Someone disagrees Boris yet doesn`t have the nads to comment as to why

Why would we do that?

Chippy,

Aon is the Chinese word for 'Nadless' or 'Without Nads'.

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Whatever it means, it's a poor name for an English football stadium. Sad times.

Will the next sponsors be the Chinese word for potless Boris?

comment by Jalisco Red – I'm sure I've seen this before … (U4195)
posted 2 minutes ago

Whatever it means, it's a poor name for an English football stadium. Sad times.
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Poor name? Is that it? Sad times indeedy for some after reading all the comments over the net today. Nothing at all to do with you so don`t get upset/sad!

Nothing at all to do with you

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On the contrary, I think it concerns everybody. You can't tell me you're happy to see your ground named after an airline.

Actually I have no problem with it at all, why should I? I was never sure whether to call it Eastlands or CoMS anyway. That problem has been solved and the money is beneficial obviously so for me there`s nothing to be unhappy about. I`m AM amused by all the attention from other fans though....Suppose it gives something else to moan about regarding us so go for it. I`m way past caring about what other fans think. I will reply to them, but never care

I AM*

Couldn't give a monkeys what the stadium is called to be honest, the City of Manchester Stadium didn't mean much to most of us either, but this way we get 100m (or whatever the deal is) off an airline instead of the fans having to pay the price by increased season ticket prices etc.

By the way we are only the 6th PL club to sell our stadiums naming rights, but no, obviously this is another soul destroying day in English football caused by English football.

caused by Manchester City sorry!

By the way we are only the 6th PL club to sell our stadiums naming rights, but no, obviously this is another soul destroying day in English football caused by English football.

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I guess you're being sarcastic, but I do remember a lot of fuss (certainly on 606) about Arsenal moving to the Emirates Stadium, and that was for a brand new ground. Granted the City of Manchester of Stadium doesn't have a great deal of history (arguably its most famous moment is still a woman jumping into some sand) but I maintain that renaming stadiums after corporations is a sad and worrying trend – more worrying when fans appear to be unmoved or even pleased by it.

Seems like you have a lot to celebrate at City right now, what with your FA Cup and your sponsorship deals …

On the contrary, I think it concerns everybody. You can't tell me you're happy to see your ground named after an airline.

Better than having it named after an industrial estate.

Better than having it named after an industrial estate.

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OK.

... Unlike United who maintain an anti-capitalist stance by retaining their stadium name 'Old Trashford'.

Or where the club floated on the stock market around the start of the 90s, I forget...

United have a fine tradition of upstanding owners and shareholders.

The Edwards family.

Robert Maxwell.

Rupert Murdoch.

Michael Knighton.

The Glazers.

I'm still checking but Mussolini, Idi Amin and Manuel Noriega have probably had a dabble as well.

comment by Boris Inky Gibson (U5901)
posted 18 seconds ago
United have a fine tradition of upstanding owners and shareholders.

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What's that got to do with the name of City's stadium?

but I maintain that renaming stadiums after corporations is a sad and worrying trend – more worrying when fans appear to be unmoved or even pleased by it

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We are unmoved because there have been many 'sad' things that have evolved in football over the decades. Agents, TV rights, ridiculous wages......... We all just have to move on and accept it. Did you really think you would get many blues opposing the name change and everything that comes with it? Named after a corporation or whatever, for all we know most stadiums in the PL will be renamed in the next decade. Times change whether we like it or not. Money and advertising talk, as you should know already.

... Talking about the corporate nature of modern football, and how ironic it is that rags slate us for 'selling out'. You lot are up there with McDonalds, Microsoft, and Walmart!

Grated, give it a few years and they will be up there with Netto, Primark and Jacamo!

comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 1 minute ago
... Talking about the corporate nature of modern football, and how ironic it is that rags slate us for 'selling out'. You lot are up there with McDonalds, Microsoft, and Walmart!

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But therein lies the irony. For years City fans have regarded themselves as the bastion of all that is right and true in English football (in contrast to their corporate cousins across the city), and now you celebrate lucrative sponsorship deals and crow about your mega-rich foreign owners.

I`m not crowing, just accepting! I was gutted the day after we got took over because I knew things wouldn`t be the same again! I miss the old crapppy City results and league table finishes and all the banter that came with it. I`m adult enough to embrace our new found (however shortlived it is) wealth though

Fair enough.

So you're not the only one who longs for the days when City were awful?

We still are at times, have you not noticed?