Etihad Atmosphere - 2022/23

asahartford1 said:
It would be tough to ask everyone -;)

I am going on the concensus on here, people do not want radical change, some are posting they would rather give up their ticket if certain things happened.
I still come home hoarse in my sixties.
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most on here don't even go boss
 
Seems to me, as an observer with a loud voice in the CBL1 stand, that every single fan should take responsibility for their singing and just get on with it in their own way.

As for the singing on your own in an area and people tutting, tough luck to the tutters, they used to do it round near me. Now they join in and I reckon that’s because I just ignored them and persevered.

Of course I’m lucky because I still remember the classics and start them on my own…. I can’t sing, was once told by my stepmother I was tone deaf but I’m old enough and ugly enough, as they say, to just do what I want these days.

SING, SHOUT, YELL for the lads you lazy so and so’s who don’t. The rest of us, keep the faith lads and lasses it will come eventually. But please not drums, no ‘ultras’ or whatever they’re called. Make it everyone together not one person at the front singing! Yes ‘conduct’ them as if they’re a LOUD choir but let them make the noise.

Sorry if that’s controversial or not in keeping with everyone. Just my humble (daft) opinion. :-) :-)
 
Eccles Blue said:
Seems to me, as an observer with a loud voice in the CBL1 stand, that every single fan should take responsibility for their singing and just get on with it in their own way.

As for the singing on your own in an area and people tutting, tough luck to the tutters, they used to do it round near me. Now they join in and I reckon that’s because I just ignored them and persevered.

Of course I’m lucky because I still remember the classics and start them on my own…. I can’t sing, was once told by my stepmother I was tone deaf but I’m old enough and ugly enough, as they say, to just do what I want these days.

SING, SHOUT, YELL for the lads you lazy so and so’s who don’t. The rest of us, keep the faith lads and lasses it will come eventually. But please not drums, no ‘ultras’ or whatever they’re called. Make it everyone together not one person at the front singing! Yes ‘conduct’ them as if they’re a LOUD choir but let them make the noise.

Sorry if that’s controversial or not in keeping with everyone. Just my humble (daft) opinion. :-) :-)
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we should give you a bell.......


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eccles is a b.... f.....football hooligan
 
Eccles Blue said:
Seems to me, as an observer with a loud voice in the CBL1 stand, that every single fan should take responsibility for their singing and just get on with it in their own way.

As for the singing on your own in an area and people tutting, tough luck to the tutters, they used to do it round near me. Now they join in and I reckon that’s because I just ignored them and persevered.

Of course I’m lucky because I still remember the classics and start them on my own…. I can’t sing, was once told by my stepmother I was tone deaf but I’m old enough and ugly enough, as they say, to just do what I want these days.

SING, SHOUT, YELL for the lads you lazy so and so’s who don’t. The rest of us, keep the faith lads and lasses it will come eventually. But please not drums, no ‘ultras’ or whatever they’re called. Make it everyone together not one person at the front singing! Yes ‘conduct’ them as if they’re a LOUD choir but let them make the noise.

Sorry if that’s controversial or not in keeping with everyone. Just my humble (daft) opinion. :-) :-)
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So it is you singing..

If I had the wings of a sparrow
If I had the arse of a crow.... -;)
 
Manchester33 said:
Agreed.

We do try to start off those songs and get the whole ground going too.
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I feel like that is a south stand (behind the goal) specific issue - ie not singing enough of the classic city songs. I rarely ever hear hey Jude, we love you city, blues go marching in. There all songs that the whole ground will join in with. That’s probably why I think ss3 is the best area as they pretty much just sing those types of songs and everyone joins in.

I don’t think the Dzeko song or empty seats at home has ever been sung by the whole ground.

I think it would really help to improve the noise levels and get other parts of the ground joining in. We need more of a mixture of songs in my opinion. Keep the away days chants, but bring back the classics as wel
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
That happens at a lot of away games and quite a few home games previously - ie sing if we are losing or winning. The volume might increase depending on what’s happening.

Do you only sing if we score or something exciting happens?
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It's not really a thing of singing when you're winning or being quiet when you're not.

It's reacting to the game, being part of the ebb and flow of it. With the megaphone/capo approach the football seems incidental. An atmosphere that you could just as easily replicate if the game got called off and they forget to tell everyone.
 
moomba said:
It's not really a thing of singing when you're winning or being quiet when you're not.

It's reacting to the game, being part of the ebb and flow of it. With the megaphone/capo approach the football seems incidental. An atmosphere that you could just as easily replicate if the game got called off and they forget to tell everyone.
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I think it depends which fans your talking about. The Atalanta fans or aris fans had a capo and drums, but they reacted to the game and sang/ cheered louder when they attacked. They were a combination of traditional and ultra cultures
 
Dodgy Gangster said:
Can anyone who was there hazard a guess at the average age of City fans last night ? I attend the occasional home CL game and the away fans look to be mostly young men in their 20s whereas our away support in CL games looks to be a much older group.

When I was in my 20s I couldn’t have afforded Euro awaydays, do European clubs massively subsidise travel for their fans ?
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Yeah, the demographic last night was mainly older fans. Numbers wise, it was a great turnout. Atmosphere wise, not so but some fans did put a lot of effort in to get things going. 2nd half I moved over to where some of the younger lot were and they hardly stopped singing all half.

I would add that while the Copenhagen fans were quality in terms of noise, they had a megaphone that was so fucking loud that it sounded like it was rigged up to the stadium PA system and even if every City fan had sung themselves hoarse, we can’t possibly compete with that.

Going back to the age demographic, I wouldn’t say it’s just older fans who don’t sing. I’m 52 and I’m always trying to get it going. However, I do know plenty of fans who are as loyal as they come and follow City everywhere. All great people but many of them aren’t singers.

There’s also the age old issue where City fans are loud as fuck in the pubs before these games but many of those same fans strangely don’t sing inside the stadium. Yesterday it was bouncing for hours on end in the Old Irish pub before the match and it was bouncing later on when fans arrived back from the match.
 
M18CTID said:
Yeah, the demographic last night was mainly older fans. Numbers wise, it was a great turnout. Atmosphere wise, not so but some fans did put a lot of effort in to get things going. 2nd half I moved over to where some of the younger lot were and they hardly stopped singing all half.

I would add that while the Copenhagen fans were quality in terms of noise, they had a megaphone that was so fucking loud that it sounded like it was rigged up to the stadium PA system and even if every City fan had sung themselves hoarse, we can’t possibly compete with that.

Going back to the age demographic, I wouldn’t say it’s just older fans who don’t sing. I’m 52 and I’m always trying to get it going. However, I do know plenty of fans who are as loyal as they come and follow City everywhere. All great people but many of them aren’t singers.

There’s also the age old issue where City fans are loud as fuck in the pubs before these games but many of those same fans strangely don’t sing inside the stadium. Yesterday it was bouncing for hours on end in the Old Irish pub before the match and it was bouncing later on when fans arrived back from the match.
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I think the megaphone was linked to the p.a system, they mentioned it on BT, normally I love the European atmospheres but that really got on my nerves, all you could hear was the wanker with his megaphone
 
pride in battle said:
I think the megaphone was linked to the p.a system, they mentioned it on BT, normally I love the European atmospheres but that really got on my nerves, all you could hear was the wanker with his megaphone
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Yeah, it definitely sounded like it inside the ground. Nothing against the natural noise generated by the Copenhagen fans and the display was fantastic but that's pushing things a bit too far!
 
mancityvstoke said:
Get that fella from the old irish pub stood at the front with his guitar........see how long he lasted ha
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Tell you summat - he put a fucking seriously long shift in and was at it again after the game too. Not a huge fan of what he was doing but can't deny he got the fans going and it was piss funny him telling everyone to get on the tables: "Get on the fucking tables. It's just a table - if it breaks then so fucking what!"
 
We are discussing how to manufacture an atmosphere in an environment created by football and government.

No drinking in the seats
SIT DOWN
No flares
No smoking anywhere
Seats available for sale but it looks like the club try their best to flog single seats (Probably a conspiracy theory that one).
Report your neighbour if they say anything dodgy at all about anything.
VAR killing any immediate emotion whilst you wait for a ref in a booth to decide.
No going on the pitch or you might get a lifetime ban.

Now under those conditions all you can hope for is a polite clap and a swift (Not to long) glance sideways at the person in the seat next to you. To all the lads and lasses wanting an atmosphere I am with you and I agree with you, but you have to admit that the horse has bolted many moons ago.
 
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manclad said:
Of Alcatraz ??
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The Bird Man of Coloumbia.

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And in full dangle mode:

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I think we could do this of the Colin Bell 2nd tier.
 
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