Etihad atmosphere

Lazy, lazy Blues. I sit in the south stand 315 and most people make no noise what-so-ever. There was a guy near us who was so pissed he was asleep for most of the game FFS.

Yep, we want our team to give 100% but the vast majority of the fans make nil contribution.

Hope Pep says something because it needs saying. As the Sunderland fans said today, our support is shit.
 
its strange,winning, great manager, great owner, stadium...... but its getting worse it seems. its like the more shite things are the louder we are. fans are getting lazy and getting scared of singing
 
I get why some are defensive of criticism but come on we are naturally going to be compared with other big teams in all ways now(get used to it) including crowd contribution to the atmosphere and you can't really argue we don't compare favorably to some grounds you have to admit.
 
I should have learned so far to not comment on threads like this as some prick would always act like an upset queen and I'm too old for that shit.

Sorry, it was wonderful atmosphere, bit like Argentinian games. Cheers.
 
The atmosphere is absolutely pathetic. I 100% think that the complete lack of atmosphere is costing us many points throughout the season at home. It's never been great but today, first game of the season and a tea time kick off, has plummeted to new depths in my opinion. People say the team need to motivate the fans, at 1-1 we were putting pressure on with 10 minutes to go and it was silent. The whole ground should have been spurring them on at that point.

Every manager says that the fans can help the team win matches, before anyone starts going on about them being professionals who shouldn't need motivating by the crowd.
 
Don't care... I have my ipod blasting out in my earphones (so I don't hear the moaning twats around me) and I get to see the Blues in the flesh... What's not to like ?
 
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If you honestly think we compare favorably to other top grounds in terms of atmosphere the saying rose tinted glasses(earphones) springs to mind, some may say "big deal it doesn't matter/make a difference" but that's wrong too, it can give the players a boost(adrenaline) which can contribute to their intensity which will be a key part of our game now, it's something Pep needs from the team and the fans can play their part, it also makes us look good and gives the negative muppets in the media less to work with. That's how I see it anyway. :)
 
I think the thing is we don't like to give others ammunition so we kid ourselves and say things like it was fine, or the game was tense or dull, the TV diluted it, but let's be honest we have a very loyal fan base and have for years but not enough of the stadium make the effort, we have a good team, good ground and great manager, we have a poor atmosphere. This is a fact. How bothered you are is down to personal opinion, if you can admit it is down to fan ego.
 
True_Blue69 said:
The atmosphere is absolutely pathetic. I 100% think that the complete lack of atmosphere is costing us many points throughout the season at home. It's never been great but today, first game of the season and a tea time kick off, has plummeted to new depths in my opinion. People say the team need to motivate the fans, at 1-1 we were putting pressure on with 10 minutes to go and it was silent. The whole ground should have been spurring them on at that point.

Every manager says that the fans can help the team win matches, before anyone starts going on about them being professionals who shouldn't need motivating by the crowd.
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Obviously didn't go to the match !!
 
Metalartin said:
If you honestly think we compare favorably to other top grounds in terms of atmosphere the saying rose tinted glasses(earphones) springs to mind, some may say "big deal it doesn't matter/make a difference" but that's wrong too, it can give the players a boost(adrenaline) which can contribute to their intensity which will be a key part of our game now, it's something Pep needs from the team and the fans can play their part.
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Haha, so why have Stoke never won owt ...
 
Nothing to do with the plastics. The Blues who sit near me have been there for years and years.
 
reality is we wait expectantly for brilliant football these days, we're often like fans who watch on TV. We're watching. Back in the days when we were shit we didn't want to watch because we were shit so made an atmosphere and had a sing-song, these days at home the priority is watching the action and singing comes second.
 
Bluemanc100 said:
I thought the crowd were decent in parts.. The Sunderland fans immense at times too

The atmosphere in the SS 3rd tier toilets was rank however... I wish all the people who can't last a couple of hours without a cigarette would fuck off polluting the place.. Ignorant bastards
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Your on cloud 9 m8! The noise levels were abysmal for first game of the season it was disgusting quite frankly embarrassing! As for people smoking in the toilets it was always very traditional for people to smoke cigars at the football surely you could have used another set of toilets or suffered just for a couple of seconds!!
 
The majority of our match going fanbase are in their 80's - what do people expect.. :-)
 
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