What are your thoughts on 1894s display pre-match yesterday?
What are your thoughts on 1894s display pre-match yesterday?
As someone in block 115, it's really weird. You can often see the kippax corner singing, but you can't hear it (especially so when the away fans are noisy, which I wouldn't say was the case yesterday).Weird atmosphere from an outsider's (colin Bell Upper) point of view last night. Both singing ends were up for it from the start but constantly sung two different songs at the same time. As is always the case, this stopped the songs spreading around the ground. This "spread", which is what creates real atmosphere, never really happened all game apart from once or twice because of the high number of tourists and kids and also because it becomes a self-prepetuating thing: if it doesn't happen a few times the occasional singers kind of give up.
We're limited in what we do by cost. We made a decision to re-use a lot of the displays because we invested so much money originally (that display originally would have cost thousands, so using it twice is worthwhile).thought it was really good. Only saw it after the game as I was in ss3. Are you planning on doing different displays going forward or re using the same displays?
suprised you’ve not done a Colin bell one for example.
I thought the atmosphere was really flat to be honest. From where I was sat both singing sections were singing different songs most of the time. Thought it was pretty good just after they scored.
the rest of the ground might as well not be there in terms of atmosphere.
What are your thoughts on 1894s display pre-match yesterday?
Ye I wondered why only 1 section of the ground was blue and wasn't till later on I seen it on Twitter.BT didn't attempt to show it or refer to it.
Whilst the display was going on, the cameras instead pointed to the empty lower section in the Bruges end, without even referencing that either.
Bizarre, to stay the least.
I liked it. It seemed to get people up for it, wish they'd given us 2 or 3 minutes afterwards to have a song without being drowned out.What are your thoughts on 1894s display pre-match yesterday?
I bang on about this regularly. It's a bigger problem than people think. Human psychology is such that nobody wants to lok a dick and be the only one singing in their block or stand. If a song is loud enough, there are loads who will join in to the songs which don't involve clapping. But because there are about 1000 singers in each singing section, it doesn't get loud enough to spread unless both are singing at once and it spreads both ways around the ground at once before the song is over.As someone in block 115, it's really weird. You can often see the kippax corner singing, but you can't hear it (especially so when the away fans are noisy, which I wouldn't say was the case yesterday).
So unless both sections are actively looking at each other, it's very hard to sing the same song or to sing in sync with each other.
What are your thoughts on 1894s display pre-match yesterday?
away fans have to be on the lower tier for domestic games by a rule of either the fa or prem. the clubs not going to sacrifice the more expensive season ticket areas for £30 away tickets. in europe they dont use the upper sections like they did with bayern down to it using too many entrances etc outside.having the away fans stuck inbetween our 2 main singing sections of the ground kills our atmosphere and potential for the exact reason mentioned above .. both sing different songs at the same time
surely it makes sense to put away fans elsewhere and let them seats be available to fans who want to sing and get involved
We could then potentially have from the corner of 109 all the way across to the other corner of the south stand as a big singing section . Would certainly improve the atmosphere
does anybody know why this hasn’t been done ? Seems glaringly obvious
It can't be moved as it's the best place for away fans to move Quickly to a Coach and other things and much easier to police I guess the only way we can have an improvement is making the North stand in to a singing section and rebuilding it so it's one big stand like the Kop or the one at Spurs for examplehaving the away fans stuck inbetween our 2 main singing sections of the ground kills our atmosphere and potential for the exact reason mentioned above .. both sing different songs at the same time
surely it makes sense to put away fans elsewhere and let them seats be available to fans who want to sing and get involved
We could then potentially have from the corner of 109 all the way across to the other corner of the south stand as a big singing section . Would certainly improve the atmosphere
does anybody know why this hasn’t been done ? Seems glaringly obvious
Too much expense and too many relocations involved. People don't like to move.It can't be moved as it's the best place for away fans to move Quickly to a Coach and other things and much easier to police I guess the only way we can have an improvement is making the North stand in to a singing section and rebuilding it so it's one big stand like the Kop or the one at Spurs for example
they shouldnt of sold season tickets up there, just match day then if not full caneras dont showToo much expense and too many relocations involved. People don't like to move.
The chance was missed when the South Stand was extended. That new top tier should have been sold as the atmosphere area and incentives offered to relocators from the existing singing areas. Better acoustics up there too.
The away fans being where they are isn't the whole problem. It's the isolated and too-small singing areas which are. They need bringing to gether. It could still be done.
having the away fans stuck inbetween our 2 main singing sections of the ground kills our atmosphere and potential for the exact reason mentioned above .. both sing different songs at the same time
surely it makes sense to put away fans elsewhere and let them seats be available to fans who want to sing and get involved
We could then potentially have from the corner of 109 all the way across to the other corner of the south stand as a big singing section . Would certainly improve the atmosphere
does anybody know why this hasn’t been done ? Seems glaringly obvious
We're limited in what we do by cost. We made a decision to re-use a lot of the displays because we invested so much money originally (that display originally would have cost thousands, so using it twice is worthwhile).
We'd love to do some new displays, but we either need to raise funds from donations to pay a manufacturer, or we need volunteers to help us paint something (which has always been a nightmare organising - people say they will help then don't turn up, and it ends up being the same 4 or 5 lads spending countless hours on it -hard work when you have jobs and other commitments).
I agree about the rest of the ground with the atmosphere. I've sat in CBL3 a couple of times this season and you get weird looks for singing/booing/whistling.