Phone lights during match

mexico1970 said:
Building bigger and better stadia isn't an indicator of a healthy sport, just because a few clubs rake it in doesn't mean that they all are. Football has become a circus, a political tool it has lost the feeling of where its roots were/are.

Our grass roots clubs are really struggling, many foreign leagues are struggling and it's mainly do to greed, there's way to much football on TV and it's far too happy bloody clappy for my liking. We as a club have had our good times before and we have had our bad times but what we have never had is such a conflict of interest between fans.

You've got the old guard trying to drum up an atmosphere by traditionally singing and making a noise and you have got the new lot holding their phone in the air with a hot dog hanging out of their mouths.
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It's called history and changing times, always been the same and always will be.
 
Keeper! said:
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It's called history and changing times, always been the same and always will be.
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It isn't though, this feels artificial because it is artificial. We would get the fans through the door with less glitz, in fact we would probably get more. Both of those pictures you posted show probably life long blues not day trippers who just went for one match day experience.

We used to draw people in at a young age with complimentary tickets, nowadays very little of that happens they'd rather fleece a nipper for £3 for a bag of £1 haribo. When the shine goes all those fans will leave and we will be left with a nice house with no furniture.
 
How did we know they were phone lights ?
I remember when I was in a dark tunnel and suddenly I thought I saw light at the end.
Unfortunately it was just some bastard with a torch
 
mexico1970 said:
It isn't though, this feels artificial because it is artificial. We would get the fans through the door with less glitz, in fact we would probably get more. Both of those pictures you posted show probably life long blues not day trippers who just went for one match day experience.

We used to draw people in at a young age with complimentary tickets, nowadays very little of that happens they'd rather fleece a nipper for £3 for a bag of £1 haribo. When the shine goes all those fans will leave and we will be left with a nice house with no furniture.
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I hate mobiles and what they have done to live events with a passion but it's simply a generational thing.

We will not be left with a shiny empty stadium even when our cycle of success end which it will, a vast majority of our fan base is loyal and again history shows that was always the case and in my opinion always will be.
 
quite a lot saying it started with celtic game, are you all tourists in disguise ? Phone torches been used before that at etihad.

we have to many complainers and non acceptors, its a light and people having a good time. Any older football fans will have seen many new trends since the 50s & 60s/70s, did we throw toys out the pram then ? Who would have thought bringing a banana to a game would take off ? Imagine if somebody brought out a banana for the first time ever in the next home game, it would be more products threatened it be shoved up arses !

accept it, if its a drum or a torch its far better than being sat on mobiles / arriving to games late and blaming a bus / moaning about flags /fuckin off to the bar on 36 mins and coming back n 10 mins it second half and leaving on 78 mins.

next home game hope the torches double in numbers
 
Keeper! said:
I hate mobiles and what they have done to live events with a passion but it's simply a generational thing.

We will not be left with a shiny empty stadium even when our cycle of success end which it will, a vast majority of our fan base is loyal and again history shows that was always the case and in my opinion always will be.
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We need to try to keep our fans mate, we need to keep the tradition of football because that's the big draw. The club can do this by sorting out the ticketing situations and stop ripping fans off at the kiosks.

I don't buy things from the kiosks I even sneak in my sweets and drinks, I shouldn't have to though. It's very hard for the die hard atmosphere makers to make a dent when people are permanently on the move while the match is taking place and people are watching the game through a mobile phone.

Don't get me started on half and half scarves either ;)
 
mexico1970 said:
We need to try to keep our fans mate, we need to keep the tradition of football because that's the big draw. The club can do this by sorting out the ticketing situations and stop ripping fans off at the kiosks.

I don't buy things from the kiosks I even sneak in my sweets and drinks, I shouldn't have to though. It's very hard for the die hard atmosphere makers to make a dent when people are permanently on the move while the match is taking place and people are watching the game through a mobile phone.

Don't get me started on half and half scarves either ;)
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I agree with what your saying but again it a generation thing.

Just watched an interview with Noel Gallagher, he was talking about the Oasis Knebworth concert, he said watching footage of it and seeing 125,000 watching on and not a mobile in sight was incredible, in comparison to concerts of today. Why people pay a fortune for a ticket for a live event and then spent their time watching it through the screen of their mobile while filming is to me utterly bonkers and weird.
 
Keeper! said:
I agree with what your saying but again it a generation thing.

Just watched an interview with Noel Gallagher, he was talking about the Oasis Knebworth concert, he said watching footage of it and seeing 125,000 watching on and not a mobile in sight was incredible, in comparison to concerts of today. Why people pay a fortune for a ticket for a live event and then spent their time watching it through the screen of their mobile while filming is to me utterly bonkers and weird.
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Weirdly football for me is all about tradition, the world is moving too fast for me to stay relevant in it and I suppose it's just me kicking back and hoping for the circus to stop. There are of course good things like the football we play isn't it marvellous, but sometimes I crave the uncertainty and the edge of the seat scenarios when we were a bit pants ;)
 
mexico1970 said:
Weirdly football for me is all about tradition, the world is moving too fast for me to stay relevant in it and I suppose it's just me kicking back and hoping for the circus to stop. There are of course good things like the football we play isn't it marvellous, but sometimes I crave the uncertainty and the edge of the seat scenarios when we were a bit pants ;)
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Tradition is relevant to your generation and can become a problem.

Everything in life has to move on at some point.

PS tradition is also very romantic, the reality is often things do improve and get better, it's just as you get older you don't like to admit it.
 
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Keeper! said:
I agree with what your saying but again it a generation thing.

Just watched an interview with Noel Gallagher, he was talking about the Oasis Knebworth concert, he said watching footage of it and seeing 125,000 watching on and not a mobile in sight was incredible, in comparison to concerts of today. Why people pay a fortune for a ticket for a live event and then spent their time watching it through the screen of their mobile while filming is to me utterly bonkers and weird.
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Yeah i was thinking about that when reading this thread. He’s spot on. Definitely a generational thing
 
Keeper! said:
I agree with what your saying but again it a generation thing.

Just watched an interview with Noel Gallagher, he was talking about the Oasis Knebworth concert, he said watching footage of it and seeing 125,000 watching on and not a mobile in sight was incredible, in comparison to concerts of today. Why people pay a fortune for a ticket for a live event and then spent their time watching it through the screen of their mobile while filming is to me utterly bonkers and weird.
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My mate went to watch Level 42 (I think, it might have been Average White Band but I'm another FOC!) in concert and he said the whole band were actively encouraging the audience to film it and post it on social media. Obviously to increase their exposure. Sad actually.
 
PPT said:
My mate went to watch Level 42 (I think, it might have been Average White Band but I'm another FOC!) in concert and he said the whole band were actively encouraging the audience to film it and post it on social media. Obviously to increase their exposure. Sad actually.
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Crazy and very sad, there are a lot of musicians that get very hissy when they are filmed during a live performance, I think one is Paul Weller, fair play to them, to try and play your heart out to a live audience busy on their mobiles is a total insult for me.
 
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jamielowndes said:
It looks good on TV, it's a weird choice for people to get bent out of shape over.

I swear there are people here who just want us to play on a bog of a pitch in heavy duty cotton jerseys coming out to that fucking awful "Ciiity, Manchester Ciiity" song with absolutely nothing else going on because they endured that torture when they were younger.
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It wasn’t torture, it was in your blood and that song will last long than that sodding crap they play now.
 
Keeper! said:
I agree with what your saying but again it a generation thing.

Just watched an interview with Noel Gallagher, he was talking about the Oasis Knebworth concert, he said watching footage of it and seeing 125,000 watching on and not a mobile in sight was incredible, in comparison to concerts of today. Why people pay a fortune for a ticket for a live event and then spent their time watching it through the screen of their mobile while filming is to me utterly bonkers and weird.
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A lot of clubs are starting to put these signs up:

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A lot of singers are asking crowds to put their phones away during gigs n’all.

People are getting sick of this shit in clubs and gig venues:
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I remember going to Nation in Liverpool and they used to confiscate cameras off people before smartphones existed.

Hopefully this smartphone-obsessed culture at football starts to get fucked off soon n’all.
 
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