Etihad Atmosphere - 2022/23

paulchapo said:
The atmospheric against the rags at Wembley was great. As it was against Madrid at home.
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It was great until the officials tried to influence the game again with the pen. It became a bit subdued after that to me. Believe every blue was thinking back to Old Trafford and were praying the cunts didn't cheat their way to another victory. Didn't hear the rags at all until that pen either. Pathetic support.

Even Marca commented about the Madrid game. Considering they're always there or thereabouts and in the Champions League every year it was quite the compliment. I'm sure the dippers were spewing over that praise and acknowledgement.
 
I think one thing that was made clear at Wembley was how important our core matchgoing fan base is to creating atmosphere.

I didn’t go and I don’t know anyone that did go to Wembley, but from what I could hear/ see/ what others have said, the atmosphere was non existent. It was never going to be amazing, but there was nothing.

Pep wants us to make noise, but if the core city fan base get priced out or stop going it’s going to get worse. The club and football in general needs to find the right balance and start caring about the ‘legacy’ fans in my opinion. It’s not the same club without them.

No doubt posters might say another fan who didn’t go moaning, but I think it’s a genuine issue that was really highlighted in the last game.

The 1894 group did a fantastic job of highlighting this and I think represent our fan base more than anyone. Literally the only group sticking up for us
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
I think one thing that was made clear at Wembley was how important our core matchgoing fan base is to creating atmosphere.

I didn’t go and I don’t know anyone that did go to Wembley, but from what I could hear/ see/ what others have said, the atmosphere was non existent. It was never going to be amazing, but there was nothing.

Pep wants us to make noise, but if the core city fan base get priced out or stop going it’s going to get worse. The club and football in general needs to find the right balance and start caring about the ‘legacy’ fans in my opinion. It’s not the same club without them.

No doubt posters might say another fan who didn’t go moaning, but I think it’s a genuine issue that was really highlighted in the last game.

The 1894 group did a fantastic job of highlighting this and I think represent our fan base more than anyone. Literally the only group sticking up for us
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You're right, there was literally nothing but a few pockets of core fans trying to get some songs going. I don't think most the people around me even knew the songs. Suppose that's what I get for not boycotting and attending when it was mostly non regulars that bought tickets.

It wasn't the experience I was hoping my little niece and nephew would get from it (which was the only reason I went).

Can't not agree with what you said about what the core fans bring to the club. Unfortunately, we've now seen that we are replaceable in terms of bums on seats, and in good numbers for certain games.

I'd rather sit in a half empty stadium with the regular core supporters than a full ground diluted by day trippers who offered nothing towards the atmosphere and didn't really seem bothered.
 
berger1985 said:
You're right, there was literally nothing but a few pockets of core fans trying to get some songs going. I don't think most the people around me even knew the songs. Suppose that's what I get for not boycotting and attending when it was mostly non regulars that bought tickets.

It wasn't the experience I was hoping my little niece and nephew would get from it (which was the only reason I went).

Can't not agree with what you said about what the core fans bring to the club. Unfortunately, we've now seen that we are replaceable in terms of bums on seats, and in good numbers for certain games.

I'd rather sit in a half empty stadium with the regular core supporters than a full ground diluted by day trippers who offered nothing towards the atmosphere and didn't really seem bothered.
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Or cared too much. Saw one kid in tears on the coverage. Don't think he'd been informed beforehand it was a pre-season friendly. Probably confused by Arsenal's reaction that it actually meant something.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
I think one thing that was made clear at Wembley was how important our core matchgoing fan base is to creating atmosphere.

I didn’t go and I don’t know anyone that did go to Wembley, but from what I could hear/ see/ what others have said, the atmosphere was non existent. It was never going to be amazing, but there was nothing.

Pep wants us to make noise, but if the core city fan base get priced out or stop going it’s going to get worse. The club and football in general needs to find the right balance and start caring about the ‘legacy’ fans in my opinion. It’s not the same club without them.

No doubt posters might say another fan who didn’t go moaning, but I think it’s a genuine issue that was really highlighted in the last game.

The 1894 group did a fantastic job of highlighting this and I think represent our fan base more than anyone. Literally the only group sticking up for us
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Cheesy has mentioned it on one of his vlogs,he spoke with Kevin Parker on this one.
 
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MEN has picked up the atmosphere/ticketing/timing issue here. I can't say I disagree. Arsenal has bigger catchment area with higher wages, they can drive up ticket prices to nosebleed levels and still attract largely men and lads who will bring a cheeky atmosphere to a game like Saturday's. The Manc situation is different. Keep taking vocal and local matchgoers for granted - or squeezing them out - and we will squeeze the life out of our atmos by pushing people to local clubs lower down the leagues. Yes, the Community Shield fixture was in their back yard, and was a much bigger game for them than it was for us after all the spending, travelling, and emotional journeying City fans have done this year. But our atmos at Wembley was still a poor show and confirmation of what many of us have been warning about on here.
 
Edghill OG said:
Depends who you ask I suspect. Personally don't regard it as anything more and think most people are of the same opinion. Didn't even watch the first half which says it all.
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Its a trophy that goes on the honours list of the winners.

If it was just a friendly, then all clubs who have won it need to remove it as a major honour off their history books
 
Less tourists more fans.

Lots of us can't afford the prices, were not tarquins.

Stewards who think they're fucking Chuck Norris don't help.

"Keep the language clean or you're out."

I'm sorry I'm a passionate fan who's come to watch a match, not Disney on fucking ice. I'm only derogatory to the opponents and not in any way that could be deemed offensive.

I don't understand why the club doesn't promote more £20 games. It's not as if we can't afford the loss.

More and more the game is being gentrified.

Is it the price of success, or the football rulers wanting sanitised stadiums with goal music sponsored by Budweiser?

The one benefit of that is at least local pubs will thrive with fans pushed out of the stadium paying for a few pints and demanding the landlord mutes the sky commentary team because of their tedious bullshit.
 
TinFoilHat said:
Less tourists more fans.

Lots of us can't afford the prices, were not tarquins.

Stewards who think they're fucking Chuck Norris don't help.

"Keep the language clean or you're out."

I'm sorry I'm a passionate fan who's come to watch a match, not Disney on fucking ice. I'm only derogatory to the opponents and not in any way that could be deemed offensive.

I don't understand why the club doesn't promote more £20 games. It's not as if we can't afford the loss.

More and more the game is being gentrified.

Is it the price of success, or the football rulers wanting sanitised stadiums with goal music sponsored by Budweiser?

The one benefit of that is at least local pubs will thrive with fans pushed out of the stadium paying for a few pints and demanding the landlord mutes the sky commentary team because of their tedious bullshit.
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Premier League being gentrified and sanitised, definitely. Was in Stockport the other day and saw more County kits than I've ever seen. Lads that should be ours, or might even be ours, but at County on matchdays because it's around £20 a ticket.
 
Man_City_Loyal said:
Its a trophy that goes on the honours list of the winners.

If it was just a friendly, then all clubs who have won it need to remove it as a major honour off their history books
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It looks good on the photos but come on! A 'major' honour. No, sorry. A team that didn't win anything last season 'qualified' to play in a game that is a two horse race to win a bit of tin. Nothing more.
 
Edghill OG said:
Depends who you ask I suspect. Personally don't regard it as anything more and think most people are of the same opinion. Didn't even watch the first half which says it all.
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Look at Guardiola and Kyle Walker’s celebrations when we scored. Nobody in the history of friendlies has celebrated a goal like that.
 
Edghill OG said:
It was great until the officials tried to influence the game again with the pen. It became a bit subdued after that to me. Believe every blue was thinking back to Old Trafford and were praying the cunts didn't cheat their way to another victory. Didn't hear the rags at all until that pen either. Pathetic support.

Even Marca commented about the Madrid game. Considering they're always there or thereabouts and in the Champions League every year it was quite the compliment. I'm sure the dippers were spewing over that praise and acknowledgement.
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Craig said:
It is, means fuck all. I wouldn’t go free to Wembley for a game i’m not arsed about
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It doesn’t mean fuck all. If it meant fuck all no club would have it or it’s equivalent in other league on their official honours lists, yet every single club who’s ever won one does.

Guardiola would never have said, ‘But we won four trophies, not three. It’s a trophy in Spain and in Germany and it was a trophy when another club won it the other year, so why are you not including it for me now?’… when talking to the press in 2019 about the domestic clean sweep.

Of course, it doesn’t mean as much as the major trophies, but it’s still a trophy and doesn’t mean fuck all.

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Psychedelic Casual said:
It doesn’t mean fuck all. If it meant fuck all no club would have it or it’s equivalent in other league on their official honours lists, yet every single club who’s ever won one does.

Guardiola would never have said, ‘But we won four trophies, not three. It’s a trophy in Spain and in Germany and it was a trophy when another club won it the other year, so why are you not including it for me now?’… when talking to the press in 2019 about the domestic clean sweep.

Of course, it doesn’t mean as much as the major trophies, but it’s still a trophy and doesn’t mean fuck all.

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Perfectly put
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Look at Guardiola and Kyle Walker’s celebrations when we scored. Nobody in the history of friendlies has celebrated a goal like that.
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I'm not getting into an argument about it. Personally not that bothered and I know lots that aren't. No pre-match nerves, a mere rolling of the eyes when they equalised and a shout of 'lucky bastards'. No loss of sleep over not winning it. Rather win the first game in the league cup or add a point to our league points tally next season.

Generally I'm a very competitive person and playing local football I'd never regard any game as a 'friendly' as I hate losing. So I can understand Pep and Kyle being like that when they're directly involved. If it means more to others good luck to them.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
It doesn’t mean fuck all. If it meant fuck all no club would have it or it’s equivalent in other league on their official honours lists, yet every single club who’s ever won one does.

Guardiola would never have said, ‘But we won four trophies, not three. It’s a trophy in Spain and in Germany and it was a trophy when another club won it the other year, so why are you not including it for me now?’… when talking to the press in 2019 about the domestic clean sweep.

Of course, it doesn’t mean as much as the major trophies, but it’s still a trophy and doesn’t mean fuck all.

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Each to their own on it then mate. It’s the only game the rags used to play where i wasn’t remotely arsed if they won or lost and i’m not bothered that we keep losing in it. Pep has put some proper bodged sides out in it at times to get minutes into players legs so he can’t be that bothered. Fair enough he celebrated the goal a lot but suppose he’s in full match mode then. Probably in the minority here obviously but when Arsenal got a late corner i was sat thinking i wouldn’t mind watching a shoot out, as i was bored shitless on a Sunday afternoon. In Istanbul and at Wembley for the FA Cup i was a nervous wreck and fuming when we lost at Southampton in the league cup. Just never seen it as more than a glorified friendly and never will but like i said everyone is entitled to value it more if they want.

Those Arsenal fans certainly did. Was like they’d won big ears.
 
Edghill OG said:
I'm not getting into an argument about it. Personally not that bothered and I know lots that aren't. No pre-match nerves, a mere rolling of the eyes when they equalised and a shout of 'lucky bastards'. No loss of sleep over not winning it. Rather win the first game in the league cup or add a point to our league points tally next season.

Generally I'm a very competitive person and playing local football I'd never regard any game as a 'friendly' as I hate losing. So I can understand Pep and Kyle being like that when they're directly involved. If it means more to others good luck to them.
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we'd of been buggered if you did the marketing then when the club went round saying the Formidables :D
 
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