City's pre-season tour in the US

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The game in Columbus is just a couple of hours away for me (i.e. right next-door by American standards). Everyone keeps asking me if I’m going. They’re all astounded to hear me say that I’m 50:50. I’ve never been that arsed about pre-season games. I have been in the past to one at Red Bull Stadium in NJ, which was OK, because the NY Red Bulls took it very seriously, made a real game of it and actually beat us. I also went a few years ago to see us play Milan (forget which one) at the Pittsburgh Steelers stadium. It was like a kick about with some mates in the park and then got abandoned halfway through the second half due to a huge storm. It wasn’t, by any standards, a serious game of football.
 
roman totale said:
The game in Columbus is just a couple of hours away for me (i.e. right next-door by American standards). Everyone keeps asking me if I’m going. They’re all astounded to hear me say that I’m 50:50. I’ve never been that arsed about pre-season games. I have been in the past to one at Red Bull Stadium in NJ, which was OK, because the NY Red Bulls took it very seriously, made a real game of it and actually beat us. I also went a few years ago to see us play Milan (forget which one) at the Pittsburgh Steelers stadium. It was like a kick about with some mates in the park and then got abandoned halfway through the second half due to a huge storm.
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Living so far away from Blighty mate, I thought you’d jump at the chance to see the Blues, even if it’s just academy kids.
 
Big Joe Corrigan said:
Living so far away from Blighty mate, I thought you’d jump at the chance to see the Blues, even if it’s just academy kids.
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You'd think that...... but tickets for the game in Orlando are $111 in the City fans section (I believe they are $55 or $65 up in the gods)
And it will be a lot of academy kids and certainly won't be the England / Spanish players and maybe not Ake either.
 
Big Joe Corrigan said:
Living so far away from Blighty mate, I thought you’d jump at the chance to see the Blues, even if it’s just academy kids.
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Saw our reserves play the dippers in NJ a few years back and found the friendly fan mixing in the parking lot tailgates and inside the stadium vomit inducing, a very weird experience all round
 
Big Joe Corrigan said:
Living so far away from Blighty mate, I thought you’d jump at the chance to see the Blues, even if it’s just academy kids.
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Fair point mate, but I’m a born and bred Manc, so saw plenty of the real City late 70s through to early 2000s before I moved. Still get to the odd game (though usually away) when I’m back over.
 
Mad Eyed Screamer said:
You'd think that...... but tickets for the game in Orlando are $111 in the City fans section (I believe they are $55 or $65 up in the gods)
And it will be a lot of academy kids and certainly won't be the England / Spanish players and maybe not Ake either.
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I will be watching the City/AC Milan match in a bar across the street from Yankee stadium. $117 for a friendly? No thanks
 
Just working out how to get there without loosing my job!!!
 

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roman totale said:
The game in Columbus is just a couple of hours away for me (i.e. right next-door by American standards). Everyone keeps asking me if I’m going. They’re all astounded to hear me say that I’m 50:50. I’ve never been that arsed about pre-season games. I have been in the past to one at Red Bull Stadium in NJ, which was OK, because the NY Red Bulls took it very seriously, made a real game of it and actually beat us. I also went a few years ago to see us play Milan (forget which one) at the Pittsburgh Steelers stadium. It was like a kick about with some mates in the park and then got abandoned halfway through the second half due to a huge storm. It wasn’t, by any standards, a serious game of football.
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I live on & off in Michigan and even though i hate the thought of watching a game in that stadium (go blue!), i finally bit the bullet last week and got decent seats at a decent price off stubhub. So we'll be there cheering on the real Blues!

I know it won't be a classic but i hope that Erling, Grealish and a few more of the first team squad make an appearance.

COME ON CITY!!!
 
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