They can't fill their stadium, yet the revenue figures were boasted to be crossing 500m.
The 'Manchester Is Blue' Thread
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
A few maybe but I think they do legit sell the stadium out when it's the Derby.
Even with all their trophies and the world class players and getting Pep as manager for a lot of City fans it's still all about beating Utd.
It's why it's the only game their home fans actually make an atmosphere.
BLUE 
Arteta knows.
Hopefully Mansour will decide he's not getting enough bang for his buck and enough positive PR for his family's shitty regime. Then decides to reinvest the money in a bigger club like Newcastle, Everton or Dortmund.
Then we'd see how much all those new sponsorships are actually worth.
Then we'd see how much all those new sponsorships are actually worth.
More like for a lot of people football is pure entertainment, rather than a way of life, or something to have loyalty for.
I am at that position when it comes to NBA. I like basketball a lot and actually played more basketball than football in my life, but I am not a fan of some NBA team. Every few years I change the team I watch most and 'support', mostly based on players I like most.
They sold the 3 match package really cheap as well and are still getting such crowds. Nothing short of embarrassing.
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Video is more damning than pictures. Just watch the match highlights.
Embarassing. And booing the CL anthem is embarassing too: it's fecking daft.
Looks like they applied the same punishment to City last night.
Ha ha ha, the mighty City. Years in the wilderness and rescued by a dodgy property developer TEN YEARS AGO and still not ‘Dominated Europe’ as Kompany bragged about five years and £1.5 billion later. Their sponsors are mostly owned or affiliated to the Sheik so it’s dubious under UEFA rules which is why the Bitters boo the CL anthem.
Did Foden get a game or is he yet another bench sitter destined to fade away under the Genuis Guardiola?
Did Foden get a game or is he yet another bench sitter destined to fade away under the Genuis Guardiola?
I honestly do believe they're the worst thing to happen in football for years and years.
All that money to buy fantastic players and win trophies but with no passion, atmosphere or emotion whatsoever. They're a waste of a great team.
English media were giving PSG stick for similar reasons this week, the biggest culprits are in their own backyard- The CFG Manchester branch.
All that money to buy fantastic players and win trophies but with no passion, atmosphere or emotion whatsoever. They're a waste of a great team.
English media were giving PSG stick for similar reasons this week, the biggest culprits are in their own backyard- The CFG Manchester branch.
I hope the rest of the premier watch how you shouldn't be all cowardly and act like a bitch when faced with City. Wolves now Lyon did them in. City can have all the money in the world but their fans(if you can find one) are the worse. No passion no drive no nothing.
I lol at how the english media went on about PSG when City is the same damn thing.
I lol at how the english media went on about PSG when City is the same damn thing.
But they have 98 and 102 year old sisters as fans!
I guess Txiki is scouting for some chubby blokes as we speak. Ones that can cover 3-4 seats.
Maybe they should do a load of 3d plastic printed fans for these matches?
Or better put a sensor on each seat, and if by kick off and nobodies sitting on it, inflate a pop up, (city blue) doll to fill the gap...
Or better put a sensor on each seat, and if by kick off and nobodies sitting on it, inflate a pop up, (city blue) doll to fill the gap...
Have to cook the books somehow, more wages for blood money FC
It doesn't matter how much they spend, how many league titles they win, how much they try to improve the stadium or how many 103 year old Man City supporting ladies they have in the fanbase; they'll never be the giant that Mancheser United are.
Noel Gallagher said as much when I was listening to an interview with him last year. He knows it, they know it and it's what eats at them inside.
City are as plastic as you can get. Their 'atmosphere' at every single game (unless we're visiting) is dreadful. Liverpool couldn't believe their luck when they travelled to the Etihad in last season's CL knock out tie. They just can't get up for any game because the atmosphere is manufactured, the whole club and ethos is bought with oil money, petro dollars, by a random bloke with absolutely no historic connection to the club who lives in Abu Dhabi.
It's laughable when you think about it. An absolute farce some might say.
Noel Gallagher said as much when I was listening to an interview with him last year. He knows it, they know it and it's what eats at them inside.
City are as plastic as you can get. Their 'atmosphere' at every single game (unless we're visiting) is dreadful. Liverpool couldn't believe their luck when they travelled to the Etihad in last season's CL knock out tie. They just can't get up for any game because the atmosphere is manufactured, the whole club and ethos is bought with oil money, petro dollars, by a random bloke with absolutely no historic connection to the club who lives in Abu Dhabi.
It's laughable when you think about it. An absolute farce some might say.
I am not sure how Chelsea can be called plastic. They weren't too shabby prior to Abramovich, though he catapulted them to where they are now. They have their legends like Lampard, Terry, Drogba etc to claim a small legacy over. Their support is quite decent. And their current spending status certainly isn't noteworthy.
As for City, they have some players like Aguero and Silva who will be regarded as club legends and a vital part of the club's history for sure in the years to come. But without winning the CL, not sure if the contributions can be considered significant or legendary anyway. In some ways, the Sheikh pouring money into City has at least made the Glazers wake up a bit from their perennial penny-pinching stupor, as City's success made that model uncompetitive. Some good for us came out of City's rise atleast.
I realise Mansour doesn’t care about the actual football of it all, but just imagine taking a club at random like City and pouring-in well over a £1 billion of your own damn money for 10 years and STILL being greeted with scenes like this? 
You listen to him??? And you expect people to take your views seriously??
Haha Joking...... I 100% agree with you pal!
Thanks, good idea
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...ationship-Man-City-fans-Champions-League.html
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Why are City considerred in the top 5 teams in Europe?
For any of those on the thread who live in Manchester you will fully understand what I mean when I say their true hardcore fans don't even want to be in the Champions League, they are far more interrested in the Domestic League!
- 2 CL Semi Finals in their history suggests Not!
- At least 8 to 10,000 never turn up to home CL games
- 4 consecutive Defeats in the CL
- Without De Bruyne how many of their players would really get in Barca, Bayern, Juventus or both Madrid teams
- 5 Domestic Titles only
- A team that is so jelous of United they've cooked the books again this year to inflate turnover to over £500 million when their Attendences have been proven to be overstated by Manchester Police Force!
- Like PSG who have spent billions, I doubt very much either of the state run clubs will be in the last 4 of the CL this season.
- Pep has not won the CL for 8 years and took the best team of the century to Bayern who thrashed them 7-0 over two legs in a SF
- City are far to naive to win the CL
- They still have a shaky defence which will be more exposed the more teams hit them on the counter attack
For any of those on the thread who live in Manchester you will fully understand what I mean when I say their true hardcore fans don't even want to be in the Champions League, they are far more interrested in the Domestic League!
Give it to some other team then.
In all seriousness, there isn't a City fan alive that wouldn't love to be crowed kings of Europe. Anyone who states otherwise is lying. They'll all get giddy once they get to the QF this year just for them to crash out again and pretend like they didn't care anyway.
They've a great squad and manager (which is what you get with billions) but as a club, they are an embarrassment.
100% Agree
The saddest aspect to me, is that we would’ve won at least another 2 titles, if a country halfway across the world, hadn’t bought them for publicity purposes.
The City fans I know, are more happy about goading Man United fans, than they are about actually winning something.
Deep down, they know they don’t deserve it.
The City fans I know, are more happy about goading Man United fans, than they are about actually winning something.
Deep down, they know they don’t deserve it.
In terms of the integrity of the sport, yeah
Doss he genuinely buy this drivel about City boycotting the tournament? These journos would refuse to slag City off even if their owner attacked them with one of his regime's beloved cattle prods.
Also, some real editorial sloppiness here. Catalonia isn't a country so why do they all refer to Guardiola as 'the Catalan' in their reports? Idiots
Haha.
City's continuation of squeezing the fans for money each season has a bearing effect too. I know of 2 people who gave up their seasoncards at the end of last season cos they've now been priced out. 10 rises over the last 9 years has helped cause this too.
People are much poorer than they used to be and usually its your hobbies that pay for it first
So you're against the CL because of the corruption, what are your thoughts then on the regime that owns City?What a day to join this site
Utterly embarrassing performance that has to be said first.
Im one of those fans that couldn't give a rats arse about the CL and the corruption behind it. Dont get me wrong, a trophy is a trophy.
That said still a dire team effort for our team that probably has the easiest group this year.
You don't mind the way they behave? It's just UEFA you have a problem with?
To me these City fans who claim to not be bothered about the CL, it's just ridiculous. I guarantee if you reach the semi finals or the final there'll be plenty of those fans who claim not to care desperately trying to get a ticket.
Im a Utd fan and Im not in the least bit bothered about the CL.
Its the same old, same old for the last 5 years. Im bored of it.
Not sure what thats got to do with City fans claiming they don't care about the CL because it's corrupt.
So in a couple of weeks when we play Juventus with Ronaldo back you'll not be watching? Or if we get Real Madrid or Barcelona in the next round? You won't care?
Sounds like you're bored of the CL because we've been shite in it for the last 5 years.
Even with domestic success and trophies, a brilliant team playing exciting football, one of the best managers in the world, a ton of new plastic fans........they still can't fill their stadium for Champions League games. It's embarrassing
Try to keep my political views off here until i gain the privilege to talk about them but since you ask pro Yemen
We've already reached a Semi and i wasn't bothered by it. It's not corruption either and any City fans that say that are often misunderstood. It's just morally incorrect.
Can i ask you do you think turning up late for a 2nd half by seconds warrants a bigger fine than racism?
Sorry but if you're going to try and claim that City fans en masse are taking the moral high ground you'll rightly get questions about City's lovely owners and why they bought the club.
Besides how does punishing the team for a UEFA fine from 6 years ago work? It doesn't end of.
The truth is something simpler. City will usually get a turnout, not always, for an EPL game where they're going to blow away the likes of Huddersfield but in a tournament where they're likely to get a beating a lot of fans don't fancy it.
Definition of part time.
I just get the feeling City's success hasn't caught people's imagination in the way the owners would have hoped. Plus they can't expand their fanbase locally (which is a key requirement to fill a big stadium) due to United.
Mansour would have done far better publicity-wise by buying a club like Newcastle, which had an unchallenged hold on the local community and could fill a massive stadium.
He could have but, and it's a big but, Newcastle aren't Manchester United's neighbours. With a global footballing interest in the city already due to United's success and name it made perfect sense to buy up the failing team down the road and give them trophies.
The problem from a fanbase point of view is that you cannot manufacture an emotional connection to a football club simply by throwing money at it. If anything it puts people off and simply distances it from the community it's supposed to be a part of.