I think this is an excellent initiative. Apparently free for us old bastards too.
https://www.mancity.com/news/club/new-bus-services-transport-for-greater-manchester-63842986 (https://www.mancity.com/news/club/new-bus-services-transport-for-greater-manchester-63842986)
The timings for the journey to the Etihad seem much better than the previous trial but the journey back is still very long. I might consider for Brentford at home given how bad the traffic was for the recent Tuesday match though.
I hope they are the buses you can jump on and off whilst in motion and you can smoke upstairs.
I always opted for the 30 minutes walk back to the city in the pissing rain