Noisy Neighbours - the Man City thread

[George2Loose]

Doesn't suit your narrative to acknowledge it

[flushthemout]

Can't blame Pello, Cross that white line and down to the players, obv you not watched Sterling or Bony closely? embarrassed for them some times but hey £80k a week Bony ain't bothered, Sterling is going backwards, yes potential but yet to prove it. Pep will need to buy big, would love to see Boateng back.

[flushthemout]

Season tickets were ripped up today fans very disgruntled.

[arbboy]

The thing i miss the most about posting on blonde is the deluded fan threads.  They are still comical to lurk on though.

[Karabiner]

The thing i miss the most about posting on blonde is the deluded fan threads.  They are still comical to lurk on though.

Come back you daft bugger lots of us miss you.

[hhyftrftdr]

Season tickets were ripped up today fans very disgruntled.

Those cards aren't easy to rip

[arbboy]

The thing i miss the most about posting on blonde is the deluded fan threads.  They are still comical to lurk on though.

They miss the free easy cash i make them Ralph.  Not much else.  Not many on blonde can handle the unbiased truth especially on the fan threads.   I realised i was getting taken for a ride a while ago so just sacked it off.  Results orientated smilers when i make them money.  A total tosser after a couple of 'great ev' but ultimately cash losing bets.  Fickle place here.  Hence why all the pro punters stopped posting and all the guessers stay i suppose.  Shame it was great whilst it lasted.  I will lurk from now on and enjoy the comedy without giving my information away for free.  Plenty owe me on here.  I don't think i owe anyone a penny. 

[Karabiner]

The thing i miss the most about posting on blonde is the deluded fan threads.  They are still comical to lurk on though.

They miss the free easy cash i make them Ralph.  Not much else.  Not many on blonde can handle the unbiased truth especially on the fan threads.   I realised i was getting taken for a ride a while ago so just sacked it off.  Results orientated smilers when i make them money.  A total tosser after a couple of 'great ev' but ultimately cash losing bets.  Fickle place here.  Hence why all the pro punters stopped posting and all the guessers stay i suppose.  Shame it was great whilst it lasted.  I will lurk from now on and enjoy the comedy without giving my information away for free.  Plenty owe me on here.  I don't think i owe anyone a penny. 

That's certainly not the case with me as I hardly ever bet on footie and never any serious amounts, definitely never any of your value odds-on shots however good they might be.

I enjoy reading your very opinionated entertaining posts and appreciate the effort and thought put into them which with the possible exception of those involving Stoke City represent a rational voice of reason, in stark contrast to a lot of the partisan tripe posted on many of the footie boards.

[TheDazzler]

The thing i miss the most about posting on blonde is the deluded fan threads.  They are still comical to lurk on though.

They miss the free easy cash i make them Ralph.  Not much else.  Not many on blonde can handle the unbiased truth especially on the fan threads.   I realised i was getting taken for a ride a while ago so just sacked it off.  Results orientated smilers when i make them money.  A total tosser after a couple of 'great ev' but ultimately cash losing bets.  Fickle place here.  Hence why all the pro punters stopped posting and all the guessers stay i suppose.  Shame it was great whilst it lasted.  I will lurk from now on and enjoy the comedy without giving my information away for free.  Plenty owe me on here.  I don't think i owe anyone a penny.  

Yeah come back. You owe me loads of money, I never backed any of your winners, only +EV losers
I'll give you a cracking footie bet if you come back.

[hhyftrftdr]

Difficult to pick out many positives but a couple of things stood out for me (bearing in mind I've seen no replays or highlights and have yet to remove my blinkers)

Mangala......glimpses of the £30m price tag. He's the one that I'm really looking forward to seeing what Pep can do with him. I think there is a potentially class centre half in there somewhere, but he needs the right partner (and MDM obv isn't!). Excellent physical attributes but very much a confidence player, and not what you'd describe as a ball playing centre half. A continental Lescott if you will, though potentially better and bags of time on his side.

Fernandinho. Felt he looked pretty assured in the CB role, though we were on the ascendancy at the time so its perhaps not the best marker. He's not the biggest but he's a very intelligent footballer, comfortable on the ball, decent in the tackle and has solid positional awareness to go with his great engine. Pretty depressing that we play him out of position (right mid, centre half) yet is still the best player in those positions! I wonder if Pep might view him in the same light as Mascherano?

Slim pickings other than that. Sterling and Hart both out for a month, Aguero limped off and Silva's ankle niggle shows no sign of disappearing. Apart from MDM I didn't think anyone was terrible today, but equally none of our big hitters really got the game by the scruff of the neck. Frustrating, as I think that united team were there for the taking but you need more cutting edge in the final 3rd as they have a tight backline and fantastic keeper who don't give too much away.

Sorry to disrupt the Arbboy love in 

[TightEnd]

an interesting perspective

Man City were in decline long before Guardiola was announced, writes phil mcnulty http://bbc.in/1PlczvQ

[DungBeetle]

The thing i miss the most about posting on blonde is the deluded fan threads.  They are still comical to lurk on though.

They miss the free easy cash i make them Ralph.  Not much else.  Not many on blonde can handle the unbiased truth especially on the fan threads.   I realised i was getting taken for a ride a while ago so just sacked it off.  Results orientated smilers when i make them money.  A total tosser after a couple of 'great ev' but ultimately cash losing bets.  Fickle place here.  Hence why all the pro punters stopped posting and all the guessers stay i suppose.  Shame it was great whilst it lasted.  I will lurk from now on and enjoy the comedy without giving my information away for free.  Plenty owe me on here.  I don't think i owe anyone a penny. 

You will if Watford cobble together a couple more points

[hhyftrftdr]

Looks like our pricing structure, or complete lack of it, for the Champions League is ruffling a few feathers.

It's a tough one cos on one hand I can see why the club have priced it as so, as it is the furthest we've got and is quite a glam tie (IE its not Barca/Munich/Madrid who we've played in recent years, sometimes numerous times!). The prices are also in line, or even a little cheaper, with what other clubs on the continent charge for these types of games.

But charging up to £60 for a game of football that isn't a final is simply too much, regardless of the competition and opponents. There are plenty of disillusioned blues who are coming off the CL cup scheme next season because of this. What goes through the minds of the powers that be? 'Ok, we couldn't sell out a last 16 tie, so lets raise the prices another 50% and see if that works'. What makes it worse is that match day revenue accounts for such a small %age of turnover these days, and that will decrease even more from next season with the new TV deal. Cheaper tickets and a full stadium has to be better than expensive tickets and at best a 2/3 full stadium? Does seem like the club are a little out of touch with their core fanbase at the moment, and they haven't announced season ticket prices yet for next year....

I'm torn as I'm a poor/tight Yorkshireman; It's £50 for my seasoncard seat for this one game, plus another £20 to pre book trains, plus other food and drink based expenses. Probably looking at close to £100. I could just not eat and drink to bring this figure down but that's no fun I obv wanna be there, but it feels like I'd be going out of blind loyalty more than anything else.

[Archer]

Looks like our pricing structure, or complete lack of it, for the Champions League is ruffling a few feathers.

It's a tough one cos on one hand I can see why the club have priced it as so, as it is the furthest we've got and is quite a glam tie (IE its not Barca/Munich/Madrid who we've played in recent years, sometimes numerous times!). The prices are also in line, or even a little cheaper, with what other clubs on the continent charge for these types of games.

But charging up to £60 for a game of football that isn't a final is simply too much, regardless of the competition and opponents. There are plenty of disillusioned blues who are coming off the CL cup scheme next season because of this. What goes through the minds of the powers that be? 'Ok, we couldn't sell out a last 16 tie, so lets raise the prices another 50% and see if that works'. What makes it worse is that match day revenue accounts for such a small %age of turnover these days, and that will decrease even more from next season with the new TV deal. Cheaper tickets and a full stadium has to be better than expensive tickets and at best a 2/3 full stadium? Does seem like the club are a little out of touch with their core fanbase at the moment, and they haven't announced season ticket prices yet for next year....

I'm torn as I'm a poor/tight Yorkshireman; It's £50 for my seasoncard seat for this one game, plus another £20 to pre book trains, plus other food and drink based expenses. Probably looking at close to £100. I could just not eat and drink to bring this figure down but that's no fun I obv wanna be there, but it feels like I'd be going out of blind loyalty more than anything else.

I've been following the "debate" in that other place as well - it's mutiny .

Mine is £50 as well (up from £35 for the Kiev game) and I pay for more STs including an under 21 ticket which has nearly doubled to £40 from the Kiev price.

 I think the club is just taking the piss. As someone has calculated over there, City  will make maybe £500,000 at best  in extra ticket revenue if they are lucky BUT just for getting through to the quarter final,  even if we get hammered in both legs,  City earn an extra c£8-9 million alone from UEFA for the 2 PSG matches.  Far better to have a fair price, happy supporters, a full house and a Hamburg atmosphere
for the 1st time in the Champions League. It could make the difference to getting them over the line. On the other hand it might be all over after the 1st leg....

[hhyftrftdr]

Looks like our pricing structure, or complete lack of it, for the Champions League is ruffling a few feathers.

It's a tough one cos on one hand I can see why the club have priced it as so, as it is the furthest we've got and is quite a glam tie (IE its not Barca/Munich/Madrid who we've played in recent years, sometimes numerous times!). The prices are also in line, or even a little cheaper, with what other clubs on the continent charge for these types of games.

But charging up to £60 for a game of football that isn't a final is simply too much, regardless of the competition and opponents. There are plenty of disillusioned blues who are coming off the CL cup scheme next season because of this. What goes through the minds of the powers that be? 'Ok, we couldn't sell out a last 16 tie, so lets raise the prices another 50% and see if that works'. What makes it worse is that match day revenue accounts for such a small %age of turnover these days, and that will decrease even more from next season with the new TV deal. Cheaper tickets and a full stadium has to be better than expensive tickets and at best a 2/3 full stadium? Does seem like the club are a little out of touch with their core fanbase at the moment, and they haven't announced season ticket prices yet for next year....

I'm torn as I'm a poor/tight Yorkshireman; It's £50 for my seasoncard seat for this one game, plus another £20 to pre book trains, plus other food and drink based expenses. Probably looking at close to £100. I could just not eat and drink to bring this figure down but that's no fun I obv wanna be there, but it feels like I'd be going out of blind loyalty more than anything else.

I've been following the "debate" in that other place as well - it's mutiny .

Mine is £50 as well (up from £35 for the Kiev game) and I pay for more STs including an under 21 ticket which has nearly doubled to £40 from the Kiev price.

 I think the club is just taking the piss. As someone has calculated over there, City  will make maybe £500,000 at best  in extra ticket revenue if they are lucky BUT just for getting through to the quarter final,  even if we get hammered in both legs,  City earn an extra c£8-9 million alone from UEFA for the 2 PSG matches.  Far better to have a fair price, happy supporters, a full house and a Hamburg atmosphere
for the 1st time in the Champions League. It could make the difference to getting them over the line. On the other hand it might be all over after the 1st leg....

And the statement they have released has done the club no favours whatsoever!

Wank on the pitch and ripped off in the terraces. Gonna support Leicester next season.