Singing v Bahrain

Try and find some footage of the Newcastle fan wandering around the pitch with a microphone and a flag singing songs to get the supporters up for it before a relegation clash with Portsmouth (I think) last season.  It really is shockingly embarrassing. 

Thatd just be embarrasing,im sorry but hell no.

me and my 11 year old son will be chanting we are in the "A" area and we dont give a crap if no one for 30m either side of as are, so it will be  your WH 3000 plus 2 more at least

i'm making my wife chant. we're sitting on half way (aissle 28ish i think) so there'll be 2 of us chanting there 2

People chanting in other aisles will be interesting. Ive heard of instances in nix games when people have been told to keep quiet when not in the YF zone.

well those people can kiss my football loving ass

its security,so probably not a good idea if you want to stay and watch the game?

seems a bit odd that security would tell people to be quiet - perhaps Buzz24/7 (or Buzz with his correct numbers) could confirm or deny that one for us  

Except when the Bahraini keeper takes a goal kick.

Dead quiet please (likewise at Phoenix matches).

The Newcastle guy is a muppet, sure - but that's because he's from Newcastle!

I said Miles if it HAS to be - I'd prefer 5 "esteemed" (read: not-good-to-drive) Fever members did it - or at least someone on the PA point out that people should chant?

Honestly, I know what you mean about seeming cheesy or lame or forced, but a lot of people packed in one place behave like sheep, and I'm sure there's a non-embarrassing-yet-effective way of drawing to their attention that you want them to yell out "Who are ya?"...

i think thats why the feverzone was created though. So that there was a place people could stand up and chant and make noise,and other places where people can go just to watch the game without having a loudmouth shouting for 90mins behind them. Though from what ive heard security were over the top at areas outside of the feverzone for a while there (though note this was a while ago so may have changed since).

I say if the people next to you aren't chanting, slap them  . jj

rofl

Just to give an example of the security's previous exuberance, my partner and I at the LA Galaxy game. We were literally the other side of the steps from the main group of Yellow Fever, standing up waiting for the game to start, and the Johnny-come-latelys showed up sitting behind us bitched and moaned to security that they couldn't see.

And this was when the tickets said our seats were explicitly Yellow Fever zone in Aisle 21, we were told to sit down or we had to move!!

I was seriously ready to turn around and smack someone, but was the better man, and we moved down towards the front in aisle 22 (ironically close to where I now have my season seat).

The seats we ended up in were vacated by yet another group of Johnny-come-latelys who vacated them because they didn't like the crowd standing up and all the noise they were making.

I hope the security people don't get overzealous at the All Whites game. And I hope NZF are making that clear to Westpac Stadium management.

The last thing we want to hear after the game is that people were forced to refrain from celebrations because the boring egg ball watching fraternity turned up expecting to watch a nice game of cricket (polite appluase only please), and had to endure people actually trying to enjoy themselves.Ard Righ2009-10-29 21:53:08

Yeh itll certainly be interesting. At nix games the problem is mostly solved by the clear boundaries of the feverzone and the rest of the stadium,and easy access to the zone. With this game there will be a lot of people wanting to make noise etc outside of the zone,having not been able to get white noise tickets quick enough.

i still think the football union should give free white trumpets to all 35  000 to create that football fever sound. sounds awesome just like at confederations cup....

OR THUNDERSTICKS!

Brings back memories of the Aus fans email bombardment of the Knights and the FFA to get vuvuzuelas (sp ?) banned from Knights games.  Good times.

Back on topic though, the Ultra is talking up chants again http://bloc5.blogspot.com/
Hard News2009-10-29 22:05:42

If you can convince a crowd of 35,000 to stay completely quiet when their keeper takes a goal kick, I will give you $100. You can quote me on that. Its impossible enough with the Shhhing at the Nix matches with 7000. 

It's slowly improving... by 2020 I reckon we'll have it sussed.

Exactly.  Some people won't want to stand and chant during the match and that's fine, it's more about getting on the other teams back, geeing up at corners etc, put pressure on the ref when fouls are given etc etc, make it an intimidating atmosphere

I remember one moment in the GCU match when the Keeper took the kick and it was relatively quiet, but i think that was just coincidence. I must admit i am a fan of something different to Wooooooaaaahhhhh Your jgxsjhvhj!!!

Getting it to work is another thing.
scoop2009-10-30 09:05:51

i'd be gutted if i get told to sit down and be quiet cause tag alongs don't like the noise. i didn't know about the white noise zone when i bought my tickets (pre-sale) and when i saw there was an option, i had no idea of how to get them.
people need to realize football supporters are passionate and can't help but get vocal

ok everyone, you make good points. WARZYCHA2009-10-30 11:08:44

its a ligitamate concern, i know of people who have been asked to be quiet (even next to the ZONE)

Anyone else not seated in White Noise that will put their hand up to lead chants around the ground?

Yeah me, I'll be in aisle 11, with a group of 11 down the front trying to rev people up.

like i said before ill be trying to lead some, and really there is no excuse for not following along, they are soooooooooooo easy and suuuuch well known melodies most tone deaf people will still pick them up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm serious about being an unofficial White Noise representative in the main bowl, and now Dwyer is keen too.

Could some of your experienced guys give us a "cheat sheet" on what to do/not to do/basic chants/etc?

And I am presuming that shirts come off at 80 minutes under the appropriate conditions??

Seriously it would be lol-tastic if 34,900 people take their shirts off simultaneously.
ahmad2009-10-30 12:49:39

IMO no negative chants.

Remember many of us will be trying to get timid people in the crowd to join in - "Same old Arabs" isn't going to work towards that end.

I'm OK with negativity, but please no "Same old Arabs..."   Comes across really badly.

"you're just a poor man's Saudi".

Sheik fell over....

Sorry, that was in bad taste.
Junior82's hit the nail on the head - I thought maybe it was over-prudence about racism that makes "same old arabs" sound bad, but it's the lack of history thing. With Aussies we've had over a hundred years to know all to well that yes, they are "always cheating". With the Bahraini's we should give them the unprejudiced benefit of the doubt... initially at least

haha, I quite like that

Sheik fell over is quite funny and not at all offensive. The "Same Old Arabs" sort of chant however fails the historical context test, as progeny observes. No way can we use that sort of thing.

"Shiek fell over"= C-Diddy classic  

how bout before kick off miles davis sings one shot for glory in the middle of the pitch with his group and the whole ROF 35 000 screaming fans echo the lyrics...oops i meant 34 000. the bahrain supporters 1000 of them will be silent and freaked out!! lol

darkhorse2009-10-30 23:12:19