our fans

Our club has a big fan base, a lot of teams would agree. we have good numbers at home and we take pretty good numbers away. But since the new stadium and the growth of the team, our fans have become terrible. I'm not slagging off the stadium because i feel when it is full or an away team bring good numbers to the ground, i think the stadium is quite good. But with expectation levels being high, you would think us fans would pull together and get the players going. But we are terrible. I agree with some fans that the canton stand and the family stand should be switched because every game would be more enjoyable(that's not because of people saying other fans will intimidate the away fans) but i actually realise ONE of the reasons our home atmospheres is crap is because the fans are lazy and boring. sorry to say it but it's true, when we go away you see the fans that really try making some noise, at home everyone is happy to sit there and just moan.
I'm not one to moan much on here but i thought i'd share this with some of you.
i'll wait for the abuse
Malky's barmy army

Dench

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lmao, it's true though

I know, that's why no one has replied to it. Same as anything I post: people would rather ignore someone elses good point than agree with it

guys i try to join in with the chanting and stuff , but feel stupid when no one else joins in around me , and people look at me like im a right c**t

guys i try to join in with the chanting and stuff , but feel stupid when no one else joins in around me , and people look at me like im a right c**t

Just have 10 pints before each game! Gives you all the confidence in the world


Lewis you are right. Swapping the ends would be best but would probably mean more policing and more cost

guys i try to join in with the chanting and stuff , but feel stupid when no one else joins in around me , and people look at me like im a right c**t

Never feel stupid because you sing your heart out,the club needs you!,next time keep going till they join in or make sure you go with 4 or 5 mates they'll soon join in,sometimes fans need someone like you to get it going

Works both ways the team are not giving the fans anything to shout about. In fact they are sending most fans asleep or onto the concourse to drown their sorrows.

i agree with you guys. although the team need to play their part by giving us something too shout about...us fans should be creating some noise regardless of the performance.
You should never feel embarrassed! the players must think we're awful, they know what we're capable of but we're terrible at home

Sing no matter what.

guys i try to join in with the chanting and stuff , but feel stupid when no one else joins in around me , and people look at me like im a right c**t

this happens in many parts of the ground

Our club has a big fan base, a lot of teams would agree. we have good numbers at home and we take pretty good numbers away. But since the new stadium and the growth of the team, our fans have become terrible. I'm not slagging off the stadium because i feel when it is full or an away team bring good numbers to the ground, i think the stadium is quite good. But with expectation levels being high, you would think us fans would pull together and get the players going. But we are terrible. I agree with some fans that the canton stand and the family stand should be switched because every game would be more enjoyable(that's not because of people saying other fans will intimidate the away fans) but i actually realise ONE of the reasons our home atmospheres is crap is because the fans are lazy and boring. sorry to say it but it's true, when we go away you see the fans that really try making some noise, at home everyone is happy to sit there and just moan.
I'm not one to moan much on here but i thought i'd share this with some of you.
i'll wait for the abuse
Malky's barmy army

Amen

Our club has a big fan base, a lot of teams would agree. we have good numbers at home and we take pretty good numbers away. But since the new stadium and the growth of the team, our fans have become terrible. I'm not slagging off the stadium because i feel when it is full or an away team bring good numbers to the ground, i think the stadium is quite good. But with expectation levels being high, you would think us fans would pull together and get the players going. But we are terrible. I agree with some fans that the canton stand and the family stand should be switched because every game would be more enjoyable(that's not because of people saying other fans will intimidate the away fans) but i actually realise ONE of the reasons our home atmospheres is crap is because the fans are lazy and boring. sorry to say it but it's true, when we go away you see the fans that really try making some noise, at home everyone is happy to sit there and just moan.
I'm not one to moan much on here but i thought i'd share this with some of you.
i'll wait for the abuse
Malky's barmy army

Lets be really honest the new Stadium's atmosphere has not improved, in fact its got worse.

Lets be really honest the new Stadium's atmosphere has not improved, in fact its got worse.

To be honest I'm sure it's a complaint most will say about all the newer football stadiums . I never went to the Dell, but I'm sure it seemed have more atmosphere and noise to St Mary even with far less fans
I don' think our stadium is helped by the rather poor turn out from the Away fans , as when we get a good amount of away fans in our ground, we get a much better atmosphere from the faithful and banter between the two

QPR was one of the lodest and best I can remember

Works both ways the team are not giving the fans anything to shout about. In fact they are sending most fans asleep or onto the concourse to drown their sorrows.

Spot on

Works both ways the team are not giving the fans anything to shout about. In fact they are sending most fans asleep or onto the concourse to drown their sorrows.

So you only sing when your winning?

Works both ways the team are not giving the fans anything to shout about. In fact they are sending most fans asleep or onto the concourse to drown their sorrows.

So you only sing when your winning?

Atmosphere isnt just about singing songs

guys i try to join in with the chanting and stuff , but feel stupid when no one else joins in around me , and people look at me like im a right c**t

Just have 10 pints before each game! Gives you all the confidence in the world


Lewis you are right. Swapping the ends would be best but would probably mean more policing and more cost

guys i try to join in with the chanting and stuff , but feel stupid when no one else joins in around me , and people look at me like im a right c**t

Never feel stupid because you sing your heart out,the club needs you!,next time keep going till they join in or make sure you go with 4 or 5 mates they'll soon join in,sometimes fans need someone like you to get it going

nice one mate

you'll see the difference between home and away games when we go to boro saturday

As a regular in The Canton Stand and previously in The Ninian Stand I am now totally convinced that the only way we will improve the overall atmosphere in CCS is to switch the Family Stands and Canton Ends to recreate the old Grange End that we had at Ninian Park. There would then be banter with the visiting fans and we would be inspired to sing to drown their support of their team and to get behind ours.

It is an absolute embarrassment to City fans that a few hundred visiting fans can generate more noise than thousands of our own fans. We all try in The Canton to generate an atmosphere but it just doesn't happen and apart from the play off semis and big Cup games we have been poor. The old Grange End produced an intimidating atmosphere and must have helped unsettle visiting teams (Ask Leeds fans!) whereas currently we are are not. I firmly believe this is the ONLY way we are ever going to get anywhere close to making CCS a home fortress.

As a regular in The Canton Stand and previously in The Ninian Stand I am now totally convinced that the only way we will improve the overall atmosphere in CCS is to switch the Family Stands and Canton Ends to recreate the old Grange End that we had at Ninian Park. There would then be banter with the visiting fans and we would be inspired to sing to drown their support of their team and to get behind ours.

It is an absolute embarrassment to City fans that a few hundred visiting fans can generate more noise than thousands of our own fans. We all try in The Canton to generate an atmosphere but it just doesn't happen and apart from the play off semis and big Cup games we have been poor. The old Grange End produced an intimidating atmosphere and must have helped unsettle visiting teams (Ask Leeds fans!) whereas currently we are are not. I firmly believe this is the ONLY way we are ever going to get anywhere close to making CCS a home fortress.

I agree. i know we will probably be targeted by people who do not want the stands switched, by i really think it is one of the main ways of getting the atmosphere better. it will be rocking. the canton is really loud, i've been in there a couple of times, so having that next to the away fans would be crazy

Genuine question, does your stadium feel like home yet?
It took a few seasons for the liberty to feel like home, but I can honestly say the atmosphere there is as good as any other PL ground we have played at this year.

Sometimes it feels like home and sometimes it doesn't. when away fans actually bring a crowd then we're not too bad. We can make a right noise at times but we'll definitely show how loud we are when we have premier league football.

I sit in the family stand and would agree that a switch with the Canton would be a good idea.

the atmosphere problem is an issue at all grounds
the all seater stadiums is the main thing but fans have changed since euro 96
the football experience is closer to going to the cinema these days

Get in the Canton stand at least everyone in there with us are trying.......and enjoying the game........thats what we pay our money for.....you will find plenty of the people who travel away in there.
Warning Grippo is in there as well

We need to get a huge Petition and get it to Julian Jenkins.
However, that probably wouldn't work, they will argue about Police
costs etc but as we were Family Club of the Year, we don't need Police

Having out fans either side (that are willing to nake noise) would spice it up

Get in the Canton stand at least everyone in there with us are trying.......and enjoying the game........thats what we pay our money for.....you will find plenty of the people who travel away in there.
Warning Grippo is in there as well

Would love to, but can't afford too with two kids STs to buy as well - the Family Stand is such good value in that respect.

I sit in the family stand and would agree that a switch with the Canton would be a good idea.

So do I

I sit in the family stand and would agree that a switch with the Canton would be a good idea.

So do I

Maybe we need a poll?????

Get a load of votes and present it to the club