Atmosphere 2024/25

[city2]

We just need loudspeakers like the ones at scouse land.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Around me in 315 it was the usual faces, we normally 'have a go' but for whatever reason we were all flat as fuck.

There was a guy a couple of rows back having a pop as nobody was singing....a few years ago he'd have not needed to be doing that or if he'd been acting like that he'd have been filled in.

It seems the club have along with the Prem twats won and took our heart away.

I suspect a big drop off on renewals next season and again the season afterwards as the issues will just amplify.

Good luck by 2028 filling seats City.

 

[Man-chester copperpot]

Right, this has been going on for too long.

We need the Etihad rocking going forward

Pep & the team need us, i’ve been thinking and banging my head against the wall and i’ve finally found a solution.

No need to thank me 1894, we just need 1 mobile number………

 

[No.8]

I never get too consumed with whether it’s a good atmosphere or not - go to most grounds and they’re dead in my opinion

There are some grounds that are bouncing most weeks and it can greatly help their team. It is something that City miss out on as they don’t have that intimidating stadium / Vocal support.

 

[Moss Side's Finest]

Atmosphere was utter shite today, but still better than the on field performance

 

[TheGhost]

I thought the atmosphere was great in the August to Christmas period in the Centurions season. And again in the title run-in in the Fourmidables season.

It was dead immediately after Covid but picked right up and was the best it’s ever been at the Etihad/CoMS in the 2021-22 title run-in and the 2022-23 season.

However, the attendees were noticeably different in the Bayern quarter final (remember the shit of Rodri knee-sliding in front of the CBL1 and it being loads of people stood still with no emotion filming him?) and especially Madrid semifinal (same corner when Bernardo scored, SSL1 was going wild, but CBL1 was going mild?!) when going for that 2023 treble.

Since then it’s been tourists central. City have misssvely upped the percentage of tickets they put on the worldwide ticket tout sites.

Now, it feels like the club have completely brow beaten us into submission to being dismayed and disillusioned with it all. It’s not the same and I worry it’s never coming back.

Like I’ve said previously this evening, we aren’t as good as we were and people need to lower their expectations of this much lower standard team, young players, inexperienced players and new signings… we aren’t the team of Kun Agüero, David Silva and prime De Bruyne anymore… and people need to get behind the lads accordingly.

But the club is massively to blame as well!

Haaland has brought the tourists in and has changed the equilibrium.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Blues around the ground need a strong singing section to join in with, otherwise there's no chance of any unison whatsoever.

This north stand extension really is that golden opportunity that any other fan group in the world would be salivating at. But half of our fanbase seem to have written it off already.

Forget what the club want, it's up to US to make NSL2 OUR end!

I really couldn’t agree more with this. We have one last chance FOREVER to put this right. We have a gift horse: a brand new single tier stand with a low roof. Unless we as fans take this opportunity then things will continue to deteriorate. Today was really bad.

 

[Sid C]

Haaland has brought the tourists in and has changed the equilibrium.

FFS. Best will in the world mate. Book an appointment at the doctors you daft ****.

 

[East Level 2]

Just when I think it's been the worst it can possibility be, it gets worse.
I don't think it's been as bad as that ever before.
Even the Brighton fans resorted to signing to themselves.
No excuses either as it was Saturday 3 o'clock kick off in an important game.
Could have watched it on tv and it would have been the same.

Very true, but it didn't have the feel of an important game. Walking up to the ground I got the impression fans were doing it out of habit rather than in anticipation.

 

[Tbilisi]

Thats was shite from City fans today.
We are a joke at home...wtf was that.

 

[willipp]

I was in 115 and it was utter dogshit. Empty seats everywhere, never seen it so bad.

 

[paulchapo]

Very true, but it didn't have the feel of an important game. Walking up to the ground I got the impression fans were doing it out of habit rather than in anticipation.

I think the realisation is setting in that this season is a write off and consequently everything is a bit flat. Sure on paper we COULD win the fa cup and qualify for the champions league but after every game we play, deep down a lot are thinking both targets are looking unlikely. While they're on the table still we of course live in hope.
I thought where I was in the south stand we tried to keep the singing going but it was hard work.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

I really couldn’t agree more with this. We have one last chance FOREVER to put this right. We have a gift horse: a brand new single tier stand with a low roof. Unless we as fans take this opportunity then things will continue to deteriorate. Today was really bad.

It's only these last few months where I've seen the physical size of the stand that it's hit me, it really is a DREAM home end that many sets of fans in the world would die for.

How stupid we'd have to be to not make it our own!

Anyone who's satisfied with SSL1 as our 'singing section' needs their head shaking cause it's pathetic

 

[There is a Light]

Blues around the ground need a strong singing section to join in with, otherwise there's no chance of any unison whatsoever.

This north stand extension really is that golden opportunity that any other fan group in the world would be salivating at. But half of our fanbase seem to have written it off already.

Forget what the club want, it's up to US to make NSL2 OUR end!

It’s been debated on here many times, but as things stand, the club won’t give any details or guarantees that it wouldn’t be a move worth making, so why would anyone trust them? At the minute they get everything so wrong when it comes to the traditional fanbase, so why would I want to leave my reasonably priced seat, beside Blues I’ve sat with for years now in a decent part of the ground for atmosphere, to an end I know nothing about with a hotel in it? That alone is a huge red flag to me and tells me a lot about the clubs priorities. With no new season tickets, am I going to be surrounded by “non-City fans”? Not to mention the club will want a return on their money, and are likely to charge accordingly.Maybe if the give me a reason to believe I’ll reconsider before it opens.

 

[Boris Yeltsin]

The atmosphere is dead because our fans are battle weary from the 115. The club have left us to bear the brunt of it for nearly 2 years without respite. Look back at the pre-treble years and the place was bouncing. If we win the case the club have to acknowledge what the fans have been through and the loyalty they've shown.

 

[There is a Light]

The atmosphere is dead because our fans are battle weary from the 115. The club have left us to bear the brunt of it for nearly 2 years without respite. Look back at the pre-treble years and the place was bouncing. If we win the case the club have to acknowledge what the fans have been through and the loyalty they've shown.

Let’s be honest, it’s not just that - it’s everything. People are disillusioned with the club as well for how they’re treating us. Fans have been priced out. Some empty seats could be filled if there was reasonable pricing. There’s a comedown, watching the first average team for many a year and there are some fickle fans amongst us, not to mention that three quarters of the ground barely ever sings let alone on a day like today.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

It's only these last few months where I've seen the physical size of the stand that it's hit me, it really is a DREAM home end that many sets of fans in the world would die for.

How stupid we'd have to be to not make it our own!

Anyone who's satisfied with SSL1 as our 'singing section' needs their head shaking cause it's pathetic

You just know this isn’t going to happen though. South stand is where they want the peasants and away fans. SS3 was thrown up and doesn’t even have enough places to rest your pint. This new stand will be completely state of the art. The best facilities. They absolutely won’t want a load of pissheads in there. That stand is being built for £60-75 day trippers with maybe a bit for existing ST holders. Nothing will change. It’s pie in the sky to think it will.

 

[Boris Yeltsin]

Let’s be honest, it’s not just that - it’s everything. People are fed up with the club as well for how they’re treating us. Fans have been priced out. Some empty seats could be filled if there was reasonable pricing. There’s a comedown, watching the first average team for many a year and there are some fickle fans amongst us, not to mention that three quarters of the ground barely ever sings let alone on a day like today.

I do agree on those points you've made but I think the 115 is a massive factor in how fans are feeling and instead of the club appreciating us standing by it, it does things that make you think it doesn't care. I used to think the club cared until the last couple of years. Now I'm starting to doubt that. Bit stupid from them though as there ain't enough tourists.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

It's only these last few months where I've seen the physical size of the stand that it's hit me, it really is a DREAM home end that many sets of fans in the world would die for.

How stupid we'd have to be to not make it our own!

Anyone who's satisfied with SSL1 as our 'singing section' needs their head shaking cause it's pathetic

I know we’ve discussed it before but if you sat down and put together a plan to kill the atmosphere in a stadium then you’d come up with pretty much the situation we have now. 3 separate singing areas, each one not connected to the other. Away fans right in the middle of the three of them. A high roof funnelling the noise away. It couldn’t be worse.

We fucked up as a club when we move to the etihad by ignoring atmosphere and splitting fans up all over the stadium. We made it worse by encouraging a “singing area” hemmed in a small area in the east stand. We had a really easy change to put it right when we extended the south stand but it was ignored.

Now we have the best chance we’ve ever had to bring the singers together with the ability to bounce songs off the roof and spread them instantly in every direction. The way songs spread is inprortant and it’s one of the biggest problems we have. It’s why stadiums with tiers often struggle for atmosphere.

I am utterly convinced that this can be put right easily. We can literally turn all of the above around immediately.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

It’s been debated on here many times, but as things stand, the club won’t give any details or guarantees that it would be a move worth making, so why would anyone trust them? At the minute they get everything so wrong when it comes to the traditional fanbase, so why would I want to leave my reasonably priced seat, beside Blues I’ve sat with for years now in a decent part of the ground for atmosphere, to an end I know nothing about with a hotel in it? That alone is a huge red flag to me and tells me a lot about the clubs priorities. With no new season tickets, am I going to be surrounded by “non-City fans”? Not to mention the club will want a return on their money, and are likely to charge accordingly.Maybe if the give me a reason to believe I’ll reconsider before it opens.

You just know this isn’t going to happen though. South stand is where they want the peasants and away fans. SS3 was thrown up and doesn’t even have enough places to rest your pint. This new stand will be completely state of the art. The best facilities. They absolutely won’t want a load of pissheads in there. That stand is being built for £60-75 day trippers with maybe a bit for existing ST holders. Nothing will change. It’s pie in the sky to think it will.

I agree with most the points that both of you raise. I just think this is something where if the fans really want it, then we can make it work, no matter what the club wants.

I'm almost hopeful that after the shite season we've had, the club might realise that it should be a little bit more sensible in regards to the pricing of 8,000 new tickets. Not confident by any means, just hopeful.