Noisy Neighbours - the Man City thread

[Archer]

Real would be my preference

[TightEnd]

Real Madrid it is

[Archer]

Presumably UEFA will want a Bayern v Real Madrid final so  they will be separated in the draw. So, if Real have 1st choice,  it will be City v Real with City at home in the 1st leg.
This, of course, depends on  the "warm ball" theory being in place.  I'm a believer

Boom.

Without wanting to sound like a nutter and being very balanced or objective about most things in life, I'm still believing it is fixed. But how do they do it?

[hhyftrftdr]

Presumably UEFA will want a Bayern v Real Madrid final so  they will be separated in the draw. So, if Real have 1st choice,  it will be City v Real with City at home in the 1st leg.
This, of course, depends on  the "warm ball" theory being in place.  I'm a believer

I loved Tuesday night. Great to win, great atmosphere, great performances from the maligned players (Clichy, Navas,Fernando, Mangala, Otamendi, Sagna) who are supposedly  not good enough for this level.  Watched the whole lot back beginning to end yesterday including BT's  pre and post match coverage. Can't be doing with McManaman and Ferdinand.

Obviously we are outsiders to win the thing but here is to hoping the 6/1 shot comes in.

Whats tonights lottery numbers please?

You can put the microwave away for another season, UEFA.

[hhyftrftdr]

I'm in Menorca for the away 2nd leg.

How popular will I be with the other 2 guys going if I suddenly disappear for 24 hours?

[tikay]

I'm in Menorca for the away 2nd leg.

How popular will I be with the other 2 guys going if I suddenly disappear for 24 hours?

Since when were you ever popular with anyone, & since when did you care?

[hhyftrftdr]

I'm in Menorca for the away 2nd leg.

How popular will I be with the other 2 guys going if I suddenly disappear for 24 hours?

Since when were you ever popular with anyone, & since when did you care?

Is the correct answer

[tikay]

I know.

[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....

Quoting myself again because I was moaning about ticket prices for the PSG game. Just seen the prices for the real madrid home game and surpsingly  paying £5 less on each ticket because City have discounted for those on the Champions league scheme or who have attended all the CL home games so far. Well done City on this and it just goes to show they have listened to the protests.

Good article here about BTs abject coverage of City in the Champions League:

www.thedaisycutter.co.uk/2016/04/why-bt-sports-coverage-of-manchester-city-is-a-spiteful-disgrace/?

[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....

Quoting myself again because I was moaning about ticket prices for the PSG game. Just seen the prices for the real madrid home game and surpsingly  paying £5 less on each ticket because City have discounted for those on the Champions league scheme or who have attended all the CL home games so far. Well done City on this and it just goes to show they have listened to the protests.

Good article here about BTs abject coverage of City in the Champions League:

www.thedaisycutter.co.uk/2016/04/why-bt-sports-coverage-of-manchester-city-is-a-spiteful-disgrace/?

That article is very good, beyond me why we get lumped with camel gob, Mcpointy, Scholes, etc. They all hate City. Could you imagine united in a CL quarter and in the pundits corner are Goater, De Jong and Dzeko?

Agreed about the ticket prices, we could've been rinsed but the club have priced them very fairly. Apparently even if we go out in the semis, this campaign will see us awarded the most £££ in one season for an English club in Europe.

The Sheik can pay his heating bills without worry.

[flushthemout]

Tried booking flights last night,3 hours of time I will never get back!! Great getting there on the 4th May, return back to the UK leave Madrid at 9.50pm wtf. Lots of fans going the Valencia route.

[hhyftrftdr]

Tried booking flights last night,3 hours of time I will never get back!! Great getting there on the 4th May, return back to the UK leave Madrid at 9.50pm wtf. Lots of fans going the Valencia route.

Are you going? Jealous, never been to Madrid

Great win today at a gaff we usually struggle. I assume this summers transfer efforts will be science based, and finding a way to clone KDB.

[flushthemout]

Still clicking buttons

[toddswain]

Any chance you lot roll over on Tuesday night haha

[hhyftrftdr]

Any chance you lot roll over on Tuesday night haha

I hope not! We need 3 points as well

I'm off to it, just need to buy an oxygen mask tomorrow for the climb to that away end and I'm all set.