The thing is that some people dont want to sing. Some people just want to watch so maybe the club should identify a singing area and unofficially of course turn a blind eye to the standing. this would mnean that anyone in that area would have no cause to complain about bad language or standing and the noise would accumulate in the area that the singers are standing. those that want to sit and enjoy the game and show appreciation with applause could then do so without having an unwelcome wall of swearing and swaying city fans spilling their bovril
Glyn - we already have that - L1 which is where my "seat" is - Just one thing they don't permit swearing but all the rest is there - The trouble is the snob supporter tends to belittle the L block supporter
I dont sing or shout, but i also dont boo. I will cheer and applaud when we score. I don't let out that "angry sigh" when one of our players misplaces a pass. I do discuss tactics with my dad, and where i think we are failing, whos having a bad game, whos playing well etc, but never to the extent that anyone even remotley near me can hear. This is how i support the team, if others want to cheer and sing, then good for them, it doesnt make me any less of a supporter.
The fosse lads tried to get the atmosphere back in G1 last year! I thought they were doing a great job, but unfortunatly alot of the older fans complained and they were stopped from going there in a group. Sorry to say, did not hear Richie defend them then! The truth is they need to put 100% into every match, and not serve up the ****e we witnessed against Leeds! play well and the fans will sing.
I don't sit in L block, but as you've read at the start of my post I think most of our singing comes from there. I haven't heard bad comments about those in that area of the ground myself and to be honest without the 300-500 odd group of (mostly) blokes singing there, our ground would practically silent.
I sit and moan and get wound up but I have never booed and I always clap my team off the pitch. I get anger and exstasy within seconds while watching Leicester frequently and thats why I love football and thats why I love Leicester.
We may well have sucked the ball into the net, the reason we went down is cause we often blew it back into our own net in the last ten minutes. Sometimes we'd do it more than once a game in stoppage time. Scoring wasnt the problem, conceding last minute goals was
Im the one shouting and swearing at the ref. scratching my head wondering why Andy King is on the pitch most of the time I dont boo but i can understand why people do
Sing well and the players will play. Not saying our home atmospheres are anything special, but we haven't resorted to a ****ing drum as yet.
i think one of the callers on the moan in was on the right lines, when he mentioned a designated kop area. but taking it a step further may be the answer. as we all know our away support is bloody good, so if we had an area at home, purely for the lads that travel away, who want to stand and sing, or at least stand and not be constantly told to sit down, then at least all those who wish to do so will be in the same area. and not scattered all around the ground. it could be done on a points basis, of how many away games you had been to the season before, pretty much like the priority 1,2, and 3 season tickets are sorted out, so you need a minimum amount of away points to be able to get into that particular section, with a possibility of making it season ticket holders only, much like L1, where i stand now. Can't see it happening tho, god forbid we should ever generate a decent atmosphere at the walkers,(yes i still call it that on purpose lol)
Your ground atmosphere is $hite. Not a patch on Filbert Street. Probably due to the 'one size fits all' flatpack plastic bowl of a stadium. The facilities are nice but that's about it. No different to a dozen other grounds around the country. BORING AND LIFELESS.
Maybe that's why your lot haven't done so well over the last 10 years - I've been to Elland Road several times and know it to be a library. I love our drum and very much hope we keep it - we certainly won't be getting rid of it because of comments from you
I'm sure the players feel very supported by your tactical analyses. There's no ground in this country that can't be called a library for the average league game. None at all. Drums ruin spontaneous atmospheres and are pretentious and European and unenglish. No need for them. Get a capo at the front of your stand if you need organizing, don't get an obese fellow to mechanically drum 'Nigel Pearson's Barmy Army' for 90 minutes.
