Etihad Atmosphere - 2022/23

Prophet of Doom said:
Acoustics, light show, ticket prices, tourists, not having one end, corporate seats plus many more. All lame excuses.

The reason the atmosphere is shite is quite simple. 3 sides of the stadium sit in complete silence every match.
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Not true. South stand and east stand corner get most songs going between them. And what is between them is a biggest problem, away fans!
 
jrb said:
They aren't excuses. All of those have had a detrimental impact on the atmosphere inside the ground.

Who the f*ck wants to see a laser show with people waving their mobile phone lights in the air before the match?

That idea has come from so suit at City. What's wrong with the fans just chanting and singing as the players come out instead?

It's all contrived bollocks. The sh*t you see before a cup final at Wembley. We don't need that at City, but the club are determined to press on with it, to in their words, improve the 'match day experience'. Do me a f*cking favour!!!
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Who are these imbeciles who 'curate' the 'match day experience'?, outside agencies or is it in-house?, it's beyond hideous and makes me want to puke, this, the subservience to Liverpool and the passive reaction to the bile from the media just leave me shaking my head at their ineptitude.
 
BlueMoonRisin’ said:
Not true. South stand and east stand corner get most songs going between them. And what is between them is a biggest problem, away fans!
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Most noise will always be generated by the fans next to the away fans. At Maine Road the away fans were in the North Stand and that was our noisiest part of the ground. At the Etihad they were moved to the South Stand and again the noisiest fans followed them. It will always be the way.
The only atmosphere "problem" we've got is that three quarters of the ground sit on their hands and stay silent.
Thought it was really funny when Rodri tried to get some backing from the middle of the East Stand Level 1 after the second goal. Loads got up and cheered him then promptly sat back down and went back on mute
 
Dogtanian said:
Well last night I can honestly say I've never heard so many different languages from people sat around me at the game, usual season ticket holders skint or unable to attend on a Thursday night, who knows and whilst it's fantastic we have all these new match going fans, they don't sing and spend most of the game filming it, whoever decided to make this game £70 in January is a complete wanker
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Every time Spurs are in town, there is a large contingent of South Korean fans who follow Son Yun Min everywhere. He is like their David Beckham. They always seem to wangle pitch side tickets.

I think another big factor to getting any songs going is the really loud music before the game. You can't generate an atmosphere or get any songs going when you can't hear or see owt.

And as soon as the game gets going, it is complete silence, because the music has just drowned everyone out.

"Oh when the Spurs go marching in" was really loud and you could hear it all round the ground so nothing wrong with the acoustics.
 
PPT said:
This thread is just one monotonous whinge fest. I was at the game last night - so go on, tell me the atmosphere in the second half was shite? I think the majority who post in here don’t even go to the games. If they spent as much time supporting the team as they do moaning we would blow the roof of the Etihad at every game. Give it a rest FFS!
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Obviously the atmosphere was good. It should be. We came from 2-0 down. It’s the first half that was shocking.

Our own manager is complaining about how poor it is, so it’s clearly an issue that needs to be sorted and discussed.
 
jrb said:
They aren't excuses. All of those have had a detrimental impact on the atmosphere inside the ground.

Who the f*ck wants to see a laser show with people waving their mobile phone lights in the air before the match?

That idea has come from so suit at City. What's wrong with the fans just chanting and singing as the players come out instead?

It's all contrived bollocks. The sh*t you see before a cup final at Wembley. We don't need that at City, but the club are determined to press on with it, to in their words, improve the 'match day experience'. Do me a f*cking favour!!!
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Brilliant post.
 
Just to jump in a couple points

Most home fans are this quiet, especially the best teams that are expected to win. Watch Liverpool v any club outside the Top 4 and it's silent

West Ham is a morgue unless we play one of the big boys then its really loud till we're 2-0 down after 20 mins. It was this way at Upton Park days also.

Also, judging by the VAR thread - many fans are adamant that the officials/game is corrupt - I can't imagine how these fans can have much enjoyment going to watch football and want to participate in singing etc
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
Obviously the atmosphere was good. It should be. We came from 2-0 down. It’s the first half that was shocking.

Our own manager is complaining about how poor it is, so it’s clearly an issue that needs to be sorted and discussed.
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The atmosphere goes with the performance to be fair. The performance in that first half was slow, boring and in line with the recent games. Shock horror that the atmosphere was a bit shite, maybe the team need to take that responsibility.
 
Gingers Dad said:
Most noise will always be generated by the fans next to the away fans. At Maine Road the away fans were in the North Stand and that was our noisiest part of the ground. At the Etihad they were moved to the South Stand and again the noisiest fans followed them. It will always be the way.
The only atmosphere "problem" we've got is that three quarters of the ground sit on their hands and stay silent.
Thought it was really funny when Rodri tried to get some backing from the middle of the East Stand Level 1 after the second goal. Loads got up and cheered him then promptly sat back down and went back on mute
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Yeah i noticed that as well. Guys next to me who were obviously on a day trip & had never been to a game before, were taking selfies mid-game ffs. They had obviously come from abroad and were trying to get some memories, but the best memories would surely be watching the game. There are a lot of the older lot who just want to come and watch the game and go home, no issues with that at all, but they should be sitting with people who have a similar opinion. If you want to chant or say anything, you feel like a cock because you're the only one doing it. But it will never change, and im sure its no different to a lot of the bigger teams grounds. The Anfield atmosphere for example, they sing ynwa a couple times but majority of the game sit there doing fuck all - the Kop included.
 
The atmospheres have been dying for years.....no shock........multitude of reasons and it isnt ever going to change ...just accept it for what it is now. Those who experienced the old days will never replicate that again.

Great memories but thats all.


The only solution ever is to bring back proper standing and pay on the gate. Never happening.
 
willipp said:
The atmosphere goes with the performance to be fair. The performance in that first half was slow, boring and in line with the recent games. Shock horror that the atmosphere was a bit shite, maybe the team need to take that responsibility.
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In fairness i think Pep did allude to that as well. But he also said that he wants the fans to be critical of the players when they're playing shit, which i guess was about the booing which he (assuming) thought was correct.
 
philiph20 said:
Who are these imbeciles who 'curate' the 'match day experience'?, outside agencies or is it in-house?, it's beyond hideous and makes me want to puke, this, the subservience to Liverpool and the passive reaction to the bile from the media just leave me shaking my head at their ineptitude.
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It was so much better before, you could cheer your team on and then boo the opposition
 
willipp said:
The atmosphere goes with the performance to be fair. The performance in that first half was slow, boring and in line with the recent games. Shock horror that the atmosphere was a bit shite, maybe the team need to take that responsibility.
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The turnaround affected the crowd and it went electric
 
shevtheblue said:
Yeah i noticed that as well. Guys next to me who were obviously on a day trip & had never been to a game before, were taking selfies mid-game ffs. They had obviously come from abroad and were trying to get some memories, but the best memories would surely be watching the game. There are a lot of the older lot who just want to come and watch the game and go home, no issues with that at all, but they should be sitting with people who have a similar opinion. If you want to chant or say anything, you feel like a cock because you're the only one doing it. But it will never change, and im sure its no different to a lot of the bigger teams grounds. The Anfield atmosphere for example, they sing ynwa a couple times but majority of the game sit there doing fuck all - the Kop included.
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I swear to God I've been going to City for 46 years and I've never taken, or even thought about taking, a photo during match.

I fact I'm lying. For some reason when Tevez went up to lift the FA Cup I got my camera out and videoed it. I regret it to this day because I don't have a proper memory of the first trophy we won in my lifetime. What a stupid idea it was and I still don't know why I did it.
 
mancityvstoke said:
The turnaround affected the crowd and it went electric
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Absolutely, second half was superb. Both go hand in hand, we see players giving a shit and the crowd erupts. I think way too much is being made of the booing though, it was clearly just frustration at the performance and the ref and actually had an effect.
 
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