Recently , Home Park hasn’t been rocking like usual like yesterday Coventry outsung us . I think we need to start singing player chants again and create some new songs for the new players.
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Atmosphere
- Thread starter Charlie
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The Coventry fans were brilliant. I've only been to 3 games this season but they were better than Blackburn and Sunderland
I said the same last night. It was completely dead just before half time and could easily hear the players
And they appear to have a bit of a ‘repertoire’ where as we invariably rely on the rather tired ‘green and white barmy army’.
Green and white barmy army is pretty much all we’ve got, or at least it’s the only song that everyone knows/joins in with. Other clubs definitely seem to have more of a variety.
Fair play to Coventry, the loudest away following at HP this season.
Fair play to Coventry, the loudest away following at HP this season.
We don’t have the fan demographic to create or sustain an atmosphere. Too many old codgers or pre pubescent teens. It’s great that the club is family inclusive, love taking the kids but the atmosphere is totally diluted as a result.
Can I just warn you mate and remind you there is such a thing as agism.
We're not overly PC on here, but a bit of respect wouldn't go amiss.
We're not overly PC on here, but a bit of respect wouldn't go amiss.
Some of us can't be bothered to join in with "singing", and some of the "songs" are awful and the words they use shouldn't be used on some.
Some people go to matches to watch a game, others think it's a choir, it will always be that way.
It is the same in every ground. We have out-sung most home crowds on the road this season and I would actually say (although I was not there last night) that the HP crowd is louder than most.
But we don’t have a huge repitoire do we? It’s the dreary “arrrrrrgyylllllee arrrrrgyyyllllee” or green and white barmy army sung at 100mph.
Joe Edwards said for players, hearing a song about them gives them an extra 10% lift. Barely have any. Been mentioned time and time again, new suggestions put forwards on here, free chat, Twitter but never hear them in the stands
I think we need to sing Mumba’s a bit more as seen last season he is much better when he has confidence.
Stating facts though aren’t I? You only have to look around the stands. Cov (and Leeds) packed the away ends with mostly males 18-50 I’d say. No surprise they both created a better atmosphere with some original songs. We have a much older demographic in the region which is an undisputed fact, the same applies at home park.Can I just warn you mate and remind you there is such a thing as agism.
We're not overly PC on here, but a bit of respect wouldn't go amiss.
Yes absolutely, and get that. Which is why a designated singing area or 2 is needed. But with us being sold out at capacity every week, the traditional atmospheric areas of the ground (zoo corner and Devonport ends) have people (such as yourself) that don’t want or need to sing or join in, thus diluting the atmosphere, and stewards / safety controllers warning anyone that stands they will be faced with ejection.
There's now wrong with pointing out demographics. But there are better ways to point that out without being disparaging about it.
