Etihad Atmosphere - 2022/23

Man_City_Loyal said:
Was wondering that.

I have a few flags I keep meaning to hang over the top of the Colin Bell but didnt realise need to ask for permission first
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Could be another area where our success is our downfall. The flags always worked back in the day when we didn't get many tourists visiting.

At the home game vs Liverpool last year, I caught a pair of Portuguese half and half's trying to hang up a bright red FC Braga flag over the edge of CB2.

Told them "absolutely fucking not", and they got the message when the stewards came over. But you just know we'd be having to put up with bullshit like that wouldn't we
 
Trdylanrt said:
Could be another area where our success is our downfall. The flags always worked back in the day when we didn't get many tourists visiting.

At the home game vs Liverpool last year, I caught a pair of Portuguese half and half's trying to hang up a bright red FC Braga flag over the edge of CB2.

Told them "absolutely fucking not", and they got the message when the stewards came over. But you just know we'd be having to put up with bullshit like that wouldn't we
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Yeah seen a rise of other team flags inside well attempts of taking a photo
 
I don't get annoyed by "tourists" normally. But last night there was someone in my seat who initially tried to claim I was wrong, was asked to sit down by a woman behind me despite being in safe standing and standing every game, was filmed when trying to join in a song, a woman in front of me kept looking at me every time I made a noise and moved further away in the second half because she didn't like the noise, and a young lad definitely sat down and stared at me during a "stand up for the champions" round. Was pretty weird all round. I really like and welcome new fans, but it's an odd experience when you are the content as much as the football game.
 
Trdylanrt said:
Yesterday was a perfect example of how people who say acoustics don't matter, have no idea what they're talking about.

I absolutely believe we have a lounder fan base than Chelsea, given we always outsing them at Wembley.

Yesterday however, the sound Chelsea made in SS3 completely engulfed the stadium, and the sound we made in SS1 could barely be heard.

I'm sure if you were in SS1 the atmosphere sounded amazing, as they were singing constantly, however the Chelsea lot were far louder and that's purely because of acoustics.
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The key point here is that we normally have the SS3 and don't make as much noise as Chelsea did, though, so it can't just be acoustics.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
I don't get annoyed by "tourists" normally. But last night there was someone in my seat who initially tried to claim I was wrong, was asked to sit down by a woman behind me despite being in safe standing and standing every game, was filmed when trying to join in a song, and a woman in front of me kept looking at me every time I made a noise and moved further away in the second half because she didn't like the noise. Was pretty weird all round. I really like and welcome new fans, but it's an odd experience when you are the content as much as the football game.
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Just carry on as normal mate, there was unfamiliars sat down around us last night we just carry on as normal. We're here every game, they're not. If they don't like it we tell them where to stick it.
 
StrutterBlue said:
Just carry on as normal mate, there was unfamiliars sat down around us last night we just carry on as normal. We're here every game, they're not. If they don't like it we tell them where to stick it.
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It's all good, plenty of them got involved on the easier "come on City" chants, and anyone is welcome. I'd prefer weird looks than an empty seat. Was just a bit of a surreal experience!
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
It's all good, plenty of them got involved on the easier "come on City" chants, and anyone is welcome. I'd prefer weird looks than an empty seat. Was just a bit of a surreal experience!
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I know what you mean mate, its just I'm not for being told what to do when I've been coming for 23 years and most of the tourist would never have acknowledged us pre 2008. We used rip the rags to bits over the prawn sandwich brigade. That's just my take on it
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
The key point here is that we normally have the SS3 and don't make as much noise as Chelsea did, though, so it can't just be acoustics.
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Completely agree, never said acoustics is the only problem, but it's one of many problems. My main issue is that for the amount we sing throughout the game, the stadium could be so much louder than it actually is
 
M16 citeh said:
Not me or the people near me. Love being near the pitch
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And this is the real crux of the issue.

Many of the young lads round me were having an absolute ball last night singing their hearts out but also being near enough to the pitch to give some (usually!) good natured abuse to Chelsea players. Put those same young lads up in the heavens miles away from the action and some of their enthusiasm might wane.

Also the back of 115 is literally 5 yards from the concourse which probably facilitates easier consumption of their chosen half time refreshments. If they faced a 5 minute trek to the back of a mega stand this might not appeal to them so much
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
I don't get annoyed by "tourists" normally. But last night there was someone in my seat who initially tried to claim I was wrong, was asked to sit down by a woman behind me despite being in safe standing and standing every game, was filmed when trying to join in a song, a woman in front of me kept looking at me every time I made a noise and moved further away in the second half because she didn't like the noise, and a young lad definitely sat down and stared at me during a "stand up for the champions" round. Was pretty weird all round. I really like and welcome new fans, but it's an odd experience when you are the content as much as the football game.
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Posted similar, fair play that they're helping to fill seats but it was a joke around me, people wandering aimlessly looking for their seats for the first 25 mins of the game. Some then just choosing to sit anywhere and getting told to move when they've sat in someones seats. Stewards weren't fast enough to sort it out. The club need to put something out that tells first timers to go and find their seat before the game so they know where they're sat.

Some were just blatantly stood in the aisle filming, blocking the view of multiple people in the middle of the game, absolute no respect for the fans watching the game.

Like I said last night, too many going to football to say 'I was there' instead of watching the game.

I won't come down to tier 1 again unless it's the standing/singing section, I probably should have done that anyway as very few wanted to get involved in the chants around me.
 
Trdylanrt said:
Yesterday was a perfect example of how people who say acoustics don't matter, have no idea what they're talking about.

I absolutely believe we have a lounder fan base than Chelsea, given we always outsing them at Wembley.

Yesterday however, the sound Chelsea made in SS3 completely engulfed the stadium, and the sound we made in SS1 could barely be heard.

I'm sure if you were in SS1 the atmosphere sounded amazing, as they were singing constantly, however the Chelsea lot were far louder and that's purely because of acoustics.
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Acoustics do matter to us, but they shouldn't.

Because we only have a few hundred singers (maybe a few thousand at a push), we need everything to give us more of an edge (which is why acoustics are important for us).

However, if you put 3k Poznan fans in the away end, the acoustics wouldn't matter one bit because ALL of them would sing and participate.

Acoustics can help, but the biggest driver of atmosphere is people. We need more people to buy into what we're doing and sing/shout/boo/swear/clap/scream/whistle/cheer.
 
Manchester33 said:
Acoustics do matter to us, but they shouldn't.

Because we only have a few hundred singers (maybe a few thousand at a push), we need everything to give us more of an edge (which is why acoustics are important for us).

However, if you put 3k Poznan fans in the away end, the acoustics wouldn't matter one bit because ALL of them would sing and participate.

Acoustics can help, but the biggest driver of atmosphere is people. We need more people to buy into what we're doing and sing/shout/boo/swear/clap/scream/whistle/cheer.
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Absolutely mate, just get behind the team instead of talking shit about work or what you had for tea (this happens regularly near me and gets on my tits)
 
Manchester33 said:
However, if you put 3k Poznan fans in the away end, the acoustics wouldn't matter one bit because ALL of them would sing and participate.
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Agree with you that more people need to participate, but the acoustics are so bad that if you're sat in 117 it's not very easy to hear what's going on in 114/115

The difference with Poznan is that they have some knobhead at the front with a megaphone telling everyone what to sing.

We have 114 singing follow follow, 116 singing blue moon, Kippax corner also singing follow follow but not in time with 114.

If the acoustics were better we might get a whole stand singing one song, a little bit like Chelsea did yesterday
 
Trdylanrt said:
Agree with you that more people need to participate, but the acoustics are so bad that if you're sat in 117 it's not very easy to hear what's going on in 114/115

The difference with Poznan is that they have some knobhead at the front with a megaphone telling everyone what to sing.

We have 114 singing follow follow, 116 singing blue moon, Kippax corner also singing follow follow but not in time with 114.

If the acoustics were better we might get a whole stand singing one song, a little bit like Chelsea did yesterday
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We have had one stand/ the entire ground singing blue moon at once though. We just need more people to join in.

Plenty of away fans come to the etihad and acoustics play no part in how loud they are. I remember Wolves fans in particular a few years back with all 3 tiers singing in unison

Having one home end without away fans splitting up the sections would help massively
 
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