Sorry, but this is just not correct at all. If you compare the general age range of fans at City to most other Premiership clubs, it is almost identical. The overall atmosphere at City compared to other premiership clubs is dire, and more especially when compared to the level of success that we have seen, not only since Pep arrived but with Manchini and Pellegrini as well. A good chunk of City fans have very short memories and without a single shadow of doubt, there is an over-riding atmosphere of complacency at the Etihad, with fans and some of the players as well. Good on Pep for calling this out. Let's also remember that this is not the first time Pep has had to call out the fans on providing a dire atmosphere. I cannot remember many other managers ever having to come out and ask for the fans to up their game - with the exception of Delia of course, on her drunk rant all those years ago
Etihad Atmosphere - 2022/23
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Edghill OG
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Getting home at 1am only to be labelled as shit fans. Cheers.
To be honest I only went last night as a friend let me have his spare season ticket. It was the first league game I was going to miss this season as I wasn't prepared to pay £70 plus all my other additional costs for the privilege.
The atmosphere is always better when there's a sense of jeopardy. I think a lot of our atmosphere now is reactionary and not pro-active. When the lads came out the second half it's clear they'd had a dressing down and came out and played as though they'd had a much needed rocket up their arse. No coincidence the crowd noticed, were receptive to that and consequently the atmosphere improved.
It's inevitable some complacency and expectancy sets in when you've steamrolled teams in recent years. We've gone from that to the 70% possession based game and barely passing it forward. It certainly doesn't help. One shot on target a game isn't going to excite anybody.
It's amazing how effective it was just going route one last night and using Haaland as a target man with the quality of the likes of Alvarez picking up the pieces. I'm not saying we should be doing that all the time but it gives the opposition something else to think about. Not the easy to defend slow build up play and giving them the time to get organised and stick 10 men behind the ball.
Atmosphere was quite good second half and honestly didn't hear any booing in the 3rd tier of the East Stand. Pep's comments regarding the fans came as bit of a surprise.
To be honest I only went last night as a friend let me have his spare season ticket. It was the first league game I was going to miss this season as I wasn't prepared to pay £70 plus all my other additional costs for the privilege.
The atmosphere is always better when there's a sense of jeopardy. I think a lot of our atmosphere now is reactionary and not pro-active. When the lads came out the second half it's clear they'd had a dressing down and came out and played as though they'd had a much needed rocket up their arse. No coincidence the crowd noticed, were receptive to that and consequently the atmosphere improved.
It's inevitable some complacency and expectancy sets in when you've steamrolled teams in recent years. We've gone from that to the 70% possession based game and barely passing it forward. It certainly doesn't help. One shot on target a game isn't going to excite anybody.
It's amazing how effective it was just going route one last night and using Haaland as a target man with the quality of the likes of Alvarez picking up the pieces. I'm not saying we should be doing that all the time but it gives the opposition something else to think about. Not the easy to defend slow build up play and giving them the time to get organised and stick 10 men behind the ball.
Atmosphere was quite good second half and honestly didn't hear any booing in the 3rd tier of the East Stand. Pep's comments regarding the fans came as bit of a surprise.
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Pep's in a much better place than most managers. Imagine Frank Lampard calling out the Everton fans, that won't work will it?
You're absolutely right, but this does not happen at most other premiership clubs. The city fan base are generally complacent and should absolutely not have to wait for something to happen in the game to generate a good atmosphere. It should be rocking from kick off and even if we go a goal or two down, then that is the moment to up the atmosphere. Yesterday, during the first half, had the general atmosphere of a game of Bowls at the local village green.
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Each to their own and all that fella! :)
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How is that not correct at all. Im not disagreeing with you. I was talking specifically about city - the average age of our crowd is about 50+ and most younger people don’t attend matches.
I agree that’s the same across the rest of premier league football.
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Re the booing: Surely this was worse because both goals came right at the end of the half. Had Spurs scored earlier the dissatisfaction would have been far more muted.
The match going fan or types are evolving, much the way society has.
The light show before the game and a number of people enjoy that and record on their phones. Last night a few around me recorded and took photos the entire 1st half. A generation of social media.
Other than Brentford I don’t see many stadiums any different to the Etihad. People just need to enjoy the game in whatever format they want.
The light show before the game and a number of people enjoy that and record on their phones. Last night a few around me recorded and took photos the entire 1st half. A generation of social media.
Other than Brentford I don’t see many stadiums any different to the Etihad. People just need to enjoy the game in whatever format they want.
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The away fans need moving:-
Close off the pavement on the A662 and march the away fans to the purple area. Currently they split our main core support and get prime coverage on TV.
Put them in the West corner of the South Stand, Levels 1,2 & 3 if required. Barricading that part of the footpath should be easy enough to do during a season.
Close off the pavement on the A662 and march the away fans to the purple area. Currently they split our main core support and get prime coverage on TV.
Put them in the West corner of the South Stand, Levels 1,2 & 3 if required. Barricading that part of the footpath should be easy enough to do during a season.
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The biggest joke for me on here is that we posters who are sitting in their armchairs at home watching the game and criticising match going fans for not getting behind the team and supporting them! If you don’t go to the match because: You can’t afford it / in hospital / the ticket office fucked up / it’s to cold / the traffic was bad / your dog just died then bad luck. I feel for you. But please don’t have the audacity to feel you are in a position to moralise and moan to fans who actually did pay £70 for a ticket and made the effort to go and support the team on a freezing cold, Thursday night. You really are taking the piss.
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correct, stop making excuses and just sing, if city are two nil down and its cold and you are irritated at ticet prices you can still sing. Ffs there are enough singers in the stadium.
Booing was mainly for the ref, he was unfair and we already had built up anger after that pratt at the swamp with the offside goal. shithouse tv & radio pundits jumped on the back of boo the team, it wasnt.
the atmosphere isnt the worse in the prem by a long way, it isnt dire at all. Im not saying it is at the level that i would like it to be, but for those who want to make nosie and be in with the noise get in kippax corner or 114 / 115 / 116 / 117. It is a different day out in there.
Question, if ticket prices and tourists effect the atmosphere why was it poor atmosphere in the first half yet second half mad crazy and loud with people stood on seats ? It was the same fans 1st half and second half.
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agree 100%
it has been put to the club.
reply was the police want the easy in and out to walk the fans in. So it wont change. It must be the best stadium in the country for control of away fans, coaches being right where the entrance is. Is there another stadium like this ?
on another note, no doubt the stones on the rough car park are the ones away fans bring in to the stadium to put in plastic bottles. Shame we cant do the obvious with away fans once they are in the stadium to prevent more fans being hurt.
That's made me sad
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You can shoot me now rather than that ever happening at ours!
On another note I enjoyed it last night. Second half I thought the atmosphere in the ground was great. People were also walking out the ground singing and generally buzzing at the end too.
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Why does this nonsense get repeated. Guess why there is noise either side of the away fans…. Because of the away fans. Operation one end never works, we’ve had the bottom two tiers for the cup games and hasn’t made a jot of difference. The singers and atmosphere will follow the away fans
Put the away support on the top tier, if they act up they get banned.
Fred_Quimby
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What a load of crap. There is a very good reason why we do it the way we do. Easy access and egress for away fans, no ‘marching‘ through City fans. Segregated at all times. If you are worried about splitting our support then move ‘Kippax’ corner.
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Plenty of the posters on here that complain about atmosphere do go regularly. Lots of the people that have been priced out went regularly as well. They are entitled to their opinion. Our manager thinks the same apparently.
Basically you were in the fortunate position to be able to afford the tickets. Plenty of others aren’t as fortunate as you - they aren’t lazy or don’t make effort either.
There have been some really good points made on this thread so far.
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I don't know why we do so much soul searching about crowd behaviour. Times have changed, habits and behaviour have changed not just at City but at the majority of clubs. The biggest problem we have is we moved from a football stadium to an Athletics stadium designed for the summer. Most of the sound waves go straight to the moon before hitting anything. That's my theory anyway.