Atmosphere 2024/25

[DMA's]

Went to get something to eat for my youngest just after 2nd half started. Hundreds of fans down there having beer.

It’s your money etc but if I paid £125/175 a ticket just to have an overpriced beer then I’d think I may have a problem.

Better off watching it in a pub

 

[alib]

All you could hear on TV for 99% of the match was Palace fans. Fair play to them. Our fans seemed dreadfully quiet

 

[awest]

Went for a piss after the penalty Miss and hundreds were on the concourse watching the match ??
Why ?

Too sunny to see the match apparently.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

The semi final few put that to shame today. Mind you, absolutely nothing to lift the blue hoards.

 

[Blue Since 76]

All you could hear on TV for 99% of the match was Palace fans. Fair play to them. Our fans seemed dreadfully quiet

That was all you could hear in the ground as well. Support was as bad as the team today.

Not sure about the Palace ultras bit but they were able to get the whole support joining in at times, even if it was only 'Eagles' and they kept the noise going throughout, so fair play to them.

 

[No.8]

All you could hear on TV for 99% of the match was Palace fans. Fair play to them. Our fans seemed dreadfully quiet

It’s unfortunately the way City are now. Too many tourist / plastic fans ( I have to include myself in that) and not enough old school true die hard fans.

Too many there to be ‘entertained’ and not there to be 100% behind the team

It’s shocking what’s happened with the support but the lack of atmosphere does affect the players and is a huge disadvantage in games

I watched the game in a pub in Kefalonia and a family all wearing City gear got up and left for their dinner with 15 minutes to go. WTF!!!!

 

[There is a Light]

Yeah you’re got to hand it to Palace, they were really good. Combination of beer, hot weather, losing an early goal and basically being out sang made it a bad day for us (not to mention the result).

On a positive note, the flags and display before looked the part.

 

[paulchapo]

Too sunny to see the match apparently.

People might laugh at this but it's actually true. I was behind the goal and you really struggled to see what was happening, so much so I watched a lot of the first half at least on the screen behind me. It was also extremely hot and I found myself having to go onto the concourse to escape the heat and cool off before returning. We'd all have had a better view watching it at home or in a bar.

 

[bladdered]

All you could hear on TV for 99% of the match was Palace fans. Fair play to them. Our fans seemed dreadfully quiet

Thanks for your armchair summary mate. I'm sure your support in your living room had a much bigger impact than the thousands of Blues who made the effort and spent a fortune to go down there.

 

[No.8]

Thanks for your armchair summary mate. I'm sure your support in your living room had a much bigger impact than the thousands of Blues who made the effort and spent a fortune to go down there.

I was there when City lost 3-2 against Liverpool in semifinal a few years ago and spent a fortune travelling down from Glasgow. It was the same that day. Absolutely nothing from the support.

It’s pointless having a dig at someone on line for merely highlighting a huge problem that Pep himself has mentioned

 

[mancityvstoke]

We’ve had too many trips down there and the novelty has worn off ….. the first few years especially v Utd then Stoke were top draw and we were on form ! Now though it’s worn off for most and many have jacked those trips in (for all the reasons everyone is very aware of) replaced by families and tourists

 

[fathellensbellend]

Wank end, tifo this tifo that, fucking sing

 

[blubanjo]

We were singing all the way back to the tube and getting some strange looks. Maybe it's me however some of our support has given up, possibly trying to eclipse the team.

 

[half & half derby scarf]

The Barca twins have systematically eroded our hardcore fanbase. It is now fragmented to the point of not having much identity. A little bit like the team at the moment.

 

[come-on-barney]

Semi final crowd were much better than today. Fair play to the Palace fans, not my cup of tea, as it reminds me of an MLS crowd but they did make some noise.

 

[fathellensbellend]

The city end was pathetic today in the top tier

Drunk old men oblivious of where they were sat, got on my tits to be honest, more interested in their next pint, our fanbase is on its arse

 

[DMA's]

Like the football on the pitch it’s become stale in the stands. The boring safe football doesn’t exactly help.

Don’t know how to get the fire back on or off the pitch. It’s a worry

 

[decmancity]

Hilarious the armchair fans calling out blues for today.

You will forgive me for not fucking singing my heart out whilst im watching Dias to Akanji and then back again and then back again, then to Bernardo, then back to Ortega, oh wait Nico has made a run forward, oh no its back to Bernardo and back to Akanji again, and then a clipped pass over the top of Savinhos head and through to Guehi.

 

[Dodge]

All you could hear on TV for 99% of the match was Palace fans. Fair play to them. Our fans seemed dreadfully quiet

I don't think there's a set of supporters in the country who would have competed with that today.

It was relentless.

 

[HSA123]

Respectfully disagree. You’ve got a ticket to see your team in Wembley for the FA cup final. Fucking sing and get behind your team or stay at home with the ‘armchairs’