I was shocked by the pricing. I know Inter are the pot 1 team we play home but the price is much higher than I had expected, not sure what the club was thinking with this imho. Also it is the 2nd in a run of 4 home games. The pricing makes little sense to me. I suspect that in block 328 we will be surrounded by away fans as usual.5,647 by my count. One of two things are going to happen
1. There are going to be swathes of empty seats on the night
2. City are going to be frantically giving tickets away over the next week
Despite the apologists arguing to the contrary, they have got the pricing horribly wrong for this one.
Christ, they’d have increased them by another 30% if they’d got Real…..And how bad will it be when the new stand is finished. City have 100% got the prices wrong. Let's hope they learn very quickly and get real.
Now showing only 2 left in one block D202.Interested to know why they've felt the need to announce 3 new tiers for tomorrow if there's only 5 left on the planner. Unless they've got a few surprises up their sleeve
Key differences being that there will be enough room in the away end for all Inter's fans and Blues won't be passing on loads of tickets to away fans.i expect the place will be over run by inter fans just like the celtic game was full of green and white all over the place
Was with you until "they fuck off before the end". Tourists and part-timers tend to stay longer than many regular fans.i can see what will happen now, the great student/kid giveaway will begin, which in turn ruins the whole experience, surrounded by non City fans who don't know where they are sitting, up and down every 2 minutes, go for food, back with food, go for a drink back with a drink, go for a piss early, turn up 10 mins into the 2nd half, the group leader then rounds them up and they fuck off before the end, they pay fuck all to ruin it for those of us paying a fortune. Shit pricing again
How many games last season weren’t sold out? I imagine inter will be pretty much full and so will most games this season. Fans may be priced out but the reality is they will be replaced with new fans. Not saying it’s right, but that’s the reality.Not necessarily disagreeing with most of the comments, but it's not as simple as merely lowering the prices.
I know plenty of regular season card holders who can't be arsed with the Champions League regardless of whether it's £50 or £20.
They also won't be bothering with the Watford game, or indeed any other Carabao Cup game, unless of course we get to Wembley, and they know that their loyalty points will virtually guarantee a ticket from a 30,000 allocation.
That's life and unless the club adopt United's draconian tactic of insisting that they attend then we just have to accept their indifference, and tolerate the occasional tourist/student/neutral
Meanwhile if we really have so many supporters "priced out" of the Inter game then we won't have any problems filling the stadium for the cheaper games as they'll all be desperate to attend.
Apologies for the cynicism but some people seem to be oblivious to the ironic reality that City's average attendance has actually doubled since the days when it was really cheap.
Not everyone, just you. [emoji8]Sorry we must all bow to your knowledge...
Exactly!How many games last season weren’t sold out? I imagine inter will be pretty much full and so will most games this season. Fans may be priced out but the reality is they will be replaced with new fans. Not saying it’s right, but that’s the reality.
As you and Scaring Europe to Death point indicate, the ground tends to be pretty full and there are a range of factors involved, not just price. For so called "lower demand games" like Watford, I could always givenmy Mum's carers free tickets because there would be Cup Scheme members in the Supporters Club in North Yorkshire who couldn't make the games. The carers are lifelong Blues and live with two miles of the Etihad but now struggle to get the time off work because of staffing shortages and working additional shifts. There will be lots of factors affecting people's ability to get to games and if some tourists can fill the gaps, they are very welcome.How many games last season weren’t sold out? I imagine inter will be pretty much full and so will most games this season. Fans may be priced out but the reality is they will be replaced with new fans. Not saying it’s right, but that’s the reality.
But the UK based inter fans will be able to buy in the home sections with easeKey differences being that there will be enough room in the away end for all Inter's fans and Blues won't be passing on loads of tickets to away fans.
Agreed and that's the case for most Champs League games. Large away followings in the home end are pretty rare. Apart from Celtic, I can only recall Everton in the League Cup semi final when that's happened. Yes, Real Madrid fans have been dotted around the stadium etc but it hasn't been much of an issue.But the UK based inter fans will be able to buy in the home sections with ease
Not if the club only sells to new members with purchase history. It's a simple criteria that can be applied to high profile CL games as well as PL games v Arse, rags and dippers.But the UK based inter fans will be able to buy in the home sections with ease
just seen someone with less than 4000 loyalty points get allocated a bratislava away ticket over someone with 20000+ loyalty points in a supporters club, all due to the dynamic of the club
Some on here say it is up to each branch to allocate them, others say some branches allocate based on points. Think both happen which is wrong. We should either have a loyalty system that works across branches or not. I suspect that person on 4k isn't on the cup scheme either so it does make a mockery of the whole system but then the club has made it a mockery with their handling of tickets over the years. For many (not necessarily in a branch) it's a question of who you know rather than how many points or cup schemes you are in.I think that is the situation at most supporters clubs. Allocation of tickets is not based on points only.