CFG Expansion | Başakşehir to join? (p70)

[KS55]

The biggest thing this is doing is creating so many City fans globally. Those who already support all these local teams, Melbourne, New York ... to now these teams in Ukraine and Chile, will obviously go on to support their team but then also keep an eye on City then that becomes their default team to support in Europe. I know a lot of people in India for example who supported Barca or Real Madrid as a big team to watch (and in some cases even United) ... since Mumbai City joined the CFG have all gone to keeping an eye on City and support us now.

This isn't visible right now, but in a decade from now, one day the Uniteds and Liverpools will wake up and realize they are no longer the big fish in all these global markets, and City won't only be in China or India only but everywhere in all this clever mushroom spreading our brand and what not. CFG is doing great in these communities as well and that's also spreading our good name and Manchester City remains the top club in CFG and thus all these other clubs (and their fans) see us as ... let's say ... the mothership.

Yup. Whether we like it or not, football has evolved into a global business and we have to go with it to stay relevant.
That is why I disagree with those who moan about tourists at the Etihad. That is how we will fill the stadium in the future.
The culture around classical music, opera and the theatre used to be one of exclusion and the cognoscenti used to keep the "riffraff" out by insisting on evening dress etc. Such attitudes deny the purpose of culture and have slowly disappeared. Before I lost my hearing, as a genuine piece of riffraff, I used to go to the theatre in my jeans etc. and slowly I was joined by others. Theatres filled up.
If you want the expansion of the Etihad, welcome the tourists and in ten years, we will become a giant.

 

[Rascal]

With all these clubs coming under the CFG the next logical step for me would be a CFG media channel. Where fans of all the different clubs can watch CFG clubs on one platform. With clubs all over the world in different time zones it has the potential to become a 24/7 wall to wall football channel. Such a channel would give worldwide exposure to CFG sponsors which would possibly raise the sponsorship income if it became a success. Football fans tend to love to watch live games and i am certain many on here will watch any game played in the PL, CL, etc so watching a live game from a CFG club on a media channel you subscribe too because of MCFC content could become second nature. Tentative steps have already been made in this direction with City TV, i dont know how many watch it but the potential is there and whilst say the rags have the Paddy Crerand show on MUTV for those divs, we could watch a CFG club live game, which again would increase sponsorship reach.

The CFG is not being created as a benevolent fund, it is being created to make a profit, a dedicated media channel across CFG would help the group's profits.

We as MCFC fans may be ambivalent towards the expansion, but who knows where it will be in 20 years time and who knows how fan behaviour may change. It could well be the case that CFG rule the footballing world and CFG games on a dedicated channel are amongst the most watched games on the planet. Imagine the profit on that.

 

[WRicko]

Buying and club in Russia or Ukraine would be a bit difficult right now and buying a club in Russia would surely annoy Zinchenko

 

[StrutterBlue]

Buying a Ukrainian club soon to be a Russian club

 

[JGL07]

Buying and club in Russia or Ukraine would be a bit difficult right now and buying a club in Russia would surely annoy Zinchenko

Zinchenko fled to Russia when it first kicked off in the Donbas.

 

[aka blue jambo]

City ruining other whole countries now

 

[AlexWilliamsGloves]

City ruining other whole countries now

Yep, Putin is joining the Hateful 8

 

[Deleted member 77198]

The biggest thing this is doing is creating so many City fans globally. Those who already support all these local teams, Melbourne, New York ... to now these teams in Ukraine and Chile, will obviously go on to support their team but then also keep an eye on City then that becomes their default team to support in Europe. I know a lot of people in India for example who supported Barca or Real Madrid as a big team to watch (and in some cases even United) ... since Mumbai City joined the CFG have all gone to keeping an eye on City and support us now.

This isn't visible right now, but in a decade from now, one day the Uniteds and Liverpools will wake up and realize they are no longer the big fish in all these global markets, and City won't only be in China or India only but everywhere in all this clever mushroom spreading our brand and what not. CFG is doing great in these communities as well and that's also spreading our good name and Manchester City remains the top club in CFG and thus all these other clubs (and their fans) see us as ... let's say ... the mothership.

Is there any proof it’s actually doing that though?

I remember going on the NYC forum when we signed Lampard and he went off to them; and they couldn’t fucking stand us, had very little good to say about us, and all seemed to be fans of Redshirts.

Similar to Melbourne Heart fans who were very unhappy with us taking away their club colours and the “Heart” from their identity. They too had little positive to say about us.

 

[Baggins.mcfc]

Is there any proof it’s actually doing that though?

I remember going on the NYC forum when we signed Lampard and he went off to them; and they couldn’t fucking stand us, had very little good to say about us, and all seemed to be fans of Redshirts.

Similar to Melbourne Heart fans who were very unhappy with us taking away their club colours and the “Heart” from their identity. They too had little positive to say about us.

Hopefully since they have both won the league, they might be changing their views. Probably not though.

 

[PPT]

Is there any proof it’s actually doing that though?

I remember going on the NYC forum when we signed Lampard and he went off to them; and they couldn’t fucking stand us, had very little good to say about us, and all seemed to be fans of Redshirts.

Similar to Melbourne Heart fans who were very unhappy with us taking away their club colours and the “Heart” from their identity. They too had little positive to say about us.

It's not about the current fans. It's about the future fans of those clubs. The next generation. These kids have already tasted success by them winning their respective titles. The resistance will dissipate over time and be replaced by enthusiasm and support.