City's pre-season tour in the US

[manimanc]

Not sure what that has to with City's tour of America, unless there's something buried in the middle of the video. Two and a half hours long, and I'm at work, so I can't watch all of it.

The city plane is for about 2mins right at the end. It was a live feed.

 

[jimharri]

The city plane is for about 2mins right at the end. It was a live feed.

Fair enough. As I said, I wasn't able to watch the video.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I think most Americans fall into three categories.
1) people that just want to see Haaland and don’t know anyone else, so won’t care
2) In the know fans who didn’t expect anyone else to go but are happy to see the academy/next gen
3) in the know fans who didn’t buy tickets because they knew most players wouldn’t travel

I wish that were indeed the case, but I have seen some rather ridiculous comments already, similar to what @jamielowndes mentioned.

It is only social media, though, so hopefully the actual fans in attendance are more understanding.

I will say that the travelling squad was really always going to be like this given the Euros and Copa America being played before the tour kicked off so it is slightly strange that the club choose to base the tour in the US this summer, rather than around Europe, where fans would have likely been more interested in watching the youth players. Having the EDS squad plus a few senior team players roaming around America (and potentially losing more than we normally due in preseason) does seem a bit of an underwhelming tour and not necessarily a big marketing win for the club, which is really the only point to these overseas tours. I am not sure how much of the tour revenue is guaranteed, though, so perhaps the financial side does work out, at least for the club (though, perhaps not the fans or the broader impact to the “brand”).

I am personally looking forward to watching the matches—why wouldn’t I be, as I always enjoy watching our up-and-coming talent—but I do understand others’ more reasonable comments about not being sure it is worth the cost to go see matches. Though, I think some of the more hyperbolic and vitriolic comments on social media are uncalled for, as anyone with a brain should have foreseen this being the likely squad composition.

 

[DMA's]

Well that’s fair enough. But I am looking forward to my visit to Chorley. Following City is not an option. It’s a life sentence no parole.

See the friendly at Chorley makes sense. It’s a great way to support a local non league side who would need the money and allows local fans the opportunity to get to a game.

It’s these crappy oversea tours that the players don’t wanna be on, the manager doesn’t want to be there and the fans end up paying ridiculous money to watch a load of youth players and maybe 45 mins of haaland

 

[DATOIA]

I was expecting Josh Adam, isn't he like a generational talent ?

 

[jimharri]

I think most Americans fall into three categories.
1) people that just want to see Haaland and don’t know anyone else, so won’t care
2) In the know fans who didn’t expect anyone else to go but are happy to see the academy/next gen
3) in the know fans who didn’t buy tickets because they knew most players wouldn’t travel

I can't imagine that any fan with even the tiniest bit of knowledge about football, sorry, soccer would seriously expect any of the players who played at either the Euros or the Copa to feature in any of the pre season friendlies.

 

[DATOIA]

I think most Americans fall into three categories.
1) people that just want to see Haaland and don’t know anyone else, so won’t care
2) In the know fans who didn’t expect anyone else to go but are happy to see the academy/next gen
3) in the know fans who didn’t buy tickets because they knew most players wouldn’t travel

 

[SebastianBlue]

I can't imagine that any fan with even the tiniest bit of knowledge about football, sorry, soccer would seriously expect any of the players who played at either the Euros or the Copa to feature in any of the pre season friendlies.

That’s where America by-and-large lets you down (our esteemed US-based blues on here excepted, of course). ;-)

 

[Middedon]

Afraid not. A lot of them in the Instagram comments kicking off, as if our throwaway games in America were a priority for Rodri or De Buryne.

You guys are the ones that always tell me those IG and X folks aren’t real fans! It cant be any different for any of the other big teams.

 

[Cobra]

I was expecting Josh Adam, isn't he like a generational talent

Left the club in the summer when his contact expired. But he wasn’t particularly good anyway, definitely not a generational talent!