Great effort really, defied our small overall size with some really loud chanting and keeping it up through the whole game too. Big improvement on last week. Rain weeded out the pussies and the half-assed supporters (except for a group of people round my age, 15 or so who sat down for most of the second half and didn't chant right in the middle of the fever zone, bloody shocker!)
Special mention goes to the guys at the left end of my row who started chants nearly constantly the whole match!
WillyB2008-08-24 22:27:27
Special mention goes to the guys at the left end of my row who started chants nearly constantly the whole match!
WillyB2008-08-24 22:27:27
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Problem is when you're team is performing poorly its hard to keep up that noise level. Imagine if we'd pulled back 2 goals...
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Sounded bloody brill on the tele. Couldn't believe there were only 6k there tonight from the noise. Better than Sydney and Qld with twice that number.
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It seemed bloody quiet in the zone compared to last week though. (Though we were surrounded by people banging those sticks, killing any chance of singing.)
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chanst from the zone were really good! Consitant volume and irganised too!
Queenslander 3x a year.
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Top effort from the Zone.
Noise level was excellent with whole group chanting in sync.
No question the Zone was man of the match.
He dribbles a lot and the opposition dont like it - you can see it all over their faces. (Ron Atkinson)
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It seemed bloody quiet in the zone compared to last week though. (Though we were surrounded by people banging those sticks, killing any chance of singing.)
agree with you.
at one stage it was deadly quiet....I got an "oh wellington" chant going and there were 3 young guys next to us who I haven't seen before but one of them was brilliant always getting some kind of chant going...
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Sounded good on TV, can't compare with last weeks game was in a pub and the sound wasn't turned up.
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..there was a great atmosphere yesterday.
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
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Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
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pity the players couldn't match our enthusiasm!
Queenslander 3x a year.
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Good sound (was in Aisle 13?), seemed to flow better than last week. Watched highlights(cough) sounded awesome on the telly.
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Had a talk with a guy in the bb after who talked about the chanting and how it was a bit miss-matched at times.
I can hardly talk which I always take as a good sign.
This guy thinks we should synchronize our chanting more and we need to practice - I agree somewhat. But I don't know how we will do this. Mind you we could have a YF academy, a bit like "fame" that show in the 80's I'll be Leeroy... no hang on I'll be Bruno, as all the ladies all ways seemed to fancy him.
Lonegunamen-where did he go?
If a terrorist organization has kidnapped our high profile member of the YF then I want to be part of the team that negotiates his release.
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Thought the chants took off well around the stadium once they'd started. Always like "stand up for the phoenix" and I'm sure all 6,000 + of us stood up
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Always like "stand up for the phoenix" and I'm sure all 6,000 + of us stood up
Which version? The one where we sing it properly? Or the one that gets done most of the time, including yesterday, where the same "tune" is used for every line of the chant?
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...and there was an imperfect cadence in the second chorus of.... <I'll shut up now>
Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe.
20/5/20
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Give "who are ya" a rest I reckon.
At least until you've beaten someone. Kind of sounds a bit silly giving cheek to a team that's just beaten you.
IMO.
At least until you've beaten someone. Kind of sounds a bit silly giving cheek to a team that's just beaten you.
IMO.
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Give "who are ya" a rest I reckon.
At least until you've beaten someone. Kind of sounds a bit silly giving cheek to a team that's just beaten you.
IMO.
At least until you've beaten someone. Kind of sounds a bit silly giving cheek to a team that's just beaten you.
IMO.
agreed
few others that could be chucked in there too!
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No voice left today, needed more beer to support the vocal chords, dam these sunday games!
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I thought we were way more in tune than last week - also the chants that were started flowed well with ailse 22 and vice versa.
On the irratating side, we had a young person behind us screaming "give to Tony" SCREAM "I love you Tony" SCREAM all second half - really started to get on my goat - come on, a couple of times is okay but for 45 minutes - OTT
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I thought we were way more in tune than last week - also the chants that were started flowed well with ailse 22 and vice versa.
On the irratating side, we had a young person behind us screaming "give to Tony" SCREAM "I love you Tony" SCREAM all second half - really started to get on my goat - come on, a couple of times is okay but for 45 minutes - OTTHahaha had them behind us last week. My ears hurt after that...reminded me of the beckham game
Allegedly
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Yeah noticed a improvment from last week, noise wise. But dying out for 15 minutes after we concede does suck.
I know, its hard to chant when your team falls behind, but thats when weve got to be behind the team even more.
Just a outsiders POV. Be Gentle.
I know, its hard to chant when your team falls behind, but thats when weve got to be behind the team even more.
Just a outsiders POV. Be Gentle.
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Yeah noticed a improvment from last week, noise wise. But dying out for 15 minutes after we concede does suck.
I know, its hard to chant when your team falls behind, but thats when weve got to be behind the team even more.
Just a outsiders POV. Be Gentle.
I know, its hard to chant when your team falls behind, but thats when weve got to be behind the team even more.
Just a outsiders POV. Be Gentle.
yeah there was a period there were I was too bummed out to do bugger all. You've just got to hold out hope that teams do come back from two goals down- but they're less likely to do it without the crowd behind them
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Yeah noticed a improvment from last week, noise wise. But dying out for 15 minutes after we concede does suck.
I know, its hard to chant when your team falls behind, but thats when weve got to be behind the team even more.
Just a outsiders POV. Be Gentle.
I know, its hard to chant when your team falls behind, but thats when weve got to be behind the team even more.
Just a outsiders POV. Be Gentle.
No bagging, a big QFT from me.
I think the solution is for me to be more pissed, at least then I sing to myself for the whole 90 minutes and occasionally people join in.
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Haha i would like to see some alcohol sales vs crowd volume stats...would be interesting
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Who started the "Singing in the rain" tune? that was class considering the conditions. Added a touch of humour during a disappointing day. Maybe we need to brush up on other show tunes for something different. Such as when certain match officials come out, we could sing "Send in the clowns"??
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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Ive tried starting that one a few times in the past. Has never really caught on. Which is surprsing as its so simple.
I also like "we're playing all the waterpolo!"
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When they're good "Just like watching Brazil, just like watching Brazil"
When they're bad "Just like watching The Bill, just like watching The Bill..."
When they're bad "Just like watching The Bill, just like watching The Bill..."
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what we need is someone really witty with a megaphone
You know we belong together...
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There was one point in the second half where everyone on the eastern side were all standing up and making a hell of a noise (including the damn sticks). It looked awesome, and sounded great on radio too.
I def agree, it sounded like more than 6600 there
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Im a fan of the sticks, and not a fan of the sticks. Noise yes, Children busting my balls, no.
Whats the situation on brining BB guns into the stadium?
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Pretty sure you can't bring BB guns in, and when i say pretty sure i mean dead set positive
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Do you want them for the kids or the Thundersticks ?
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If you aim right, you can take out both with one shot.... and the use of the word "kid" is very loose as it was adults around us behaving more like little kids with the sticks.
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what we need is someone really witty with a megaphone
or to be 5 or 6 times more creative , just join in with the 5 or 6 witty chants that do get started (usually be 3 or 4 different people) each game,
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I try, I really do...
You know we belong together...
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When they're good "Just like watching Brazil, just like watching Brazil"
When they're bad "Just like watching The Bill, just like watching The Bill..."
When they're bad "Just like watching The Bill, just like watching The Bill..."
Or the guy near us who was chanting "Just like watching Bristol" - got a few laughs.
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