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Etihad Atmosphere - 2021/22
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I thought the atmosphere got to the lads towards the end. We could really do with the North Stand expansion for games like this. Flood it with cheap season tickets.
Not convinced that would actually help the atmosphere to be honest. The atmosphere was much better prior to the south stand expansion and what has happened is those who do sing are now spread out further apart and across another tier
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Need some new catchy songs in my opinion. But the main thing is they need to be shared on here and social media so everyone knows them throughout the ground.
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Best way to learn new songs is on City away day coach trips, trains etcNeed some new catchy songs in my opinion. But the main thing is they need to be shared on here and social media so everyone knows them throughout the ground.
The trouble with early leavers is it’s contagious and is now completely out of control.
What started as a trickle is now thousands every game. Compare the final minutes of games 10 years to now. It’s embarrassing.
I’ve heard 101 excuses on different threads. My toes curl when we are a couple of goals + up and they put up 5 mins of injury time as it means an empty stadium when the whistle goes. Feel sorry for the players.
Too late to do anything about it now. Together with the absolutely dreadful atmosphere at 95% of our home games, how did it possibly get to the state it is now.
Compare it with the final minutes 10 years ago and it's exactly the same.
And it's not embarrassing at all.
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Unfortunately that will account for a very small percentage of the average attendance at home. At home they may then be sung over near the away end or the south stand but in the middle of CB you can't really tell what the words are so you'd never pick it up without reading the lyrics somewhere.Best way to learn new songs is on City away day coach trips, trains etc
What ending are we using now for the Bernado song?
'It was going well until madrid' ?
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I was really surprised by the Madrid fans. Never thought anything to them before, but it seemed like every single one of them was getting behind them and there were only about 50% of the seats there on Level 1.I thought the atmosphere got to the lads towards the end. We could really do with the North Stand expansion for games like this. Flood it with cheap season tickets.
There was a shot of the crowd after the second goal had gone in and there was a young woman in the crowd who looked like she’d just finished a marathon. Obviously with all the celebrations of the first goal, then getting behind the team to go and get the second, celebrating the second and then jumping around singing that they got it… she was in tears and looked absolutely knackered as she was jumping up and down.
Everyone around her was going wild. Quite amazing scenes to be honest.
Rangers were similar after their goals. Fans going fucking mental, limbs everywhere, all stands were at it, one lad was in tears.
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This^!Need some new catchy songs in my opinion. But the main thing is they need to be shared on here and social media so everyone knows them throughout the ground.
Although, loads of people don’t have social media like Twitter and Instagram. But everyone can search YouTube without requiring to sign up to an account.
The 1894 YouTube channel has a grand total of two videos on it, both from five years ago. It has 11 subscribers.
Plus people don’t want to see concourse shit, they want to see fans in the stands creating a football atmosphere in the football stadium. You don’t get videos posted by San Lorenzo fans from their concourse, they post world famous videos of their stadium singing. In fact, you never see concourse shit from any of the decent sets of fans around Argentina or Europe. It’s always from the stands.
United’s new singing section that opened this season has some good videos across different channels, filming their singing section from the side (they’re not allowed to get their phones out during the game to film/take pics in their singing section).
I think their new singing section is very good and will only grow, the cunts!
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Prefacing this with the fact that I don’t get to games as often as I’d like, but do sing when I’m there, I’d say things are STALE.
We have more songs about players who are no longer here than play in every game!
People might actually know the songs, but Yaya/Kolo? Sergio? Zaba? Really???
It’s nice to have a few chants for players who do something decent in a game, like “Oh, Kevin De Bruyne,” but I think the biggest issues are the lack of stirring team chants.
Bluemoon doesn’t stir me, unless the whole ground is singing it and it’s a big game where we just scored a vital goal. What’s that, once or twice per season?!
Personally, I think the City version of “Hey Jude” is THE BEST in game chant, followed closely by “WNRH.” Think about what they have in common and the answer states you in the face!
And, while it’s nice to have a “Kippax” section as an homage, and it helps surround the opposition fans, it splits our most vociferous fans, and they’re at the other end of the field from the only other singers in the North Stand. On TV, that sounds like TWO versions of the same song being sung slightly off the beat. Sound vs distance usually causes destructive, not constructive, interference!
I know there are enough thoughts out there regarding who should be where, but even if we had every singer in the exact right location for maximum volume and atmosphere, it wouldn’t matter that much given the dire song portfolio dragged out, kicking and screaming, every game!
One last observation would be that when I hear brilliant atmospheres in other stadia, IT IS NOT ABOUT THE WORDS, BUT THE SOUND! Often, this is based on some clapping cadence, or simply a short sharp “sound” chant that has a beginning and an end. Most of what we hear at the Etihad peters out after a brief, one verse, crescendo….
Again, it’s easy to throw bombs from the cheap seats, which in my case is unfortunately often on the couch or in a hotel room, but these are my personal observations after growing up at Maine Road and having done my seasons at the Etihad.
- More current player chants
- Retire some old player chants
- Better distribution of new songs
- More City/Team songs
- More clapping or “sound” songs that are easy to learn and add volume to the chant!
All that said, there has been nothing better than the Etihad against Hamburg or Liverpool after Sané’s winner and thereafter.
The Etihad definitely has the ability to give you goosebumps when it’s alive. The problem is we are, by nature, a fan base that likes to actually WATCH THE GAME, because we are seeing the best football in the world. Additionally, our type of football rarely generates the energy the crowd sometimes needs to get out of their seats and cheer.
Perhaps, especially for those of us who lived the 44 years of hurt, we now feel old and spoilt by the last decade of brilliance?
My hat is off to those of you who always represent on the road. It’s always a bright spot watching City away when you hear a few thousand City fans making so much noise and cheering on the lads. Bravo!
We have more songs about players who are no longer here than play in every game!
People might actually know the songs, but Yaya/Kolo? Sergio? Zaba? Really???
It’s nice to have a few chants for players who do something decent in a game, like “Oh, Kevin De Bruyne,” but I think the biggest issues are the lack of stirring team chants.
Bluemoon doesn’t stir me, unless the whole ground is singing it and it’s a big game where we just scored a vital goal. What’s that, once or twice per season?!
Personally, I think the City version of “Hey Jude” is THE BEST in game chant, followed closely by “WNRH.” Think about what they have in common and the answer states you in the face!
And, while it’s nice to have a “Kippax” section as an homage, and it helps surround the opposition fans, it splits our most vociferous fans, and they’re at the other end of the field from the only other singers in the North Stand. On TV, that sounds like TWO versions of the same song being sung slightly off the beat. Sound vs distance usually causes destructive, not constructive, interference!
I know there are enough thoughts out there regarding who should be where, but even if we had every singer in the exact right location for maximum volume and atmosphere, it wouldn’t matter that much given the dire song portfolio dragged out, kicking and screaming, every game!
One last observation would be that when I hear brilliant atmospheres in other stadia, IT IS NOT ABOUT THE WORDS, BUT THE SOUND! Often, this is based on some clapping cadence, or simply a short sharp “sound” chant that has a beginning and an end. Most of what we hear at the Etihad peters out after a brief, one verse, crescendo….
Again, it’s easy to throw bombs from the cheap seats, which in my case is unfortunately often on the couch or in a hotel room, but these are my personal observations after growing up at Maine Road and having done my seasons at the Etihad.
- More current player chants
- Retire some old player chants
- Better distribution of new songs
- More City/Team songs
- More clapping or “sound” songs that are easy to learn and add volume to the chant!
All that said, there has been nothing better than the Etihad against Hamburg or Liverpool after Sané’s winner and thereafter.
The Etihad definitely has the ability to give you goosebumps when it’s alive. The problem is we are, by nature, a fan base that likes to actually WATCH THE GAME, because we are seeing the best football in the world. Additionally, our type of football rarely generates the energy the crowd sometimes needs to get out of their seats and cheer.
Perhaps, especially for those of us who lived the 44 years of hurt, we now feel old and spoilt by the last decade of brilliance?
My hat is off to those of you who always represent on the road. It’s always a bright spot watching City away when you hear a few thousand City fans making so much noise and cheering on the lads. Bravo!
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Some we win and some we lose, some are born to sing the blues, DONT STOP BELIEVIN, it goes on and on and on. Always think of City when I'm beltin this out !Need some new catchy songs in my opinion. But the main thing is they need to be shared on here and social media so everyone knows them throughout the ground.