Manchester33
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Very good post.
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Champions League Draw (Shakhtar, Napoli, Feyenoord)
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Jazzman
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According to transfermarkt.de Napoli's Arkadiusz Milik is out for 4-6 months with a new knee injury. Sorry for him, but a small advantage for City.
Sadly, I think this may be true.Perhaps the rags have got it right forcing fans to attend.
We pride ourselves on how loyal our support is - yet so many cannot be arsed to go to a game in the competition that we have so many years wanted to qualify for
On a different point - an I right to think that I saw you mention somewhere in this thread that most blues are going to be staying in the port area of Naples?
Bill
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Seems so. We are anyway.Sadly, I think this may be true.
We pride ourselves on how loyal our support is - yet so many cannot be arsed to go to a game in the competition that we have so many years wanted to qualify for
On a different point - an I right to think that I saw you mention somewhere in this thread that most blues are going to be staying in the port area of Naples?
M18CTID
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Not quite sure on the figures you're coming up with. We usually get over 40k, and closer to 45k, for the average group game, with sell outs in the bigger ties.
The BM game last season, which was rearranged at a days notice, had close to 35k in attendance from 44k tickets sold. Even that is around or above your predicted figures for this season. My ticket for Napoli was also £25 and not £40 as stated by yourself.
The 'Champions League not attracting our fans' doesn't quite ring true either. The truth is that a lot of City fans have never bothered with mid week cup games, for any competition, which means our crowds are significantly below what we get in the league. In fact the only mid week (non CL) games I recall selling out in the last 25 years were the 2009/10 League Cup quarter final vs Arsenal and the semi against United a few weeks later. League Cup semi's against Liverpool, Everton and West Ham didn't even sell out.
The issue of completely filling the ground isn't CL related. It's about getting fans with season tickets to go to mid week games that aren't included within the season ticket price.
Add Hamburg to the list as well but apart from that I think your post is bang on the money. Regardless of whether we can or cannot sell out midweek cup games, our crowds in general for these games have been on the rise over the past 7 or 8 years to the point that we got over 40,000 against Palace in the League Cup 2 seasons ago (surprisingly we got less against Hull a round later), and over 40,000 against Huddersfield last season for the 5th round replay. Go back 10,15, or 20 years and we'd never have got that many for those games.
I would add that I don't want us to go the United route and force all season ticket holders onto the Champions League and FA Cup schemes. Maybe offer an optional cup games "package" with season tickets with a decent discount but not a compulsory scheme, no way.
cleavers
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Slightly off topic, but who at UEFA thought it would be a good idea to have liverpool and united play away in Moscow on consecutive nights ? 2000 combined apparently, I hope they're not sharing flights.
M18CTID
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Slightly off topic, but who at UEFA thought it would be a good idea to have liverpool and united play away in Moscow on consecutive nights ? 2000 combined apparently, I hope they're not sharing flights.
Ridiculous decision mate. I thought when the draw is made that UEFA put things in place so that such clashes don't happen. I was astonished when I heard that they'd both be playing in Moscow within 24 hours of each other.
Millwallawayveteran1988
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Ridiculous decision mate. I thought when the draw is made that UEFA put things in place so that such clashes don't happen. I was astonished when I heard that they'd both be playing in Moscow within 24 hours of each other.
Been told to stick together rather than fight each other apparently. The Russian hooligans will have been waiting for this.
kaz7
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Napoli striker Arkadiusz Milik will miss both of Napoli's Champions League games against City after damaging ligaments in his left knee.
It will be about 35000. Loads of seats left.
When we play Feyenoord, tickets are £40. I can see that being under 30,000. If we cant sell Shakhtar for £20 a ticket how we gonna sell Napoli and Feyenoord at £40?
Just have to face it, the Champions League doesn't attract our fans.
£25 I have paid for napoli