Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 18, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 18, 2020 To be fair, why would England international Harry Maguire be given a red card for kicking Michy square in the nuts? You can't go round sending off [white] England players! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 The #emptihad hashtag was great fun last night, some top quality excuses for City's pathetic attendance too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members PunkStep Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 wE'rE sAvInG fOr WeMbLeY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 If they have sustained years of success, they’ll have the glory hunters as well and they’ll fill up the seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 I never understand the stick City get for their attendance. People seem to forget they have only really had 4 or 5 years of success, not nearly enough time to really grow their core, match going support(they used to get ~30k at Maine Road, didn't they?). If they continue like this for the next 10/15 yeara(like United did from '92 onwards), the local kids who have chosen them as their club(due to their success) will be of an age which they can buy match/season tickets themselves(and will steer their kids towards City too) which should mean those empty seats being useds At the end of the day, just lke condoms, I'd rather have the seats in the stadium but not need them, rather than need them but the stadium be too small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lorne Malvo Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, Cod Eye said: I never understand the stick City get for their attendance. Cos it's funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Lorne Malvo said: Cos it's funny. Is it? Fair enough. It's not something that amuses me, but I suppose if it's something to gaude the city fans with very short memories/"new" City fans with, then I can understand that. As a fan of a club that could only dream of getting the nubers through the gate that City get week in, week out, it just seems a bit petty to me. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Yep. Man City fans traditionally come from the poorer parts of Manchester where as Utds tend to come from the more affluent areas of Surrey and London.  It’s poverty shaming at its worst but on the other hand a lot of citeh fans seem to hate another club more than they love their own so it’s funny and correct to mock them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 It's funny in so much as the vocal section of fans giving it the billy big bollocks about the city being blue and them being big time looks a bit pathetic when you can walk up to the ground and buy a ticket for a champions league game. Obviously it won't stay that way forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mr_Danger said: Obviously it won't stay that way forever. It won’t. Other big clubs have the generational glory hunter base and should citeh keep being successful, they will too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 15 minutes ago, Mr_Danger said: when you can walk up to the ground and buy a ticket for a champions league game. Obviously it won't stay that way forever. Something they won’t have to worry about for a couple of years anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Cod Eye Posted February 20, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted February 20, 2020 30 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: Something they won’t have to worry about for a couple of years anyway. That's a good point! Actually, how much lower was last nights number compared to their other "home" Champion's League matches? Did many stay away as a sort of half arsed protest agains the UEFA ruling? Just been looking at league figures, and their average is 54,361 against a capacity of 55,097. Now, I know these are kayfabed figures(tickets sold rather than bodies through the turnstyles), but it's not exactly an embarassing figure in theory. Obviously the blocks of empty seats on TV isn't a great look for a team desperate to be seen as one of the world's elite though. As I've mentioned above though, I'm sure they would rather have the empty seats there to be sold if needed, rather than being like Chelsea(for example) where they are stuck with an old 40,000 seater stadium but have the demand to sell loads more every week.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 No idea, but last night wasn't a Champions League match. They were playing a Championship side, so that's probably why it was so low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Plus it was a hastily rearranged fixture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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