Man City atmosphere

[Hank Scorpio]

Fake cheering! Video alleges Manchester City tested crowd noise on speakers ahead of Champions League clash, watch

Apparently, they are the speakers for the video screens

 

[dangermows]

Apparently, they are the speakers for the video screens

Fuck sake I don't know what to believe

 

[West_Winger]

. It was then taken away from them.

Correctly.

 

[Bonzo]

Don't know if Seb but city played a crowed atmosphere through speaker systems last night to obviously bolster what can sometimes be a quiet stadium. I know European clubs have done it in the past. I think its quite a good idea.

Should get themselves a drum.

 

[Roker Mackem]

Correctly.

Yep correctly. It must be bloody awful though. Imagine if Adam Johnsons winner was ruled out by VAR at SJP a minute after the scenes?

 

[West_Winger]

Yep correctly. It must be bloody awful though. Imagine if Adam Johnsons winner was ruled out by VAR at SJP a minute after the scenes?

Aye it would be absolutely heartbreaking but people can’t complain about refs getting decisions wrong then when a system comes along that gets them right, complain that some fans are going to be upset.

 

[toosb]

Don't know if Seb but city played a crowed atmosphere through speaker systems last night to obviously bolster what can sometimes be a quiet stadium. I know European clubs have done it in the past. I think its quite a good idea.

Yes they were raven on about it.

 

[max wartbug]

I've noticed Match of the Day using canned crowd noise on games.

 

[Mainze]

It didn't touch his arm. But even if it had it wasn't deliberate and it would still have then hit the rest of his body and gone in. It's actually a reason why VAR is shite as if replays had shown it hit his arm, even if it was only slightly, the ref would have disallowed it.

It's the same with challenges, once VAR comes into it it's simply looking for any contact with the man and not the ball to give a foul without considering the amount of contact.

The ref never even got to see the angle the showed it clipped his arm to give his opinion, that’s my point. Anyway I don’t like VAR one bit from a supporters perspective at the match. Although Sky’s armchair masses will lap it up unfortunately. VAR break in association with Budweiser

 

[homeless kid]

This is 2 threads in one.

I've noticed Match of the Day using canned crowd noise on games.

Me too.

 

[ErichZann]

I never knew teams did this

 

[SAFC 83]

Yep correctly. It must be bloody awful though. Imagine if Adam Johnsons winner was ruled out by VAR at SJP a minute after the scenes?

The Ji goal against City would have been ruled out!

Bloody glad they didn’t have VAR back then.

 

[offmenut]

We were once accused of it, 1973 FA cup replay against man city.
But what they heard was the Roker Roar in full voice.
Still talked about to this day, and never bettered.

My dad's told me this. I thought it was another club, Sheff utd maybe?
Did they have officials in the ground looking for the speakers?

 

[Roker Mackem]

The Ji goal against City would have been ruled out!

Bloody glad they didn’t have VAR back then.

God yeah. Imagine?

 

[Thurston]

The VAR novelty will wear thin very quickly.

Yeah, it’s kind of a novelty in the same way linesmen were originally a novelty when they were introduced to the game.

Can’t see it going anywhere. And the criticism of it is absolutely bizarre given that it’s something which works perfectly in every other sport which uses a version of it.