It was about 41,869 (from memory).Dunno, but there were plenty of Germans where I was sat. Very quiet in the last ten minutes though.
Yeah but if he had gone to the game and used the tram Tolm would probably have missed all the last 3 goals.Bad call mate, you missed a belter ;)
Not going tonight - as cant be arsed and I want to see what my xmas tree looks like - will watch on Channel 5 with a few beers - means i can watch until the final whistle as i will have no traffic to beat - in fact i am tempted to watch it all from my bed. Think will be a poor 34,000 ish. We have some tossers as fans.
I'm in the Cup scheme and can't be arsed tonight, either.
It's going to cost me £50 to leave two seats empty.
The fact we are through, the fact we are on TV, the fact I can see my two little kids before they go to bed, the fact my 30 minute car journey across Manchester is increasingly taking well over an hour and a half, the fact when I use the tram I have to leave ten minutes early just to be in the queue with the other couple of thousand who are already there before me.
And the fact I am still pissed with the general attitude and desire of a team at the weekend.
It works two ways, I don't suppose any of our players have decided to take a hit in the pocket.
I literally couldn't give them away today, having offered them to at least six different people who I thought might appreciate a freebie game in the Champions League.
People choose to have lives and prioritise other things, outside of City, so others need to chill and not worry about whether our players will fail to be inspired by empty seats, which some will be embarrassed more by how it looks on TV.
perhaps if the city bandwagon jumper fans could be bothered to turn up there wouldn't be opposing fans in our stands ,waste of space gloryhunters go back to supporting them fckers from Salford
Pick and choose if you like, but then you miss games like that.I took pelters the other day for admitting the same myself about the teams desire under the manager, some of these superfans on here need to wind there fucking necks in.
Pick and choose if you like, but then you miss games like that.
And for me, its when it gets difficult that a club needs its fans although those that went were drowned out by 3,000 away fans. They really were loud
Cheap ticket prices (£20).Yes it was a good game, it wont do the club any harm playing in front of 40,000 , might kick them up the fucking arse a bit, its not just happening at City, its widely reported there were close on 10,000 empty seats at Arsenals last home CL game.
But 5,000 were BMG.I not sure when 40000 at city suddenly become a poor attendance. I remember getting close to 18000 at one time when we bear Huddersfield 10-1.
It looks bad in the bigger stadium but it still a good crowd
3000 BMG wasn't it ?But 5,000 were BMG.
You're right though. A few years ago, our midweek cup crowds were embarrassing. We couldn't fill the ground for Quarter Finals. We rely on season ticket holders many of whom now live out of Manchester
We do seem to have had a hell of a lot of home games over the past 3 weeks. 4 home games in 18 days just before xmas is bound to have an impact on attendances. All that considered i think 40k for last night is a pretty good turn out. Unfortunately now with the bigger stadium it spreads people out even more making it look worse than it was.But 5,000 were BMG.
You're right though. A few years ago, our midweek cup crowds were embarrassing. We couldn't fill the ground for Quarter Finals. We rely on season ticket holders many of whom now live out of Manchester
They had more than the usual away end. They spilled over into the neighbouring block in the South stand. They had a block in the Colin Bell Stand and little pockets all over.3000 BMG wasn't it ?
Cheap ticket prices (£20).
If you go for entertainment and a good night then I can understand why fans don't go because at home especially the European games have been miserable
However what made City fans special were the number who stood by the club when we were getting worse. In fact the worst we got the more support we got. Thanks to them we're playing in the last 16 of the Champions League now.