Maybe not all Bucharest fans though. Would you go and watch the Scum if you were working in a country they happened to be playing inThought the South Stand did their best to lift the atmosphere , love the new Guardiola song , and they also started off the "Stand up for Joe Hart" song in the 2nd half , looked like over 40k attendance , disappointed the Romanians didnt fill their seats , there's enough of them working over here.
OFFS get a grip of yourself.I can only assume that if you felt like that you mustn`t have been around in the late 1990s !!
What struck me (I was in Colin Bell Level 1) was that many of our crowd don't even clap good passages of play or decent moves. They just literally watch. Even the goal barely registered with some. Not all old gits like me either, plenty of young ones, some of who seemed to find their phones really interesting.
I'm not having a go at anyone. I'm just honestly reporting what I saw - that seems to be how it is. In fairness this is pretty much the equivalent of the old Main Stand at Maine Road, and that was always quiet bar the odd occasion.
To be positive, 40k for a dead rubber, is pretty good going; and I didn't find the match as drab as some on here. I thought there was plenty of interest, not least the performance of that new lad, Kolarov. who I presume is the brother of the guy we used to have.
i might be wrong, but i remember reading that the majority of people in 111/110 didn't move to the new singing section. so the kippax corner still has a majority of fans in it from before the move, they just dont sing anymore. apart from the odd game we never have an amazing atmosphere , like the majority of grounds in england. thats only gonna change when tickets are cheaper and standing comes back imo
What struck me (I was in Colin Bell Level 1) was that many of our crowd don't even clap good passages of play or decent moves. They just literally watch. Even the goal barely registered with some. Not all old gits like me either, plenty of young ones, some of who seemed to find their phones really interesting.
I'm not having a go at anyone. I'm just honestly reporting what I saw - that seems to be how it is. In fairness this is pretty much the equivalent of the old Main Stand at Maine Road, and that was always quiet bar the odd occasion.
To be positive, 40k for a dead rubber, is pretty good going; and I didn't find the match as drab as some on here. I thought there was plenty of interest, not least the performance of that new lad, Kolarov. who I presume is the brother of the guy we used to have.
How hasn't it worked? I was in 111 tonight and all the noise came from 114/115. the corner joined in enough of the time but it was always started on the other side. I don't know what you were expecting but there's now home fans on either side of the away fans (when they turn up) that sing regularly. It's infinitely better that way and helps attempt to spread the noise to the rest of the ground, they can't be blamed if people sitting elsewhere can't be bothered to join in.
In summary the game's fucked..... shame but I agree with you. It's a pity in some ways that we remember the pastAt the risk of sounding Nostalgic, the atmosphere at Maine Road was in decline from the minute they built the new Kippax. The atmosphere at the Brittania is crap compared to the Victoria Ground, The atmosphere at the Emerates is shocking compared to Highbury, The atmosphere at the Riverside is not what Ayresome Park was, The atmosphere at St Marys is nothing like what the Dell was nor The King Power anything like Filbert Street. The elimination of standing (lets look to the swamp pre / post where the club are at the same ground to see this) has reduced the atmosphere in almost every case (Villa Park, Stamford Bridge other cases in point).
One of the few grounds that has maintained any semblance of atmosphere is Goodison.
I have a feeling that most of us grumbling about atmosphere in grounds are of an age at least approaching our 50's, and that what we get now is what football will be for the foreseeable future. I don't see standing coming back, I don't see the end of corporate days out or tourism, nor do I see clubs (such as Everton) deciding to remain as they are and not rebuild old grounds or build new ones.
With core support watered down with apathetic tourists and corporates (everywhere) football is becoming like going to the theatre.... Enjoy the show on the pitch, and give some applause at the end....
40k? not a chance
Every chance. I looked around and thought at the time we were looking at 40k and it's since been confirmed a couple of pages back.40k? not a chance