Manchester Evening News

[Prestwich_Blue]

this made me laugh

Pete Marshall ‏@petemarshall7 1h
@MENnewsdesk Keyboard warriors out in force to attack @david_lynch88 Wonder how many would actually say some of that to his face?

id have to let my ten year old say it to his face only fair!

This is sounding more and more like a facebook / twitter exchange of a 12 year old. I'm not the biggest fan of the MEN but there are some good articles on there at times. Lynch has just come across as a kid trying to make a reputation for himself with an extremely poor story which if any editor at a reputable media outlet reviewed, would of kicked out instantly. Now they have the news desk tweeting almost subtle threats that if anyone challenged him face to face they would regret it. I almost think thats worse than the article itself.

Pete Marshall does not work for the M.E.N. - I think he was tweeting our newsdesk. Stu's article will be up shortly and I'd be amazed if it wasn't a total opposite to what went up earlier.

Welcome to Bluemoon Mike. Seems like we've smoked a few lurkers out the last few days.

That Lynch piece should never have gone up and you know it Mike. Opinion is one thing but that wasn't opinion, it was a blatant mis-statement of the facts.

Do you not realise you are losing readership through this sort of stuff? Alright, you may get a few extra hits due to the controversy but that's not really a long-term strategy. If you printed well thought-out opinion pieces instead of utter shite from people like this cockwomble then people might take the MEN seriously.

Why are there no City bloggers doing pieces, like Andy Mitten does?

 

[erast fandorin]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/stuart-brennan-manchester-city-selling-6676806

Stuart Brennan: Man City are selling out and growing
5 Feb 2014 17:27

In response to a piece on the MEN website, Blues reporter Stuart Brennan has his say on the City's stadium expansion plans


A piece on the MEN website has caused some outrage by suggesting that the Etihad Stadium was a fair way short of capacity for the crunch match against Chelsea, and that this bodes ill for City's plans to expand the stadium to 60,000 in the next few years.

It was unfortunate that the claim came on the night when City announced that the match had attracted the biggest crowd of the season.

The game was sold out weeks in advance, understandably, as it as between the two favourites for the Premier League title.

I noticed a few empty seats in the Chelsea end, which surprised me, but given the distances involved, and that this was a Monday night, it was not entirely surprising.

But if there were significant areas of empty seats in the home areas, they were not evident to the naked eye on the night.

There may have been pockets of empty seats, but that does happen, especially at night matches, when season ticket holders who live some distance from the ground cannot get time off work, or kids have to be up for school in the morning, and so on.

It was also true on the night that kick off was almost delayed due to severe traffic problems. City's coach was delayed, and many others reported serious difficulties in getting to the stadium.

It is not beyond the realms of possibility that many of the empty seats were down to people abandoning their bid to get to the ground.

Whatever the reason, the fact remains that the seats were sold. That might jar on football purists, who like to see full grounds, but it is a fact of life in modern football that the stated attendance never matches the true attendance.

It is not lying or covering up, simply that clubs work off their ticket sales rather than counting how many individuals show up on the day, or night.

But it is ludicrous to suggest that City would forge ahead with plans to expand the stadium had they not done their homework on projected crowd figures.

The fact is that they are selling out for every home league game. What other figure do you need to justify plans to expand the stadium?

City are also turning into a global phenomenon, a process which has accelerate this season thanks to their brilliant, attacking football.

As happened at United and Liverpool, the club now caters for a growing demand for tickets from overseas – if you wander around the ground before matches, you will bump into many fans from all corners of the planet.

City's worldwide television audience is up 133 per cent since 2009, and almost half of the visitors to their website are from overseas.

City are growing, they are selling out regularly, and the odd empty seat is the exception rather than the rule.

Fair play to Stuart, I wouldn't expect anything less, but the MEN can fuck off as far as I'm concerned. I will never buy or click on it's website again.

Exactly,just fuck it off en masse

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

What is his opinion exactly?

His "opinion" was that we shouldn't build an extension because people might be late getting to the ground, not be able to attend at all or go for a wee while they're playing.

 

[ballinio]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/stuart-brennan-manchester-city-selling-6676806

Stuart Brennan: Man City are selling out and growing
5 Feb 2014 17:27

In response to a piece on the MEN website, Blues reporter Stuart Brennan has his say on the City's stadium expansion plans


A piece on the MEN website has caused some outrage by suggesting that the Etihad Stadium was a fair way short of capacity for the crunch match against Chelsea, and that this bodes ill for City's plans to expand the stadium to 60,000 in the next few years.

It was unfortunate that the claim came on the night when City announced that the match had attracted the biggest crowd of the season.

The game was sold out weeks in advance, understandably, as it as between the two favourites for the Premier League title.

I noticed a few empty seats in the Chelsea end, which surprised me, but given the distances involved, and that this was a Monday night, it was not entirely surprising.

But if there were significant areas of empty seats in the home areas, they were not evident to the naked eye on the night.

There may have been pockets of empty seats, but that does happen, especially at night matches, when season ticket holders who live some distance from the ground cannot get time off work, or kids have to be up for school in the morning, and so on.

It was also true on the night that kick off was almost delayed due to severe traffic problems. City's coach was delayed, and many others reported serious difficulties in getting to the stadium.

It is not beyond the realms of possibility that many of the empty seats were down to people abandoning their bid to get to the ground.

Whatever the reason, the fact remains that the seats were sold. That might jar on football purists, who like to see full grounds, but it is a fact of life in modern football that the stated attendance never matches the true attendance.

It is not lying or covering up, simply that clubs work off their ticket sales rather than counting how many individuals show up on the day, or night.

But it is ludicrous to suggest that City would forge ahead with plans to expand the stadium had they not done their homework on projected crowd figures.

The fact is that they are selling out for every home league game. What other figure do you need to justify plans to expand the stadium?

City are also turning into a global phenomenon, a process which has accelerate this season thanks to their brilliant, attacking football.

As happened at United and Liverpool, the club now caters for a growing demand for tickets from overseas – if you wander around the ground before matches, you will bump into many fans from all corners of the planet.

City's worldwide television audience is up 133 per cent since 2009, and almost half of the visitors to their website are from overseas.

City are growing, they are selling out regularly, and the odd empty seat is the exception rather than the rule.

Fair play to Stuart, I wouldn't expect anything less, but the MEN can fuck off as far as I'm concerned. I will never buy or click on it's website again.

Exactly,just fuck it off en masse

This is the way to go, not bought it for years due to its anti-city bias. I click on occasionaly for news but never ever again.

 

[Skashion]

So he's a red dipper eh? Let's come up with a simple game. Let's call it, which club, Liverpool or Manchester City, has had the lowest league attendance in the past ten years? The answer would be Liverpool with 34,663 in 2004 against Portsmouth. Now let's go for the runners-up. Come on, it's going to be City this time, it must be, it simply must be City this time. Oh no, it's Liverpool again, with 35,400 against Bolton on New Year's Day 2011. Surely Liverpool never contemplated moving to a new stadium? Well, thank fuck that idea was scrapped.

 

[franksinatra]

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/stuart-brennan-manchester-city-selling-6676806

Stuart Brennan: Man City are selling out and growing
5 Feb 2014 17:27

In response to a piece on the MEN website, Blues reporter Stuart Brennan has his say on the City's stadium expansion plans


A piece on the MEN website has caused some outrage by suggesting that the Etihad Stadium was a fair way short of capacity for the crunch match against Chelsea, and that this bodes ill for City's plans to expand the stadium to 60,000 in the next few years.

It was unfortunate that the claim came on the night when City announced that the match had attracted the biggest crowd of the season.

The game was sold out weeks in advance, understandably, as it as between the two favourites for the Premier League title.

I noticed a few empty seats in the Chelsea end, which surprised me, but given the distances involved, and that this was a Monday night, it was not entirely surprising.

But if there were significant areas of empty seats in the home areas, they were not evident to the naked eye on the night.

There may have been pockets of empty seats, but that does happen, especially at night matches, when season ticket holders who live some distance from the ground cannot get time off work, or kids have to be up for school in the morning, and so on.

It was also true on the night that kick off was almost delayed due to severe traffic problems. City's coach was delayed, and many others reported serious difficulties in getting to the stadium.

It is not beyond the realms of possibility that many of the empty seats were down to people abandoning their bid to get to the ground.

Whatever the reason, the fact remains that the seats were sold. That might jar on football purists, who like to see full grounds, but it is a fact of life in modern football that the stated attendance never matches the true attendance.

It is not lying or covering up, simply that clubs work off their ticket sales rather than counting how many individuals show up on the day, or night.

But it is ludicrous to suggest that City would forge ahead with plans to expand the stadium had they not done their homework on projected crowd figures.

The fact is that they are selling out for every home league game. What other figure do you need to justify plans to expand the stadium?

City are also turning into a global phenomenon, a process which has accelerate this season thanks to their brilliant, attacking football.

As happened at United and Liverpool, the club now caters for a growing demand for tickets from overseas – if you wander around the ground before matches, you will bump into many fans from all corners of the planet.

City's worldwide television audience is up 133 per cent since 2009, and almost half of the visitors to their website are from overseas.

City are growing, they are selling out regularly, and the odd empty seat is the exception rather than the rule.

Fair play to Stuart, I wouldn't expect anything less, but the MEN can fuck off as far as I'm concerned. I will never buy or click on it's website again.

Exactly,just fuck it off en masse

I am of the same opinion regardless of this article.

For me it is not just the anti City stuff but the fact the article written displayed such a lack of research and knowledge of the subject.

You read newspapers and watch documentaries to learn something as generally they are fact based and properly researched. If this is the standard of sport journalism why bother reading?

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

So he's a red dipper eh? Let's come up with a simple game. Let's call it, which club, Liverpool or Manchester City, has had the lowest league attendance in the past ten years? The answer would be Liverpool with 34,663 in 2004 against Portsmouth. Now let's go for the runners-up. Come on, it's going to be City this time, it must be, it simply must be City this time. Oh no, it's Liverpool again, with 35,400 against Bolton on New Year's Day 2011. Surely Liverpool never contemplated moving to a new stadium? Well, thank fuck that idea was scrapped.

Liverpool also got 31,063 for their FA Cup replay against Reading 4 years ago.

 

[franksinatra]

What is his opinion exactly?

His "opinion" was that we shouldn't build an extension because people might be late getting to the ground, not be able to attend at all or go for a wee while they're playing.

The basis for any organisation to abandon a lucrative revenue stream.

 

[Skashion]

So he's a red dipper eh? Let's come up with a simple game. Let's call it, which club, Liverpool or Manchester City, has had the lowest league attendance in the past ten years? The answer would be Liverpool with 34,663 in 2004 against Portsmouth. Now let's go for the runners-up. Come on, it's going to be City this time, it must be, it simply must be City this time. Oh no, it's Liverpool again, with 35,400 against Bolton on New Year's Day 2011. Surely Liverpool never contemplated moving to a new stadium? Well, thank fuck that idea was scrapped.

Liverpool also got 31,063 for their FA Cup replay against Reading 4 years ago.

We've had FA Cup attendances lower than that so not great ammunition...

 

[mancmackem]

My email is going into MCFC....and I implore (a word David probably doesn't know) other City fans to do the same.