Etihad atmosphere

Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
It doesn't. I was more talking about the lack of enthusiasm about attending games in general. The songs are shite now. At least when the "invisible man" "stand up if you love city" "blue moon" and poznan was done after goals etc the whole crowd would get involved. Now it's the shite Guardiola song and not much else. i think the mindset has changed in recent years. Alot expect to win the league and everything else is failure. When we won it in 2012 I don't think we really believed we would until after the Newcastle game and two years later until after the everton game.....We were still the underdog. We have suddenly been thrust into the "favourites" every year and it is weighing heavily on players and fans.
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thats the problem, those songs are still sung, but no one is joining in with them. the worst i found it was the other week against boro. we scored and there was absoloutle nothing. i dont think you have to be the under dog to have a good atmosphere. we literally need 100 non stop singers in the south stand. thats all celtic and palace have and tbh it would help so much if the 1894 moved to the front so people could hear them. I'm sick of the oh what a night song, no one is going to join in with that when we are playing chelsea, why not songs like city til i die..

even when we are losing there is no singing. under mancini/ pelle battering teams it wasn't great every game. i just think people can't be bothered and i really dont get why. why come to a game and sit in complete silence and then leave ten minutes before the end. its not just us though. every single club this is a problem. everton, west ham, sunderland its the same there and they are underdogs swell.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
thats the problem, those songs are still sung, but no one is joining in with them. the worst i found it was the other week against boro. we scored and there was absoloutle nothing. i dont think you have to be the under dog to have a good atmosphere. we literally need 100 non stop singers in the south stand. thats all celtic and palace have. I'm sick of the oh what a night song, no one is going to join in wit that when we are playing chelsea, why not songs like city til i die..

even when we are losing there is no singing. under mancini/ pelle battering teams it wasn't great every game. i just think people can't be bothered and i really dont get why. why come to a game and sit in complete silence and then leave ten minutes before the end. its not just us though. every single club this is a problem. everton, west ham, sunderland its the same there and they are underdogs swell.
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It's fucking weird mate. That 'Boro game was one of the hardest to get an atmosphere going and that was on the back of the Barca game in midweek which we won.

Of the 3 teams you mention, all of them have played at our place this season and my assessment of them is that Sunderland were the loudest by a mile. West Ham only got going when they got a goal back. Everton sell out away games all over the country but have some of the quietest fans in the league.
 
M18CTID said:
It's fucking weird mate. That 'Boro game was one of the hardest to get an atmosphere going and that was on the back of the Barca game in midweek which we won.

Of the 3 teams you mention, all of them have played at our place this season and my assessment of them is that Sunderland were the loudest by a mile. West Ham only got going when they got a goal back. Everton sell out away games all over the country but have some of the quietest fans in the league.
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its pissing me off tbh. its a major part of why i go. sometimes i feel embarrassed just getting up and trying. i hate going and just beign silent. that boro game made me question what is the point of trying. i agree with your assessment,but i was referring more to their home grounds. the stadium of light, olympic park, goodison are silent as anything, you go on their forums and they are having the exact same conversations. away fans from most teams are good. there are no home grounds in the premier league with consistently good noise levels.
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
thats the problem, those songs are still sung, but no one is joining in with them. the worst i found it was the other week against boro. we scored and there was absoloutle nothing. i dont think you have to be the under dog to have a good atmosphere. we literally need 100 non stop singers in the south stand. thats all celtic and palace have and tbh it would help so much if the 1894 moved to the front so people could hear them. I'm sick of the oh what a night song, no one is going to join in with that when we are playing chelsea, why not songs like city til i die..

even when we are losing there is no singing. under mancini/ pelle battering teams it wasn't great every game. i just think people can't be bothered and i really dont get why. why come to a game and sit in complete silence and then leave ten minutes before the end. its not just us though. every single club this is a problem. everton, west ham, sunderland its the same there and they are underdogs swell.
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Even the goal celebrations today were muted. I went for a piss as the players celebrated and the drinkers in the back couldn't tell if it was us who had scored!

Up in SS3 you can't hear SS1 at all so it must be a sound issue in the stadium. In SS3 it started well last season but now it's back to like anywhere else in the stadium.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Even the goal celebrations today were muted. I went for a piss as the players celebrated and the drinkers in the back couldn't tell if it was us who had scored!

Up in SS3 you can't hear SS1 at all so it must be a sound issue in the stadium. In SS3 it started well last season but now it's back to like anywhere else in the stadium.
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its just bizarre. its as if the crowd have had no sleep. maybe the club should hand out some red bull or cocaine and wake the crowd up. ;)
 
Kudos to the lads trying all the things trying to get it going again but I fear it has gone for good. Safe standing, if it ever comes back, may make the difference but I am not so sure. Is it overkill with football, too much stewarding and nannying, people becoming more insular and soft, with football being just a small part of their interests instead of the main one? All these and many more reasons mentioned I believe.

There are people stand near me in the south stand who never speak to each other never mind sing and I am totally serious. It is only the fact they haven't fallen down I know they are still alive. It is bizarre.
 
You know what pisses me off? People moaning about the atmosphere. Pep riling up the crowd today. Sorry,but the crowd are entitled to cheer when they want.

You want a raucous atmosphere? Make us.

Mancini didn't have a problem with it. He has a passionate squad get the crowd into it by their actions.

You want to crowd to scream for nothing as you take off a centre back for a has been left back, give over.

Pep, you have our backing, but focus on your own job rather than focusing on what the crowd choose to do.
 
flb said:
It's become sanitised bollocks , some poor bloke was ejected today near the front of 315 for presumably refusing to sit down, police there as well for ffs.Its the reason that this could be my last season as a ST holder, there's just no fun anymore at the ground, the love is wearing off of going to the game - love City but not the match day experience.
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it was right on front of me.
We were all a little confused by the eviction of 2 chaps by the stewards.
We think it was the repeated 'rent boy' chant at the away lot.
Unwise in this present abuse climate but a stern warning might have been more appropriate.
 
mcfcstu said:
Touched a nerve i think !! Its about opinions mate and i have mine and you will have yours if u dont like opinions mate maybe this forum isnt the place for you.
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Sound stand level 1 are the only people that generate any noise, imagine the atmosphere without them. I applaud them guys, keep up the good work. Maybe each of the stands should have a singing section? Then you'd have noise coming from all corners?
 
Terrible again today. Great flag display from 1894 was terrific but when the team needed us we were far too quiet.
 
I had to get up at 4am this morning to make the game and I've only got home now. Puzzles me to see folk walk out on 80+ minutes when we are 2-1 down and imo when your team needs your support the most. Does my fooking head in tbh :-(
 
1-2 down, 10 mins to go, and fans leave. Our players to see large swathes of blue seats. Opposition players to see the same and be spurred on.
 
blumoon said:
I had to get up at 4am this morning to make the game and I've only got home now. Puzzles me to see folk walk out on 80+ minutes when we are 2-1 down and imo when your team needs your support the most. Does my fooking head in tbh :-(
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This. It's embarrassing.
 
We don't have great support at the moment. One in 5 of our fans leave without fail on 80 minutes. A joke.
 
For the first time in a while, I left with time to go. The reason; the referee had annoyed me so much to the point I had to leave. I couldn't stomach anymore a corrupt ref blatantly changing the game. Sitting behind the dug out you see quite a lot and when the fun stops, you leave...
 
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