Etihad Atmosphere - 2021/22

Luddite_Blue said:
The England support at Molineux tonight has been quite noisy, ably assisted by a drum. They went a bit subdued after the Hungary goal but it's certainly a lot louder than Wembley normally is.

I think one of the easiest actions to improve the atmosphere at the Etihad for regular league games would be the use of a drum to accompany traditional City songs/chants, though not the creation of mindless repetitive European style dirge, so the songs could boom around the ground

I recall years ago at Highfield Road Coventry fans being loud one time with a drum and they're not exactly renowned for being noisy.
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works for many and at many grounds
 
Luddite_Blue said:
The England support at Molineux tonight has been quite noisy, ably assisted by a drum. They went a bit subdued after the Hungary goal but it's certainly a lot louder than Wembley normally is.

I think one of the easiest actions to improve the atmosphere at the Etihad for regular league games would be the use of a drum to accompany traditional City songs/chants, though not the creation of mindless repetitive European style dirge, so the songs could boom around the ground

I recall years ago at Highfield Road Coventry fans being loud one time with a drum and they're not exactly renowned for being noisy.
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A drum? Are you for real? The single most annoying sound effect at a football match
 
All it needs is like minded people sat in the same area of the ground, boring think their cool cunts at one end those who want a sing song at the other. And all the drunks behind the away team bench.
 
Luddite_Blue said:
At which particular game was a drum used that has provoked such a reaction from you?

And I wasn't there but the vuvuzelas were more annoying surely?
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Any football match with a drum. Crewe and Portsmouth are just 2 that spring to mind and used to be particularly bad, and yes I was there when we were shit, and when the music was too
 
Luddite_Blue said:
The England support at Molineux tonight has been quite noisy, ably assisted by a drum. They went a bit subdued after the Hungary goal but it's certainly a lot louder than Wembley normally is.

I think one of the easiest actions to improve the atmosphere at the Etihad for regular league games would be the use of a drum to accompany traditional City songs/chants, though not the creation of mindless repetitive European style dirge, so the songs could boom around the ground

I recall years ago at Highfield Road Coventry fans being loud one time with a drum and they're not exactly renowned for being noisy.
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Never get the beef with a drummer it's a no brainer for me. When people have drummed before they've been very timid and out of time if it's done it has to be done well!
 
Luddite_Blue said:
The England support at Molineux tonight has been quite noisy, ably assisted by a drum. They went a bit subdued after the Hungary goal but it's certainly a lot louder than Wembley normally is.

I think one of the easiest actions to improve the atmosphere at the Etihad for regular league games would be the use of a drum to accompany traditional City songs/chants, though not the creation of mindless repetitive European style dirge, so the songs could boom around the ground

I recall years ago at Highfield Road Coventry fans being loud one time with a drum and they're not exactly renowned for being noisy.
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What do we do when the drummer leaves on 75 minutes or is 15 minutes late getting back to his position after half time
 
M16 citeh said:
Never get the beef with a drummer it's a no brainer for me. When people have drummed before they've been very timid and out of time if it's done it has to be done well!
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I think we underplay the effect that musical training has on a fanbase’s sound when we beat ourselves up about atmosphere tbh. It can be a real cheat when it comes to singing. Welsh crowds can sound great because they have a choir culture which means that those that sing project the voice. Scousers have a choir culture too and those trained singers can make the difference in keeping a sound going. Not knocking our singers or saying we should train for matches btw lol, just an observation.
 
Transfer these lot over for a season? Or just admit we don't have singing voices like a choir?

I still remember being in the East Stand 2003/04, 2004/05 and being told to be quiet... by those around me



 
M16 citeh said:
Never get the beef with a drummer it's a no brainer for me. When people have drummed before they've been very timid and out of time if it's done it has to be done well!
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i get what you mean, out of time and so on, but the truth behind the failing attempt at a drum is as follows.

Use of a drum is only any good in longer songs with a beat, 90% of our songs are sung for 15 seconds at best and are more word effect than beat.

To many fans around the drum saying "fuk that drum off". While they stand there not singing or on a phone.

people around the drum trying to advise how to drum or shout "drum to bluemoon". When you cant drum to bluemoon or many of our songs. We have had a good drummer, ive heard him drum outside the stadium. Totally wasted when it came to being in the stadium getting told to F off and songs lasting 12 seconds.

Id like a great atmosphere without a drum, but we dont have a great atmosphere 70% of the time, so id say if s drum could pick things up then why would anybody want to shove it up there !

if all the anti drum fans stood in the same block and sang we would have the place rocking.
 
acton28 said:
Transfer these lot over for a season? Or just admit we don't have singing voices like a choir?

I still remember being in the East Stand 2003/04, 2004/05 and being told to be quiet... by those around me



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one of best euro nights as far as atmosphere that was.

see the second video, ALL singing at once, singing loud for your team no matter what the score is, one song lasting 30 or 40 seconds, a song with clapping instead of a nursery rhyme. It isnt actually difficult, we cold do it.

We have had 30 fans moved season cards to 115 that are singers this month, a massive thanks for those that moved in. If we can get 500 good singers in 115 it will carry round the stadium and grow to 2,000 singers and on and on. ( block 115 holds around 750 )
 
i know we all take the piss about drums and songs oh oh oh oh oh, we like to have a laugh at end of day, fairplay.

but a drum and lots of oh oh oh is better than fans on phones looking at latest betting odds, leaving early for a beer, not getting in the stadium as concourse seems more attractive, standing in the singing areas and hardly singing. Do we want a better atmosphere or should we just keep saying atmosphere is crap.
 
BolinCell said:
All it needs is like minded people sat in the same area of the ground, boring think their cool cunts at one end those who want a sing song at the other. And all the drunks behind the away team bench.
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You may be wanting a bigger bench. I'd be moseying between that and the singing...
 
East Level 2 said:
Home leg against EB Streymur (sp), played at Oakwell.
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Was it? I was at that game in their newish stand along the side and I don't recall a drum being a feature. I just remember being grateful for Barnsley's hospitality. Where was the drum located and how did it ruin things?
 
Luddite_Blue said:
Was it? I was at that game in their newish stand along the side and I don't recall a drum being a feature. I just remember being grateful for Barnsley's hospitality. Where was the drum located and how did it ruin things?
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It ruined things as hardly anybody joined in with any tunes belted out by the drummer. In fact more people were chanting "Fuck off back to Blackburn" at the drummer.
 
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