Vuvuzelas

[BurnCK]

How the hell can anyone think that these things create atmosphere ? You can't even hear the crowd cheering or singing or anything....just a continuous monotone noise all the way throught the game. I'd rather hear real African instruments, drums, singing, whatever than this shit.

Vuvu's just create white noise....I wouldn't be suprised if the USA use them to torture prisoners in Guantanamo....

 

[blueforyou]

after each game i think I've gone deaf for a while,its the first time i have'nt heard the England fans chanting.Were bound to get some dickheads bring aload home with them and drive us to the brink next season

 

[JULES]

can't ban them, it'll be the equivalent of banning the brass band that attends some of the matches, i'm sure some people don't like the sound of it too.

We have had too many ridiculous decisions and rules put into football because one mr fuktini doesn't like the eventual upheaval of the regular G14 or whatever it's called nowadays. We don't need another to create diversion between countries and cultures when there are more important issues at interest.

For me, it makes the atmosphere more exciting on TV than the usual chanting (or groaning) that usually plays out in a football game. Much better atmosphere for the boring matches.

How many City fans would like/or not like to hear these at CoMS next season? Would be much better atmosphere than before as we have all talked about the lack of a dominant atmosphere during last season.

not me, and if it did take off over here I would stop going

 

[Born to be Blue]

I'm all for making noise at a game and creating an atmosphere but these things just drown everything else out. I was impressed for the first ten minutes of the opening match but when I realised that it was to continue for the entire match the novelty soon wore off. Every single game now we have had it for the full 90 minutes and I find it really irritating. The Dutch fans are usually quite entertaining in terms of the density of orange amongst their masses and their array of songs. But no doubt we won't be hearing much of their reportoire.

 

[Patientman63]

Was listening to the 5 Live commentary on the Ghana Serbia game on the car radio, and everytime they switched between commentators, the tone of the vuvu's changed! it did my head in, and i turned it off in the end.

I have a feeling they may better appreciated in the ground, but on telly / radio, they are just an annoying drone!

 

[Lark Lane Blue]

Is it just me or are they louder on ITV?

 

[Anonymous]

I don't care what anyone says... they DO NOT produce atmosphere. Rather, they detract from it as there's virtually no interaction between the crowd & the comings & goings of the match. Utter fucking wank & beginning to turn me off the WC.

 

[SWP's back]

I find the constant griping about vuvuzelas from journalistic nobheads and internet bores far more annoying than the actual sound from the trumpets.

Here's an idea, in the same that people can turn down the volume, why don't you avoid reading 16 pages of a thread about vuvuzela's then, if you find it so annoying.

 

[Main Stand Hotdog]

I find the sound of football pundits and commentators complaining about the vuvuzelas waking them up early in the morning more annoying.

They're on a free f**king holiday where they spend a few of hours a day talking about and watching football, my heart bleeds for them... it really does.

 

[BurnCK]

"Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke said last year the vuvuzela would not be banned unless it was used as a weapon by fighting fans."

Just need a load of hooligans to start a brawl using these.....job done !