Singing section

Family stand/CB stand corner singing was audible when Kompany warmed up. There's hidden talent there
 
1961_vintage said:
How can I or anyone else really know what goes on in the twilight zone that is the CB? Do you? The last time I was over that way I got grief for standing on the corner of someone's tartan blanket, got told to shush for calling Pearce a useless tosser, and to be honest you couldn't move in the bogs at half time for coffin-dodgers furtively passing round little gold wrapped things to each other - but not a steward in sight (too busy harassing those of us that just need a quick half time cig with our pint!). As for blaming the Tourists - wow - put the Daily Mail down and take a look what's really going on around you.
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Wash your mouth out with soap and water for even mentioning that rag!! I was NOT blaming the tourists, I just happened to mention that just recently there have been a lot of them around the CBL. I have no idea how you can know what goes on because you are so far up your own backside at hating the CB that you can't see anything that is not brown!! :-)

As I said, we all support Manchester City and sing when and if we want. With me I happen to like singing even if I sing alone, but at the moment that is not happening there are others who have been encouraged by my coffin dodging exploits to join in. There are even lots of children joining us nowadays :-)
 
jrb said:
This is a constructive moan following on from my previous post, which was replied to by........(apologies, will have to go back and find the post/poster)

As many of you know I stand in 115 and sing as much as I can along with the other singers in 115. :-)

A few weeks back I tried to make a few honest points.

Yesterday I was in 212, sat with my Mrs, so I had a good opportunity to asses the atmosphere from a different part of the ground.

At times the atmosphere was good. I think good is a fair way to describe it. It wasn't brilliant or bad. TBH, regardless of which match you were at on Boxing Day, most if not all the atmosphere's at other grounds were probably flat due to the excesses of Christmas Day.

The singing after the goals was good. The same when Vinny came on. During other periods of the match it was quiet. Blocks 111 and 110 underneath me sounded decent in parts. I noticed the front and middle of 109 was sat down for most of the match. Looks like City have got their way in 109. No doubt it will be different for the big matches coming up.

As for 115. I could see the middle and bottom of the block. TBF I could hear them during parts of the game, but because of where I was sat, I could hear 110 , 111, and the Sunderland fans on level 2 more. As we've always said, the design of the stadium doesn't make for great acoustics.

During the match I knew 1894 and other singers were continually singing at the back of the block, but you can't hear them due were they are stood, under level 2/the overhang. It's not my place to tell them where to stand, but they need to move further down the block to the middle of the block, or at least in front of the overhang, rather than underneath it, so they can be heard more. I don't know if that's possible now season tickets and seats have already been allocated this season, but if possible, it should be looked at next season. With a large group of singers grouped together in the middle of the block, in-front of the overhang, it will create a better atmosphere in 115, which will be noticed and picked upon more by other parts of the stadium.
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Really good point, I have been saying that for the past two years mate :)
 
wearethesouthstand said:
pointless people like awest moaning about the noise from south lower, if you care that much MOVE TO THAT AREA !!! You had months to do so , it was well publicised. Credit to the fans that did move and who are belting out the songs and trying to improve things, despite having hundreds of waiting list supporters in with them because not enough people chose to move. you don't really care awest do you, it's just moaning for the sake of it - let's see you move to south lower in the summer when the season tickets are out next time, then you can play a full part mate !
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How much is a ST in SS? Might relocate next season
 
City_Sean said:
Can we get rid of the stupid inflatables though?
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FFS.... anything else to moan about?

I've taken inflatables to city matches for many years, it's just a silly thing which gets people around me in to a better mood.
I've been at a match and everyone has been glum faced and I've launched a inflatable into the crowd and everyones started knocking it about resulting in chanting/smiles....
 
I thought the inflatables were excellent. Loved it when one went over into the Sunderland fans and the popped it and threw it back. One of the bananas made it round to the CB lower and was making it's way to the Family Stand!
 
Eccles Blue said:
I have no idea how you can know what goes on because you are so far up your own backside at hating the CB that you can't see anything that is not brown!! :-)
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Very true that my sweet little Eccles Cake. Now if everyone sat around you could exhibit the same sense of passion as you - I suspect the CB roof might come off!
 
malg said:
I thought the inflatables were excellent. Loved it when one went over into the Sunderland fans and the popped it and threw it back. One of the bananas made it round to the CB lower and was making it's way to the Family Stand!
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the bananas are great !! would love the 1894 group do get everyone in the south stand to have one for a game
 
Why Always Ste said:
FFS.... anything else to moan about?

I've taken inflatables to city matches for many years, it's just a silly thing which gets people around me in to a better mood.
I've been at a match and everyone has been glum faced and I've launched a inflatable into the crowd and everyones started knocking it about resulting in chanting/smiles....
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They're horrendous mate. It's just kids being twats throwing them around. Just distracts from the game, and doesn't help the atmosphere at all.
 
Just a minor bug bear for me. For the Fernandinho song please can we sing it slower, it defeats the whole point of the actual song.

I know Bayern aren't the most liked round these parts, and why should they. But their 'ultras' have nailed it, in regards to this tune. Even Watford have a good version going on, sung at the correct pace too.

Look at this video from 5:20 to see how it should be sung. We don't even have to sing the Fernandinho lyrics to it - simply "Manchester.... City" would work well.

 
ninjamonkey said:
If you're sat in the family stand or Colin bell where noise is frowned upon then maybe it doesn't appear to be very loud from over there but 114/115 was good today,

Started off incredibly against Chelsea then died down a bit when the smaller teams came and brought less fans or we wasn't performing. However, It's picking up again and there's an increasingly larger group that sing more and more every game regardless of what's going on on the pitch. Was never going to be instantly amazing every game, these things take time, there's still an awful lot of people in 114 and 115 that don't want to sing, That's their choice, and that's fine but i'm not sure why they choose to sit there. Hopefully, they'll move elsewhere next season and more can join and perhaps even spread to the rest of the south stand. There's a staggering small amount of our fans that want to make noise anymore.

Credit to the other "singing section" in 111 today too. They were a hell of a lot louder than they have been recently. The banter can be funny on occasions, particularly when there's an empty/silent away section but there shouldn't be a rivalry of sorts. It may take a while, but we'll get the two sides in sync someday...
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Funnily the smallest club have brought the most fans to the Etihad this season (Bournemouth).
 
Alex-MCFC said:
Just a minor bug bear for me. For the Fernandinho song please can we sing it slower, it defeats the whole point of the actual song.

I know Bayern aren't the most liked round these parts, and why should they. But their 'ultras' have nailed it, in regards to this tune. Even Watford have a good version going on, sung at the correct pace too.

Look at this video from 5:20 to see how it should be sung. We don't even have to sing the Fernandinho lyrics to it - simply "Manchester.... City" would work well.

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That's a problem with almost every single song in the singing sections (and our songs in general) making it difficult, if not impossible, for the rest of the ground join in or even hear what's being sung. Most of our chants are sung too quickly and they seem to speed up as they go on too so by the time three blokes in, for example, 107 try and join in the chant is already finished in the singing sections. It's like they're in a race to get to the end of the chant for some reason.

Chill out with it lads, slow the fuck down!
 
KippaxCitizen said:
That's a problem with almost every single song in the singing sections (and our songs in general) making it difficult, if not impossible, for the rest of the ground join in or even hear what's being sung. Most of our chants are sung too quickly and they seem to speed up as they go on too so by the time three blokes in, for example, 107 try and join in the chant is already finished in the singing sections. It's like they're in a race to get to the end of the chant for some reason.

Chill out with it lads, slow the fuck down!
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You've hit the nail on the head there, KC. It was only after a sustained rendition of ' singing the blues' that more sections in the SS were able to take it up. If the singing section could somehow slow the songs down & allow other sections the chance to join in, I think things could improve.
 
Bob the Baker said:
You've hit the nail on the head there, KC. It was only after a sustained rendition of ' singing the blues' that more sections in the SS were able to take it up. If the singing section could somehow slow the songs down & allow other sections the chance to join in, I think things could improve.
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Definitely, that is why we end up singing our own songs in the CBL1 because you sing too quickly. Thank you. :-)
 
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