"Disappointing" attendances

I think the pictures of the attendance for the match on Wednesday were actually worse than the reality in the stadium. I know that sounds odd but there was heavy rain almost all day and with it being half term and an earlier kick off, some of the ticket holders with seats near the edge of the pitch which were open to the rain would likely have relocated (more likely to give it a miss), than the seats further back well protected from the rsin.

The impression on the TV would be generally less attendance. I was at the game with my family but was also offered other seats by people who couldn't make it due to the holidays..

If we do re-develop the stadium it would be great if the roof could be retractable like this proposed Bernebau Stadium. We get more than our fair share of rain in Manchester, it would generate more noise internally and would be more marketable as a venue for 3rd party events out of season.
 
thing is the press and other fans love it !

here is a post from a Liverpool fan on an another forum I use. ps should I post anything anti Liverpool on there I get a warning to keep it nice but I post no worse than this post ! I didn't respone to it I cant be arsed !

'''' I am watching the Man City vs West Ham game on Sky and all I can say is are the Man City fans on some kind of strike?
The ground is empty there is hundreds of empty seats everywhere it looks like a lower league game crowd.
What is going on as this team are the Premier League Champions and they can't fill half their home ground?
City are winning 1-0 and I can only hear Hammers fans singing.''''
 
give it to gordon said:
thing is the press and other fans love it !

here is a post from a Liverpool fan on an another forum I use. ps should I post anything anti Liverpool on there I get a warning to keep it nice but I post no worse than this post ! I didn't respone to it I cant be arsed !

'''' I am watching the Man City vs West Ham game on Sky and all I can say is are the Man City fans on some kind of strike?
The ground is empty there is hundreds of empty seats everywhere it looks like a lower league game crowd.
What is going on as this team are the Premier League Champions and they can't fill half their home ground?
City are winning 1-0 and I can only hear Hammers fans singing.''''
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Why does that worry you? If it does, come off other fans forums.

We get the jibes when the ground is full so it makes no difference.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Why does that worry you? If it does, come off other fans forums.

We get the jibes when the ground is full so it makes no difference.
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it doesn't bother me hence I didn't reply to it , let him have his moment of glory knowing it will have pissed him off that I didn't respond. I don't use that forum much its more for non football but it does have a football thread which isn't really used ;)
 
i think some fans from other clubs forget that City fans have cup final tickets to buy, Champions League tickets to buy, which are a priority over Premier League games for which we have no chance of winning the title, so most fans do not have a limitless wallet and must prioritise what they spend their money on.......just a thought
 
We have a core support of about 40-45 thousand. Which is fantastic and bigger then most teams in the country.

I’m getting fed up of keyboard warriors and other fans having a go at our fan base.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
We have a core support of about 40-45 thousand. Which is fantastic and bigger then most teams in the country.

I’m getting fed up of keyboard warriors and other fans having a go at our fan base.
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Pretty much sums it up, what was the attendance on Wednesday? I'm assuming it was about 44/45K? Most clubs in this country could only dream of that for a mid-week fixture.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
We have a core support of about 40-45 thousand. Which is fantastic and bigger then most teams in the country.

I’m getting fed up of keyboard warriors and other fans having a go at our fan base.
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It's not worth getting upset about in my opinion. A rag fan I was speaking to yesterday brought up the matter saying the stadium was definitely only 50% full on the TV. I tried to explain that I WAS THERE and could see it was quite a bit higher than that, and that the family stand visible from the cameras is the worst affected area, but he was having none of it. Couldn't be arsed arguing with someone who doesn't even bother trying to go to games, as most critics don't.
 
The problem is with top flite in general that in 10-20 years the core supporters who are in their teens and twenties now are not going to be able to afford to go regularly unless something is done. 350 is about the average cheapest ticket price in the premier league but this is rising. Yeah we do have a younger element to our support but they’re mainly with their parents. Football in general needs to look at a drop in prices because grounds soon will be empty because no one can afford it.
 
Citizen Green said:
Pretty much sums it up, what was the attendance on Wednesday? I'm assuming it was about 44/45K? Most clubs in this country could only dream of that for a mid-week fixture.
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The rag media and the armchair fanatics will always compare us to the rags and dippers without mentioning their huge national and global fan base that take up their empty seats.
 
I had a United mate trying to give me grief about this on Wednesday too. Just point them in the direction of the United v Bournemouth rearranged game in 2016 after the bomb scare and look it up on YouTube. Looks like the ground has been evacuated again....................
 
People are paying way too much attention to what "fans" of other clubs are saying about us, it's just a stick to try and beat us with. These people aren't ever going to give us any credit, so it is pointless arguing with them, or letting yourself get bothered by it.

Was talking to a young lad at the game on Wednesday and he was telling me how angry he gets at empty seats, so I asked why, pointed out it was a rearranged game (my father-in-law who never misses a game and plans his holidays around our fixtures was abroad for example) and that we are still mainly a working class club, we don't have thousands of Scandinavian businessmen to pick up the slack etc. He admitted it was because it is all he ever hears about from other fans on social media and at college, along with the other City bingo classics.

These people aren't ever going to say anything positive about us though, if we sell out we all used to be Chelsea fans, if we win a trophy it is bought, we have no history even though all it takes is a google search to prove otherwise. So ignore them, they aren't worth the steam off your piss, and enjoy the ride. I won him round in the end, and as others have said, now is when we should stick together.
 
at the end of the day its a cliche i know but
i would rather be dead and my nipper with me than be one of those ****s
i'll always be there,so fk them all who call us
 
donkinho said:
I had a United mate trying to give me grief about this on Wednesday too. Just point them in the direction of the United v Bournemouth rearranged game in 2016 after the bomb scare and look it up on YouTube. Looks like the ground has been evacuated again....................
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Don't even have to go back that far, the recent Burnley game had plenty of empty seats but that might just be because their team is shit I suppose.
 
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