Stand leaders

[Tim of the Oak]

Welcome to the board, do we call you Colin or David?

Or is it DD in disguise?

 

[moomba]

but I get the impression the club are trying to improve things for the fans.

They are only listening to one section of the fans on this, and are expecting everyone else to fall into line.

 

[S04]

Stand leaders.. Is that what´s called Capos by the continental style Ultras? The guys with megaphones etc..

 

[moomba]

I'll bet you and your family were going as berserk as the rest of the stadium when Kun scored THAT goal, proving that you CAN do it when you want.

A good example of atmosphere that simply can't be scripted, or planned or generated by a man in a team leader shirt.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I have to say that's a cracking post Marchie and sums up a lot of what I feel as well. Apart from the fact it's a BARM!

I do know at least one nonagenarian who watches City regularly.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

We should actually start every home game (when applicable - night game) they way we did in our title winning season at home to manure.

Lights off, big screen with the Blue Moon Rising and the music blasting - the atmosphere that night was amazing and must have made the manure players soil their shorts upon standing in the tunnel waiting to come out

Something like that would allow us as supporters to join in making the atmosphere as loud as possible straight from the beginning and give our players a massive boost as well

 

[happy daze]

I don't really miss being beaten with a Bury Times

No I prefer the evening news too
(sorry phil)

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

The club must be absolutely amazed by some of the negative responses on here!
Fans complain the atmosphere is crap so the club try & do something about it - what a bunch of bastards!
Obviously it's a difficult thing: you can't really manufacture atmosphere but I get the impression the club are trying to improve things for the fans. I actually enjoyed seeing Jason Manford before the game in City Square & on the pitch.
Before you start you I'm not a cash-loaded JcL - I've had my season ticket for nearly 30 years and tbh, I don't really miss being beaten at Bury. Times have changed!

No. It's not negative. We ALL agree that the atmosphere can be flat, and something needs to be done to whip up the fans. It's just that this 'something' has got to be the right 'something', and sticking a Stand Leader amongst family groups, complete with flasks and butties, isn't the right way of going about things. As I alluded to earlier in this thread, it only takes ONE person to whip the crowd up before the game [see the Besiktas video], and after that the crowd at that end of the ground will have been whipped up and it will carry on over to other parts of the ground.

 

[Marchie]

Or is it DD in disguise?

You've lost me on that one, sorry.

I'll bet you and your family were going as berserk as the rest of the stadium when Kun scored THAT goal, proving that you CAN do it when you want.

A good example of atmosphere that simply can't be scripted, or planned or generated by a man in a team leader shirt.

Exactly this.

I have to say that's a cracking post Marchie and sums up a lot of what I feel as well. Apart from the fact it's a BARM!

I do know at least one nonagenarian who watches City regularly.

Thanks. You're totally wrong, of course, but in the spirit of friendship, I am sure we can both agree that it isn't a muffin!

If you think that nonagenarian might be my grandad, the clue is in my username - he doesn't live too far from you.

We should actually start every home game (when applicable - night game) they way we did in our title winning season at home to manure.

Lights off, big screen with the Blue Moon Rising and the music blasting - the atmosphere that night was amazing and must have made the manure players soil their shorts upon standing in the tunnel waiting to come out

Something like that would allow us as supporters to join in making the atmosphere as loud as possible straight from the beginning and give our players a massive boost as well

Do you really think that the AV guy and the chap who switches the lights on and off were the main drivers behind the atmosphere that night? Do you really think a team of title-winning professional footballers is scared of a bit of crowd noise and thirty seconds of relative darkness?

Allow me to throw some other reasons into the pot for the decent atmosphere and United's collective "squeaky bum" that night:

1. We were playing in our local derby...
2. ...knowing that 3 points would take us top of the league with two games to go.
3. We'd humiliated them 1-6 earlier that season and they had narrowly beaten us in the cup because of a generous refereeing decision.
4. Three games previously, they had been 8 points clear. Now, that lead was down to 3 points. Lose against City and they've probably lost the league.
5. Fergie set them up to try and snatch a draw against a better team and United are notoriously crap at that (e.g. whenever they play Barcelona)

Wembley '99, the FA Cup Semi-Final derby of 2011, the home derby and final game of our title-winning season of 2012... you think that a spot of darkness and being deafened by Fat Boy Slim is going to make that happen in a run-of-the-mill league game against Sunderland in mid-February?

 

[Newman Noggs]

Excellent post Marchie. Spot on on all counts. I have to say that after years of watching hapless journeymen it is now a delight to watch what really is a different ballgame. However, even sitting in the North stand at 54 years of age I'd love to sing more if someone else would only start it. I can see the lethargy that comes from the increased expectation spilling over into grumbling rather than supporting when things aren't going so well. I think a "leader" might counteract that.