Atmosphere - 2023/24

[Man_City_Loyal]

the club sorted a singing section, and its quiet half the time.

Can we blame lazy fans? YES

Tourist fans to blame? YES

Pricing for a game, when the away team plays at least half less? YES

Atmosphere was dying a death at alot of clubs, they've brought in little ultra groups and the atmosphere is a lot better at these grounds.

You have Aberdeen, Rangers & Celtic doing it.

You've got teams like Newcastle, Villa and Arsenal all doing it in some shape or form.

Palace have done it for years but they were really quiet last night.

Even clubs like Stockport have started doing it and the reaction to having an organised singing section has been well recieved.

It doesnt have to have a megaphone or drums. it can be done.

The completon of the north stand wont do shit

 

[pride in battle]

Because they price out the people that would sing and they have hospitality all over the ground even in the south stand where the atmosphere is going to come from they have hospitality in the middle of level 3 and 1

So still a good 30/40 thousand who aren't in corporate...you're talking absolute nonsense.

 

[Dodge]

A suggestion for the Mods - close the thread for comments, then re-open it after every home game, with copy/pasted comments from the previous home game. The same barking at the wind happens after every home game, the same stand v stand bullshit, the same slagging of our own...fucking yawnfest all season.

Football has changed, the club have changed, the European champions are not the City we once had. We belong to the world now. Dogshit alley is consigned to history, as is The Parkside. Typical City is dead. Pete the Badge is now Timothy the Tourist. Helens bell is now an I-pad. Pies are now a fillet of Venison with a nettle joius.

The sooner we all accept this new reality, the better chance we have of actually enjoying what's left of our game.

The alternative is that we drown in sentimental froth, engulfed by rage, howling at the injustice of it all, as the white van pulls up to cart us off the nuthouse.

Meanwhile, the world still turns.

 

[mancityvstoke]

So still a good 30/40 thousand who aren't in corporate...you're talking absolute nonsense.

I get what you mean but those areas are all seated and that has never been great for large singing areas as most want to sit down and not sing. Sitting down singing is shit.

 

[nw42]

Ipswich and Norwich is a proper old fashioned derby. They really hate each other and their fans are almost entirely made up of genuinely passionate locals, not foorball tourists / hospitality / corporate types.

PL derbies are generally tame events nowadays.

And they'd not played each other for 5yrs.

 

[mancityvstoke]

A suggestion for the Mods - close the thread for comments, then re-open it after every home game, with copy/pasted comments from the previous home game. The same barking at the wind happens after every home game, the same stand v stand bullshit, the same slagging of our own...fucking yawnfest all season.

Football has changed, the club have changed, the European champions are not the City we once had. We belong to the world now. Dogshit alley is consigned to history, as is The Parkside. Typical City is dead. Pete the Badge is now Timothy the Tourist. Helens bell is now an I-pad. Pies are now a fillet of Venison with a nettle joius.

The sooner we all accept this new reality, the better chance we have of actually enjoying what's left of our game.

The alternative is that we drown in sentimental froth, engulfed by rage, howling at the injustice of it all, as the white van pulls up to cart us off the nuthouse.

Meanwhile, the world still turns.

Fuck accepting it......may as well give up and watch on the telly

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

Absolute fucking nonsense

Jesus you’re giving everyone pelters tonight aren’t you?

We’re all Blues, on a forum, exchanging opinions.

 

[Elliot houghton]

I don’t think it’s the only reason but charging more than £50 pounds for palace at home is obviously going to apply more to the day tripper than a blue who would want to go with a mate or with a family they will be paying more than £100 that’s just not sustainable with current situation in the UK.

Absolute fucking nonsense

 

[mancityvstoke]

I don’t think it’s the only reason but charging more than £50 pounds for palace at home is obviously going to apply more to the day tripper than a blue who would want to go with a mate or with a family they will be paying more than £100 that’s just not sustainable with current situation in the UK.

exactly......thousands of blues watching in pubs now ....home games. Just like that shower of red cunts when they stopped going. Now we can see why.

 

[A57 the snake]

Lower the match day price .
Stop the match day experience shite.
Get back the club which was chosen to get bought for .
It’s really not difficult.

Or is it ?

 

[mancityvstoke]

Lower the match day price .
Stop the match day experience shite.
Get back the club which was chosen to get bought for .
It’s really not difficult.

Or is it ?

fuck the tourists off from the safe standing

 

[blueparrot]

So still a good 30/40 thousand who aren't in corporate...you're talking absolute nonsense.

Said this in another thread, out of 53,000,including 3000 away fans maybe 2000 will be corporate (a guess) the 8000 matchday fans will mainly be regulars and probably 2000 ish so called tourists (another guess).
Blaming those 4000 corporate / tourists out of 53000 for any lack of atmosphere is nonsense.
The fact we’ve had great atmospheres in games like the Madrid game prove it’s the occasion not the crowd make up that determine the atmosphere.
Besides I’ve seen tourists join in while some regulars don’t, or even worse constantly wonder around while the games on.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Said this in another thread, out of 53,000,including 3000 away fans maybe 2000 will be corporate (a guess) the 8000 matchday fans will mainly be regulars and probably 2000 ish so called tourists (another guess).
Blaming those 4000 corporate / tourists out of 53000 for any lack of atmosphere is nonsense.
The fact we’ve had great atmospheres in games like the Madrid game prove it’s the occasion not the crowd make up that determine the atmosphere.
Besides I’ve seen tourists join in while some regulars don’t, or even worse constantly wonder around while the games on.

You won't get a cauldron every single game ......we never have.

Anyway.......it's an argument been going on since they made the Kippax all seated.

Won't ever change...........sitting and singing/ballooning about doesn't mix well.

The safe standing areas need looking at again. Some kind of membership or something. I dunno.....it's not easy is it.

If you don't want to sing fuck off somewhere else? BUT replace with fuckers who want to join in.

 

[D'Silva]

Nailed it mate...its not tourists it's the "silent majority" at the Etihad, long standing City fans who sit there like it's a fucking morgue !!! HELLO !!! Wake the fuck UP !!!!!

And the same ones who leave 15 minutes before the whistle. Our players could have used a bit more support and a little more appreciation towards the end of our games. We certainly needed that this past month.

 

[Craig]

exactly......thousands of blues watching in pubs now ....home games. Just like that shower of red cunts when they stopped going. Now we can see why.

Agreed. It was hard to give tickets away at weekend. So many who went for years would rather watch it at home in the pub these days

 

[Dodge]

Fuck accepting it......may as well give up and watch on the telly

What's the alternative mate? We're a passive nation, a passive fanbase, who have taken the hits and done fuck all about it for years.

I've been going home and away for decades, I've never missed out on so many aways as I have this season, simply because I'm not in the target demographic. My tickets are going to businessman Tom and his boy Tristen, because they spend £100k per season on hospitality.

We have no representation on fan matters within the club, a box ticking City Matters, a totally inept OSC.

Who's gonna fight the good fight? Me and you? 1894? The globe-trotting Kevin Parker?

Revolutions don't happen in this Country, no-one can be arsed taking on the big wigs and no-one gives a fuck about the working man.

Such is life.

Shit ain't it.

 

[mancityvstoke]

What's the alternative mate? We're a passive nation, a passive fanbase, who have taken the hits and done fuck all about it for years.

I've been going home and away for decades, I've never missed out on so many aways as I have this season, simply because I'm not in the target demographic. My tickets are going to businessman Tom and his boy Tristen, because they spend £100k per season on hospitality.

We have no representation on fan matters within the club, a box ticking City Matters, a totally inept OSC.

Who's gonna fight the good fight? Me and you? 1894? The globe-trotting Kevin Parker?

Revolutions don't happen in this Country, no-one can be arsed taking on the big wigs and no-one gives a fuck about the working man.

Such is life.

Shit ain't it.

at least we have our memories of what it was like in the real Kippax..................never to be forgotten.


Wish the younger lot could have seen it.

 

[ArdwickBlue_M12]

We need to be attracting more younger fans who are the next generation. I don't think daytrippers/tourist are the biggest problem. We have around 36k seasoncard holders across the stadium. The problem is that a lot of blues cant be bothered anymore. They've seen us win it all. We need younger working class lads and lassies from across the city in the ground. Working class people from areas around the ground like Clayton or Openshaw cant afford these £60 adult or £40 child tickets. Let's actually incentivise working class people to get in. This will massively improve the atmosphere alongside a proper home end. And let's stop giving away tickets to corporates otherwise that will also kill off our away atmosphere.

 

[Dodge]

at least we have our memories of what it was like in the real Kippax..................never to be forgotten.


Wish the younger lot could have seen it.

Treasured memories mate...and the mad away days in the lower tiers.

Can't think there will be many on here in 30 years, thinking back tearfully to magical days the Etihad, and the fantastic phone light shows.

The only reason I went to Belgrade was to relive the moody, undercover away vibe, as it used to be in the 80-90's.

Took me right back it did.

 

[D'Silva]

Because Soriano & Co are filling the Etihad full of tourists, day trippers, new, and casual City fans who have no emotional attachment to the club, as well as regular City fans who want to beat the traffic to get home early.

Bullsh*t. Enough with this narrative. This fire drill at home games has been going on since I started following this club after takeover. That's way before any tourists and day trippers would even bat an eye at Etihad's direction.