I know this is a topic that is recycled nearly as many times as a certain Mr Campbell but I am serious about trying to do something about the lack of atmosphere at the KC and just wondered why people don't sing? This is not meant to be a dig at anyone who doesn't want to sing but i feel that the lack of atmosphere may inhibit our chances of causing a real stir in this division? Who is to say if we could get the whole east stand singing and a bit from the south stand that the players would respond? It could be the difference. What could be done to solve this? I am just interested in why the atmosphere as dipped from our promotion seasons down the league, where there was noise from the majority of the stadium, now it is confined to E2 corner. Even in the east corner we sometimes have two chants going on at the same time and different groups of fans who don't join in with other groups, annoying to say the least. I am passionate to support the team and create a buzz but need help...and before people start i do not mean a 'ultra' club just a sing song. Thoughts?
The choir from Fer ark are dotted all over the Circle. Iv'e given up trying to get my part(E9) to support the team vocally. Not just me,there's been a few have a go. The chaps who sit in front of me usually shake their heads in dismay if someone behind them try to get a song going. One guy behind me tried to get a simple come on city chant going,i heard the bloke in front of me turn to his mate and enquire "has he got a brain cell" ? Sorry Rich,but this is what your up against ! Is'nt it ironic,this thread being met with silence !
Think the atmosphere has been a lot better recently, but singing is a bit sad IMO. I prefer the loud roar when everyone's just shouting their head off.
I just think singing is a bit sad and embarrassing, by that I mean singing songs like wise men say and that camp la la la la la Proschwitz song that Leicester do about Ben Marshall. Don't mind worded chants like who the ****in hell are you, and the odd comical song like we saw your sister in Jeremy kyle... But singing is a bit gay. It's a football match not an x factor audition.
You find singing at football matches gay? It's one of the great football traditions in this country, helps with the atmosphere and can be very funny at times too. Don't worry though, if you're unsure of your masculinity you don't have to join in.
**** me,football is changing Well there you have it Rich. There's no atmosphere anymore because men are embarrassed, and are worried their sexuality might be questioned
It's one thing someone questioning your sexuality, but when your questioning your own there's something wrong But seriously, I don't mind chanting, just the singing of gay songs is a bit weird from a bunch a grown blokes with facial hair. Maybe it's certain songs I don't like rather than the singing itself. In fact on reflection, I'm sure that's it.
It's a valid point. Ive always thought we had the least 'communal' and united fans Ive known. People slate other fans who sit in different areas of the ground which is just preposterous if you think about it. We're all there to support the team, why is it an issue where we sit? If we all wanted to sit in the same area we might as well have one 20k sized stand down one side of the pitch and leave 3 open sides. As a result of this 'suspicion' of fans sitting in different areas we tend not to sing as one stadium, indeed it is very rare that all 4 stands (when we have part of the North stand) have joined in as one. That's not normal. Is it a Hull tribalism thing deep rooted from the fact that people on the west and east tend to be suspicious of each other? Take the "East Hull Tigers, West Hull Tigers, North Hull Tigers" chant, what's the point of that? Who gives two ****s where in the city you live as long as you support the team? Either way the not joining in on one chant for whatever reason really doesnt help.
there are plenty of fans that want to sing but many are spread around the East stand and sometimes if your sat with quiet fans around you its a bit embarrassing if your singing and no one joins in. Its strange because the odd time the fans do sing together but i also think a lot of the older fans dont want to sing.
Who said we wanted to create an xfactor feeling and what is wrong with chanting (it isnt singing)? I agree some of the songs are ridiculous like the "east Hull tigers" but if our chanting spurs the team on to victory and everybody has a smile on their face then it does its job. As for fans in the east stand who are look at others with disdain when they try to start a chant you need to move out of the east and into the west, or south. The east stand has always had the atmosphere so to sit there and have a go at others trying to support the team is ludicrous. There was a case of a man in E2 who was moaning at the stewards because people were stood up throughout the game, if you choose to sit there you know that the people around you are not going to be seated. I hate myself for saying this but....would a drum help?
I agree, but i feel strongly that strongly that we need to try and do something! Maybe if the music beofre was rousing?
The songs we sing are **** and unoriginal, drums are an embarrassment and goal music makes me feel like I'm having my ears raped
There's a good reason they've been banned. In short, they're knobheads and the sort that we don't want at a game of football. I agree that the atmosphere is poor but it doesnt help when the songs are so piss poor either. 01482 - ffs it's a phone area code. We're the east stand we're the east stand - irritating dirge. The ones that get people involved are the funny ones - his nana's from hull, the Elmore song, jimmy savilles marney's dad - or the raw guttural emotive ones - come on city, come on u hull. It's a question of numbers - You need a decent starting choir to get the swell of numbers singing - but it's also got a lot to do with the way the team plays and who we're playing If we start off well, someone clatters a known knobhead (eg diouf) or its a local derby, it's a decent atmosphere. If the team is flat or we're playing some ****e who park the bus, no one can be arsed. It may sound daft but getting a 'fox in the box' or so done who can play but happens to be a hard case would probably do wonders for the atmosphere!
"...., jimmy savilles marney's dad......" Careful. That's the kind of chant that the police and the News of the World will ban you for! Instead of jumping to media led conclusions, take a look at some of the circumstances behind these well publicised 'fit-ups'.
