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« on: September 16, 2015, 11:11:22 AM »

Morning.

Surprisingly, there was not a Man City thread, & we appear to have a few of their supporters on board, including hhyftrftdyr & Archer. It's up to those guys to seed & sweat the thread, with chit chat as to what is happening, it will be what you make it.

We can change the thread title if you prefer something else.

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« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2015, 11:12:13 AM »

A 2-1 defeat at home last night in the champions League. They have never won their opening CL fixture.

Bit early to judge, but they rarely seem to excel in Europe. Why?

BBC Sport were critical of Sterling.....

Sterling has made a big early impact following his £49m move to Manchester City from Liverpool - but one area of his game still needs some serious work.

The 20-year-old needs to improve his conversion rate when presented with chances and, before his substitution 20 minutes from time, he demonstrated once again that he must be more ruthless when applying that final flourish.

He wasted a perfect early chance when he shot straight at Juve keeper Gigi Buffon, then did the same again later after he was set up by David Silva with City leading 1-0. Yes, they were two pieces of fine goalkeeping but Sterling should have made at least one of those opportunities count

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« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2015, 11:19:37 AM »



Next match - Saturday, 5.30pm, home to West Ham, who have been quite impressive so far under a Manager who looks like he won't stand any messing. 

Care to forecast the score?

Man City are generally 1/4, West Ham 12/1, which seems a ridiculous pair of prices to me.


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« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2015, 11:46:12 AM »

Let's hope this thread has more support than the eithad!

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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2015, 01:20:08 PM »

Go on then, I'll bite already.

The empty block is the away allocation, of which Juventus didn't come close to filling. Unfortunately Juve (or any away team in the CL) have to get a minimum of 5% despite not needing that amount, hence the empty block. In the league, clubs can return tickets they don't need (I think WHU are sending back the top tier for Saturdays game, these can then be sold to the home fans), but the rules are different in Europe.

As for the scattered empty seats, well its half time. People often go for a drink and a pie, or go to the concourse for a natter with friends. You can see it's halftime cos the groundsmen are on the pitch.

You probably knew all this ^ already but are just after a reaction Wink
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« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2015, 01:23:29 PM »

Go on then, I'll bite already.

The empty block is the away allocation, of which Juventus didn't come close to filling. Unfortunately Juve (or any away team in the CL) have to get a minimum of 5% despite not needing that amount, hence the empty block. In the league, clubs can return tickets they don't need (I think WHU are sending back the top tier for Saturdays game, these can then be sold to the home fans), but the rules are different in Europe.

As for the scattered empty seats, well its half time. People often go for a drink and a pie, or go to the concourse for a natter with friends. You can see it's halftime cos the groundsmen are on the pitch.

You probably knew all this ^ already but are just after a reaction Wink

Apologies, I thought they were your defence.
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« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2015, 01:23:52 PM »

For those unfamiliar with Manchester City, here's a brief history.

Formed in 2008.

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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2015, 01:32:26 PM »

A 2-1 defeat at home last night in the champions League. They have never won their opening CL fixture.

Bit early to judge, but they rarely seem to excel in Europe. Why?

BBC Sport were critical of Sterling.....

Sterling has made a big early impact following his £49m move to Manchester City from Liverpool - but one area of his game still needs some serious work.

The 20-year-old needs to improve his conversion rate when presented with chances and, before his substitution 20 minutes from time, he demonstrated once again that he must be more ruthless when applying that final flourish.

He wasted a perfect early chance when he shot straight at Juve keeper Gigi Buffon, then did the same again later after he was set up by David Silva with City leading 1-0. Yes, they were two pieces of fine goalkeeping but Sterling should have made at least one of those opportunities count



Sadly this is pretty accurate. We were comfortable at 1-0 but its such a dangerous score line. Not getting the 2nd has cost us. and Sterling was the biggest culprit.

I didn't think too much of Juventus, but they are a class above any other team who will come to Eastlands this season. Very organised, very experienced, and they have players who are capable of pulling a rabbit out the hat. Interesting to watch Pogba in the flesh. At times he looked distinctly average, then he'd do something that gives you a glimpse of why he is so highly coveted. Will he be wearing blue in the future?

Was probably exactly the type of game Juve needed; struggling in the league where they start every game as clear favourites, so coming to Manchester as the 'underdogs' (at least in the bookies eyes) was I imagine a nice change for them. Could play with a bit more freedom and a little less pressure. With Seville winning 3-0, it puts us on the back foot already, but we never do things the easy way in Europe.
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« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2015, 02:11:58 PM »

For those unfamiliar with Manchester City, here's a brief history.

Formed in 2008.



That's essentially it. As good as they are it's hard to really be bothered by them.
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« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2015, 02:53:46 PM »

Now City have conceded a goal, will they replace Mangala with Otamendi?
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« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2015, 03:38:08 PM »

"Noisy" Neighbours isn't really correct anymore. Very similar to Arsenal these days with a lot of the Prawn Sandwich fans arriving the past few years.
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« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2015, 03:43:25 PM »

For those unfamiliar with Manchester City, here's a brief history.

Formed in 2008.



That's essentially it. As good as they are it's hard to really be bothered by them.

I lol'd

It is funny to see the change around here up't north threre are a lot more city fans out and about as much as we joke about them having no fans.

Kids like the teams that are winning which is fair enough.

In my school we probably had a split of around 60% United fans 20% Liverpool and 20% other - City, Everton, Wigan, Bolton, Blackburn etc. Now I would say it would be something like 45/20/20/15 with United/City/Liverpool/Other at a guess.
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« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2015, 03:46:35 PM »

Should be able to fill the ground at these prices though
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« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2015, 03:49:56 PM »

Its going to take years of being at the top to build up a fan base though, BUT the money City are now pumping into grassroots and the areas around eastlands is really impressive and should leave them in a great position going forward.

They have a bottomless well of money but yet they are still sorting things for the future.

I do wonder what the die hards on the terraces think of all the new fans though. United got a lot of stick over the prawn sandwhich brigade but we need it, we need people through the doors paying corporate prices to keep the club going.

Ciry I think should get out there giving tickets to kids and selling super cheap to people to get a new following of die hard fans. The people that pay £5 a pop can end up being your season ticket holders. United's £200 a pop crew wont ever been seen in Sam Platt's before a game, unless its me Smiley
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« Reply #14 on: September 16, 2015, 04:01:31 PM »

I like City more than any of the current Champions League clubs for two reasons:

1. They aren't United, Chelsea or Arsenal.

2. David Silva plays for them.
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