Atmosphere - 2023/24

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Man_City_Loyal said:
Would you not prefer them at weekend?
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Honestly, it's neither here nor there for me, I quite like the idea of visiting Rome for the weekend to watch a game. Part of the Super League proposal was weekend games, but there's only so many weekends in a year. Either you reduce games and the league or just shunt league games to mid-week which just moves around the problem from a match going perspective.
 
mancityvstoke said:
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.

Or loads of fashionable blues in the latest City shirt.
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I take it the stains are from still jerking off to Rashford's offside goal last season and their penalty decision in the FA Cup Final?
 
Man_City_Loyal said:
This is true, apart from 4/5 people on my row who are season ticket holders, everyone else was a tourist with H&H scarves around them.

Just imagine if they played european fixtures at the weekend? Like they do in Rugby Union. Maybe more season ticket holders would attend.
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They play European games at the weekend in Rugby because they have the window for it - there are no Union games midweek.
I'd think moving PL games to midweek to accommodate European games at weekend would piss lots of supporters off
 
I was in 314 last night entrance L3, nightmare getting into the ground, lots of school trips holding everything up at the turnstyles, one solitary steward trying his best while loads of customers ( not fans) tried jumping into the queue.
A bloke sat next to me , complete with bags of merchandise, asked me where Leipsig were from, I told him Germany, his response was I thought Germany was Bayern Munich, me and my lad just looked at each other and smiled.
During the second half the kids at the top of the stand did try a few songs, fair play for that.
As much as I don't personally like it, tourists and half and half scarfs are here to stay, money is king.
 
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Lots of season card holders turned up last night Lots didn’t. Those who weren’t able to go missed a brilliant contest.

Two tourists next to me who go behind the lads. The more the merrier compared to having empty seats. It was easy to pick up a pair of tickets for £30 through the face value pages so no excuse if peole say they could t get tickets.

I would have like to hear the Edin Dzeko song last night but you can’t have everything.
 
Tim of the Oak said:
Lots of season card holders turned up last night Lots didn’t. Those who weren’t able to go missed a brilliant contest.

Two tourists next to me who go behind the lads. The more the merrier compared to having empty seats. It was easy to pick up a pair of tickets for £30 through the face value pages so no excuse if peole say they could t get tickets.

I would have like to hear the Edin Dzeko song last night but you can’t have everything.
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It was sang at least once ......not very loud admittedly
 
I thought that was embarrasing last night. Someone told me the team need to lift the fans and whilst partly true I also think the fans need to inspire the team that wasnt happening last night no way.
I guess we're letting in they who pay the most and not proper passionate fans. Well thats the result of that shit. (Im quite bitter since being priced out of it all and never being able to get tickets nowadays)
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
I thought that was embarrasing last night. Someone told me the team need to lift the fans and whilst partly true I also think the fans need to inspire the team that wasnt happening last night no way.
I guess we're letting in they who pay the most and not proper passionate fans. Well thats the result of that shit. (Im quite bitter since being priced out of it all and never being able to get tickets nowadays)
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Thousands of free school tickets last night.....the away section in level 3 was rammed with them.

Loads of cheap tickets were available mate....try getting one if you can off here
 
Last night was horrific, but not sure what people expect. The game didn't have too much on the line. The group stages of the champions league are quite boring for us because we always qualify easily.

I was in my usual seat and honestly, I recognised 2 people on the rows around me. No regulars there. Let's not blame the tourists because if it wasn't for them the stadium would have been empty!!

Leipzig fans were the worst European supporters I've seen at the Etihad.

The regulars around 115 were doing our best to get it going, but many there didn't know any words (or didn't want to get involved in singing).

Let's move on.... Sunday will be better.
 
These "tourists" get a raw deal - if anything they are the ones that are excited, happy, appreciative and that cheer and clap. I'm afraid it's us old World weary, cynical, hard to please Mancs that sit there and demand to be entertained.
It's a Manc psyche thing - an ugly industrial, grafting City, in the shadow of the Pennines (and the weather they bring).
Concerts in the City are similar (barring the odd exception), we're reserved - "go on then, entertain us"- until the big hit finale when we find some enthusiasm .
No point beating ourselves up - it's our socialisation over many decades - we're not simpletons cheering at everything unreservedly like the Scousers (although the Anfield atmosphere is a myth 70% of the time) and Geordies.
 
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Relative to the magnitude of the game, it was a better atmosphere than Saturday.

Fact is its a game where we needed a draw at worst and in reality avoiding a 3 goal defeat would have been fine against a side we seem to play every year who we smashed 7 past less than 12 months ago.

It's just the result of the best team on the planet used to winning getting theough a mundane CL group format that's badly in need of a refresh.
 
GaudinoMotors said:
These "tourists" get a raw deal - if anything they are the ones that are excited, happy, appreciative and that cheer and clap. I'm afraid it's us old World weary, cynical, hard to please Mancs that sit there and demand to be entertained.
It's a Manc psyche thing - an ugly industrial, grafting City, in the shadow of the Pennines (and the weather they bring).
Concerts in the City are similar (barring the odd exception), we're reserved - "go on then, entertain us"- until the big hit finale when we find some enthusiasm .
No point beating ourselves up - it's our socialisation over many decades - we're not simpletons cheering at everything unreservedly like the Scousers (although the Anfield atmosphere is a myth 70% of the time) and Geordies.
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Great post pal.
Sums up the Manchester psyche / character to a tee.
Gritty ,hard working,hard playing people who were raised in the first industrialized City in the world.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
Honestly, it's neither here nor there for me, I quite like the idea of visiting Rome for the weekend to watch a game. Part of the Super League proposal was weekend games, but there's only so many weekends in a year. Either you reduce games and the league or just shunt league games to mid-week which just moves around the problem from a match going perspective.
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ahh fair, very true.

And always prefer weekend games
 
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