Etihad Atmosphere - 2022/23

mancityvstoke said:
Millwall 3 - 0 funny day that
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A pie thrown from the Millwall end narrowly missed me and landed on my mates head. He had pie and ketchup all over his head. Lol! You can add Boro and Coventry to Millwall.

Copenhagen Ultras throwing and firing flares at Dortmund fans before the match. SSL1 will have to be be on guard unless City and GMP manage to confiscate all the flares before the Ultras get into the ground, which I doubt they’ll be able to do. They haven’t before. Basel, etc.

 
jrb said:
A pie thrown from the Millwall end narrowly missed me and landed on my mates head. He had pie and ketchup all over his head. Lol! You can add Boro and Coventry to Millwall.

Copenhagen Ultras throwing and firing flares at Dortmund fans before the match. SSL1 will have to be be on guard unless City and GMP manage to confiscate all the flares before the Ultras get into the ground, which I doubt they’ll be able to do. They haven’t befor. Basel, etc.

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Security is a joke mate. I could get a nuclear missile in...down my pants. They'd just think I was a big boy.
 
jrb said:
As opposed to some bell/s at the back of the South Stand starting the chants.

As they say, out of sight, out of mind. Just a voice to get the chants started instead of a visible lad with or without a megaphone at the front of the stand.

In my younger years. Maine Road, Block R, North Stand. Last ever game at Maine Road against Southampton. ;-)

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I was thankfully sat far enough away from you not to hear you ;))
 
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jrb said:
A pie thrown from the Millwall end narrowly missed me and landed on my mates head. He had pie and ketchup all over his head. Lol! You can add Boro and Coventry to Millwall.

Copenhagen Ultras throwing and firing flares at Dortmund fans before the match. SSL1 will have to be be on guard unless City and GMP manage to confiscate all the flares before the Ultras get into the ground, which I doubt they’ll be able to do. They haven’t before. Basel, etc.

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any flares come near me and they will get a pie right back !
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Each to their own mate but the drums and the loud halers just arent for me. Im not criticising a fan base for creating noise.

Maybe just some punter at the front conducting would maybe get the other fans going. But we just arent that fan base. We can have the best of atmospheres, spine tingling sometimes. Also like a library. Its just who we are

Drums? Yes … sideways… and dry.
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it is each to their own, i guess there are fans in spain that hate the drum, they are just way outnumbered and i think the european ultras or fan groups want what works and sounds intimidating.

myself im not saying im in favour of a drum or bell or megaphone or whistle in particular. What i really want is what makes the atmosphere better and it is very slow progress for us at the etihad. it is getting better there is no doubt, we just have to accept and change if we want a better atmosphere.

Top of the list for me is any singing fans around the etihad where ever you sit, try your best to get in the lower SS level one. Once singers outnumber non singers we will almost be there. If the day ever comes that we expand the north stand to make it a singing end then everybody has to move in to the new development area.

next on the list would be fans not to go for a pint on 33 minutes and dont leave the stadium on 77 mins.
 
Spoke to a steward i know and she confirmed the club gave permission for Dortmund to bring 4 drums into the stadium.
The difference they make is obvious.

I sit in 115 and went for a piss at 36mins
City bars/food kiosks 3-4 deep
I looked through the door walking back (which keeps the home/away fans apart) as officials were walking through and not 1 dortmund fan at the kiosk

My opinion is that the germans do give their team great support

Them fucking drums were annoying though!

The c*nts nearly hit me with a bottle!!!
 
Atmosphere was cracking when we went 0-1 down. Ss3 was great.

I don’t rate or like the German fans. Trying to cause trouble. Was great when the second went in
 
Man-chester copperpot said:
Spoke to a steward i know and she confirmed the club gave permission for Dortmund to bring 4 drums into the stadium.
The difference they make is obvious.

I sit in 115 and went for a piss at 36mins
City bars/food kiosks 3-4 deep
I looked through the door walking back (which keeps the home/away fans apart) as officials were walking through and not 1 dortmund fan at the kiosk

My opinion is that the germans do give their team great support

Them fucking drums were annoying though!

The c*nts nearly hit me with a bottle!!!
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I’d rather I sat watching city on my own in a completely empty stadium, with a muzzle on, than any **** bring a drum to a game for us
 
Man-chester copperpot said:
Spoke to a steward i know and she confirmed the club gave permission for Dortmund to bring 4 drums into the stadium.
The difference they make is obvious.

I sit in 115 and went for a piss at 36mins
City bars/food kiosks 3-4 deep
I looked through the door walking back (which keeps the home/away fans apart) as officials were walking through and not 1 dortmund fan at the kiosk

My opinion is that the germans do give their team great support

Them fucking drums were annoying though!

The c*nts nearly hit me with a bottle!!!
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It's not "support" though. It's self-indulgent, 'look at us' shite and destroys true atmosphere. I nearly went home at half-time because of that monotonous, orchestrated racket.
 
Can't lie I'm super jealous of the support European sides create England is miles behind right now in creating an atmosphere and English fans probably used to be the best aswell 20 years back
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
It's not "support" though. It's self-indulgent, 'look at us' shite and destroys true atmosphere. I nearly went home at half-time because of that monotonous, orchestrated racket.
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Let’s be honest, it is support. Just not what most of us english like.
From Boca Juniors, Ajax, Celtic, Rangers, PSG Feyenoord, poznan to the German Rags - they all have ultra’s with drums, jump up and down in unison and have knobheads at the front choreographing everyone!

We don’t like it but most clubs outside the premiership do……..and when you see the players jumping up and down with these ultra’s the end of the game it makes them feel connected (a bit like when the players did the poznan at wembley after tha F.A. cup with us)

I find the Germans have had it good though the lucky bastards.
Cheap tickets.
Always had standing.
Alcohol in the stands while the game is on.
Free travel with match ticket.
Maybe a cheap brass afterwards at the local legal brothel.
No wonder it’s drilled into them to have a good time.

We’ve had
Expensive tickets
Not allowed to stand
15mins to get an expensive pint of warm piss
The Metrolink (need i say more)
A quick “shake & vac” off some smackhead with 1 tooth behind piccadilly train station
I’m surprised most of us still go
 
Georgian Maestro said:
Choreographed shite from the Dortmund fans. Not real atmosphere for me.
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Thought this late on in the 1st half, fair play they made a racket but it’s so monotonous and just blends in to the background noise. Doesn’t add to the tension like it would when the atmosphere matches the ebb and flow of the game.

Thought we were good after going 1 down anyway, not great up until then.

On a side note our police force must be the softest in Europe, fucking joke
 
I think what a lot of people are missing is that tonight was a big game for Dortmund fans and not that big a deal for us.

When we play a big European game at home the place is rocking. A largely irrelevant group stage game against the 2nd or 3rd best team in Germany isn’t a big game.
 
Dodgy Gangster said:
I think what a lot of people are missing is that tonight was a big game for Dortmund fans and not that big a deal for us.

When we play a big European game at home the place is rocking. A largely irrelevant group stage game against the 2nd or 3rd best team in Germany isn’t a big game.
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Lame excuse and also disrespectful. Let's also not forget where we came from. Dortmund are a great club and they nearly did us tonight
 
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