Pre match light/laser shows

[york away to this!]

I miss the gratuitous pics thread...

 

[Cobwebcat]

At night are brilliant.

 

[frothy]

I don’t mind them.
Remember this fucking shite?

This is Bollocks we weren't founded until 2008, bring back the glory days?

 

[urban genie]

At night are brilliant.

Light shows or cheerleaders

 

[LongsightM13]

Not sure why some people are complaining about the light show. I think they’re pretty good. My only downer is the occasional juxtaposition of the light show and a less than enthusiastic home crowd on a champions league night. I guess lighter nights will naturally limit the impact of these shows as we get to the latter part of the competition(s). Maybe we could lobby to stop the clocks being changed in a couple of weeks.

Or a ‘less than enthusiastic home team’, given the Sporting snoozathon…

 

[bumbleblue]

I like the light shows. … anything that gets kids supporting and hooked on the blues is great. I am an old bastard so don’t think they’re aimed at me, nevertheless still enjoy them.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Light shows or cheerleaders

Light shows.

The cheerleaders can come home with me though.

 

[Uwe Rosler]

I can't see much of it from the bar, so I can't say i'm too bothered either way.

 

[Barcon]

Anytime spent in the build up to kick off is usually filled with gary fucking neville interviewing some other ragtwat and showing a montage of their best goals.
A light show would be more than welcome.
Maybe we could have one at half time as well instead of michael fucking owen's miserable face.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Some need to see the bigger picture.
If you think its aimed at some fat 45 year old youre very much mistaken.
Its all about the kids. If it helps hooks them in then GOOD!!!

I’m not sure it is aimed at kids, it’s just copying American sports’ razzmatazz, and aimed at people who enjoy concerts by the likes of Coldplay and Take That.

Besides, kids are only about 5% of the attendees (maybe up to 10% max). Why would the club aim things at such a small percentage of the crowd? It’s not a kid’s theme park, it’s a football match. And these lights shows aren’t part of football culture, they’re part of NBA/NFL culture.

We can call United and Liverpool many negative things, but their fans wouldn’t stand for this cheese on toast and if their clubs did it they’d put a stop to it.

Instead of putting a load of money into this sort of thing, they should be sitting down with the 1894 group and helping them create bigger better displays (but let the fans lead with it and don’t allow the club to input much other than time and money they’re spending on lights)… those things are part of football culture.