The Man City Thread*******

Roberto Baggio wrote: Borussia wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Borussia wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Borussia wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Who'd have thought winning every trophy would see your revenue improve...... Well, seemingly Man City winning a trophy can generate far more commercial revenue than Liverpool or Real Madrid winning the same trophy. Which makes total sense..... Try 3 in the same season.  Other teams have done similar - Still not generated the same levels of commercial revenue. There must be something that makes Man City so different but I just can't put my finger on it..... Silly mentioning Liverpool then, weren't you? No, not really - Clubs with a higher and more long established worldwide profile than City are all relevant when highlighting this.  If Liverpool signed one of the best and most marketable players in the world, and followed it up by winning the big Treble, then they could be relevant and used as a comparison here.

Roberto Baggio wrote: Borussia wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Borussia wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Borussia wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Borussia wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Who'd have thought winning every trophy would see your revenue improve...... Well, seemingly Man City winning a trophy can generate far more commercial revenue than Liverpool or Real Madrid winning the same trophy. Which makes total sense..... Try 3 in the same season.  Other teams have done similar - Still not generated the same levels of commercial revenue. There must be something that makes Man City so different but I just can't put my finger on it..... Silly mentioning Liverpool then, weren't you? No, not really - Clubs with a higher and more long established worldwide profile than City are all relevant when highlighting this.  If Liverpool signed one of the best and most marketable players in the world, and followed it up by winning the big Treble, then they could be relevant and used as a comparison here.  No, were are taking about commercial revenue here.  Which is why i mentioned the Haaland signing.  Signing a world star = more commercial revenue.

counterlock wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: I suppose the conclusion we can all reach is that City are just f**king massive, and your piss is well and truly boiled.  You'd think a massive team would charge more than League 2's Tranmere Rovers for a season ticket

I've yet to hear or read any reasoned response from a city fan regarding their accounting situation. It's just 100% defend everything to do with them. You'd think even one of them would say "you know what, this might not be 100% legit". 

Roberto Baggio wrote: Thats ongoing since shortly after the charges were brought. Will take a few years.  Also, the truth is no football fan knows what goes on financially with their club, not many of them are accountants or experts in that field.  From reading extensively on the charges, the 115 charges is a bit of a myth and it boils down to 3 main charges really, centred on  1) a contract Mancini allegedly had with Al Jazira where he was being paid seperately 2) Image rights payments via a third party - which UEFA know about and weren't bothered, and  3) Some of the sponsorships that were done pre FFP probably by Etisalat. Again this was shown to UEFA in order to meet FFP when it was introduced.  All the rest flow from those three charges, which are split over multiple rules and years.

Do you think there might be even a smidgen of doubt about the legitimacy of citys rise? 

Roberto Baggio wrote: counterlock wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: I suppose the conclusion we can all reach is that City are just f**king massive, and your piss is well and truly boiled.  You'd think a massive team would charge more than League 2's Tranmere Rovers for a season ticket But sure everyone loves the Bundesliga and has had a hardon for Borussia Dortmund for years due to their affordable ticket prices. Which is it, is it good or bad to price at a level that working class people can afford?

Come on RB, you can keep your Champions League, you know you're not a big club until you can charge Irish, Norwegian and Chinese football fans £1200 for a match ticket because it includes meeting a legend like Igor Biscan or Jay Spearing

Borussia wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Borussia wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Borussia wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Borussia wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Borussia wrote: Roberto Baggio wrote: Who'd have thought winning every trophy would see your revenue improve...... Well, seemingly Man City winning a trophy can generate far more commercial revenue than Liverpool or Real Madrid winning the same trophy. Which makes total sense..... Try 3 in the same season.  Other teams have done similar - Still not generated the same levels of commercial revenue. There must be something that makes Man City so different but I just can't put my finger on it..... Silly mentioning Liverpool then, weren't you? No, not really - Clubs with a higher and more long established worldwide profile than City are all relevant when highlighting this.  If Liverpool signed one of the best and most marketable players in the world, and followed it up by winning the big Treble, then they could be relevant and used as a comparison here.  No, were are taking about commercial revenue here.  Which is why i mentioned the Haaland signing.  Signing a world star = more commercial revenue. And yet that doesn't seem to be the comparable situation when Real Madrid have done it in the past few years. Funny that....