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Because there are so many games we have to reduce ticket prices for the cup matches if we want to sell out. We should be building our brand by having full grounds with a better atmosphere.
The only game with a disappointing attendance has been this game against Fulham. I agree it's the number of games. The match-price was reduced. You could always go further but we're at the point where it's not the ticket price but travel costs that's an issue. There's too much football. We're at saturation and I agree with Pep that the League Cup should be scrapped. I'll go to the games but when there's so much football fans will inevitably start to pick and choose especially when a lot of clubs play weakened teams.
 
The Cup games like today and the CL games allow none-seasoncard holders to go to a game. A bit insulting to call them tourists.

Not everyone can have a seasoncard because they are capped and not everyone can afford to go to every game with matchday prices.

I'm seeing this seasoncard/tourist dichotomy more than I used to. I've had a seasoncard in the past, and would like one now but wasn't successful. Since I was about 4 years old I've gone to 5 - 15 games a season. So no York away, but I did my time in the second division. To be honest, it's *that* crowd that city needs to attract! People who are moving to Ancoats etc.
 
For those that are traveling up the m6 on Wednesday it’s going to be shut every night this week between junctions 14-15 if I remember rightly . It was on the gantrys on Saturday when we drove up. Won’t be a problem going but will be the usual shit going home , being diverted off the motorway.
 
4430 online now. A moving target because City have added hundreds of extra seats to Level 1 and level 3 this morning, but when I counted it just now there were sales of typically 5 seats per block right across the stadium. Difficult to tell what the true number of seats are left to sell as City keep topping up the online pool. It is at last selling though.
I'm seeing this seasoncard/tourist dichotomy more than I used to. I've had a seasoncard in the past, and would like one now but wasn't successful. Since I was about 4 years old I've gone to 5 - 15 games a season. So no York away, but I did my time in the second division. To be honest, it's *that* crowd that city needs to attract! People who are moving to Ancoats etc.
We seem to have a chicken and egg situation here. When I started going in the 70s, my Dad took me to league games on a Saturday at 3pm. That's very difficult nowadays. We need a bigger stadium but then the explanation I've heard for the delay in the North stand extension is that "we need to being selling out every game". The experience of going to a league game is better than Cup games against lower league opposition.
 
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He wanted the competition scrapped last week, perhaps he should make his mind up ?

He could afford to buy us all a ticket today from his pocket change, so its a bit rich being lectured by a multi millionaire. £72 return on the train today for me, for a game that could have been a Saturday 3:00pm ko, but for City chasing the ££££ from TV, all on trains that were fucked about all over the place too.
Not sure City have a say in the matter of your train fare or whether BBC choose to show the game.

Also i'm not too sure he's actually complained at all but just batted a question back regarding the attendance, he's doesn't know why it wasn't full, simple as that.
 
For those that are traveling up the m6 on Wednesday it’s going to be shut every night this week between junctions 14-15 if I remember rightly . It was on the gantrys on Saturday when we drove up. Won’t be a problem going but will be the usual shit going home , being diverted off the motorway.

According to the Traffic England website... http://www.trafficengland.com/traffic-report it's only northbound that is completely closed overnight (J13-J16) which should finish at 6am and start again 9/10pm. Neither of which should really affect City fans, unless they're REALLY early starters! Some lane closures southbound after the match, so maybe lots of traffic, but not closed completely.

Thanks for the info though, made me remember to check the rest of my route!
 
We seem to have a chicken and egg situation here. When I started going in the 70s, my Dad took me to league games on a Saturday at 3pm. That's very difficult nowadays. We need a bigger stadium but then the explanation I've heard for the delay in the North stand extension is that "we need to being selling out every game". The experience of going to a league game is better than Cup games against lower league opposition.

Yep. I think ultimately city's main problem right now is that they have the 32000 die hards, and they're doing ok with tourists, but they need to grow what is probably double or triple the 20,000 or so fans who will go to 5 games a season. Manchester is one of the fastest growing cities in Europe, so there's loads of scope for it, but it's not quite working right now, which puts more pressure on the die hards. Going to the football is a habit, and as you point out it's not the easiest habit to get into right now.

Put in personal terms, if they open up another 10000 seasoncards at <£500, I'd snap one up, but who is going to replace me coming to a mix of league and most cup games?
 
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The only game with a disappointing attendance has been this game against Fulham. I agree it's the number of games. The match-price was reduced. You could always go further but we're at the point where it's not the ticket price but travel costs that's an issue. There's too much football. We're at saturation and I agree with Pep that the League Cup should be scrapped. I'll go to the games but when there's so much football fans will inevitably start to pick and choose especially when a lot of clubs play weakened teams.

Well I disagree, four Wembley cup-finals and wins (hopefully soon to be five) in a few short years and people aren't bothered about the league cup anymore? Ten years ago we couldn't dream of such success.

Instead of dropping cup games drop the stupid international breaks between August and November, the season doesn't even seem to get going any more until late November, the first months are just constant stop/start.
 

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