Why didn't you go to the Leipzig game?

[Rhapsody in Blue]

Being a foreigner, it’s a little bit difficult to catch up with the recent ticket/attendance drama although I have seen Pep’s comments.

Some questions:

- what was the allowed amount of spectators against Leipzig - what was the actual turnout?
- was recent ticket problems a reason as to why people didn’t attend?
- isn’t it the club’s fault that the stadium doesn’t get sold out - i suppose at a certain price level the demand will be there? Or is it some complicated loyalty system that makes some tickets unavailable for the public? Are season ticket holders able to sell their spots if they don’t attend?

would appreciate if someone could clarify as I’m curious to know how it works.

 

[malg]

I didn't go because I don't like the competition. I watched it on telly and if it wasn't us playing it would have been off. I find the competition incredibly over hyped and I just don't buy into it.

For some reason you're called European Champions if you win it. That's bollocks. You're the Champions League winner - just the winner of a cup competition. It's like calling the FA Cup winners the Champions of England - there's a good case for it as every team in England enter the competition......

 

[eastmanc]

I think its his 'view' that's made a mountain out of a molehill.

He didn't need to speak to the media over it, and now we have Pep saying he will leave if we don't want him.

When did he say that.

 

[i kne albert davy]

Like I said above, Kevin does more for our fans than probably any bar Sheila Mansour and the team. I don’t agree with every word he’d said but he’s more entitlement to give his view than anyone on here IMHO.

Yes he doe's do a lot of supporters club work you're right Tim but if you know him he lives in a different world to most of our fans who give up a far bigger percentage of their income to follow City, and interviews on Sky Sports just give extra sticks to beat our support with sadly.

 

[i kne albert davy]

All he needs to do infuture, is say the atmosphere isn't great. Which was infact the case on weds. Maybe being a group game could be a factor or its the stand you sit in. Let's hope this is put to bed and the atmosphere on Saturday gives him reason to be cheerful

Atmospheres tend to thrive off away fans, the 42 Leipzig fans weren't going to set the place alight. Fuck me they didn't even have a cheerleader or a drum.

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

Typical shit stirring media, divide and conquer, but we could be smarter by not giving them the ammo. Only got ourselves to blame if we fall for it.100% behind Pep.

 

[urban genie]

I think its his 'view' that's made a mountain out of a molehill.

He didn't need to speak to the media over it, and now we have Pep saying he will leave if we don't want him.

Pep hasn't said he will leave, not once in that press conference, he said if he had a problem with fans he would leave, but he has no problem with the fans so not an issue or gonna happen.

The comments that night were still in my opinion easily misunderstood and after a big win and another record breaking night not necessary or relevent to have been made, and imediately used as a weapon, before parkers comments.
Parker had a right to voice his opinion and Pep has explained himself today.

Issue over we go forward.

 

[urban genie]

What Pep said didn't bother me in the least, Utd and Liverpool do have more fans than we have for sure. But dare I say City fans attend more games and not all of can afford every match at home in all 4 competitions and we don't have the tourist trade to take up the slack like they do.

At the minute we have more regular fans than either (scousers most deffinately) but we have a lot less day trippers, for every seat that isn't a season carder them two wankers will fill those seat with some who will go only to one game a season, we don't

 

[Marvin]

Being a foreigner, it’s a little bit difficult to catch up with the recent ticket/attendance drama although I have seen Pep’s comments.

Some questions:

- what was the allowed amount of spectators against Leipzig - what was the actual turnout?
- was recent ticket problems a reason as to why people didn’t attend?
- isn’t it the club’s fault that the stadium doesn’t get sold out - i suppose at a certain price level the demand will be there? Or is it some complicated loyalty system that makes some tickets unavailable for the public? Are season ticket holders able to sell their spots if they don’t attend?

would appreciate if someone could clarify as I’m curious to know how it works.

• The attendance quoted by the BBC was 38,062 but I think it was between 45k and 48k. Away fans get 3k seats. There were about 50 Leipzig fans at the front of the bottom tier. Imo bar the away end the bottom 2 tiers were packed and the top tiers were largely full. There's no way the BBC figure is correct. I actually felt good on the night that there was so many fans there.
• There was a lot of talk about tickets and it might have put off a few hundred but not significant numbers imo. The transport is more of an issue. No match day buses so you have to walk.
• City's crowds are better than they have ever been but it's the usual Man Utd and Liverpool joke and with the stupid 38k attendance it has given them a field day. Media exploit anything they can to create news that sells.

No one can really clarify it for you. There is only opinion.

City imo now have a fanbase that in Manchester is as big if not bigger than it has ever been in my lifetime. But we have always struggled to fill the ground on a midweek Cup game simply because a lot of season ticket holders can not go because they live outside Manchester. And when that happens we can't quite make the gap up yet. We will eventually. We actually need a bigger ground to enable the fanbase to grow.

For example Southampton returned some tickets. They have been sold.

 

[Bluesince1979]

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I didn't go because I don't like the competition. I watched it on telly and if it wasn't us playing it would have been off. I find the competition incredibly over hyped and I just don't buy into it.

For some reason you're called European Champions if you win it. That's bollocks. You're the Champions League winner - just the winner of a cup competition. It's like calling the FA Cup winners the Champions of England - there's a good case for it as every team in England enter the competition......

Maybe we need a european super league … or summat ;)