Etihad atmosphere

jrb said:
Dug this up.

Thought the 1st half support was amazing today, from the beginning to end. Don't think United's players have heard that level of support from home fans in the PL before. It must have rattled them? Then we collapsed at the start of the 2nd half, and the Etihad went understandably flat. Such a shame the team and the fans couldn't see it through to the end of the match. What an atmosphere and party that would have been at the end of the match. Huddersfield it is then.
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I think we all thought the title was won at HT. Fans were in celebratory mood on the spiral I visited. And then we get a little shell-shocked!
 
jrb said:
Dug this up.

Thought the 1st half support was amazing today, from the beginning to end. Don't think United's players have heard that level of support from home fans in the PL before. It must have rattled them? Then we collapsed at the start of the 2nd half, and the Etihad went understandably flat. Such a shame the team and the fans couldn't see it through to the end of the match. What an atmosphere and party that would have been at the end of the match. Huddersfield it is then.
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I listened to the game on the radio which made the stadium seem quite subdued. But that was probably just a function of how the microphones were set up?
 
1st half - beautiful.
2nd half - let down

Mirrored the game really

Shame some of our fans lost it. Sat in the family stand and fights were breaking out, seats being battered, grown men picking on teenagers. Frustrations understandable but some of the fans around me acted like Scousers I'm sorry to say. Just compounded a horrendous evening.
 
I thought the first half atmosphere was fucking brilliant. Second half as the team lost a grip of the game the fans became more anxious and quiet.
 
The atmosphere was great till sections started singing "City, tearing cockneys apart again" and "we're Man City, we're taking the piss", and lo and behold, if you start behaving like rags you'll get your just rewards, and we got beat and they fell silent. The arrogance and goading up to and including at HT when it was a job half-done and the only thing that the rags could do was have a go, was really poor and I felt sat there in the ground that we'd be given the proverbial slapping down for getting ahead of ourselves.

The team and fans need to remember where we've come from, what differs us from them and start behaving as such. Those who got giddy and ahead of themselves first half got their pants pulled down in front of everyone, and to be honest they deserved it.
 
BJL_City said:
The atmosphere was great till sections started singing "City, tearing cockneys apart again" and "we're Man City, we're taking the piss", and lo and behold, if you start behaving like rags you'll get your just rewards, and we got beat and they fell silent. The arrogance and goading up to and including at HT when it was a job half-done and the only thing that the rags could do was have a go, was really poor and I felt sat there in the ground that we'd be given the proverbial slapping down for getting ahead of ourselves.

The team and fans need to remember where we've come from, what differs us from them and start behaving as such. Those who got giddy and ahead of themselves first half got their pants pulled down in front of everyone, and to be honest they deserved it.
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Yep. "stand up for the champions" looks very very ill-advised this morning.
 
If we won yesterday the stadium would be buzzing with confidence.

I can see the crowd being very nervous and apprehensive, especially if we don't score early.
 
This atmosphere thing can be over egged. I've been to plenty of games with a great atmosphere and with a shite performance. Alternatively been to plenty with a dud atmosphere and great result. So, sorry to dissappoint some people but there is no correlation between a good atmosphere and the result. Don't get me wrong I love it when the place is rocking but it is a minor thing. It gives us fans something to discuss and provides the opportunity for players to give a nice little soundbyte during interviews, but that's as far as it goes.
 
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