I agree but WTF was anyone doing half a mile away from the ground when the team was still on the pitch FFS?
What a great post and inspiring. We've set the bar very high now. I'd also love this to carry on. How good is it to turn up at the match every week knowing an electric atmosphere just like the one against Liverpool. I'm sure everybody would agree it's far better enjoying ourselves making noise rather than sitting in silence. We are the 12th man and I'm so proud of every fanThe atmosphere Thursday was the best I've witnessed since we moved stadium. Absolutely fantastic, well done to all who made it happen. Much has been made of lack of atmosphere on this forum and I've given my two penneth a few times as to why. Bad planning and arrangement of away fans in the middle of two singing areas, apathy, complacency, all seater stadia kills atmosphere, old school fans don't go anymore, those that do can't be bothered bla bla bla.
Feeble excuses blurted out fellow blues. I've always said the lack of atmosphere was down to us, and us only, no bullshit excuse needed. If we cannot be (collectively) bothered, then we only have ourselves to blame. 1894 group work tirelessly to pump up the singing but often the silence drowns their noise out. By that I mean the negative energy of apathy zaps all the positive energy and songs soon fade out before they catch on.
I've always said WE attending supporters should inspire the team to play over the TEAM playing well to inspire US to sing... Kompany pleaded for us to turn up and raise the roof and be "the twelfth man". We did and waned it badly enough and never let up all game! The noise and passion definitely inspired Vinny and the boys to keep going all game, I'm 100% convinced good atmosphere will get the team up to play well and give their absolute all and make the difference, and it most definitely did.
Even ratboy Neville commended our atmosphere was the best he's ever heard, high praise indeed!
But if I had my way, that voiciferous passion that was bottled up and released on Thursday would be commonplace, and not bottled up just for potential season defining games.
More of the same blues: )
Not quite, that referee caught all the early leavers out, finishing the game early.Back to normal today ; )
You are Benny Goodman and I claim my £5.If Gary Neville says it's the best atmosphere he's ever experienced it must have been incredible.
When you are in the middle of it singing your heart out, tense as fuck you know the atmosphere is good but the match takes over.
A neutral perspective ie Neville to come out with that is something else, all this bullshit about fans split up, acoustics etc is all Bollocks, just sing sing and fucking sing!!!
115 were good tonight. Good to hear some of the classics throughout. I was sat at the other end of the ground aswell.
City til I die needs to come back. People were joining in with it.
I noticed that tonight. I remember when we invented that song and it was brilliant for a while but the it got ruined by clapping/speeding up and died out. Loads of other clubs still sing it around the world. We don’t and we started it.
What a great post and inspiring. We've set the bar very high now. I'd also love this to carry on. How good is it to turn up at the match every week knowing an electric atmosphere just like the one against Liverpool. I'm sure everybody would agree it's far better enjoying ourselves making noise rather than sitting in silence. We are the 12th man and I'm so proud of every fan
Funny that, last time I was in the Stade de France they spent 90 minutes booing their own team :)I find it interesting that the French refer to attending a football match as a football fan by the verb ´assister’... literally to assist the team...to be part of the action....the 12th man....many City fans could take note.....
What game was that ?Funny that, last time I was in the Stade de France they spent 90 minutes booing their own team :)
Playoff in 09. Not quite 90 minutes but they were not fucking happy. Great supporters when their team is winning though.What game was that ?
Tbf i have seen French rugby supporters turn on their national team but, married to a Lyonnaise I have attended loads of L’OL games and they are pretty decent and noisy in support...supporters in the north and south stands at the old Gerland stadium by trad tried to out sing / chant each other..have not been to the new stadium but have no reason to think this has changed...Playoff in 09. Not quite 90 minutes but they were not fucking happy. Great supporters when their team is winning though.
I remember singing it differently to how we (and everyone else) sings it now. We used to keep it going at a fast pace and didn't slow down when getting back to the start again.I noticed that tonight. I remember when we invented that song and it was brilliant for a while but the it got ruined by clapping/speeding up and died out. Loads of other clubs still sing it around the world. We don’t and we started it.
I remember singing it differently to how we (and everyone else) sings it now. We used to keep it going at a fast pace and didn't slow down when getting back to the start again.