Atmosphere or rather lack of at the CCS?

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12-11-23, 21:06
Taffy Blue in Berkshire

Atmosphere or rather lack of at the CCS?

First game yesterday since QPR in August.

Was amazed at how quiet it was in the ground sat in Block 111. The place was very flat and pretty soulless.

Hardly a 'fortress Ninian'!

Wtf has happened?
12-11-23, 21:08
2b2bdoo

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Originally Posted by Taffy Blue in Berkshire

First game yesterday since QPR in August.

Was amazed at how quiet it was in the ground sat in Block 111. The place was very flat and pretty soulless.

Hardly a 'fortress Ninian'!

Wtf has happened?

Well you don’t pick the best of games lol
12-11-23, 21:09
Taffy Blue in Berkshire

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Originally Posted by 2b2bdoo

Well you don’t pick the best of games lol

and Luton home last season and QPR away so yep I need to stay away nqat!
12-11-23, 21:12
Armitage Shanks

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Picking the scab of moving the canton to the family stand again
12-11-23, 22:41
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Unless there is 22 or 23 k in there its generally pretty crap let's be honest
13-11-23, 00:27
JamesWales

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Better this season than in the last 2-3 in my opinion..but yeah, absolutely nothing what it used to be.

Chants are all pretty dull and formulaic too.

Biggest difference would be to get more vocal home fans in the Ninian lower to replicate the old Bob Bank.

And the age old debate about swapping the home end with the family stand, which I am not sure is totally viable, but would certainly help things.
13-11-23, 06:31
goats

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Originally Posted by Taffy Blue in Berkshire

First game yesterday since QPR in August.

Was amazed at how quiet it was in the ground sat in Block 111. The place was very flat and pretty soulless.

Hardly a 'fortress Ninian'!

Wtf has happened?

Wayne nash
13-11-23, 07:16
Rjk

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the atmosphere at 'fortress ninian' was generally crap as well
13-11-23, 08:29
Robin Friday's Ghost

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Originally Posted by Rjk

the atmosphere at 'fortress ninian' was generally crap as well

It was. It's not been bad this season. Saturday was awful but there was nothing much to cheer, despite the 2 goals.
13-11-23, 14:02
Dave Blue

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Might be down to a limp start and lacklustre second half. Bristol game was pretty good.
13-11-23, 14:26
Taffy Blue in Berkshire

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Originally Posted by goats

Wayne nash

no
13-11-23, 14:27
Taffy Blue in Berkshire

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Originally Posted by Rjk

the atmosphere at 'fortress ninian' was generally crap as well

having stood on the Grange End in the early 70's I beg to differ, it was fecking awesome!
13-11-23, 15:13
WJ99mobile

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Originally Posted by Taffy Blue in Berkshire

no

Why not
13-11-23, 15:26
Taffy Blue in Berkshire

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Originally Posted by goats

Wayne nash

no I'm not Wayne Nash
13-11-23, 16:18
Rjk

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Originally Posted by Taffy Blue in Berkshire

having stood on the Grange End in the early 70's I beg to differ, it was fecking awesome!

that was 50 years ago
13-11-23, 16:58
Eric the Half a Bee

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I think the art of inventing chants has died a death.
13-11-23, 17:11
Tuerto

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

I think the art of inventing chants has died a death.

It has. We were much more inventive when we were shit. Gallows humour i suppose, we could laugh at ourselves and others. That's inclusiveness for you....
13-11-23, 18:43
Armitage Shanks

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I thought the tune to rubber bullet would have been used by now
13-11-23, 21:07
AlwaysFeelinBlue

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Yep, it's pretty bad unless it's Swansea or Bristol we're playing, or if we're winning. Not sure why, seems like people just can't be bothered? People are really up for it in the concourse before but as soon as we get to the stands we just all kind of give up.

Would the drum doing more help? Would a trumpet or something help?
Doesn't help we're over 100 metres from the away fans but I guess that's how it is, even people in ninian are told to sit etc though I'm sure they want to make a sound! Even with 21k there or whatever it was it just felt, dull
14-11-23, 09:07
goats

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Originally Posted by AlwaysFeelinBlue

Yep, it's pretty bad unless it's Swansea or Bristol we're playing, or if we're winning. Not sure why, seems like people just can't be bothered? People are really up for it in the concourse before but as soon as we get to the stands we just all kind of give up.

Would the drum doing more help? Would a trumpet or something help?
Doesn't help we're over 100 metres from the away fans but I guess that's how it is, even people in ninian are told to sit etc though I'm sure they want to make a sound! Even with 21k there or whatever it was it just felt, dull

Forget it….like you say unless it’s a Derby game barely a pip. Even the Liberty is pretty quiet these days and they don’t have a Hitler controlling the stadium and can stand/sing right next to the away fans…..
14-11-23, 09:32
Rjk

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Originally Posted by goats

Forget it….like you say unless it’s a Derby game barely a pip. Even the Liberty is pretty quiet these days and they don’t have a Hitler controlling the stadium and can stand/sing right next to the away fans…..

Ah yes Adolf Hitler, famously against mass gatherings and antagonism of other groups
14-11-23, 10:28
splott parker

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Originally Posted by Rjk

Ah yes Adolf Hitler, famously against mass gatherings and antagonism of other groups

Try chanting against the Nazi regime though!!
14-11-23, 10:51
North Cardiff Blue

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Originally Posted by Rjk

that was 50 years ago

And there was nothing else to do then.
14-11-23, 10:52
North Cardiff Blue

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Originally Posted by Rjk

the atmosphere at 'fortress ninian' was generally crap as well

It was good for Leeds, but it's not been the same since they banned the bottle of p!ss :hehe:
14-11-23, 11:31
light up the darkness

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Originally Posted by Taffy Blue in Berkshire

having stood on the Grange End in the early 70's I beg to differ, it was fecking awesome!

And the big crowd surge when we scored
14-11-23, 12:07
Canton Kev

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Swap the Canton/Family ends. Plenty of modern stadiums like ours prove it can be done with no issues. Reading, Coventry, Derby for example.

Get rid of the drum, replace with a group of people that can start chants during lulls. Or get a better drummer that compliments the singing and doesn’t take charge and kill off chants.

Make the block of the Ninian near the away fans an official standing section. Install the rail seating that’s in the away end and back quarter of the Canton.

Change the pre match, half-time and post match music to something more CCFC related or “sing-along-able”. At the start of the second half the teams come out to Motörhead, great band but does nothing to get the fans going like MoH, Hey Jude, I’ll Be There, etc.

Make the stadium more inviting for fans to arrive and stay before and after the match. More seating, better/cheaper food and drink options, big screens to watch the early and late kick offs, entertainment under the Ninian.

More longer term thinking is getting more of the younger crowd in, they’re the ones that make the most noise. Even if it’s giving away tickets to students or having deals for 16-25 year olds. Get kids in whilst they’re young too. Free tickets to schools and football clubs all around Cardiff.

Every time this thread comes up lots of people come up with lots of good ideas but they never seem to be taken on board.
14-11-23, 12:08
Eric the Half a Bee

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

It has. We were much more inventive when we were shit. Gallows humour i suppose, we could laugh at ourselves and others. That's inclusiveness for you....

Absolutely.

I also think that nowadays, people actually go to watch the football. I know fans who used to go in the 80s and 90s who had no real interest in the games themselves, but the craic.