Etihad Atmosphere - 2021/22

[jrb]

Considering all the fans in the stadium used to do the Poznan while the novelty lasted, there is an argument that City fans can create an atmosphere in the stadium when they can be arsed. 'When they can be arsed' is the important bit.

 

[blue44]

But the biggest issue is the rest of the ground not being up for it. Some grounds have one main stand, a stand of the more quiet and boring fans. At City we’ve developed 3 ½ main stands and a small vocal section. The small vocal section need some fucking help from the rest!

hence my post
the rest of the ground can't be arsed
apart from the singing sections

my post before
when the ground wants to
we can and do make it happen
but most games can't be arsed

stand up for the champions seems to buck the trend
probably cos if a few stand up ,people behind lose sight of the pitch ,so everyone stands and joins in !

 

[Deleted member 77198]

hence my post
the rest of the ground can't be arsed
apart from the singing sections

my post before
when the ground wants to
we can and do make it happen
but most games can't be arsed

stand up for the champions seems to buck the trend
probably cos if a few stand up ,people behind lose sight of the pitch ,so everyone stands and joins in !

But also, if we had a proper vocal stand set-up, it would be more conducive to an atmosphere. Great numbers, greater noise, not hard to hear in the rest of the ground, not trapped between areas where the atmosphere doesn’t spread, not oversung by the away fans

 

[blue44]

But also, if we had a proper vocal stand set-up, it would be more conducive to an atmosphere. Great numbers, greater noise, not hard to hear in the rest of the ground, not trapped between areas where the atmosphere doesn’t spread, not oversung by the away fans

i read last night a bit pissed
but someone said about new songs etc

they said 3 times we sang the dzeko song and aguero song,and 1 other that I can't remember
from where i was sat in 318 ,I heard them 1 time each not 3 !
Thats how bad noise travels at the etihad.

I know people who go in the singing sections and always say the atmosphere is good,this is going back years
maybe where they are thats true,but not from where i sit.

only the big important games,when,like most people say,our fans can be arsed.

 

[lancs blue]

When Norwich walked out on their own I booed (EL3) in the old school manner and realised quite a few were applauding them, WTF?? We could have done with a "Bring on the champions" chant at that point, as in 1968/69, instead we get that gimp on the PA bawling out some crap.

Great to be back in a fullish stadium though, really enjoyed the day.

 

[jrb]

The simple fact is, the club in it's quest to increase matchday revenue has created more corporate areas and expensive seats inside the stadium where people don't want to sing and won't sing. The corporate 'matchday experience' inside the stadium has had a negative effect on the matchday atmosphere.

Saying that, there's still enough canon fodder on the L1 frontline trenches to creat an atmosphere.

 

[Bluemoon dan]

The issue we have is that the vast majority of our games are comfortable. And no matter how you address it, comfortable isn't exciting.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

It’s alright when the whole ground is up for it.

But when they aren’t, the stadium set-up is an issue.

When it’s just our little vocal areas that have to try and make noise for ten times their amount of people, with them being trapped in a small tier between the away fans and the Colin Bell stand and under a corporate section… the set-up isn’t conducive for an atmosphere.

Our vocal section is probably in the #1 worst place it could possibly be in, in the stadium. Other areas of the ground don’t quite hear what they’re singing sometimes, other times the away fans are also singing and are just as loud, other times they’ve finished singing by the time the rest of the ground join in.

But the biggest issue is the rest of the ground not being up for it. Some grounds have one main stand, a stand of the more quiet and boring fans. At City we’ve developed 3 ½ main stands and a small vocal section. The small vocal section need some fucking help from the rest!

As someone who sits in the “rest of the stadium” I can tell you that many will sing as long as they feel comfortable. If the song that starts behind the goal is a classic song and not a concourse clap along, and it is loud enough, many will join in. But if the two singing sections are both singing different songs at the same time they won’t. It’s that simple.

 

[blue44]

The simple fact is, the club in it's quest to increase matchday revenue has created more corporate areas and expensive seats inside the stadium where people don't want to sing and won't sing. The corporate 'matchday experience' inside the stadium has had a negative effect on the matchday atmosphere.

Saying that, there's still enough canon fodder on the L1 frontline trenches to creat an atmosphere.

when ss level 3 was built
only existing season card holders were allowed to buy season cards
me and my son moved from the " dead and sterile " family stand
I thought and hoped it would be full of raucous and niosy fans

it was the first season ( 2015 if I'm right ) and as now descended into apathy
like most of the ground.

there can be no excuses

if we want,we can rock like fuck

but sadly our match going fanbase cant be arsed 95% of the time.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

As someone who sits in the “rest of the stadium” I can tell you that many will sing as long as they feel comfortable. If the song that starts behind the goal is a classic song and not a concourse clap along, and it is loud enough, many will join in. But if the two singing sections are both singing different songs at the same time they won’t. It’s that simple.

100% and it needs to be repeated.

we need to sing the classic city songs to get the rest of the ground joining in. ‘We love you city’, hey Jude’, city til I die - all songs that every knows and will join in with, which are rarely sung

the singing section at times only seems to sing about Dzeko or United and barely anyone in the ground joins in. ‘We don’t sing enough city songs’ - we’ve got loads, but there never sung