Etihad Atmosphere - 2021/22

Perhaps this should be in the unpopular opinion thread but if people in the south stand actually stood in their ticketed seat instead of grouping with mates wherever and then chatting all game or trying to show off to one another goading a single away fan they'd be more inclined to actually sing.
 
Manchester33 said:
This is true, but at the same time, the absolute key issue is the lack of people singing generally - not really where the singers are located.

I sit in the middle of 115 and around me there are more people who don't sing than those who do.

It's a mentality issue rather than a structural one.
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Agree, people need to look at themselves not always ticket prices, not having one joined up area, acoustics etc. Saying that we’ve had this malaise for years so it’s not going to suddenly change without some kind of engineering. The club really need two or three singing areas not the one that they have. You’d like to think it would carry then into other areas around the ground. 1894 should try to take the singing out of the South Stand for cup games to see how it works imo. The South Stand is a safe location and nothing’s going to change with the current set up.
 
There is a light said:
Agree, people need to look at themselves not always ticket prices, not having one joined up area, acoustics etc. Saying that we’ve had this malaise for years so it’s not going to suddenly change without some kind of engineering. The club really need two or three singing areas not the one that they have. You’d like to think it would carry then into other areas around the ground. 1894 should try to take the singing out of the South Stand for cup games to see how it works imo. The South Stand is a safe location and nothing’s going to change with the current set up.
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We have thought about this and spoken about it to the club. The main issue is finding the space to do it as the rest of the stadium is full of season card holders who would be upset at being moved (even for cup games). We've discussed some ideas about how we could get around this with the club though - let's see what happens.
 
ninjamonkey said:
Perhaps this should be in the unpopular opinion thread but if people in the south stand actually stood in their ticketed seat instead of grouping with mates wherever and then chatting all game or trying to show off to one another goading a single away fan they'd be more inclined to actually sing.
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I'd actually disagree with this and say bunching works better.

Most songs in the whole stadium are started off by a group of us at the back of 115 (usually about 10+) who start a song and keep it going. If we couldn't bunch it would be harder to start the songs. We even have tactics lol - we put the loudest lads right at the back to start songs off with others strategically located around the block in quiet areas to join in.

There are examples like you mentioned who just bunch up to be near their mates and still offer nothing though.

A better system would be completely unreserved seating in the south stand. That would allow singers to get in early and congregate together either at the front or the back of the block and could turn 10/15 people into 100/150 people singing constantly. But I doubt we'll ever have it with the ground security.
 
Manchester33 said:
I'd actually disagree with this and say bunching works better.

Most songs in the whole stadium are started off by a group of us at the back of 115 (usually about 10+) who start a song and keep it going. If we couldn't bunch it would be harder to start the songs. We even have tactics lol - we put the loudest lads right at the back to start songs off with others strategically located around the block in quiet areas to join in.

There are examples like you mentioned who just bunch up to be near their mates and still offer nothing though.

A better system would be completely unreserved seating in the south stand. That would allow singers to get in early and congregate together either at the front or the back of the block and could turn 10/15 people into 100/150 people singing constantly. But I doubt we'll ever have it with the ground security.
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you should be leading the 1894 group
 
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