not in total silence; fans are being turfed out for smoking, even though they've never smoked a cig in their life; fans being turnfed out (leaving his Nan on her own in the stand) because he kicked a ball up in their air that had been kicked into the stand during the warm up; fans being told to sit down; fans being told to stop swearing; a saturation of cheese all over the place that is making many cringe; an area set aside for vocal fans that totals about 3000 (The Kippax once held 30000+! Over TEN TIMES more! And we're trying to obliterate our success from them times on the pitch, but why not in the stands?); and now letters sent out to fans basically telling them not to dare enjoy themselves...
I don't need this shit! All I need is a place to stand, sing, jump about, shout me head off (but I like a good view so don't want to do this in the puny efforts the club has set aside in places with lesser views of the game than I have in 105!) and enjoy myself while watching the football club I love. But why is it I enjoy away games more than home? If there was a choice of home and away seasoncards and you could only have one, I'd choose the away one and never go to the Etihad!
City, I put this straight to you - you're making it difficult for THOUSANDS of fans who want and think the same as me. It's shite, the way you go about this sort of stuff, truly shite! What the fuck is going on? How much power the this ex-pig **** Fletcher have at the club over everyone? Is he a Rag? He's definately showing that typical police trait of acting like a total **** constantly in the manner of someone who was bullied at school and is now taking that hurt out on everyone he can, all whilst hiding away somewhere in the depths of the club where nobody can ever see or speak to him like a complete coward. For me he's bad news, he's putting a bad name on MCFC. Who is he?!
City will not be the best club in the world, regardless of how good we are on the pitch, if we aren't matching that excellence in the stands. Are Borussia Dortmund more famous for being German champions or for having the die Südtribüne? Are Liverpool more famous for winning trophies or for The Spion Kop? It's close isn't it?! Now, are City more famous for winning the FA Cup or for The South Stand (what a truly boringly shite name and it's almost laughable I ask that question!)? Do City ever wonder why we're not selling all our seasoncards (isn't there 280 left?), do they ever wonder why we don't sell out cup games or even Prem games? Do they REALLY think selling Loyalty Points is the answer? This is basically bribery! To be honest I disagree with it enitrely, but I feel I have to pay the extra if I'm to keep up with everyone. But this isn't the way City! Give fans a proper stand like the die Südtribüne or the Kop, give City fans a stadium that's bouncing every week, give City a stadium that intimidates away teams and fans..and I GUARANTEE you'll see sell outs every week, no matter what competitin or what round!
This season, I think the board members [including Fletcher!] need to stop coming to the Etihad at times and going to watch Borussia Dortmund v Bayer Leverkusen, going to watch Sevilla v Atlético, going to watch Besiktas v Galatasaray, going to watch Olmpiacos v POAK [these aren't even derby games!]... spend some time taking in the sights, sounds, capacity crowds, noise, atmopshere, singing, jumping, dancing, colours, culture of FOOTBALL. Fucking hell, even go and watch Barrow v Kidserminster. People at City need educating on what a football atmopshere, a proper football experience, is because they do not know what it is!
I'm sure at all levels of the club there are the best people working there who the club want: Mancini, Kompany, Agüero, Kidd, Lombardo, Cook, Alex Willams, the bloke at ManC Mag, the bloke running the OS... but have we got the best people we can get in world football to create and improve atmopshere and the stadium? and if we do then why are their hands tied so tightly behind their backs?
City...it's not on! Get it sorted!
