Atmosphere 2024/25

East Level 2 said:
The 4-1 scoreline helped a bit.
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I agree, but it was brilliant from the get go. I was in the Colin bell stand for that game and something happened that never usually happens - I was stood up for a large part of the game and the family stand started a lot of chants.

We need that today. Ss3 and the family stand are crucial when it comes to getting the entire stadium joining in. We need the classic city songs belting out.
 
twosips said:
I didn't know where to post this really, so in here it will go! I've been thinking about last night's game a lot since the full time whistle and I can't shake this uneasy feeling I have. The whole night just felt really off about it, and I think it's because it's the most egregious example we've seen so far of football feeling like something you'd experience stateside. It was pure undiluted capitalism and it felt a little gross if i'm being honest.

Firstly, thousands of fans voted with their feet at the ridiculous ticket prices, obviously motivated by a hungry money hunt from the club. That left City with a crowd of tourists and newer fans - all there to 'experience' City. I don't blame them at all, they tried their best, but it just isn't the same atmosphere. It isn't their fault that football is this way, but we can't deny the effect it has on the night. Then you add to that the absurd nonsense of wearing an away kit at home. The reasoning behind that? Marketing. I wouldn't mind, but it's not even a kit in honour of City's heritage. It's essentially a marketing tool for a band reforming. We willingly sold out our club colours in a game that was a rerun of arguably the biggest night in the club's history to basically push a kit that is more or less a tribute to a band. Money....the kit is fucking shite too, which doesn't help.

Then when you consider the competition itself has changed dramatically, for money, leaving a confusing mess of a format that will feel inconsequential for a long time. A bunch of games, all random, all disconnected and all just a long slog until the inevitable big team qualifications...well yeah, the whole night just felt like a money grab, with a side serving of football. I understand some won't care about this and accuse me of being dramatic, but I don't think it's ever been that overt. Last night it felt like football and City changed in front of our eyes, or at very least we saw the direct result of this aggressive pursuit of money, and worryingly it only feels like the tip of the iceberg. It's not going to get any better.

There will be more kits at higher prices, more game at higher prices and fans will be pushed out. Can't wait for adverts at half-time in the stadium and even more 'innovations' that take the game closer to the dream NFL model of intense profitability at the expense of the consumer. A Champions League game of that magnitude should not feel like a preseason game, but it did. I really can't shake the feeling that last night things changed a lot, and personally i didn't like it at all. It's a crying shame.
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Nail on head here for me. Was watching on the telly, and something just felt off for me. Kept trying to figure out which team was city half the time.
 
Manchester_lalala said:
Pants. Not sure if it’s because of us winning four on the bounce and the hunger isn’t there from the fans, but that was shite for a huge game today. People leaving at 80 minutes ffs.
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Sushhhh....there wasn’t any atmosphere !!I

If ever there is an example of why away supporters should be moved to ES1 / SS1 round the corner flag ( the worst viewing and acoustics position in the stadium ) today confirms and reinforces it.

I didn't hear a sing song or chant from our supposed ‘singing section’ in that area today....not a one.

All CITYs singers need to be in SS3/2/1 & NS 2 when it opens.

We split up our singers into two completely separate, disconnected areas, whilst piling the away fans on top of each other in an increasingly elevated, acoustical superior, single stand......and then expect an intense atmosphere.

The whole of SS3/2 + 75% of SS1 must become City fans only.

The OSC,1894, City Matters and we fans should be vigorously petioning the club to start the dialogue with the authorities to get this sorted for when the NS opens because today was actually quite embarrassing !!

With regards to 1894, whom i support and respect, i feel that they aren't vigourous enough in creating, and encouraging others to create, an intense noise.

They are good lads, and very well intended, but their forte is displays not noise.

In advance of, and in preparation for NS2 and an all City SS3/2, now maybe be the right time to form an 'atmosphere group' - 189Noise ? - to Identify core, atmospheric songs and chants with an edgy degree of militancy.

IMO....today should be a clarion call for EVERYONE, that simple but effective and necessary changes are needed....NOW !!

Happy to help.



Manchester_lalala said:
Pants. Not sure if it’s because of us winning four on the bounce and the hunger isn’t there from the fans, but that was shite for a huge game today. People leaving at 80 minutes ffs.
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Think the atmosphere will improve when the case is settled. Everyone is exhausted with the constant media and day to day stuff. We need that boost.
 
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