Today's atmosphere - very raggish????

[bobmcfc]

Can't wait for the carling cup game thread demanding to know why there were empty seats and those that didn't go aren't proper fans.

 

[swedishcityfan]

Sounds good when you sing, but the songs silenced to quick. It sounded like you sung "we're not really here" once and then silent. Why not sing the verse antoher time, it would improve the atmosphere big time.

Always sounds awesome when the ground sing the Mancini chant though, that one is great.

 

[WNRH]

It was average on Saturday, there have definitely been worse.

One thing that was noticeable once more was that it was again the East Stand corner of 109/110 and 111 that gave the game any kind of atmosphere whilst the south stand was silent once again.

Does anyone know why City sold QPR the tickets like they did? Surely it would have been better for QPR to fill the bottom tier which they would have done and had the top tier more or less empty? Not only does it not contribute to the atmosphere but it looks shit on TV which isn't good for the club's profile.

 

[jrb]

What's happened to the BA lads in the SS? Was under the impression they were going to get things going over there? Fizzeled out?

 

[Deleted member 14625]

Sounds good when you sing, but the songs silenced to quick. It sounded like you sung "we're not really here" once and then silent. Why not sing the verse antoher time, it would improve the atmosphere big time.

For as long as I've been going to City we've sung songs like this. One or two blasts of the song at full volume and then finish... This doesn't give the rest of the ground chance to join in. Whether they like it or not, the singing sections are the front man and the rest of the ground are the backing singers. When the front man isn't singing, the backing singers wont - and nobody should say things like "well why don't you start a song then?" because one person wont get a full block of shy and retiring people up singing on his own, but if the singing sections got something going over and over for ages the rest of the stadium slowly start to take notice and join in. Prime example; Sporting at home 0-3 down on aggregate and the 109-111 section started "We Never Win At Home..." for a good length of time and it got the whole of East Stand Level 1 going.

You might ask "so why don't the singing sections keep songs going for longer?" and I think the simple answer is that songs are sung too fast. We have a number of songs that we could get going for ages. Two off the top of my head are "Singing The Blues" and "Oh Balotelli". However, these are prime examples of songs being sung too quickly. It's like people can't wait to get it all out but people can't keep up with it over and over so just give up singing. Slow down everyone, it's not a race!

 

[Anonymous]

It was average on Saturday, there have definitely been worse.

One thing that was noticeable once more was that it was again the East Stand corner of 109/110 and 111 that gave the game any kind of atmosphere whilst the south stand was silent once again.

Does anyone know why City sold QPR the tickets like they did? Surely it would have been better for QPR to fill the bottom tier which they would have done and had the top tier more or less empty? Not only does it not contribute to the atmosphere but it looks shit on TV which isn't good for the club's profile.

THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the silent south stand dont ever sing, whats happened to the blue alliance?

 

[LoveCity]

Those pricks from ShowSec can't help, I'm in 107 (where I'm able to stand a fair bit but we have to sit when the action settles down) at the aisle side so two steps away from 109 and noticed them harassing 109ers to sit down again. If they succeeded in getting all of 109 to sit down, they'd then focus on 110, 111, and so on (if they aren't already) until they killed the atmosphere completely. Prize knobheads especially as almost no one in 109 seems to sit anyway so it's not like their matchday experience is being ruined.

 

[Anonymous]

Those pricks from ShowSec can't help, I'm in 107 (where I'm able to stand a fair bit but we have to sit when the action settles down) at the aisle side so two steps away from 109 and noticed them harassing 109ers to sit down again. If they succeeded in getting all of 109 to sit down, they'd then focus on 110, 111, and so on (if they aren't already) until they killed the atmosphere completely. Prize knobheads especially as almost no one in 109 seems to sit anyway so it's not like their matchday experience is being ruined.

screw em just keep standing

 

[Mattbianco1]

I can't work out the song myself. I might ask the club.

I've stopped noticing to be honest, it used to be Nightmare by Brainbug, has it changed ?

Also used to come out to Spread your love by BRMC, but I doubt it's that from the description.

No it's neither of them unfortunately. It was played the final time the teams were read out "Just before" the Blue Moon chorus rung out.

I've heard it before. Like an instrumental club tune.

Enjoyed the game too. Not quite Bramall Lane mind you ;)

 

[trevorriley]

when we scored the first goal it felt like "about time we got a goal" ! second and third goal better as far as crowd excitement...

so from the heart of the south stand come on ffs and get things going !

we are city, we are special !