We want to share an important update with our Betfair Community users.
Over the coming months, the Betfair Community platform will be winding down. The final active day for the platform will be December 21st. From December 22nd, users will no longer be able to access the platform.
Your discussions, insights, engagement, and, most importantly, feedback have helped shape the platform and guided innovation. Your feedback continues to be important to us, and we will continue to listen via our dedicated feedback channels, as well as through product testing and innovations.
To share your feedback and experience, visit: https://support.betfair.com/app/home
Football
There is currently 1 person viewing this thread.
These 695 comments are related to the topic:
Manchester City Discussion Thread
Manchester City Discussion Thread
sort by:
Show
per page
Replies: 695
|
By:
This is the appropriate place to discuss all things Manchester City.
themover What does the size of a clubs following have to do with a clubs commercial activities? Unless of course you think that Etihad only want Man City supporters to fly with them The size of their crowds and their lack of TV draw would suggest that City's sponsors have paid well over the odds. City don't even have enough followers to support this thread, I found this thread on page 3. |
|
By:
Broadcasting
City 159m United 162m It's called advertising. HTH |
|
By:
Etihad will be betting better value from their sponsorship deal than Manchester United sponsors...especially when it comes to the League Cup and Champions League
 |
|
By:
Yes City get paid TV money for their televised matches but the viewing figures are small compared to United, Liverpool, Real & Barca. $ for $ the sponsors are not getting anything like the same exposure as they would with a big club.
|
|
By:
Liverpool? You need to do some more research
Premier League highest average viewing figures : Man United 1219750 Man City 1113286 Liverpool 1110667 Arsenal 1023727 |
|
By:
"but the viewing figures are small compared to United"
not as small as you might think. This season with City in the League Cup and Champions League it may be the first season that City surpass United  |
|
By:
and not forgetting the turn off from watching a boring United team
|
|
By:
The sponsors are not just interested in TV viewers in the UK. Do you really think City have the same draw around the world as even a boring United, dodgy Liverpool or Real or Barca?
|
|
By:
what do you mean by "the same draw"?
If you mean from a sponsors perspective then yes. Sponsors want to be associated with success, emphasised by Adidas' recent criticism of United. Liverpool have been unsuccesful for a long time, and as a result they get a £20m deal instead of a £75m one. |
|
By:
what do I mean by the same draw? I mean if there are two premier league games being shown in Thialand, say Liverpool v Leicester and City v West Ham then a lot more people will tune into the Liverpool games. Face facts, City simply do not have the same following as the big clubs.
By the way, Liverpool's reduced sponsorship deals simply reflect the fact that they are no longer a CL side and I hope that fact keeps Woodward & the Glazers awake at night. |
|
By:
if the matches were both shown live at the same time there would be regional variations with United strong in Asia, Chelsea in South America, Arsenal in North America and Europe, Liverpool in Australia and Far East but those clubs have been successful for a longer period than City but inroads are being made, and at quite a pace.
|
|
By:
So you agree City do not have anything like the same viewers worldwide as the big clubs. So you must also agree City's sponsors have been extremely generous with the club.
|
|
By:
I don't have the worldwide viewing figures by club, but I wouldn't expect the gap to be as big as you suggest as most of these countries watch the "Premier League" in the same way I would watch a match between West Ham and Crystal Palace if it was on.
|
|
By:
Just check out the number of United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Real & Barca shirts you see on your travels around the world then ask yourself who banned all the City shirts.
|
|
By:
found a breakdown of Premier League worldwide viewing percentages (2011/2012 season) :
Percentage of global TV audience of the Barclays Premier League 2011/12 Asia and Oceania 32.5% Middle East and Africa 22.6% Europe 19.5% UK 16.1% South and Central America 5.7% North American and Caribbean 3.6% |
|
By:
Found a country example! OK it's only the US but it's an example :
Average viewers/number of broadcasts Manchester United: 663,333 (15) Chelsea: 616,333 (15) Liverpool: 586,333 (12) Southampton: 541,571 (7) Manchester City: 518,835 (13) Arsenal: 508,714 (14) |
|
By:
that was produced December 2015, but I assume it refereed to the previous season as Southampton are up there!
|
|
By:
Mover.. You are deluded, which goes some way in explaining why you spend you entire life on here spouting garbage.
Are you suggesting that Chelsea have a bigger fan base in South America than Manchester United ? Bobby Charlton is still seen as a god down there. Fact. Manchester City are, and will remain a tin pot club in comparison, irrespective of whatever silverware they have in their cupboard. Try going out for a day. Let's face it, a heck of a lot of fresh air is needed to clear those cobwebs from what little grey matter you possess. |
|
By:
maggot you thicko, please quote me where I have said Chelsea have a bigger fan base in South America than Manchester United
|
|
By:
"Bobby Charlton is still seen as a god down there. Fact."
Pele is also very popular in many regions |
|
By:
"Manchester City are, and will remain a tin pot club in comparison"
"not in my lifetime" - SAF |
|
By:
"Try going out for a day"
too hot here, tend to go out at night when it's cooler, but thanks for your concerns |
|
By:
that little tin pot club who is currently better then the biggest baddest club on the planet
|
|
By:
Too hot to go out? It's only 19 or 20c in Malaga today FFS. What are you an albino?
|
|
By:
17c here today, scorching
 |
|
By:
[ This image is no longer available. ]
|
|
By:
KDB out for "at least six weeks"
 |
|
By:
Plenty of room for him to watch from the stands.
|
|
By:
[ This image is no longer available. ]
|
|
By:
Surely the City fans want to discuss today's match. You might even want to discuss why there were so many empty seats for the top of the table clash.
|
|
By:
City notch record attendance at the Etihad... but questions are asked about huge numbers of empty seats
Manchester City's defeat by Leicester on Saturday was watched by a record attendance at the Etihad Stadium but questions have been asked after empty seats appeared to still be on display. It was announced that a near-capacity crowd of 54,693 turned up to see City lose 3-1 as Leicester moved six points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League. Yet spare seats were still visible during the potential title decider with traffic issues being blamed. How can this be when everyone knows no City fans are from Surrey, they are all from Manchester! |
|
By:
Poor result at the emptyhad today but u have a few injuries. Time to play the sunday league players from the academy...
|
|
By:
I think Spurs could well give City a pasting this weekend. Spurs have too much energy for City's fragile defence.
|
|
By:
Utdd u21s 1 city 0 - not seen a decent player come out of that academy yet. Pep needs some youngsters and more fans to fill the stadium...got a massive job on his hands
|
|
By:
Not a pasting but certainly a bloody nose.
If only United had a manager who wasn't too stubborn to buy some central defenders Pep might be getting used to the Europa League next season. |
|
By:
Rescued from page 4. Surely all the city fans want to talk about their upcoming CL match.
|
|
By:
Here's the pre-match discussion thread link for the Kiev match
http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/threads/dynamo-kyiv-pre-match-thread.319870/ |
|
By:
15 pages for you to enjoy
 |
|
By:
congratulations on the win against Shrewsbury, another big night for you coming up on Thursday
|
|
By:
Been on Bluemoon with your imaginary account again.
|