I find being surrounded by tourists as annoying as anyone, but if it wasn't for them last night was the sort of game pre-Pep that would have been played with level 3 closed and us getting endless stick about empty seats for the rest of the season.
Absolutely. I'm on the scheme as I like having a beer with my Dad and it guarantees my seat for the QFs (and beyond). You won't get me up and bouncing for it.Agreed. The tourists are taking up the slack in the Champions League and have been for a while. I don't really have an issue with it. Better being filled than empty.
I personally wouldn't join the CL Cup scheme as they're midweek and a lot harder for me to get to. Although last night was quite entertaining there's literally no jeopardy involved either and it's completely non-competitive. It would take something completely catastrophic to occur to not finish top 2 and it will only get worse when they expand it further. The people I do know that are on it only do it in the hope they'll get a final ticket.
That song and the "Champions Again" song are having a dampening effect on the atmosphere. They really aren't songs to rally the team or to raise the rest of the crowd. They have become the go-to songs for the south stand since the derby, mainly at the wrong times.Wasn't there as usual for the CL games so I shouldn't really comment but, I'm not sure singing the swamp is falling down when 2 nil is the best idea in the world.
love that chant me..........most around me didn't know the words to that....or anything else.Wasn't there as usual for the CL games so I shouldn't really comment but, I'm not sure singing the swamp is falling down when 2 nil is the best idea in the world.
Season ticket holders just don’t attend champions league games. Maybe it’s because it’s midweek or they’re just a lack of interest. The fa cup crowds are very different - lots more season ticket holders, long standing fans attending - probably to do with the prices and that most are at the weekend.
You know Dave, I was thinking of you as I posted my comment.That song and the "Champions Again" song are having a dampening effect on the atmosphere. They really aren't songs to rally the team or to raise the rest of the crowd. They have become the go-to songs for the south stand since the derby, mainly at the wrong times.
Champions again is the perfect chant for the stadium to join in with easy to learn and catchyThat song and the "Champions Again" song are having a dampening effect on the atmosphere. They really aren't songs to rally the team or to raise the rest of the crowd. They have become the go-to songs for the south stand since the derby, mainly at the wrong times.
It’s fine when we are 3-0 up but it doesn’t work when the team need a lift.Champions again is the perfect chant for the stadium to join in with easy to learn and catchy
you were lucky anyone at all did any chanting last night.....most were sat eating hot dogs, on phones , taking selfies, recording shyte or just asleep. Or kids on free school tickets fucking about.It’s fine when we are 3-0 up but it doesn’t work when the team need a lift.
I wouldn't have expected much of at atmosphere last night to be honest but Saturday was a lot shitter than the last early kick off against Liverpool. Song choice is not the only thing but it does matter. The singing areas set the tone early on. Crowd psycology kicks in and people, rightly or wrongly, in the upper tiers decide "Nobody is singing aroudn me today". A few Blue Moons, Best Team in the Lands, Come on City, Hey Judes, We're not Really HEre, etc early on get everyone up for it. I'd put Rythmn is a Dancer in that category now too but it took some time. The concourse songs from the off just don't get taken up.you were lucky anyone at all did any chanting last night.....most were sat eating hot dogs, on phones , taking selfies, recording shyte or just asleep. Or kids on free school tickets fucking about.
we should have our own block....I'll vet who comes in.............you can be bouncer.I wouldn't have expected much of at atmosphere last night to be honest but Saturday was a lot shitter than the last early kick off against Liverpool. Song choice is not the only thing but it does matter. The singing areas set the tone early on. Crowd psycology kicks in and people, rightly or wrongly, in the upper tiers decide "Nobody is singing aroudn me today". A few Blue Moons, Best Team in the Lands, Come on City, Hey Judes, We're not Really HEre, etc early on get everyone up for it. I'd put Rythmn is a Dancer in that category now too but it took some time. The concourse songs from the off just don't get taken up.
If you watch the United final or Madrid and Arsenal home, listen to what gets sung in those games.
you were lucky anyone at all did any chanting last night.....most were sat eating hot dogs, on phones , taking selfies, recording shyte or just asleep. Or kids on free school tickets fucking about.
Fucking hell, pal, don't give UEFA ideas.Just imagine if they played european fixtures at the weekend? Like they do in Rugby Union. Maybe more season ticket holders would attend.
Fucking hell, pal, don't give UEFA ideas.
This will probably be a bit unpopular, but I would only buy a half and half scarf as a memento. 1st game or whatever.
Champions league final? Pop it in a bag and keep it clean and take home etc.
Wouldn't wear it at the game.
They actually had someone selling Half and Half scarves the other year at Guiseley vs Leeds in a friendly
You only see the odd non attending scruffy fat rag **** in a shirt he bought in 1999 that no longer fits and is full of stains.'Guisley-Leeds' haha. Now you do have me puzzled.
I think those that buy them must be foreign fans. In their defence it's probably the first thing they come across when they get to the ground and therefore they think it's normal. I find it hard to believe a British football fan would buy something with another club's crest on. I also can't ever recalling seeing one on a non-match day and somebody just walking down the street in one. I don't live in Manchester though so my assumptions may be wide of the mark.
Spot on mate, the people selling the half and half's stand well away from the ground so that it's the first thing a tourist would be likely to see.'Guisley-Leeds' haha. Now you do have me puzzled.
I think those that buy them must be foreign fans. In their defence it's probably the first thing they come across when they get to the ground and therefore they think it's normal. I find it hard to believe a British football fan would buy something with another club's crest on. I also can't ever recalling seeing one on a non-match day and somebody just walking down the street in one. I don't live in Manchester though so my assumptions may be wide of the mark.