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As I said, I don’t necessarily agree with the decision to get rid of paper tickets. I do think the option should still be there. But who does a cashless service discriminate against? Who has access to cash but doesn’t have a card?

I don’t necessarily agree with the club taking away printed tickets. But the world is constantly changing and evolving. The internet didn’t exist 30 years ago: there was a time you didn’t know how to use it, but here you are using it to converse with strangers across the globe. Rather than throwing your toys out of the pram and punishing yourself but not buying a season ticket, why not open your mind to learning a new skill that will help you keep up with life in the 21st century - as you evidently have done previously?

Just the three goals away at the Bernabau then.

How on earth anyone has time to watch six games plus City in one weekend is absolutely beyond me.

Good grief. So I can’t accuse Manchester City of immorality or wrongdoing without mentioning every other instance of immorality or wrongdoing at the same time. Just utter nonsense. If I call Harold Shipman a mass murderer but don’t mention Fred West in the same sentence, it doesn’t mean I think Fred West was a nice chap.

Absolutely right! Let’s celebrate financial doping, sportswashing and 115 unanswered FFP charges because someone on a football forum dared to suggest they’re a bit boring.

How about for once we don’t go retro? What’s the point in harking back to previous periods in our history all the time…when our history is so limited in terms of success? I’d like to see a classy, minimalist design, in a deep, vibrant red, with a great fit and good quality materials, made by a proper manufacturer and sold for a reasonable price that recognises that fans are not made of money during a cost of living crisis. No dicking about with the crest. Too much to ask? Probably.

You might not have liked the design of the previous home shirt. But the quality, fit, finish and colours of the Hummel shirts were a world apart from the utter crap Oneil are producing for us - and we’re still being charged the same price. The sooner we bin off this market stall standard crap the better. We look so amateur.

One post. Joined 9 hours ago. No further questions your honour.

Are other clubs so consistently embarrassing off the pitch while achieving precisely nothing of note on it, all at the same time? This season alone we’ve had.. Ditching Hummel when others didn’t. Poor quality O’Neil kits. Crap and vastly overpriced merchandise in general. Blue training wear that has absolutely no connection to any of our kits. Woeful stock levels at peak sales periods like Christmas. The splat Robin that no one wanted. A commemorative shirt for one FA Cup win in 1876 or something. A squad photo released in March. And that’s before we even talk about the decision to replace Pearson with Manning.

Read my post above @Tim Monaghan. It is just a t-shirt - but it’s also symptomatic of a bigger problem with our club, the decision making by those running the club, and the disconnect between those decision makers and the fanbase. And it’s far from the first time.

How many of those £35 t shirts are they expecting to sell do you think? Because I genuinely can’t imagine anyone wanting one at that price. Clearly it’s aimed at a younger market. But that’s not a generation flush with cash - and why would anyone buy one at that price point when they could buy a much higher quality product from a recognised designer or sports brand? After 30 seconds on google I found Hugo Boss t shirts selling for less than this crap. Just embarrassing. He’s probably seen the reaction.

I know it’s easy to get carried away with things that don’t really matter, but for me this says so much about our club and it’s culture. The lack of care. The lack of attention to detail. The lack of concern for the quality of the product. The disconnect and disregard for supporters demonstrated by charging £35 for a cheap looking white t shirt. The lack of self awareness to not realise how embarrassing this all is. I really don’t like this club at the moment.

Maybe it includes the clearly-needed iron.

£35. THIRTY. FIVE. POUNDS. Look at the state of it. Joke club.

Extra time in Cardiff. It’s tense. Not much between the teams.

I’m married to a Welsh speaker! So I have a personal translator. It’s on S4C which is available via iplayer.

Am I the only one who’s chosen to watch Wales instead?!

I'll be watching Wales v Poland tonight as that's a much more interesting game with an awful lot riding on it. Wales games at home are invariably entertaining, and almost guaranteed to better than another sterile friendly at Wembley. Game is on S4C - accessible via BBC iplayer.

It’s a relatively inexpensive way for families in particular to watch some of the best players in the world in one of the biggest stadiums in the world. The spectacle of watching England v Brazil at Wembley would not be forgotten by any young person, even if it’s not a particularly great game. When I say relatively inexpensive - that’s in comparison to a high profile premier league game at a big stadium, which is less easy to get tickets for, tickets are more expensive, and generally requires a club membership to give you a chance of buying one. An England friendly against a top team is probably the most accessible way of watching elite level footballers.

I find not giving a shit about the colour of a tiny flag on the back of a football shirt helps immensely.

Was tempted to explain it in brackets but I thought…no, just let it sit there.

I wonder if they’re having the same debate on OTIRDJ.

No it’s fine, I get it now, only the colour matters. Was just trying to establish the parameters for being offended. A change to the form would have been fine. So no one would have complained about this. Got it. Cheers.

Got it, just the colours that matter, not the form. So any changes to the shape are acceptable. Could you point me to the rule book please?