Etihad Atmosphere - 2021/22

Prophet of Doom said:
The thread where some blues disappear up their own arses.

Have I really just read some posts which call Pep ‘arrogant and aloof’ at the same time praising Mancini as some kind of man of the people ?? That’s hilarious.

If you want to learn about arrogance and being aloof I suggest you speak to any players or staff that had to deal with Mancini. But he wore a city scarf so he was ‘one of us’.
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There are some fucking lunatics on this forum. It's not even that terrible what he's said but it's given the gob shites who are still upset with him for not winning the CL an excuse to go at him again.
Poor little lambs are having their mates take the piss, it must be horrible for them.
 
MarsLlama said:
Will get pelters for this but it's not like they're pulling it out of their arses. Our attendance is less than what it should be and our atmosphere is quieter than we'd like. I know we're sensitive about criticism on those subjects but it's criticism rooted in reality, not the myth some of us pretend it is.
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Yes - agree you can criticise the atmosphere, I've no issue with that.

The empty seat obsession from the media isn't criticism, it is poverty shaming.

Majority of our fan base our mostly working class and based in Greater Manchester. People are either working or the added group stages are too much financially.

Unlike the dippers and Yoonited, we don't have a Northern Ireland contingent to make up for the drop in numbers.
 
We are historically one of the best supported clubs in England and our average attendances since we have increased to 55k have been the highest in our history.
But the reality is, we do not have the match going fan base to fill a 55k stadium across all competitions week in, week out.

I won’t be going to Wycombe and there will be thousands of season ticket holders who won’t attend CL games because of time/money/ the competition itself. When that happens we do not have an army of match going fans banging on the door picking up the slack. We just need to accept it and move on.
 
Think the atmosphere is like being in a church or library at times .
Do the fans get behind the team like utd ,liverpool ,celtic & rangers fans do for home games , to be honest i don't think they do, city fans can be reserved at times for average games.
Think pepe is getting a tiny bit cheesed off with it & the empty seats will decide his next career move eventually .
 
I think pep knows it is always a slow start for city in the CL with fans, the competing itself is set up that way... Dead rubbers until knock outs. But he's got a point with fans not turning up and we all know it despite the outrage.

I am sure come Saturday the ground will be bouncing, the players need that from the fans without doubt.
 
Georgian Maestro said:
We are historically one of the best supported clubs in England and our average attendances since we have increased to 55k have been the highest in our history.
But the reality is, we do not have the match going fan base to fill a 55k stadium across all competitions week in, week out.

I won’t be going to Wycombe and there will be thousands of season ticket holders who won’t attend CL games because of time/money/ the competition itself. When that happens we do not have an army of match going fans banging on the door picking up the slack. We just need to accept it and move on.
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Especially at the moment when foreign fans that usually fill the seats on cl nights can't travel so easily.
 
Bang out of order Pep for me - especially after all the ticketing issues and incompetence on the club's part.

I was actually pleasantly surprised with the attendance once everyone had actually got in circa 10 mins into the game. I also thought the atmosphere was decent compared to other group stage games in the past.

I wonder how many people saying his comments are justified actually went to the game last night? Or are they basing their opinion on the BT audio and not actually seeing the massive queues outside to get in, even after kick-off?
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
I think pep knows it is always a slow start for city in the CL with fans, the competing itself is set up that way... Dead rubbers until knock outs. But he's got a point with fans not turning up and we all know it despite the outrage.

I am sure come Saturday the ground will be bouncing, the players need that from the fans without doubt.
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Southampton will be 50,000 plus.

It will be nothing to do with Pep's call to arms.
 
vicblueman said:
Think the atmosphere is like being in a church or library at times .
Do the fans get behind the team like utd ,liverpool ,celtic & rangers fans do for home games , to be honest i don't think they do, city fans can be reserved at times for average games.
Think pepe is getting a tiny bit cheesed off with it & the empty seats will decide his next career move eventually .
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Agree

I think part of the issue is the club have never got a singing section properly put together. Too much energy in bands outside pre match & I actually think we have been spoilt with the football with pep. We dominate most games so it’s difficult for fans to react. Sounds bizarre but we are to good! Lol

only a few games & teams that push us generate the atmosphere. Similar to how Utd used to be when they won everything. They had an awful atmosphere.

I used to be on the edge of my seat but I’m not anymore as I just expect us to win. Sad but very true
 
"Wild Thing"
(originally by The Wild Ones)

FO DEN
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
FO DEN

FO DEN, I think I love you
But I wanna know for sure
So come on and hold me tight
I love you

FO DEN
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
FO DEN

FO DEN, I think you move me
But I wanna know for sure
So come on and hold me tight
You move me

FO DEN
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
FO DEN

Come on, come on, FO DEN
Shake it, shake it, FO DEN
 
My guess is that there were about 43/44k there which was more than I expected.
Champs, league games generally attract a lot of foreign visitors who likely aren't In the country now due to Covid. Couple that with no ticket exchange and the right to transfer tickets only being agreed 24 hrs before kick off plus I know quite a few who gave up trying to buy a ticket after getting error messages about IP shopper addresses and there is no shame in the crowd we had.
Possibly biggest game of the week was Barca v Bayern with rafts of empty seats even taking into account the covid restrictions but no one is, talking about there empty seats.
We will never shift the tag because the world has too many immature 15 year old sat in their bedrooms who think it makes them tough to mock so we just need to ignore it and realise that this is all they have to beat us with right now.
Atmosphere I didn't think was great started off well then petered out but again poor atmospheres apply at many stadiums not just ours
 
Gorton_Tubster said:
I think pep knows it is always a slow start for city in the CL with fans, the competing itself is set up that way... Dead rubbers until knock outs. But he's got a point with fans not turning up and we all know it despite the outrage.

I am sure come Saturday the ground will be bouncing, the players need that from the fans without doubt.
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Spurs sold out their Conference league qualifier. Sick of this dead rubber nonsense. Literally only fans who have excuses about “online tickets” or working “late shifts” or “no money” etc etc. So nobody in Liverpool or any other city has that problem do they? End of the day I think some of our fans are pretty arrogant towards the whole thing. Remember how rocking the place was when we beat Spurs (crouch OG) to get champions league. Then when we actually do and play Napoli (the first CL game in our history) we got 38,000… End of the day our fans weirdly prefer watching Fulham or Norwich or Southampton than Leipzig or Shakhtar or Roma. Wierd mentally we have as a fan base
 
vicblueman said:
Think the atmosphere is like being in a church or library at times .
Do the fans get behind the team like utd ,liverpool ,celtic & rangers fans do for home games , to be honest i don't think they do, city fans can be reserved at times for average games.
Think pepe is getting a tiny bit cheesed off with it & the empty seats will decide his next career move eventually .
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In club football he has no next move.

No other club would give him the funds or complete control he enjoys at City. The entire project has been about getting him and keeping him.

I hope he delivers the Champions League before he goes, that's why he's here.
 
If we're honest the atmosphere and songs recently haven't been anywhere near as catchy / entertaining as
Balotelli Song
YA YA YA YA YA

I do think there is an element of expectancy and laziness among many fans, waiting for City to make us sing, not us singing for City to play
 
MadchesterCity said:
"Wild Thing"
(originally by The Wild Ones)

FO DEN
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
FO DEN

FO DEN, I think I love you
But I wanna know for sure
So come on and hold me tight
I love you

FO DEN
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
FO DEN

FO DEN, I think you move me
But I wanna know for sure
So come on and hold me tight
You move me

FO DEN
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
FO DEN

Come on, come on, FO DEN
Shake it, shake it, FO DEN
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Thanks, we'll keep your considerable input in mind and get back to you when we've mastered the basics or we ever run out of material.

As a club we're currently deluding ourselves that the stadium configuration or the lack of new material is holding us back.

It's simpler than that. People need to join in the songs.
 
He seems twitchy this season.

I do agree with some of what he says but we are a local working class club at the end of the day. I bet 90% of our support at games lives within a 15/20 mile radius. It will take a few more years to get that international following like other teams.
 
vicblueman said:
Think the atmosphere is like being in a church or library at times .
Do the fans get behind the team like utd ,liverpool ,celtic & rangers fans do for home games , to be honest i don't think they do, city fans can be reserved at times for average games.
Think pepe is getting a tiny bit cheesed off with it & the empty seats will decide his next career move eventually .
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This is a load of shite. The atmosphere at the old firm clubs is piss poor when they’re at home to the likes of St Johnstone and St Mirren. In big games it is something else though. I won’t even comment on the other two who have the exact same problem as us for the majority of games atmosphere wise
 
GortonBlue62 said:
Thanks, we'll keep your considerable input in mind and get back to you when we've mastered the basics or we ever run out of material.

As a club we're currently deluding ourselves that the stadium configuration or the lack of new material is holding us back.

It's simpler than that. People need to join in the songs.
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I 100% agree by the way

Concourse booming but less effort during match

Foden really deserves a decent song, you're right though I'm no lyrical genius, if only we could get Oasis back together to make some new City songs then the fans will sing them
 
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