darrenm

General, just so you know - my post regarding free tickets for some games was purely a suggestion from a business and revenue point of view. I was interested in your point of view regarding generating funding from alternative sources. After all, the ability to adapt is the best weapon in financially challenging times.

How do you know for sure?

http://twitter.com/bguzan

Guzan has tweeted he's playing anyway.

General, I applaud the club on the efforts to get more people in to the less attractive games like the Blackburn FA Cup game on Saturday. I think the marketing email came a little too late to make a massive difference as it was too late to order tickets and get them posted out. Bearing in mind the amount of money to be made from other sales e.g. food, drink, programmes, merchandise etc. have you thought about making any games free entry? Would the profit from other sales then balance out the lost revenue from gate receipts? I would have thought the food and drink sales alone would have been very lucrative. I personally spend more than my ticket cost on other stuff inside the ground and I would suggest that getting 10,000 more people into the ground would encourage the people to spend more on other items than they normally would due to not having spent on tickets. Also the marketing and goodwill you would get from it would be priceless, I'm sure the biggest obstacle would be getting over the thought of devaluing the matchday spectacle and potentially getting less committed or even non-fans in but of course that could be seen as an advantage to broaden the fanbase. Thanks for reading and Happy New Year. p.s. I think any company that looks forward and embraces new technologies has more chance of being successful. We should be at the tip of the football pile for technology, incorporating things like: * Automated card ticket collection machines like in Cinemas * Debit/Credit card payment for food/drink inside the ground (McDonalds can do it quicker than cash payments) * Selecting individual seats when buying online * Full coverage WiFi inside (and outside) the stadium * iPhone and Android AVFC apps with streaming videos Cheers

Herd at CB? He largely plays in midfield but can play at right back, I think he might still be on loan, are you thinking of Clarke? Actually yeah was it Clarke who came in against Fulham and did superbly to get a clean sheet?

I'd go with that team (apart from Warnock) but lined up like: Guzan Beye Collins Herd Bouma NRC Sidwell Delph Albrighton Young Delfouneso Young, Delph and Sidwell told to shoot on sight. Is Bouma fit?

Robbed

2m to go

If we keep it down we look great. If we play the hail mary ball every time we lose it. Not rocket science.

NRC looking excellent tonight, Petrov looking shocking now.

So far so good. We could do better but the conditions really aren't helping.

Because you're a cvnt Gray. It's the answer to any question you ask.

He got it on target. Couldn't do much else with that.

Lol. That's exactly who he looks like Hmm I'm not the first to think it apparently http://bornalike.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/untitled.jpg

Snow:

Stanley Tucci wants too many touches in their goal. I think we can exploit that.

The great thing about our defence that we've got for the first time in the MON era is the ability to always get a foot in.

Wouldn't surprise me if it stays like this.

Ah so you're allowed to punch players eh Gray you tosser?

How to **** up a compressed video stream - continuously alter the whole picture - like say with snow.

Just reminds me of the Liverpool away 5-0 last season. Got it wrong today, no biggie, we've got it right more than not this season. Seemed like the fitness wasn't great, too much Turkey. I'm sure we'll turn it around against the plop.

As does metcheck... http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/dayforecast.asp?zipcode=b6&day=2

Given is spot on Barry gave us good service and only the blinkered can deny that. He is right about the jealousy part as well lots of people hate City because they have money because top4 fans are worried they will have to switch to a new team I've never had anything against Barry and wish him all the best. But I take massive issue with some of the stuff Given says there: * Got us 12m when we paid very little for him. Like he was doing us some massive service and we should all be grateful he managed to get 12m from moneybags Man City for poor little Villa. * Going to City to further his career. According to who? Not everyone thinks like that and them being above us isn't true now and isn't likely to be for a while. * It's not his place to tell fans they're jealous of Man City having money. It's really patronising.

So, how is it back in October? It's better to use the clever ones for when they're appropriate. What does the date he said it have to do with anything?