Manchester City

[mrbojangles]

As stated a few posts above. We don't need to. We get 11,000 more than you lot every week, as it is.

Wrong there BJ, your ground holds 11,690 more than our ground, thats not the same as getting 11,690 more every week, in fact your average attendance over the last 20 years is only marginally higher than ours by 1,154, so i would imagine out match day revenue over that period is a lot higher than yourselves !

Incidently your only running at 97% capacity for this season so any price increases i would expect to bring that figure down even lower !

Don't tell me I'm wrong when you are comparing Apples with Tomatoes alfie. How on earth can you compare average attendances over 20 years when for the first half of that we were at Maine Road, which had a capacity of circa 35,000. Why not compare the attendance at our new ground?

You also split hairs over a few hundred people when I was obviously rounding the figures. BTW, no club will ever get 100% capacity if they allow away fans in. Several hundred seats, if not more are taken up in segretating the fans. Therefore, 97% ain't bad at all. I'll have to check out your stats when I get some more time.

[nev]

City used to boast about biggest floodlights, now they have the biggest pints

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/new-two-pint-beer-pot-introduced-268642

[alfieconn]

As stated a few posts above. We don't need to. We get 11,000 more than you lot every week, as it is.

Wrong there BJ, your ground holds 11,690 more than our ground, thats not the same as getting 11,690 more every week, in fact your average attendance over the last 20 years is only marginally higher than ours by 1,154, so i would imagine out match day revenue over that period is a lot higher than yourselves !

Incidently your only running at 97% capacity for this season so any price increases i would expect to bring that figure down even lower !

Don't tell me I'm wrong when you are comparing Apples with Tomatoes alfie. How on earth can you compare average attendances over 20 years when for the first half of that we were at Maine Road, which had a capacity of circa 35,000. Why not compare the attendance at our new ground?

You also split hairs over a few hundred people when I was obviously rounding the figures. BTW, no club will ever get 100% capacity if they allow away fans in. Several hundred seats, if not more are taken up in segretating the fans. Therefore, 97% ain't bad at all. I'll have to check out your stats when I get some more time.

Aaahhh, we're not comparing Apples and Tomatoes, within that first 10 years you never had an attendance over 32,000 and the average was 27,293 so the lower ground capacity would'nt be detrimental to the average over 20 years !!!!!!

[alfieconn]

Right got to go and cut the grass, can someone let me know when BJ has answered this question

"Do you not think that if they could charge a lot more and still get full houses they would ? "

No. As I said, we get sell out prem games week-in week-out. We could charge more and still sell. As I said it's probably down to enticing children but either way andf whatever is the reason, making matches cheaper shouldn't be knocked.

If you think that you really are living in a dreamworld !

[mrbojangles]

Right got to go and cut the grass, can someone let me know when BJ has answered this question

"Do you not think that if they could charge a lot more and still get full houses they would ? "

No. As I said, we get sell out prem games week-in week-out. We could charge more and still sell. As I said it's probably down to enticing children but either way andf whatever is the reason, making matches cheaper shouldn't be knocked.

If you think that you really are living in a dreamworld !

What dreamworld alfie? Are we still on the same subject? Do you not agree that whatever the reason is for us charging less for a certain amount of season tickets, it shouldn't be knocked.

[carmine]

When does the time come when we agree to disagree?

[mrbojangles]

It's a forum carms, not everyone will agree and we can all have our opinions. As a last resort though, I could always use the "rijit" card and say get of our thread

[smokie36]

It's a forum carms, not everyone will agree and we can all have our opinions. As a last resort though, I could always use the "rijit" card and say get of our thread

Can't do that mrboj...we are bang on topic!

Alf has a point.....if your average at Maine Rd was 27000 then it is fair comment over 20 years.

[mrbojangles]

It's a forum carms, not everyone will agree and we can all have our opinions. As a last resort though, I could always use the "rijit" card and say get of our thread

Can't do that mrboj...we are bang on topic!

Alf has a point.....if your average at Maine Rd was 27000 then it is fair comment over 20 years.

Why not go back 30 years. No, 40 years. No 100 years. I mean, we wouldn't want to keep the discussion topical now would we.

[smokie36]

It's a forum carms, not everyone will agree and we can all have our opinions. As a last resort though, I could always use the "rijit" card and say get of our thread

Can't do that mrboj...we are bang on topic!

Alf has a point.....if your average at Maine Rd was 27000 then it is fair comment over 20 years.

Why not go back 30 years. No, 40 years. No 100 years. I mean, we wouldn't want to keep the discussion topical now would we.

Interesting that you couldn't fill Maine Road though isn't it?

Some less kind posters might compare you to a horrible West London club.....

[alfieconn]

It's a forum carms, not everyone will agree and we can all have our opinions. As a last resort though, I could always use the "rijit" card and say get of our thread

Can't do that mrboj...we are bang on topic!

Alf has a point.....if your average at Maine Rd was 27000 then it is fair comment over 20 years.

Why not go back 30 years. No, 40 years. No 100 years. I mean, we wouldn't want to keep the discussion topical now would we.

Interesting that you couldn't fill Maine Road though isn't it?

Some less kind posters might compare you to a horrible West London club.....

You've got a point there smokes, probaly on a par with the chavs !

[Chicog]

I always get a chuckle at fans of these clubs who haven't won the league for more than half a century having a pop at Arsenal because they've gone a few years without a trophy.

[smokie36]

I always get a chuckle at fans of these clubs who haven't won the league for more than half a century having a pop at Arsenal because they've gone a few years without a trophy.

Poor laddie is lost. Away and follow the sweetie trail back to the Arse thread sonny!

[smokie36]

To be fair to Citeh they were averaging 12000 more than the Chavs.....still not a full house by any means.

What changed I wonder...?

[carmine]

I always get a chuckle at fans of these clubs who haven't won the league for more than half a century having a pop at Arsenal because they've gone a few years without a trophy.

No we just chuckle at Arsenal, not for any particular reason that french fruit of a manager makes me laugh in particular. run along back to your boring library of a thread

[mrbojangles]

It's a forum carms, not everyone will agree and we can all have our opinions. As a last resort though, I could always use the "rijit" card and say get of our thread

Can't do that mrboj...we are bang on topic!

Alf has a point.....if your average at Maine Rd was 27000 then it is fair comment over 20 years.

Why not go back 30 years. No, 40 years. No 100 years. I mean, we wouldn't want to keep the discussion topical now would we.

Interesting that you couldn't fill Maine Road though isn't it?

Some less kind posters might compare you to a horrible West London club.....

You see, you are all jumping on the wrong data again. You obviously haven't taken into account the fact that in 1992 the Platt Lane stand was demolished and a new all seater was built. This obviously affected the capacity. Additionally in 1994/5 the Kippax Stand was demolished taking the capacity down to 18,300. Now come back when you have factored that lot in.

[smokie36]

Come on mrboj....was Maine Road's Citeh end sold out every week or not?

[mrbojangles]

Come on mrboj....was Maine Road's Citeh end sold out every week or not?

smokie, I don't know where this fixation with City's attendances has come about but read my last post on it. If you are going to use a period of time to assess the attendance, then at least incorporate the fluctuation of capicty into it. I.E. the average attendance of 27,000 over the 20 year period stated, included a period where our maximum capacity was 18,300. I am not going to do your "homework" for you on this subject as well.

[smokie36]

A simple yes or no answer will suffice.

[mrbojangles]

Your homework too hard smoke? Oh well, never mind that. I have asked you a question in the Spurs thread. Please answer it before kick off.

[smokie36]

I will mrboj...I will....and I'll get on with the homework later as well since you show such reluctance.

[mrbojangles]

Really happy with that result. It's showing that we have the stamina. Down to 10 men after 24 minutes and yet still had the majority of possession, most shots on and off target. Their goal was totally against the run of play buit we knuckled down and didn't close up shop after pulling back level. I am also really happy with Dzecko and his overall attitude. Well done City.

[smokie36]

Really happy with that result. It's showing that we have the stamina. Down to 10 men after 24 minutes and yet still had the majority of possession, most shots on and off target. Their goal was totally against the run of play buit we knuckled down and didn't close up shop after pulling back level. I am also really happy with Dzecko and his overall attitude. Well done City.

Was it a full house mrboj?

[mrbojangles]

Really happy with that result. It's showing that we have the stamina. Down to 10 men after 24 minutes and yet still had the majority of possession, most shots on and off target. Their goal was totally against the run of play buit we knuckled down and didn't close up shop after pulling back level. I am also really happy with Dzecko and his overall attitude. Well done City.

Was it a full house mrboj?

Don't know what WBA capacity is but the City end was a sell out smokes. Our allocation was sold out weeks ago according to our regularly updated and informative web site

[smokie36]

Really happy with that result. It's showing that we have the stamina. Down to 10 men after 24 minutes and yet still had the majority of possession, most shots on and off target. Their goal was totally against the run of play buit we knuckled down and didn't close up shop after pulling back level. I am also really happy with Dzecko and his overall attitude. Well done City.

Was it a full house mrboj?

Don't know what WBA capacity is but the City end was a sell out smokes. Our allocation was sold out weeks ago according to our regularly updated and informative web site

I hope your website has a sponsor mrboj...what with it being so good and all....

[mrbojangles]

Really happy with that result. It's showing that we have the stamina. Down to 10 men after 24 minutes and yet still had the majority of possession, most shots on and off target. Their goal was totally against the run of play buit we knuckled down and didn't close up shop after pulling back level. I am also really happy with Dzecko and his overall attitude. Well done City.

Was it a full house mrboj?

Don't know what WBA capacity is but the City end was a sell out smokes. Our allocation was sold out weeks ago according to our regularly updated and informative web site

I hope your website has a sponsor mrboj...what with it being so good and all....

Funny you should say that smokes. Our website is so good that last year it was voted best website out of all of the teams in the Champions League. So yeah, you don't need to just take my word for it.

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/news/club-news/2011/september/city-win-champions-league-for-websites

[smokie36]

I suppose if we had a sponsor paying £100m to advertise on ours it would be significantly easier for thick northerners to navigate.

Edited October 21, 2012 by smokie36

[mrbojangles]

I suppose if we had a sponsor paying £100m to advertise on ours it would be significantly easier for thick northerners to navogate.

Hang on. Aren't you more Northern than the majority of us on here.

[smokie36]

I suppose if we had a sponsor paying £100m to advertise on ours it would be significantly easier for thick northerners to navogate.

Hang on. Aren't you more Northern than the majority of us on here.

Tsk tsk mrboj...you thickos didn't even have a university until 1880!

The link before you ask....notice Scotland had four while your vast nation of muppets only had two for the entire country for a few centuries.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UK_universities_by_date_of_foundation

[JacknDanny]

I suppose if we had a sponsor paying £100m to advertise on ours it would be significantly easier for thick northerners to navogate.

But then us thick northerners wouldnt understand the word 'navogate', unless you meant navigate?