Atmosphere 2024/25

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blue b4 the moon said:
Doing a Joe Corrigan interview didn't help.

Love the guy, he was our keeper when I started going to matches but, a 5 minute segment just before the players came out wasn't a great idea.

Have him out for a wave and chat at HT, Danny & Nat managed to bore us all at the break, probably even worse than those shite quizzes about recycling bottles.
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the whole pre match, half time entertainment is pants.

Was better to leave the interviews out when they had the stage outside. Surely they could just do this in the studio they use?

the quiz theyve been doing lately at HT, who thoguht this was a good idea? FFS
 
Man_City_Loyal said:
the whole pre match, half time entertainment is pants.

Was better to leave the interviews out when they had the stage outside. Surely they could just do this in the studio they use?

the quiz theyve been doing lately at HT, who thoguht this was a good idea? FFS
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The interview shit at half time is pointless you can't understand a fucking word being said. Plus it's to fucking load to chat to people around you. So it's just 15 minutes of seating in silence :(
 
The atmosphere is always flat at places where the home team has been successful when playing lower placed teams. People just turn up expecting to be entertained. I remember going to places like Liverpool and Arsenal years ago and thinking how shit the atmosphere was. Even the OT crowd could be flat until they scored a couple. It's even worse now with stadiums being mainly seated, at least you could walk round and join the singing sections if you wanted in the old days.
 
give it to gordon said:
The interview shit at half time is pointless you can't understand a fucking word being said. Plus it's to fucking load to chat to people around you. So it's just 15 minutes of seating in silence :(
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would make more sense to have it done in the studio, let people watch it on there. I did like it when we would just get music (live or on the tannoy) was just a better vibe.
 
Eric Hitchmough said:
You’ve really got it in for me, haven’t you? Haha. Each to their own.

Have a good day, Blue.
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No. I have no idea if we've conversed or what about. Well obviously I know we have and I know your name but I don't remember any conversations specifically and don't hold any ill will towards people. 99.99% of the time when I post, I'm saying your point is daft rather than you are daft.
 
People criticising the pre match or half time entertainment are off the mark. The only thing shit about our atmosphere is a huge chunk of our apathetic fanbase who often act like they're attending out of obligation rather than desire. And don't blame the tourists, 95% of these are long term blues. Many should just give it a break for a season or two if arriving and leaving on time, and cheering their team on is too much hassle.
 
We had a couple of young (late teens / early twenties) Japanese tourists who took photos before the game and then spent the entire half time and the first couple of minutes of the second half doing the same. They had to be told the game had started and to move as they were blocking people. Wouldn’t surprise me if they were still there even now.
 
give it to gordon said:
The interview shit at half time is pointless you can't understand a fucking word being said. Plus it's to fucking load to chat to people around you. So it's just 15 minutes of seating in silence :(
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Yesterday they tried to patronise us that Savinho had shot and that it wasn't an own goal. It's not needed
 
Didsbury Dave said:
It’s got to be done aggressively and properly and with a big push and incentives as I said above. If it’s half arsed it will fail, I agree. It’s got to make people like you move because you feel you’ve no choice. Price would be my answer.
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I’ve never wanted anything more off the pitch than to get this NSL2 right as an atmosphere stand.

The talk is dead about it though.

There’s no information or big drive from the club, it all feels very secretive like they don’t want us to know anything, when it should have been well known for at least six months so that fans can organise themselves and get mates/groups who want to move together and for 1894 and other groups who want to create an atmosphere to push it through the fanbase. There’s no push from the club and that is concerning.

If we miss this opportunity I’m going to be fucking fuming. This is arguably the last chance.

Look at it; in any other football stadium at any other club in world football, this would be a big dedicated atmosphere stand:

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Psychedelic Casual said:
I’ve never wanted anything more off the pitch than to get this NSL2 right as an atmosphere stand.

The talk is dead about it though.

There’s no information or big drive from the club, it all feels very secretive like they don’t want us to know anything, when it should have been well known for at least six months so that fans can organise themselves and get mates/groups who want to move together and for 1894 and other groups who want to create an atmosphere to push it through the fanbase. There’s no push from the club and that is concerning.

If we miss this opportunity I’m going to be fucking fuming. This is arguably the last chance.

Look at it; in any other football stadium at any other club in world football, this would be a big dedicated atmosphere stand:

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I feel the same. It’s our only and last chance to improve things. It’s an open goal.
 
Moss Side's Finest said:
People criticising the pre match or half time entertainment are off the mark. The only thing shit about our atmosphere is a huge chunk of our apathetic fanbase who often act like they're attending out of obligation rather than desire. And don't blame the tourists, 95% of these are long term blues. Many should just give it a break for a season or two if arriving and leaving on time, and cheering their team on is too much hassle.
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Perhaps some of you could get together and release a potential best selling pamphlet, how to be the perfect City fan?

Get the club to erect some platforms so you can coach the crowd with a megaphone like they do on the continent?
 
ArdwickBlue_M12 said:
Unfortunately the atmosphere at big premier clubs will continue to get worse and worse. it's becoming a sport for the middle classes and football tourists. the club have tried their best to make sure the match day experience is as sanitised and cringeworthy as they can. I also wonder what the average age of the matchday fanbase is? in some parts of the ground there's barely any inner city Manchester youth or younger fans at all which is crazy. it might sound like I am being negative but I have accepted nothing will change.
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Inner city Manchester has changed. Barely half of the inner city these days were born in this country (49% of Moss Side, 48% of Longsight, 49% of Ardwick were born outside Britain), and from my experiences of meeting, speaking with, working with, knowing them, most of the immigrants I come across support United and Liverpool, and even Arsenal, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Barcelona more so than City.

Polish immigrants seem to be the biggest City supporting lot, but how many come to games?

That’s another issue, the inner city have been priced out. Those Polish and other immigrant Blues and the 50% of those born in Britain who might be City fans, all from the inner city, can’t all afford to go. Football is too expensive. So there’s no football attending culture with them.

It’s a bit different where I live in Wythenshawe, where 82% were born here and it’s swarming with City fans… but many have the same issue with not being able to afford to go.
 
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Walked into the stadium yesterday and the PA system was horrendously loud, putting my view into context I am deaf and if it's too loud for me god knows what damage it's doing to healthy ears.

It's like the club are actively preventing fans from talking.
 
BamberBridgeBlue said:
Perhaps some of you could get together and release a potential best selling pamphlet, how to be the perfect City fan?

Get the club to erect some platforms so you can coach the crowd with a megaphone like they do on the continent?
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It's dead simple.

1. Try and be in your seat for kick-off
2. Try and be in your seat at the final whistle.
3. Try and focus on the game rather than chatting to everyone around you in between getting up to get to the bar early.
4. Try and engage in the atmosphere a little, either by joining in the odd song or at least clapping.
5. Don't turn around and frown at those doing any of the above.


If you compared going to a City game with say going to the cinema, theatre or a concert. I guarantee almost every single person would do points 1 to 3 at the cinema/theatre/concert, yet so many struggle at football games, yet complain about the cost of tickets. Also, there is supposed to be an emotional attachment between the team and fans over and above what you would expect with a cinema goer, which makes it even more weird.
 
mexico1970 said:
Walked into the stadium yesterday and the PA system was horrendously loud, putting my view into context I am deaf and if it's too loud for me god knows what damage it's doing to healthy ears.

It's like the club are actively preventing fans from talking.
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Blasting out bluemoon and hey jude karaoke. It's bollocks and should stop.
 
mexico1970 said:
Walked into the stadium yesterday and the PA system was horrendously loud, putting my view into context I am deaf and if it's too loud for me god knows what damage it's doing to healthy ears.

It's like the club are actively preventing fans from talking.
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Agreed.

We had to move away from Level 2 of the Family Stand we sit on the last row, It's horrendous the noise of the PA System and Music being played.

My daughter is sat next to me and we genuinely can't hear each other most of the time.

Let fans gather their own atmosphere, Personally I think the music before games takes away the normality of fans getting atmosphere going.
 
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