A question which I hope will receive a reasoned response;
When the YF founders decided on what form their stadium support (chants etc) would take; why was the decision made to go with British style chanting and the like?
I�m just interested.
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YF founders made a decision to make the Fever Zone (chanting, etc)
as organic as possible - it is just so much more fun, and easy to
join in with, when it is spontanous. I think that it ended up
more british as most of people in there follow UK teams
and/or have lived in the UK.
Not many of us know that many chants in Spanish, is probably a
factor as well.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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because most of us speak english 
the chants are similar in most of
european countries just in different languages
the chants are similar in most of
european countries just in different languages
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because most of us speak english the chants are similar in most of
european countries just in different languages
the chants are similar in most of
european countries just in different languages Not even different languages sometimes, half the time it's just different accents.
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Dam here was me thinking i had to learn the language that ginger_eejit was chanting in.
GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS
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och aye it is laddy
www.kiwifromthecouch.blogspot.com
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What other style 'chanting' is there?
I've been to football games in a few countries and it seems to
be a toss-up between "British Style" or nothing at all.
God help us if we start watching the Phoenix games in
silence....
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What other style 'chanting' is there?
like Melbourne ?I've been to football games in a few countries and it seems to
be a toss-up between "British Style" or nothing at all.
God help us if we start watching the Phoenix games in
silence....
oops sorry
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What do you think the Westpac Stadium officials would think if we
did like the fans in Greece - burn the seats, rip them up, and
throw them at the firefighters who are desperately trying to put
the fires out under cover of the Police riot shields!
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A question which I hope will receive a reasoned response;
When the YF founders decided on what form their stadium support (chants etc) would take; why was the decision made to go with British style chanting and the like?
I�m just interested.
Was it even a decision?
I think it was more a case of "let's be football supporters" rather than let's be British-style football supporters.
In my experience, limited though it is, football support is much the same in most of the world.
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What do you think the Westpac Stadium officials would think if we
did like the fans in Greece - burn the seats, rip them up, and
throw them at the firefighters who are desperately trying to put
the fires out under cover of the Police riot shields!
imagine the news coverage pao1908, the bottle incident has
been blown way out of proportion . How would the media react
to "ultras" and hooligan behavior
chanting in other languages would spice things up, PAOK does a
good italian one at italian refs-
" Italia, Italia, va fangool!!!!!!!!"
Mr twig2007-10-26 00:12:07
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that's right dial square, no decision was made as such apart from
the decision to let the whole thing evole. we've been against
a 'songsheet' approach from the outset and it's interesting to see
where we have landed after a handful of home games.
it will be interesting to see how things evolve throughout the
rest of the season; many have expressed a desire for a few changes,
so we may well end up chanting in spanish or greek...
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For Gods sake, no one suggest fans doing a friggen haka, it's been
done to death in the last 10 years and has lost all sense of
spiritual meaning. I had to laught when I saw the "Tall Blacks" do
it. Cameron wasn't in view and it looked clasic with a whole pile
of White guys and ex Yank players doing it. To me it was funny yet
sad at the same time!
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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Yeah, I'm sick of it too.
The All Blacks Limited have ruined it for other sports; what
with the new extended remix, extra facial expressions, non stop
advertising designed to arouse our sense of national being,
etc.
I still get a bit of a buzz watching the Kiwis perform
the haka. Not so sure about the Tall Blacks though...
Harry Ngata led a pretty decent effort for the All Whites in Mexico
after the Confed Cup game against Brazil! Maybe we could
invite him down to lead us alongside Wiremu Patrick?
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NGATA Herry (N/C) F 89-92 Jnrs. Brunswick
Juventus(Australia) 25
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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For Gods sake, no one suggest fans doing a friggen haka, it's been
done to death in the last 10 years and has lost all sense of
spiritual meaning. I had to laught when I saw the "Tall Blacks" do
it. Cameron wasn't in view and it looked clasic with a whole pile
of White guys and ex Yank players doing it. To me it was funny yet
sad at the same time!
Agreed its ridiculous for basketball and under 17s football
teams doing it. But I dont think it has lost all sense of spiritual
meaning, to see the way the maori all black players respond
and to see the fire in their eye when doing the Haka is
brilliant.
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I'd love to see the Brazilian lads do a bossa nova haka.
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Maybe we could try that Korean thing?
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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scotish is a language
Scotland isnt even a real country, thats why they dont go to
the Olympics.
Ive never fiqured out why Fifa let Britain have more than
1 team in their competitions. 
A dog with a bone :)
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scotish is a language
Scotland isnt even a real country, thats why they dont
go to the Olympics.
Ive never fiqured out why Fifa let Britain have more than
1 team in their competitions.
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scotish is a language
Scotland isnt even a real country, thats why they dont go to
the Olympics.
Ive never fiqured out why Fifa let Britain have more than
1 team in their competitions.
Don't think you're going to get off scot-free just because you put a wee winky smiley at the end.
Actually - I can't be arsed reponding to such nonsense
When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!
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isnt the language gaelic?? or is that Irish??
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scotish is a language
Scotland isnt even a real country, thats why they dont go to
the Olympics.
Ive never fiqured out why Fifa let Britain have more than
1 team in their competitions.
Don't think you're going to get off scot-free just because you put a wee winky smiley at the end.
Actually - I can't be arsed reponding to such nonsense
A dog with a bone :)
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"Scotland isn't even a real
country"
Try saying that in a Glasgow pub (especially
if you have an English accent). 
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Scotland is a NATION.
Of soap dodgers 
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good on yer LG - this whole haka thing berates the sporting ethic,
and should be left to the 'originals' i.e. Rugby Union ONLY. We
stand the chance of becoming the proverbial International joke!
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As a youngster in the 60's/70's to see the AB's perform this at
every test - perhaps 4-6 times a year, it was special. Nowdays
every man and his dog are doing it. IMHO it's been over exposed and
that "specialness" has been lost. And with various results
following the Haka come to fruition, it shows that the opposition
teams are not as afraid anymore as they once were!
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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As a youngster in the 60's/70's to see the AB's perform this at
every test -
I think that 1987 was the first time the AC's had performed
the haka in NZ - up till then, it was only done in other
countries.
That was what fcuked me off so much when the AC's got all
precious about it in Wales a couple of years ago - you see old
footage of the haka and it was a joke. All out of sync, the
honkees (like the monkees, but whiter) looking all confused,
etc. It then became the biggest marketing tool in the
nation, and they start going on about 100 years of tradition,
and all that clap-trap.
Stick to selling wheet-bix, lads.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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why are you talking about the haka? CLOSED
Founder
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