same old NZF

Maybe a chat to drown out the drums is needed, something easy like an annoying sound clark007e2009-11-14 12:45:06

Hey Mr Tambourine Man
Play a song for me
IfBahrain score two goals
Then we'll score three

Likes ^^

Lonegunmen2009-11-14 15:45:57

 

Thx ... hopefully nowhere near us then but if I do end up sitting next to one, I wont hesitate to make a formal complaint to onsite security straight away. So there Bahrain!

I feel a very loud ... "You can stick your f***ing bongos up your Rs" coming on.
("drums" being a syllable short)

very good LG. I see you have improved it after a bit of a fiddle!

Drums .. what drums .. I shouldn't have worried, I never heard them, they never stood a chance!!!

I hope you were at the game to see how silly this comment sounds now. I think I heard one drummer a couple of times during the match. I also heard MANY MORE than 800 White Noise people - maybe 5,000 All Whites supporters - singing and yelling their hearts out.

apologies to NZF for my angst  

I think the one drummer for the all Whites really helped. Kept sh*t in time.

Loved the last 10 minutes where there wasn't chanting, just constant noise.

That drummer was integral to our noise, when he stopped, everything seemed much quieter!

Was standing a few seats away from me so it really made a difference from where I was!

I didn't hear any drums at all last night. The atmosphere was electric.

Strangely enough when I watched the replay at midnite plus you could hear a horn and some drums from Bahrain section..must have had a mike directly over cos I heard diddly squat from their supporters all nite in aisle 8..just drowned out completely

Heard them drumming and tooting a couple of times, espec on the TV coverage later on, but we blew the roof off. The mass roars at the goal, the penalty save and at the final whistle - my god!

I was pretty proud of that NZ crowd - have you ever seen or heard anything like that ever in NZ? Not me. I'd have to say we were heaps louder and better than I expected, so the drums were pretty much non-issues. I like drums as a rule but last nights drown-out result was just fantastic. I can barely talk... We rose the the challenge for sure. Heard our guy on drum keeping time - that worked well for spreading the chants wider and faster. Bloody top effort all round.

Was disappointed at tha anthem..not even anthem(s) for us.  is it FIFA policy to just have them recording played and one version only>..I launched into the Maori version and had to change after the first sentence or 2! 

Can't be bothered going back to find it, but i picked it like a dirty nose - half the crowd singing english, half the crowd singing maori, no one having a clue what was going on!  Have to say though, I thought it was great that most of the people round me (22-L) belted out the full maori national anthem.

It was great!

yea, it was just a cd.

why didn't we have a live singer ?

We did. We had 35,194 live singers

Half in maori half in english and all out of time  they really did balls it up

Yeah haha my group all sung the maori bit, then when it came to the english part the music stopped

Still haven't felt that patriotic in a while.

Two comments:

1. Thought WN got a bit carried away and were still singing over the start of the Bahrain Nat Anth. (other than that blimmin brill)

2. The noise (when we scored) could be heard over in Tinakori Rd (opp the Shepherd's Arms). that = a sh!t load of decibels.

Oh yes and another thing:

3. Took the trouble to learn the NAt Anth Te Reo version so belted it out suspecting it would be the only verse played. It is a lot easier to sing with passion than the Engris version I feel.

Tegal2009-11-15 16:21:35

Typical!

I always wonder why audiences are crap compared to europe, now i know why.

even with rugby, silent fans. :( even the drunk ones

come on nz!!!

What are you on about ?

Agreed Tegal, I stopped once they had lined up, but I think a lot of people didn't know it had started as you couldn't hear it over the noise - once people clicked it seemed to quiet down.

From what i gather...they wondered why (in other sports) audiences were crap compared to eurpoe. Now after seeing a football atmosphere,they can see why europe atmospheres are so much better,because theyre based on a football atmosphere,rather than a silent rugby one.

Football in NZ atmospheres are hopeless, Last night was an exception with the majority of the 35,000 people couldn't even name 5 players in the all whites without looking at the magazine.

if they really did support the all whites, they'd be there for each and every game, in one way or another.

Look, 60,000+ fans fill out bar�a games when just versing teams that they are expected to vs.
You want an atmosphere, go to the Boleyn ground, and watch west ham vs millwall!

Good job though, last night, but we need this constantly. not the one off when they make it to possibly the most important game of there life.

Your taking the pi** right?clark007e2009-11-15 17:24:17

Comparison with Europe football - that's really worth making isn't it?  Tool.