Atmosphere - 2023/24

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

I’ve said this before but some of the best atmospheres we’ve had (like last season’s big Champs League nights),some chants went around the ground that started in the North Stand.

I thinks there people making an effort in all the stands. Just not enough of them.

If the song going round the ground is Ten Hag is a fucking clown then I’m not surprised.

 

[Axel Freed]

City fans spent the whole first half singing "Is this a library", "Where's your famous atmosphere?", "Shall we sign a sing for you" to a silent stadium, and it was a much bigger game for them than it was for us. You are suffering confirnmation bias again.

The myth surrounding Newcastle’s “fanatical” support is almost as overstated as it is with the dippers.

During their game v the rags a sweeping aerial shot of the stands was accompanied by gushing comments informing us how hard it is to get a ticket for a home game (is their avg crowd as a percentage of capacity any bigger than ours ??) and later the commentator was almost badgering McCoist to comment on what a wonderful place it is to play football in front of such passionate fans blah blah blah - a full bingo card of atmosphere cliches were ticked off, most of them imaginary.

You get the same nonsense spoken about atmosphere at Everton as well regardless of the often funereal vibe of Goodison Park

 

[come-on-barney]

Well done all those at Villa last night. Despite the poor performance, the upper tier was rocking

Great support, think that puts the atmosphere question to bed, in terms of the effect on team performance :)

 

[Matt Diablo]

The odd thing is that the semi against Madrid probably had more tourists than any other game we’ve ever played there. It felt like every ‘old-school’ blue in the ground contributed and made it a fantastic atmosphere.

Best 1st half of football ive ever witnessed in over 45 years of going

 

[Tim of the Oak]

If the song going round the ground is Ten Hag is a fucking clown then I’m not surprised.

I think it was, “The Best Team in the Land and All the World” and “Blue Moon”.

 

[Mike N]

Best 1st half of football ive ever witnessed in over 45 years of going

Completely agree.

Cracking atmosphere building outside the ground beforehand and it carried on throughout the game. We play our part in the victory as much as the team IMO.

 

[East Level 2]

Great support, think that puts the atmosphere question to bed, in terms of the effect on team performance :)

In the second half of the 1987-88 season our away support was excellent most of the time but we still went down to the third tier.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Great support, think that puts the atmosphere question to bed, in terms of the effect on team performance :)

To be fair the players and pep have said how the atmosphere effects them and helps them during games.

Take the United semi final fa cup game for instance. The players were feeding off the crowds energy, especially the poznan. I think that was a massive reason why we won. Even Madrids managers mentioned how our crowd effected their sides performance

If it has no effect at all we may as well play in an empty ground

 

[El Gringo]

In the second half of the 1987-88 season our away support was excellent most of the time but we still went down to the third tier.

97/98

 

[Axel Freed]

To be fair the players and pep have said how the atmosphere effects them and helps them during games.

Take the United semi final fa cup game for instance. The players were feeding off the crowds energy, especially the poznan. I think that was a massive reason why we won. Even Madrids managers mentioned how our crowd effected their sides performance

If it has no effect at all we may as well play in an empty ground

The best football we have ever played was during lockdown when we went on a huge winning run playing total football reminiscent of 1970s Ajax.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

The best football we have ever played was during lockdown when we went on a huge winning run playing total football reminiscent of 1970s Ajax.

That’s debatable. I’d say some of the football during the centurion season and under Mancini was some of the best we’ve ever played.

Can we win without a crowd, of course we can, but for some of our biggest games we’ve made a massive difference. The players and pep have said as much

 

[eyalluvitt]

Soon be like Fulham with a stand for neutrals

And a Michael Jackson/Bubbles statue?

 

[eyalluvitt]

Why should the loyal fans have to make up the numbers for games with less demand, but as soon as a big game comes around they're immediately turfed out for people with big wallets.

I agree that some agencies do work on their own, however I've seen too much to believe that the club doesn't work directly with these agencies.

I've said it before, but at Arsenal away this year there were 20 people on holiday from China, whose tickets were part of the holiday package. These 20 tickets were all together in a block.

You can't tell me that 20 tickets together in the away end has nothing to do with the club

Something not right when such a high percentage of limited away tickets are on agency websites, United’s away support seems opposite to their home, full of local’s

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

And a Michael Jackson/Bubbles statue?

hee hee

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Something not right when such a high percentage of limited away tickets are on agency websites, United’s away support seems opposite to their home, full of local’s

There always seems to be a lot of cockneys of Asian descent, who get interviewed leaving Utd’s away ends.

 

[pride in battle]

I did? I'll go back and recheck my exact wording on the post.

This is part of what I posted in the post, if this is the part of the post you are referring to?

Why do Newcastle fans support, sing, and create an atmosphere in all 4 stands and we don’t, bar for the biggest games like Arsenal and Real Madrid last season?

I didn't post..... 'why can’t we be like Newcastle fans’, which you said I posted.

(In my opinion, Newcastle fans do give their team more support, more often, from four stands, than we give City from four stands.)

Again it's a matter of opinion. We'll never agree on that point, so let's agree to disagree, otherwise we will be going around in circles.

There is no denying our supporters in SSL1(mainly), 111, 110, 109 and SSL3 give great support as a rule. I would like the other supporters in other parts of the 4 stands to join in more often. That's all I'm saying. I don't think there's anything wrong with that fair and honest observation.



What I've been posting has been clear, to the point, and understandable.

Hopefully with a run of relatively easy home games coming up, goals, and wins, our home support will pickup again and get back to what it was last season and at the start of this season.

I'm looking forward to hearing our away support tonight, which we can all agree on is one of the best away supports in the PL. :-)

This season 109, 110, 111 have been poor

 

[jrb]

This season 109, 110, 111 have been poor

I agree. Bar certain matches they've not been at their best this season. Hopefully that will change into the New Year? Can't see that changing against Palace.

 

[East Level 2]

97/98

Correct, Bit of a brain fart on my part.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

This season 109, 110, 111 have been poor

I got in 110 a few times and it was usually pretty good. A real shame to read this kind of thing too often.

 

[Theengelbert]

It’s the same at most bigger grounds, there’s a hard core set of fans from the area and then there’s the fans that travel from afar and this comes with being the best team in the world. On champions league nights I’ve seen entire rows of fans who looks like they’ve come from the far east and clearly English isn’t their first language and they sit almost entirely silent for the whole game. You’re not going to change that aspect of it and the local fans are always going to be up for it. I think we just accept this rather than viewing it as a problem.