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didsburyblu

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Anyone else think they may need to rethink this
Its generally accepted that for European aways the bulk if not all supporters are usually in the town the day before or by lunchtime on day of kick off so collection whilst inconvenient can usually be done comfortably.
For this game however its a three and a half hour drive or train so no different to a lot of premier aways. A lot of fans may drive looking to get there shortly before kick off and me personally due to lack of holidays am taking half a day so my train doesn't arrive into Glasgow till 5.30 so not a lot of time to be trekking about to collect tickets.
Hope at the very least if they don't change the criteria they realise a lot of fans may arrive late for this one and chose a collection venue accordingly
 
Its not just this gane where the system will prove flawed. By issuing the tickets in Moengengladbach prople will not benefit from the free travel the ticket affords them.

Who knows the club may have to reconsider its draconian rules and treats the fans like adults.
 
franksinatra said:
Its not just this gane where the system will prove flawed. By issuing the tickets in Moengengladbach prople will not benefit from the free travel the ticket affords them.

Who knows the club may have to reconsider its draconian rules and treats the fans like adults.
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Yeah good point never thought of that which clearly would affect all future German games
 
If they impose the ticket collection process for Celtic, then why not all PL away games?

I hope they do, as it means I'm more likely to get a ticket. But whatever the club decide, its going to be controversial.
 
didsburyblu said:
Though it only covers travel to and from game so unless they did collection at the stadium it shouldn't be too much of an issue
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Many (most) stayed in Düsseldorf last year, so it does affect things if you have to pick the ticket up in Monchengladbach, where there is limited accommodation. It would defeat the object travelling to MGB to pick up a ticket in advance, just so you can get free train travel, and without the ticket you can't get the free travel.
 
cleavers said:
Many (most) stayed in Düsseldorf last year, so it does affect things if you have to pick the ticket up in Monchengladbach, where there is limited accommodation. It would defeat the object travelling to MGB to pick up a ticket in advance, just so you can get free train travel, and without the ticket you can't get the free travel.
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Yeah true were in dusseldorf too as most city fans will be. Can we expect Lisa and her staff to come to us in dusseldorf rather than us all trek to their hotel?? Somehow I doubt it
 
didsburyblu said:
Yeah true were in dusseldorf too as most city fans will be. Can we expect Lisa and her staff to come to us in dusseldorf rather than us all trek to their hotel?? Somehow I doubt it
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Hopefully someone will read this and make a sensible decision. Someone with twitter could always send supporter services a tweet about the free train travel and ask what they are going to do to allow it to happen.
 
cibaman said:
If they impose the ticket collection process for Celtic, then why not all PL away games?

I hope they do, as it means I'm more likely to get a ticket. But whatever the club decide, its going to be controversial.
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Don't worry, Marwood will have the perfect solution. Won't yer, Brian? I think he's binned the "Pick 'em up at Inverness Town Hall' option!
 
Same for my daughter @didsburyblu
She's planning to leave work at 3 and get the train to, hopefully, get her in for 18:15.
It's not like I can even go and get the ticket for her

I'm pessimistic about any changes to the system. Someone on here said last spring he was glad of it as it stopped the 'dickheads' from going. Funnily enough someone at the Steaua collection, working for City, said to me that's why they had done it, told me "I hadn't seen the abuse the staff get". My response to that was to sort out the dickheads instead of punishing us all.
 
Personally I'm glad that the club has introduced something that makes it more difficult for fans who buy tickets and sell them on regularly just so they can stay at the front of the queue.

It's not the clubs fault that some that want to go can only take half a days holiday etc. Ticket collection ensures that those that purchase tickets actually go to the game and that's fair.

I little bit of an inconvenience at times maybe but I'm all for it.
 
RACHACE said:
Personally I'm glad that the club has introduced something that makes it more difficult for fans who buy tickets and sell them on regularly just so they can stay at the front of the queue.


I little bit of an inconvenience at times maybe but I'm all for it.
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If that was the reason it was introduced then why don't they do the same for away games at the swamp, Burnley and Bournemouth and a top of the table clash which all go the same way?
I'd be happy if they did the same here, but they won't
 
cibaman said:
If they impose the ticket collection process for Celtic, then why not all PL away games?

I hope they do, as it means I'm more likely to get a ticket. But whatever the club decide, its going to be controversial.
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That's been my point for a while, especially now that away tickets are topped at £30, and actively encourage points whoring.
If anything, it should be the other way round with points not being allocated for european away games, but tickets posted before you travel.
 
squirtyflower said:
If that was the reason it was introduced then why don't they do the same for away games at the swamp, Burnley and Bournemouth and a top of the table clash which all go the same way?
I'd be happy if they did the same here, but they won't
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I don't know but it should also be introduced for those games. Only reason I can think of is that maybe for say the swamp or burnley it'd probably not make much of an impact due to then being local games.

However I'm not 100% sure of the reasoning behind the system anyway and the benefit that I see might just be a by-product of why they've actually done it.

It's an inconvenience that's no doubt but it does help making ticket allocation fairer.
 
RACHACE said:
Personally I'm glad that the club has introduced something that makes it more difficult for fans who buy tickets and sell them on regularly just so they can stay at the front of the queue.

It's not the clubs fault that some that want to go can only take half a days holiday etc. Ticket collection ensures that those that purchase tickets actually go to the game and that's fair.

I little bit of an inconvenience at times maybe but I'm all for it.
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Its not the clubs fault fans can only take half a day? The reason I can only take half a day is because ive used up most of my holidays following city.
As Squirty says why not introduce it to premier league games? That presents a far bigger points whoring problem than the occasional overseas game. The reason they don't is its not manageable same as it isn't really manageable for the Celtic game because far more than normal will arrive late.
Or maybe all us fans who have other commitments so cant get there first thing should just sack the game off so as not to inconvenience city's distribution policy
 
Would the Celtic games not be the the kind of game that fans want to keep at the front of the queue for? Therefore very few applying but not going?
 
Tam said:
It covers the whole of the vrr region on match day until 1am and includes all bus, tram and rail travel

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Cheers though clearly that first trip to collect tickets you would have to pay for this time unlike previous trips
 
didsburyblu said:
Its not the clubs fault fans can only take half a day? The reason I can only take half a day is because ive used up most of my holidays following city.
As Squirty says why not introduce it to premier league games? That presents a far bigger points whoring problem than the occasional overseas game. The reason they don't is its not manageable same as it isn't really manageable for the Celtic game because far more than normal will arrive late.
Or maybe all us fans who have other commitments so cant get there first thing should just sack the game off so as not to inconvenience city's distribution policy
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No it's not. The fact that you've used your holiday entitlement following city is irrelevant. I've used 12 of my measly 20 days holiday on my honeymoon meaning I couldn't do Bucharest and will also have to very economical with my remaining days in order to maybe do 3 European away games but that's also not the clubs fault.

A little bit more planning and the ticket collection is only I minor inconvenience that's helps ensure that supporters who actually qualify due to attending games over a number of years get tickets over someone who has maybe only recently decided that they want to do City away getting tickets via someone they know. Can't argue with that as it's fair.
 
didsburyblu said:
Cheers though clearly that first trip to collect tickets you would have to pay for this time unlike previous trips
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I've changed my travel because of that.
Was going to stay in Dortmund and travel in on the day of the game saving the €27 train fare. Can't do that now though without a ticket.

Maybe City will buy us all a travel pass for the day?
 
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