Noisy Neighbours - the Man City thread

[hhyftrftdr]

Chinese investors buy 13% of Manchester City at a $3bn valuation.

Couldn't they have bought 10% to make figures easier to work out?

We have a lot of fingers in a lot of pies these days. Breaking into the Chinese market could be worth a hell of a lot to the club/s. No doubt City will be heading there next summer!

[Archer]

Great article by Conn in the Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/dec/01/manchester-city-owners-china-venture-power

Not bad for a rich man's plaything..

If there was ever  a deal to show the intent that City will eventually become bigger than Real, Barcelona and Bayern well this is it. Scary.

[TightEnd]

http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2015/08/21/from-man-utd-at-1-8bn-to-cherries-at-104m-whats-your-club-worth-210803/

[flushthemout]

So difficult to get tickets for away days with City, Non available for Stoke and struggling for Leicester away too, Was not a problem last season.

[hhyftrftdr]

So difficult to get tickets for away days with City, Non available for Stoke and struggling for Leicester away too, Was not a problem last season.

I'd suggest going in the home end at Stoke, but you'll be outed immediately for having the correct amount of fingers.

[Archer]

http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2015/08/21/from-man-utd-at-1-8bn-to-cherries-at-104m-whats-your-club-worth-210803/

Alternatively for the wealtheist European sides and, as regards City, for CFG as a whole.

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[Archer]

So difficult to get tickets for away days with City, Non available for Stoke and struggling for Leicester away too, Was not a problem last season.

I think one of the problems is that there are a higher number being released to "corporates". The new Premium STs this year, whilst not strictly corporate, have access to away tickets irrespective of the number of loyality points previously accumulated.  This was definitely the case for United away where the threshold to get a ticket based on loyalty points rose loads from last year.

[hhyftrftdr]

So difficult to get tickets for away days with City, Non available for Stoke and struggling for Leicester away too, Was not a problem last season.

I think one of the problems is that there are a higher number being released to "corporates". The new Premium STs this year, whilst not strictly corporate, have access to away tickets irrespective of the number of loyality points previously accumulated.  This was definitely the case for United away where the threshold to get a ticket based on loyalty points rose loads from last year.

Yeah, I think Arsenal away is stupidly high points wise as well. And I'm sure the corporates snaffled some of the already paltry allocation we had for Sevilla.

Big weekend for us, early KO so a great chance to set a marker for our rivals and put the pressure on. Hopefully replicate last years pounding we gave them at the Britannia.

[Archer]

Arsenal away has sold out now. Normally I'd be surprised at that with it being Monday night just before Xmas and with the Arsenal ticket prices. I think with the club using the 1/2 price ticket subsidy for this game has made the difference.

Sevilla was the big ticket for Euro aways this year. How did you get your ticket? A case of who you Know?

[hhyftrftdr]

Arsenal away has sold out now. Normally I'd be surprised at that with it being Monday night just before Xmas and with the Arsenal ticket prices. I think with the club using the 1/2 price ticket subsidy for this game has made the difference.

Sevilla was the big ticket for Euro aways this year. How did you get your ticket? A case of who you Know?

Complete fluke! One of my dads mates has the most points (of the people we know) but he was nowhere near the threshold. Myself and my mate had already booked travel/hotel etc as you have to do before the prices shoot up, and we were just gonna try and source a ticket out there. We were content to travel ticketless (did it for Barca the other year), but the weekend before the game he put a message out on some FB buying/selling page requesting 2 tickets and fortunately someone had 2 spares he was happy to sell due to 2 people pulling out from their trip. Just got very lucky basically!

[flushthemout]

Last minute.com got two tickets for today, won't be taking my inflatable, I think it all started V Stoke.

[arbboy]

Last minute.com got two tickets for today, won't be taking my inflatable, I think it all started V Stoke.

Hope you enjoyed the game! 

[hhyftrftdr]

Lucky it wasn't more than 2 today!

Disappointed in Stoke's players throwing themselves to the ground though, not what you expect from them.

[arbboy]

Lucky it wasn't more than 2 today!

Disappointed in Stoke's players throwing themselves to the ground though, not what you expect from them.

Standard when you play rugby to hit the deck a lot.  Swing low....................

[flushthemout]

Shocking performance Mark, Bony is shocking, Demichelas to slow, Pello no idea in defensive organisation. Need Kompany and Zabba back asap.