Etihad Atmosphere - 2022/23

paulchapo said:
Oh I'm still on the rollercoaster alright I just choose to skip the odd ride here and there. Like in life itself, the old sadly step down and die and the youngsters take up the mantle and carry on. I'm proud to have held that mantle strongly during the clubs darkest days in the third tier so the younger fans of today have a club and mantle to pick up and follow.
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Absolutely mate, stood on the Kippax watching shit football but singing your heart out for the lads...been and done it, still do it, these kids now have it soooo easy :)
 
pride in battle said:
Absolutely mate, stood on the Kippax watching shit football but singing your heart out for the lads...been and done it, still do it, these kids now have it soooo easy :)
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It's hard to get my head around it all. I started going in the Bell, Lee and Summerbee era so maybe I was slightly spoiled as a kid. Boy did I bloody pay for it later though lol.

Our whole club and the football played is on a different level now, it's truly mind boggling looking at the ground, the campus and of course the football. I stood there on the South stand against Liverpool and had to pinch myself. Indifferent season or not Liverpool are still a top club in world football, full of expensive internationals. We totally outclassed them by a country mile. They were demoralised and chasing shadows. You could see it in their body language and faces, they were shellshocked. Irrespective of the trophies we win this is football on a different level. Long may it continue.
 
There is a light said:
I asked the Korean guy beside me if he was a Blue. He just replied “I hate United”, good enough for me :)
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I had some Korean looking people next to me in the COlin Bell Upper. They were bang into the football and getting well involved but kept standing up when we attacked. We don't do that up there. The blokes behind were screaming at them to "Sit the Fuck Down" and all this but as they had very little English they weren't hearing or getting it. So I had a word and they got it after that. Didn't stop another foreign kid in the seat right in front of me jumping up in a flash and blocking me from seeing Bernado's goal though. I fucking HATE people who do that leap-up-in-a-millesecond thing at key moments. It happened to me about 18 years ago in the lower tier where I missed a winning goal and I've avoided that area since then.
 
Stevieatlasblue said:
Have we officially put to rest the we love you City we do chant? Not heard it sung with gusto for a long time
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ESL1 got it going a bit last night but I never hear it from the singing section anymore.

Oh City We Love You
Oh Man City, The Only Football Team To Come From Manchester
City, We’re From Manchester (Go West)
We’re The Pride Of Manchester
Na na na na na na na na City (Hey Jude)
City ’Til I Die
We All Follow Man City, Over Land And Sea
You are my City, my only City
…plus many many more

It’s like they never existed and they’re so much better than some of the regular chats that get sung now like United’s ‘If I Die On Kippax Street’.

Honestly, bring those back and they’d be big chants again.
 
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threespires said:
One of their routines was sufficiently odd it got a spontaneous 'what the fucking hell was that' from ss1. Quite funny.

As for the two fellas 'conducting' them, who goes to a football match and spends the entire time with their back to the pitch. Weirdos.
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It’s the weirdest and most inauthentic thing going with regards to football fans.

If someone stood in front of me telling me what to sing and trying to choreograph me to wave my arms around in a certain way, like they were last night (at one point one of the four of them was proper giving it the ‘you’ve got to wave your arms like this’ and he looked like an American cheerleader), I’d throw a chicken balti pie right in their faces and fill them in for being annoying cheesy bastards.
 
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bobbyowenquiff said:
I think it is just part of a natural transition. Last night was the youngest crowd I have seen at City for decades but there was plenty of passion and enthusiasm. The demographic of the city of Manchester is changing and our fanbase is changing with it. Personally I am happy to remain on the rollercoaster. Last night was fantastic...before, during, and after the match.
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bennyboy said:
Good point on youngster's attending last night.SS3there was a considerable amount more than usual.
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Not trying to be cynical about this, but how many of them were visibly tourists?
 
paulchapo said:
t's hard to get my head around it all. I started going in the Bell, Lee and Summerbee era so maybe I was slightly spoiled as a kid. Boy did I bloody pay for it later though lol.
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I was wondering about that. A comment you made in passing slightly surprised me. My first match was in spring 1968. I can't honestly remember half-time ever only being ten minutes. Are you sure about that? I do, on the other hand, vaguely seem to remember matches kicking off at 7.30 p.m.
One thing I loved about the old pre-satellite television era is how absolutely everybody, in all four divisions, kicked off at 3 p.m. on the dot.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Not trying to be cynical about this, but how many of them were visibly tourists?
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I’ve watched the goals back today and noticed on Rodri’s celebration and knee slide in front of CBL1 there’s a chunk of a few dozen fans who are stood there with no emotion on their faces, they aren’t cheering nor even clapping. Definitely tourists there.

The lad next to me last night was a Mancunian Chinese lad and his mate was a few rows in front. They were both getting behind us, weren’t tourists/day trippers but local Blues.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
I was wondering about that. A comment you made in passing slightly surprised me. My first match was in spring 1968. I can't honestly remember half-time ever only being ten minutes. Are you sure about that? I do, on the other hand, vaguely seem to remember matches kicking off at 7.30 p.m.
One thing I loved about the old pre-satellite television era is how absolutely everybody, in all four divisions, kicked off at 3 p.m. on the dot.
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Bar Tranmere.lol.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
I’ve watched the goals back today and noticed on Rodri’s celebration and knee slide in front of CBL1 there’s a chunk of a few dozen fans who are stood there with no emotion on their faces, they aren’t cheering nor even clapping. Definitely tourists there.

The lad next to me last night was a Mancunian Chinese lad and his mate was a few rows in front. They were both getting behind us, weren’t tourists/day trippers but local Blues.
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I saw this last night when i rewatched the game.They barely fucking reacted. I'd have laughed at United a few years ago for that if I'm honest. It was mentioned on Talksport too. My sons were in the north stand behind the goal and they said something similar. They said people around them barely cheered.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
I was wondering about that. A comment you made in passing slightly surprised me. My first match was in spring 1968. I can't honestly remember half-time ever only being ten minutes. Are you sure about that? I do, on the other hand, vaguely seem to remember matches kicking off at 7.30 p.m.
One thing I loved about the old pre-satellite television era is how absolutely everybody, in all four divisions, kicked off at 3 p.m. on the dot.
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Bury didn’t.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
I’ve watched the goals back today and noticed on Rodri’s celebration and knee slide in front of CBL1 there’s a chunk of a few dozen fans who are stood there with no emotion on their faces, they aren’t cheering nor even clapping. Definitely tourists there.

The lad next to me last night was a Mancunian Chinese lad and his mate was a few rows in front. They were both getting behind us, weren’t tourists/day trippers but local Blues.
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How can you not even clap ? So you go to the game, you see a worldy and barely raise a smile...??? How fucking weird
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I saw this last night when i rewatched the game.They barely fucking reacted. I'd have laughed at United a few years ago for that if I'm honest. It was mentioned on Talksport too. My sons were in the north stand behind the goal and they said something similar. They said people around them barely cheered.
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I suppose that’s what City get when they increase the price from the Ro16 to the Quarterfinal from £35 to £53 (that was just my seat) when we’ve got Wembley to also pay for next week.

I know numerous people who are either doing Bayern h or Wembley, but not many who are doing both… I know two lads doing both and Bayern away too but that’s two lads out of about two dozen.

What’s the Semifinal going to be if we get through; £70+?
 
train man said:
From what I've seen, I think with many of these self-styled (probably self-appointed) 'capos' consider themselves to be as important as the team, and half the stand looking in the general direction of the pitch are not really watching the football but these two (or four) for instructions on what to do or 'sing' next... equally strange!
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It's a load of bollocks, they should go and join a choir. A shit one obviously.

Much better to get the ebb and flow and react to the game. We're there to watch football. If the football is shite we're there to take the piss out of the opposition or their fans or their manager. Otherwise we watch the game, we sing our songs. Noise goes up when we're under pressure or dominating or have a chance to score. Noise drops when there's tension. And it's all part of the fun. The change in volume helps create a better and more natural atmosphere. And then, after 75 minutes we go home. ;)
 
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