That’s what it is. I sit in ESL3 and it’s been wank up there since the treble winning season. I don’t understand going to a football game and not showing any emotion. The atmosphere during the second half was wank and I feel like it didn’t help the players at all.be no change when that is built.
Will still have half hearted support from all 4 sides
That’s what it is. I sit in ESL3 and it’s been wank up there since the treble winning season. I don’t understand going to a football game and not showing any emotion. The atmosphere during the second half was wank and I feel like it didn’t help the players at all.
If the new stand creates more availability for STs and cheaper tickets it could shake things up. There are lively local Blues who you see at fan zones, pubs, parades who aren’t getting in the ground enough currently and we do need more of that energy in the stadium. But if the club gets it wrong on pricing etc it will be an opportunity missed.be no change when that is built.
Will still have half hearted support from all 4 sides
It’s more fun singing and shouting at the top of your voice. The boring fuckers who sit down all the game looking miserable as fuckApart from a few years of myself being banned by GMP my family have always sat in the Colin Bell Level 3.
80% of the time it's just people having a moan with the odd chant thrown in.
Like you said, the treble winning season was different.
If the new stand creates more availability for STs and cheaper tickets it could shake things up. There are lively local Blues who you see at fan zones, pubs, parades who aren’t getting in the ground enough currently and we do need more of that energy in the stadium. But if the club gets it wrong on pricing etc it will be an opportunity missed.
I think you’ve made some really good points. I’ve noticed that at parades as well. There’s thousands of local blues who for whatever reason are unable to regularly attend games. I was talking to lads who went for years, but none of them went to the last day game.If the new stand creates more availability for STs and cheaper tickets it could shake things up. There are lively local Blues who you see at fan zones, pubs, parades who aren’t getting in the ground enough currently and we do need more of that energy in the stadium. But if the club gets it wrong on pricing etc it will be an opportunity missed.
I agree there is a lot of half hearted support in the stands, but to say that "lack of atmosphere is nothing to do with the configuration of the stadium" is simply wrong.The lack of atmosphere is nothing to do with the configuration of the stadium and 100% to do with the half hearted support of the fans in the stands.
We need to stop agonising about the new NS L2 being a 'home end' and start making some noise wherever we are sat.
We'll have to agree to differ.I agree there is a lot of half hearted support in the stands, but to say that "lack of atmosphere is nothing to do with the configuration of the stadium" is simply wrong.
I sit in 232 and it's very often impossible to know who to join in with, as you have SS1, Kippax Corner and SS3 all singing completely different songs. Throw in the away fans and it just sounds like a mess of noise.
The point in the NS2 home end is that if everyone is singing in one voice, then it also makes it easier for the rest of the ground to join in.
I'm happy to agree to differ, and yes it's an English football problem, even if the media thinks it's only us!We'll have to agree to differ.
One if the worst stadium configurations I've ever seen is at PSG. At both ends the home fans are miles from the pitch and yet the atmosphere is sensational.
It's not just us, it's the whole of English football.
Its easy to all sing in unison when the announcer guy gets the chant started.We can’t keep blaming the stadium acoustics not being good. The John stones chant at the end disproves that
Unfortunately I sit in the north stand and can hear the away fans louder than the home fans far too much of the time. That has nothing to do with acoustics. There are more city fans in the SS than away fans.Its easy to all sing in unison when the announcer guy gets the chant started.
It's not easy to sing in unison however, when you have 3 singing section who can't hear one another due to bad acoustics
TBF there were no 'library' chants from Arse yesterday - they heard us alright. They had their little 'cheating again ole ole ole', 'Arsenal, Arsenal' and the 'Wild Rover' moments - but yesterday wasn't one of those days where the away fans outsung us. There's no doubt we have quiet sections of the ground, but I actually think we have an acoustic issue as well. With the SS to my immediate right yesterday I could hear them giving it a good go and the corners picking it up. I came home with a lost voice anyway (!)Unfortunately I sit in the north stand and can hear the away fans louder than the home fans far too much of the time. That has nothing to do with acoustics. There are more city fans in the SS than away fans.
It should be the other way around.
I realise away fans tend to get behind teams more and not having a go but I just don’t think it’s down to the stadium
Great support yesterday. Absolutely buzzing in SSL1
All in SS1/2/3 & NS2Its easy to all sing in unison when the announcer guy gets the chant started.
It's not easy to sing in unison however, when you have 3 singing section who can't hear one another due to bad acoustics
Wolves is one of the best. The major clubs like United, Liverpool, Arsenal are quiet for most games. I also think Forest is excellent.I'm happy to agree to differ, and yes it's an English football problem, even if the media thinks it's only us!
I've been to enough stadiums around the country to see what a good stadium setup can do to an atmosphere.
Wolves are a good example of this, very average support but their stadium setup allows them to make an absolute racket at times