Etihad Atmosphere - 2022/23

I take on board the point that acoustics are best served by singers sitting at the back of the upper stand but I don’t think it’s such an easy sell. You’re so detached from the action up there that any singers relocating would be putting the best interests of the club before themselves. Fairplay to them if they do
 
Prophet of Doom said:
Sorry to put a dampener on these ideas but I think people are losing their minds here.

The idea that there will be a stampede of 8000 singers relocating to the 3rd tier in the new stand which will make the Etihad as load as La Bombinera is fantasy.

People on here have used every excuse imaginable on why the atmosphere is crap. The answer is simple - the majority of our support sit in silence. If they didn’t there would be no need for any campaigns to relocate people.

Good luck with any campaigns but it won’t make a difference as the new stand will be a mixture of tourists new fans and a smaller number of relocations no matter what they try to do.
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We don’t need 8000 singers. Nobody has ever posted that. What we currently have is 100’s/1000’s of singers spread over 109, 110, 111, (split by the away fans) 114, 115, 116, stretching into 117, fans in SL3, and other singers spread far and wide across each stand who want to sing but don’t sing because nobody around them joins in singing with them. What the club needs to do is to get all those singers and other fans who want to sing together in 2, 3 or 4 blocks in the expanded NS.

Going back to United and their singing section. Apparently it holds 2000 United fans. If that number of singers was equated to SSL1 that would be blocks 114, 115, 116 and 117, give or take. Imagine having those 4 blocks and 2000 *singers* in SSL1. That would be immense.

You‘re right about the possible mixture of fans in a future expanded NS. But that will only happen if the club doesn’t create a proper singing section when the NS is expanded .

The other 1894 lads know much more about this than I do, but I know the club and the dedicated City team who work on the displays and improving the atmosphere, and work with 1894, are very keen on improving the atmosphere and the matchday displays at the Etihad. They’re a great bunch of lads and take their jobs very seriously.

The only concern I have is whether the directors at the very top sign off and implement the ideas that are needed to really improve the Etihad atmosphere when the NS is expanded, or will they put revenue first and foremost? Over to you Khaldoon and Soriano!
 
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The atmosphere wasn't good after moving but was decent in the Teens of SS1.

Then the club invented a singing section to fix the problem which diluted things further with a lot of fans moving to the empty 111 and making the atmosphere a lot worse. SS3 with the cheap tickets killed it further, as no fans can be heard up there and it is very far from the pitch.

Any new section will dilute things further, some will move, but most will stay unless it is really cheap. If it was cheap (and not an upper tier) most fans would relocate for financial reasons, not for a sing song.

The standing section is limited, and the die has been case, there is unlikely to be any more any time soon. Just let it develop organically without club and display interventions which don't help.
 
Corky said:
The atmosphere wasn't good after moving but was decent in the Teens of SS1.

Then the club invented a singing section to fix the problem which diluted things further with a lot of fans moving to the empty 111 and making the atmosphere a lot worse. SS3 with the cheap tickets killed it further, as no fans can be heard up there and it is very far from the pitch.

Any new section will dilute things further, some will move, but most will stay unless it is really cheap. If it was cheap (and not an upper tier) most fans would relocate for financial reasons, not for a sing song.

The standing section is limited, and the die has been case, there is unlikely to be any more any time soon. Just let it develop organically without club and display interventions which don't help.
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So how come United and their fans have managed to do it? Why can they do it and we can’t?

There won’t be any organic development unless there are changes to the Etihad and the club intervenes to improve the atmosphere. Adding 8000 extra seats to the NS and filling them with additional fans isn’t going to improve the atmosphere bar increasing the Etihad capacity, increasing revenue, etc. One of many reasons why the the NS is being expanded is to improve the atmosphere with a new and proper dedicated singing section. No it isn’t on top of the list, but it’s on the list.
 
Had the potential to be good when that first song spread across the south stand but then that group behind the goal spent the rest of the half going clap clap clap follow follow clap clap empty fucking Edin Dzeko clap clap clap and killed it stone dead.
 
we had to relocate tonight from ss3 cos of chelsea fans.
we went into 116.
i thought the atmosphere was pretty damn good.
asked a few people around us,if its always like this and they said yes.
like others have said then,it just literally doesn't travel,especially to us lot in ss3.
great night tonight ,loved it.
 
We relocated to 122 tonight, never again.

People still pissing about 25mins into the game trying to find their seats, fucking nightmare. It interrupted a lot of the first half (bottom tier not being steep has a lot to do with this too), especially sat on the end of the row.

Fair play to the tourists for helping fill the stadium tonight but there needs to be some communication from the club to tell them to find their seat before the match so they know where they're sat, then they can go get their refreshments before the game starts.

1 girl at 30mins decided to walk up and down the aisle videoing the game, before standing still and blocking the view of multiple people.

Too many there to say I was at the game rather than watch the fucking game.

Other than that I enjoyed it tonight.
 
MCFC1993 said:
We relocated to 122 tonight, never again.

People still pissing about 25mins in the game trying to find their seats. Fucking nightmare, interrupted a lot of the first half (bottom tier not being steep has a lot to do with this too), especially sat on the end of the row.

Fair play to the tourists for helping fill the stadium tonight but there's needs to be some communication from the club to tell them to find their seat before the match so they know where they're sat, then they can go get their refreshments before the game starts.

1 girl at 30mins decided to walk up and down the aisle videoing the game, before standing still and blocking the view of multiple people.

Too many there to say I was at the game rather than watch the fucking game.

Other than that I enjoyed it tonight.
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Two 'tourists' sat near me didn't even return to their seats for the second half. Still, at least they can tell their pals they were there.
 
I was at the back of 115 tonight, jeez fairplay to those lads they almost literally never stop singing.

Follow follow is their favourite chant and it sounds fucking brilliant in there, it’s a perfect song for the whole ground to join in with, relatively few lyrics and no swear words so the little ones can sing along too
 
Dodgy Gangster said:
I was at the back of 115 tonight, jeez fairplay to those lads they almost literally never stop singing.

Follow follow is their favourite chant and it sounds fucking brilliant in there, it’s a perfect song for the whole ground to join in with, relatively few lyrics and no swear words so the little ones can sing along too
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I was in 109 with my 70 year old dad.

Pissed me off no end that everyone was stood up. I know it's probably been the done thing for years but he's got a bad back and a bad knee so had to keep sitting down which meant he couldn't see.

Atmosphere was fantastic thou.
 
blue44 said:
we had to relocate tonight from ss3 cos of chelsea fans.
we went into 116.
i thought the atmosphere was pretty damn good.
asked a few people around us,if its always like this and they said yes.
like others have said then,it just literally doesn't travel,especially to us lot in ss3.
great night tonight ,loved it.
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315 to 113 tonight.

Was good used, to be in 117 until SS3 opened, the lads in 115 sang all game but apart from SS1 nothing really carried.

I assume they do the same thing every game but, we can't hear most of them upstairs.
 
Acoustics are shite from SS1.I moved from SS3 to SS2 and I still heard the Chelsea fans more than the City fans.
Not saying the City fans were not singing but SS3 seems to be better for noise than SS1.
 
StrutterBlue said:
This, in most grounds the away fans are normally at the opposite end of the ground to the more vocal supporters at clubs

For example:
The holte end
The victims kop
The stenchford end
The shed end
Etc etc
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The away fans are in the Shed end.
 
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