FFS it's a joke. I always mock the ridiculous notion that Leeds and Arsenal fans think it's a genuine attempt to scare the opposing fans by pretending to be a tiger, but now half of our own fans are buying into it too. It is not serious. It's meant to be a bit of a laugh, the kind of thing you don't want to see if you're a fan of a top 4 club losing at home to little Hull who were definitely going to do a Derby.
I can get why we do it, but unless we unfurl a banner with the word IRONY on it, the opposition aren't going to get it. Which begs to question, what's the point? Instead of saying 'mauled by the tigers', why not sing 'we look camp and we know it?' Then they'll get it. Or all mince and go 'ooooooooo stop it' everytime there's a chant that has a dig at our club.
We have far more embarrassing chants... "Yorskhire, Yorkshire!" "You what?...." And by far the worst one... "When the Hull go marching in"
agreed, and 01482...01482, your so southern, your practically french now there cringing, the mauled chant is a bit of fun, which football used to be about!
How's the "you're so southern, you're practically french" chant cringeworthy? The Yorkshire chant isn't cringeworthy either. There's nowt wrong with being proud of where you're from and nearly all Yorkshire clubs sing it. Infact, it's the same as singing the name of your city over and over again, like "c'mon you hull". Now banging a drum, cheerleaders, you're **** ah, goal music, fatman with the microphone, good afternoon.... stand, wisemen say karaoke all are.
just think it is, both the ones i mentioned sound like they where the winning entries in a blue peter competition... i agree with you about the yorkshire one, dont mind that
The ones that don't get it tend to be the ones it was aimed at, like the fancy dress forest fans. We used to have a camp "you're hard" chant as well as the rah rah rah chant to ad to th others. If the oppo don't get it, **** 'em. It's them WE are laughing at
People have different opinions, i suppose. If everyone had the same one it would be boring. I forgot to add the chants about deaths of fellow football fans, ie songs about Hillsborough, Heysel, Munich, Istanbul (depending on which club you belong to). These are truely embarrassing chants done by complete bellends.
"You what?...." I cringe every time I hear that. I'd have to say that it is a chant that only a proper silly **** would even consider being involved in. I'm getting annoyed just thinking about it.
haa , i love it !!! . I only cringe at the "come on you 'uuuuuuul" chant , but only as i associate it with HullFC as i never remember hearing it at BP in the 80s - am i wrong on that one ?? the other one is the stupidly tribal "Yorkshire , Yorkshire" chant ... dont get me wrong , i know where i was born , but i just dont ever feel like a Yorkshireman.
I think the Yorkshire chant is pretty ****. I still think it's poor though when a team from South Yorkshire chant ' You're not Yorkshire anymore' and we don't have a comeback. There's never been a South Riding and part of South Yorks used to be Derbyshire.
Think we sang East East East Yorkshire to the Barnsley fan midweek when they did it. It's not great but it's better than nothing at all or just sarcastically clapping them. We don't seem to have a decent comeback to the Hull's a ****hole i wanna go home chant either.
The xxxx's is a **** hole's a really stupid chant, but it generally gets treat to a laugh and a wave followed by a chorus of 'back to your **** hole', which I reckon is far more than it's worth.
I'm working on a version for us for next season .. '****ed by the Foxes' ... still working on the choreography ...
Stoke got quite into it when we were playing them, but for my sins I can't remember their twist on it. Thrown by the potters perhaps? It begs for a piss taking reply but most opposing fans just stand dumbstruck i think deep down they realise they're being ridiculed. Leeds could do 'pecked by the peacocks' with Norman Collieresque actions. Arsenal could do 'shot by the gunners' and do kids cowboy and indian type shooting actions. Brighton could do '**** on by the seagulls' although the action could be too close to their reputation Donny - raped by the Vikings?
Everton - licked by the toffees Liverpool - scammed by the scallies Man United - honed in the home counties
