Marvin said:
The seating plan does not include the hosptality seats, but I think you might be right JRB
This is a huge game for City. We have a weakened team, but have half a team nearing full fitness. If we can get 3 points tomorrow it will set us up for an attack on the top 4 or even the title, and you seat-counters will be made redundant - apart from the Cup games.
what i think everybody forgets is that, at least 2000 of the capacity is taken up by corporate hospitality.
i'll be disappointed with anything less than 45k. somebody made a comparison between
un!ted's league cup attendance on wednesday and ours, suggesting we were both around 25k down on what's expected for a league game. he conveniently overlooked the fact that
(i) un!ted were on telly, (ii) there were no reduced admission prices and (iii) un!ted fans know full well they're going to see a second string side.
some people would have us believe that our fans are the only ones suffering the recession. fact is i know plenty of our supporters that have simply got out of the habit of going and when presented with the opportunity to attend a match they have some poor excuse like "it's my turn to wash the dishes tonight!"
let's just stop embarrassing ourselves on national television and radio, telling everybody we're the best supporters in the land. we're not!