BlueinBosnia wrote:No offence Mancio, but I've been going to as many games as I can since the 1995-96 season. In all honesty, I do kind of despise the fact that you can swan in and get a season ticket, and by the 2013-2014 season will have more loyalty points than me. Do you not understand that it is a bit of a turd in the face to those of us who are less wealthy or have to travel further? I don't begrudge you your season ticket, but the day you post pictures of yourself at Wembley cheering us on is the day that I will truly realise that I have no place any more as a Fan of My Club.
I've decided over the past few months that I don't want my kids to follow City after me, but to follow their own local team, wherever they're born and/or grow up. City should always be their second club, though.
Dear Andrew,
I think You are aware of in what respect I take You, as a Person, able to merge huge culture in straightforward manners, resulting more often than not in very sensible and wise opinions, allround.
Far from offensive, Your effort in let me aware of a widespread sentiment in the Mancunian Community is much appeciated and can only improve my esteem of You: although I am not blind nor deaf, so that it didn't take me long to realize it.
Fairly so: I am all about pursuivants of tradition and I certainly won't take on specious arguments like football being turned into an entertainment industry, sadly, rather just the Flag of Local Prides.
Certainly any topic doesn't mean the same to everyone and I gladly acknowledge to be more sensible and reactive on this one, while others, who couldn't afford to spend time on traditional educational courses because taken by much compelling urgencies, may result more sensible when a show off of certificates is at stake, for an instance.
Still, I am not sure if You have got that I have not addressed my frustration against a whatever and polite expression of such sentiments, but I
angrily reacted to a cretin who vows to organize a "special enclosure" deemed to contain a "special kind of persons".Now while I don't buy at all this regressive "tourists/gloryhunters" crap, I'd take a point of pride if You would understand a couple of thingies of me (for which I don't demand/expect/deserve any praise!):
a) I was born supporter of my local Club and shall remain faithfully commited all life long, when I joined the Forum, the vast majority of the folks will be thinking because of Mancini only (can't help!) at least till he will be replaced, MCFC were hardly a destination for "tourists" and very little, if anything could have lead to expect different evolution than when Frank owned the Club: there was only financial wealth surroounded by a massive turmoil allround.
I once tried, with my limited means, to share reasons of how and why an original sympathy for City spread through my family, has progressively grown on me and turned into genuine passion for the Blues. I thought You browsed there and, if interested, I'd be delighted to expend on, should we'll ever have the chance to spare sometime next each other.
b) STs I bought were and still are intended to be shared within this Community of Hardcore Blues. with main focus on the use of those travelling Blues who share with me the regret for not being able to attend more, while having to sustain huge additional costs and working discomfort.
I will probanly use them not much than 4 games, perhaps just a "tourist" would have just bought four tickets through Viagogo, wouldn't he?
I certainly does not intend to come and steal dreams of local supporters and should I understand that such sentiments are actual majority, I will seriously consider not to renew.
