Buried under the provocative headline about the 'one per cent' there are interesting little nuggets in the Daily Hate's piece about City's marketing plans.
Like, the club's hope of turning the matchgoing fans' 'experience' into reality content for the international 'audience'. They quote Tarre saying: 'We are experimenting… fans in US and China are interested in the day-to-day of fans going to Manchester to the games.'
The journalist's claim that 'season ticket holders are not big spenders', but 'day trippers arrive early and spend large'.
The observation that City 'legacy' fan memories - as shown by a film the club made - are as much about disasters as triumphs (!)
And buried amongst this is the stat that 70 pc of match-going fans live within 50 miles of the Etihad.
Which all begs the question, is City doing enough to look after this last group? Because while it's fantastic and 100pc to be welcomed that we have a growing global Blue family, local fans have to be more than backdrop to provide an 'authentic' experience for fans thousands of miles away.
Do City understand that a major reason why English football took off in the way it did was because you had huge captive audiences in industrial cities and towns, local pride, and the weekend?
The Metaverse might take off like the internet, or it might be like the hoverboard I was promised I'd have by now by Tomorrow's World in 1989. International tourism is vulnerable to recession, commodity prices and the green agenda. But the local, captive audience doesn't go away as long as you don't price them out or keep them out and has seen the game through thick and thin.
Do City's business brains get this, or are they increasingly focussed on product for export?
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Like, the club's hope of turning the matchgoing fans' 'experience' into reality content for the international 'audience'. They quote Tarre saying: 'We are experimenting… fans in US and China are interested in the day-to-day of fans going to Manchester to the games.'
The journalist's claim that 'season ticket holders are not big spenders', but 'day trippers arrive early and spend large'.
The observation that City 'legacy' fan memories - as shown by a film the club made - are as much about disasters as triumphs (!)
And buried amongst this is the stat that 70 pc of match-going fans live within 50 miles of the Etihad.
Which all begs the question, is City doing enough to look after this last group? Because while it's fantastic and 100pc to be welcomed that we have a growing global Blue family, local fans have to be more than backdrop to provide an 'authentic' experience for fans thousands of miles away.
Do City understand that a major reason why English football took off in the way it did was because you had huge captive audiences in industrial cities and towns, local pride, and the weekend?
The Metaverse might take off like the internet, or it might be like the hoverboard I was promised I'd have by now by Tomorrow's World in 1989. International tourism is vulnerable to recession, commodity prices and the green agenda. But the local, captive audience doesn't go away as long as you don't price them out or keep them out and has seen the game through thick and thin.
Do City's business brains get this, or are they increasingly focussed on product for export?
Just ONE PER CENT of Manchester City's supporters actually live in UK
Forget domestic disputes over Chelsea fans who live in the West Country or Man United supporters who have never left Basingstoke; they are now positively local compared to the majority of fans.