Why didn't you go to the Leipzig game?

[Tim of the Oak]

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.

Did anyone complain when he spoke up against the European Super League?

 

[jimbopm]

Did anyone complain when he spoke up against the European Super League?

We should be so grateful he stuck his head above the parapet on that one...

 

[eastmanc]

Sounds like something a teenager would say
He needs to concentrate on his job not throw his toys out of his Pram when someone questions what he meant

If he did say that then that’s very childish indeed.

 

[Rhapsody in Blue]

• 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.

Thanks a lot Marvin, much appreciated

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

When did he say that.

Pep?

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

• 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.

Daily Mail reported 45k so correct on that Marvin,

What have city reported it?

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

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.

sorry i was typing fast but he does say if the fans have a problem with me he would leave

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Did anyone complain when he spoke up against the European Super League?

No!

 

[PDBLUEMOON]

No!

No!…We complained, when he got it wrong Champs final night. Least were consistent.

 

[i kne albert davy]

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

I was at their place for last League Cup semi final where fans were allowed in they didn't sell out presumably they knew another stuffing was on its way or Aer Lingus weren't flying. Don't remember the media frenzy ensuing.

 

[OB1]

And my beef with people like Soriano is that we should be actively capitalising on that growth in support, getting them in the ground where possible. Particularly where these kids are local, or relatively local, once they've been a couple of times the chances are they'll come more often.

Yet I'm still to hear the club's strategy for achieving this.

OK and would reporting that strategy to City Matters be something you expect?

So what's your suggested strategy for that?

Kids tickets for tomorrows game are not expensive. Adult ones can be got for a reasonable price. If people can't afford that, they aren't going to come to games even if you make arrangements to bring bus loads of kids from schools for free.

I'm pretty sure Soriano's strategy is play great football, win games and people will want to come to see that live in person.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

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.

Fair paints mate. I don’t know Kevin that well as I can’t get across for the Exec Committee meetings. That said,he helped me when my mate Cliff had terminal cancer by giving him a signed Gabriel Jesus shirt and arranging for a letter from City with a signed David Silva programme. City didn’t respond to me.

Personally, I wouldn’t give Sky the steam off my piss and kevin could have raised the cost of 3 games in a week. Maybe he did and it was edited out?

That said, the general feeling about Pep’s comments wasn’t great at the time and the vast majority of Blues were frustrated with the ticket office problems. Maybe both Pep and Kevin could have made their points in a more positive way but they are entitled to their opinion. All the best

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

No!…We complained, when he got it wrong Champs final night. Least were consistent.

true

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

OK and would reporting that strategy to City Matters be something you expect?

So what's your suggested strategy for that?

Kids tickets for tomorrows game are not expensive. Adult ones can be got for a reasonable price. If people can't afford that, they aren't going to come to games even if you make arrangements to bring bus loads of kids from schools for free.

I'm pretty sure Soriano's strategy is play great football, win games and people will want to come to see that live in person.

same here id of thought Sorianos more for what goes on the field rather than in the stands

 

[i kne albert davy]

Fair paints mate. I don’t know Kevin that well as I can’t get across for the Exec Committee meetings. That said,he helped me when my mate Cliff had terminal cancer by giving him a signed Gabriel Jesus shirt and arranging for a letter from City with a signed David Silva programme. City didn’t respond to me.

Personally, I wouldn’t give Sky the steam off my piss and kevin could have raised the cost of 3 games in a week. Maybe he did and it was edited out?

That said, the general feeling about Pep’s comments wasn’t great at the time and the vast majority of Blues were frustrated with the ticket office problems. Maybe both Pep and Kevin could have made their points in a more positive way but they are entitled to their opinion. All the best

Cheers Tim, I've been in his company at several Euro away's he's an OK guy who I'm sure will do all he can to help blues out if possible. Whilst not being exactly skint myself, he lives in a different world to most blues who can only do so much in following the team and like you say he might have been better advised mentioning the cost of home tickets, not so much in the cups but league games one off tickets are a joke.
If pep wants great attendance and atmosphere's at European nights follow the Hamburg experience of a fiver or even a tenner a ticket and the place will be rocking like that night. I await price of PSG tickets with trepidation.

 

[paull1]

I actually almost went on wed, due my tram not stopping at piccadilly I ended up at the etihad.
I checked the app and 95% of the seats were indicating as sold out. If I would've been allowed in with my bag which had my works laptop in i would've gone. So not sure what's going on with city or the fans, are we having swathes of fans just buying tickets and not turning up?

one thing I will say there's a massive disconnection between the club and the local fan base and if it's not sorted soon the etihad will be a souless place.

 

[mccity]

For the sake of honesty I'm still avoiding games due to COVID stuff. Too many of my family and friends have suffered badly from it and although I'm healthy and at no big risk of problems, I'm partially responsible for the care of 2 very vulnerable people and I'd really not like to take any chances. I expect a lot of criticism aimed at me but when it hits you up close it's borderline traumatic and it's impossible for me to shake that wariness.

The sad thing is it's literally just the football that I'm unwilling to do. The rest of my life is back to normal but football is the only thing I did previously that I still regard as very COVID unsafe.

Thankfully there's no empty seat where I usually sit. I've been consistently able to find replacements and will be able to do so as long as I'm not confident with safety factors.

 

[ancoats]

lets be very carful here ?

the media scum are heading full on with this and i think they have seen a small gap to try and open wide between pep and the fans.. all the numpty's over the road are full on with the empty stadium quotes by pep and loving it..
the truth is its nothing to do with the fans not turning up for a game ? but its uefa and the politics that have been going on for years and the some of the city fans are not paying for a game being run by uefa and simply staying away

i said to my son am not going because i feel uefa are still not to be trusted ? things are going on that don't sit right with me at uefa ? am going to highlight barcelona/madrid and something fishy is going on their ?
they are in a right mess and had to release players they signed only 2 seasons ago for free ? then messi having to leave because the wage bill was out of control ??

what am saying is uefa FFP have let this happen but have stopped manchester city from spending ? fined us ? banned us ? cheated us ? this is why am never going to a champions league game

 

[cbl]

honestly no one should be justifying why they did or didn’t go. it’s no ones business but their own. put this thread to bed.

 

[i kne albert davy]

Daily Mail reported 45k so correct on that Marvin,

What have city reported it?

A little over 38k