It is the club's fault.
North stand was already quiet, now it's like a church since it became the 'family stand' (may as well have called it the half empty stand).
Blaring interviews and music at 7 billion decibels before the game.
Playing the shitty rock version of blue moon instead of the old slow one that you can sing to.
Half time shitty competitions like "do the Agüero commentary" (that was at the stoke game).
Showsec stopping anyone from standing.
New fans who are day trippers.
Raising ticket prices so the working class can't go (the vocla people).
The only way to salvage the atmosphere is to scrap all the commercialised happy chappy family atmosphere crap, introduce a standing section in the lower North tier, move the away fans to the new extension, lower ticket prices, fuck off showsec or relax the rules. Don't care how feasible it is.