Atmosphere - 2023/24

[Gingers Dad]

Champions Again Ole Ole at the end was brilliant.

Either sing or moan on Bluemoon

 

[Manchester33]

Not exactly vocal is an understatement. I’m coming up to a 1,000 games watching City and that’s the first time away fans haven’t sang in the first half. Their support was an outright embarrassment.

Fair play to the ones who’ve travelled all the way from Bournemouth for an expected battering.

They were quiet though.

 

[LongsightM13]

Every single team has this same thread
Good days and bad days everywhere
Four Indian guys appeared in the row in front today, spent the entire game taking selfies and pics of each other
Apart from ht when they appeared to have bought every single item on the menu
Turned out they were youtubers doing a review of ‘English football experience’
City actually encourage these divs nowadays

 

[Axel Freed]

I think most people who are more worried about how it affects the team rather than what rival fans say.

Well considering we’re the reigning European Champions, we’ve won 5 out of the last 6 league titles and we’re on one of the best consecutive winning streaks at home ever seen in this country I’d say it’s not affecting them at all.

I think it’s really odd that in the afterglow of a thumping win that sends us back to the top of the table the first reaction of a handful of needy attention seeking “fans” is to criticise match going blues.

It’s fucking bizarre and to repeat myself it never ever happens at the match

 

[Didsbury Dave]

I thought this was one of the games where we self-sabotaged our own atmosphere. It wasn’t bad in the first half but the second half went flat because there was just a mainly just a drone of clapping coming from the bottom of the south stand at the times when songs would have spread around. The upper tier had a few goes but were fighting against this most of the time.

No big deal. It was never a game to get the place rocking. There are some much bigger games to come which will deliver. I didn’t like the phone lights coming on the second half either.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Watched the last few games in the South Stand 115/116, the atmosphere is superb , today the Champions Ole Ole song went well after the final whistle , a lot of early leavers as always but plenty stayed to sing after the final whistle , just whetting our appetites for the Dippers arrival in a couple of weeks , will be wearing a magnetised crash helmet to attract all the coins the feral tw*ts will be throwing for ninety minutes

 

[Ducado]

It was a bit quiet today but I was not expecting fireworks for a game against Bournemouth, this not arrogance but nearly everyone thought we would win, so the atmosphere becomes a bit carnival, to put simply there was no jeopardy in the game, it will on fire against Liverpool now there’s a game with plenty of jeopardy

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Well considering we’re the reigning European Champions, we’ve won 5 out of the last 6 league titles and we’re on one of the best consecutive winning streaks at home ever seen in this country I’d say it’s not affecting them at all.

I think it’s really odd that in the afterglow of a thumping win that sends us back to the top of the table the first reaction of a handful of needy attention seeking “fans” is to criticise match going blues.

It’s fucking bizarre and to repeat myself it never ever happens at the match

If you read my post back you'll see that I explicitly say that I'm not blaming individuals, I'm blaming the lack of infrastructure around the ground and lack of incentive from the club to make people want to stick around.

I also think the atmosphere was great today, which I did say but you chose to ignore.

Yes you're always going to have people leaving earlier, because of kids or elderly or whatever reason, It happens at every club.

It's up to our club though, to try and get as many as possible to stick around as possible, and I don't currently think they're doing everything they can to help.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

This word “embarrassing” keeps popping up. People need to get a grip.

How can a grown man be embarrassed by what losers living in their parents’ basement in Cornwall write on Twitter about our fans.

Presumably you were also “embarrassed” when, during a brief lull in the south stand’s excellent non stop 2nd half singalong, the away fans started singing “football in a library”

I'll admit, whenever I watch us in Europe and see the way European team send their team off, I do get a little embarrassed. Embarrassed by what the players think that is, couldn't care less about the twitter gimps.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Dont get the reasonng for leaving early , so you miss traffic , catch the first bus or tram , what does it f*cking matter , you wait all week to support your team and you f*ck off ten minutes early to be home or in the boozer ten minutes earlier , after waiting ALL week for the match.
Its non-sensical , for eighty minutes our support is as good as any in the country and then 50% of our crowd piss off into the night , i would love to listen to a debate on why those ten vital minutes are so essential to your life.
Our players and manager who happen to be the "best in the world" and give 100% for 90 plus miinutes its a real shame some of our support doesnt do the same.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I'll admit, whenever I watch us in Europe and see the way European team send their team off, I do get a little embarrassed. Embarrassed by what the players think that is, couldn't care less about the twitter gimps.

The big difference is that European clubs’ atmospheres are generally choreographed.

You ask our players what they think of our atmospheres when games really matter. Bayern, Madrid, Arsenal etc last season.

The Etihad is a bear pit when it comes alive. That Isn’t manufactured. It’s raw emotion and noise.

 

[blueju]

Well considering we’re the reigning European Champions, we’ve won 5 out of the last 6 league titles and we’re on one of the best consecutive winning streaks at home ever seen in this country I’d say it’s not affecting them at all.

I think it’s really odd that in the afterglow of a thumping win that sends us back to the top of the table the first reaction of a handful of needy attention seeking “fans” is to criticise match going blues.

It’s fucking bizarre and to repeat myself it never ever happens at the match

I’ve never understood early leaver s even when we were bad but it doesn’t seem to have affected many world class players who have devoted their best years to god’s own. Maybe it’s little more than a fan v fan issue?

 

[Stevieatlasblue]

Dont get the reasonng for leaving early , so you miss traffic , catch the first bus or tram , what does it f*cking matter , you wait all week to support your team and you f*ck off ten minutes early to be home or in the boozer ten minutes earlier , after waiting ALL week for the match.
Its non-sensical , for eighty minutes our support is as good as any in the country and then 50% of our crowd piss off into the night , i would love to listen to a debate on why those ten vital minutes are so essential to your life.
Our players and manager who happen to be the "best in the world" and give 100% for 90 plus miinutes its a real shame some of our support doesnt do the same.

It’s weird. Someone suggested we have a debate on why they leave early. I’m dumbfounded. We watch amazing football from a world class team. What’s not to love here.

 

[PPT]

Well considering we’re the reigning European Champions, we’ve won 5 out of the last 6 league titles and we’re on one of the best consecutive winning streaks at home ever seen in this country I’d say it’s not affecting them at all.

I think it’s really odd that in the afterglow of a thumping win that sends us back to the top of the table the first reaction of a handful of needy attention seeking “fans” is to criticise match going blues.

It’s fucking bizarre and to repeat myself it never ever happens at the match

Bang on.

 

[cleavers]

It was a bit quiet today but I was not expecting fireworks for a game against Bournemouth, this not arrogance but nearly everyone thought we would win, so the atmosphere becomes a bit carnival, to put simply there was no jeopardy in the game, it will on fire against Liverpool now there’s a game with plenty of jeopardy

Anyone who expected an "atmosphere" today was over expecting.

 

[GrumpyLegacyFan]

Just getting a view on the fucking pathetic iphone lights? What the fuck is that about?? Am I too grumpy and old?? As for early leavers, I dont get it (although I do get the total absence of infrastructure around the ground) - but each to thier own I suppose. I travel to every game from London for the past 38 years, and leave to walk back to Piccadilly after the last player is in - but then I dont have to contend with the Metro or car parks. So we agree, we all have a different view on early leavers - but can we please agree that if someone over the age of 16 is rotating thier iphone with the light on for more than 10 seconds in front of you, you can whack it our of their hand?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Just getting a view on the fucking pathetic iphone lights? What the fuck is that about?? Am I too grumpy and old?? As for early leavers, I dont get it (although I do get the total absence of infrastructure around the ground) - but each to thier own I suppose. I travel to every game from London for the past 38 years, and leave to walk back to Piccadilly after the last player is in - but then I dont have to contend with the Metro or car parks. So we agree, we all have a different view on early leavers - but can we please agree that if someone over the age of 16 is rotating thier iphone with the light on for more than 10 seconds in front of you, you can whack it our of their hand?

21st Century Mexican Wave.

 

[TueartsCossackSpray]

Felt dead sorry for a group of around 20/30 kids sat towards front of North stand. Their group leaders marched them out of the stadium and they missed 14 minutes of play. You could see lots of them looking back towards the pitch as they were walking up the steps as they obviously didn’t want to go home at that point.

 

[skillman]

The big difference is that European clubs’ atmospheres are generally choreographed.

You ask our players what they think of our atmospheres when games really matter. Bayern, Madrid, Arsenal etc last season.

The Etihad is a bear pit when it comes alive. That Isn’t manufactured. It’s raw emotion and noise.

A million times this.

Madrid media (and recently Valverde) said the atmosphere at our place last season was something else. Made it a nightmare for them to play in.

Give me reactionary atmosphere over the droning banging of drums any day.

 

[Axel Freed]

I’ve never understood early leaver s even when we were bad but it doesn’t seem to have affected many world class players who have devoted their best years to god’s own. Maybe it’s little more than a fan v fan issue?

It’s not even a fan v fan issue.

Countless times I’ve left early in various parts of the ground and the whole row have had to stand up to let me out and I’ve never had so much as a funny look from anyone and nor have I ever shown even the slightest hint of disapproval to those leaving earlier than me who I have had to stand up for.

All it is mate, plain and simple, is a Bluemoon wannabe superfan grand standers versus normal, mind their own business, live and let live fans issue.