I know how to unnerve them straightaway

[originaltrueblade]

make em come out onto the pitch first on their own. Make em wait a minute out there to the booing from 28500 Blades. Then out we come to a crescendo

 

[FTPE]

I don't think that's even an option any more is it? Don't we all walk out with the ref? Before shaking hands and all that bollocks.

 

[Ricky]

We'll unnerve them plenty if our fans can just turn up, properly.

 

[sitwell]

We could make them park their coach on Cherry st and walk the gauntlet down the car park like they did to us ,but I think we have a bit more class ,besides didn't work you wankers did it ,another pig fail.

 

[Rusty view]

Just score after 2 mins again, that'll do the trick.

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

The players could, to a man, on the captain's command, drop their shorts, defecate in the centre circle and then fling the resultant excreta into the BLLT. Like what gorillas do to mark their territory. They could also howl and scream and beat their chests whilst doing it. That would unsettle them.

 

[originaltrueblade]

I don't think that's even an option any more is it? Don't we all walk out with the ref? Before shaking hands and all that bollocks.

Yes it’s Bollocks

 

[mattbianco1]

make em come out onto the pitch first on their own. Make em wait a minute out there to the booing from 28500 Blades. Then out we come to a crescendo

Can't do that at the start. Referee leads both teams out.

 

[CarlingBlade]

Not like to good old days when teams used to come out separately.

 

[SwissBlade]

Just score after 2 mins again, that'll do the trick.

Precisely this

 

[Living In a Fantasy World]

make em come out onto the pitch first on their own. Make em wait a minute out there to the booing from 28500 Blades. Then out we come to a crescendo

Could try it for the second half... But with sky involved we may not be able to.

 

[Blade56]

I don't think that's even an option any more is it? Don't we all walk out with the ref? Before shaking hands and all that bollocks.

Got to admit I've never seen them shake them by the bollocks but I'm in the john street stand so they have their backs to us

 

[sheffielder]

How about we belt out the loudest chip butty ever. Get oiled get loud lads

 

[Esablade]

Just tell em they can get a refund on their season tickets if they don't mind being banned and named and shamed...that should do it!

 

[Fanny magnet]

We'll unnerve them plenty if our fans can just turn up, properly.

Just out of interest ,what would you consider to have been a good game crowd noise wise ?
If any ?

 

[Stanthemanfan]

Can't do that at the start. Referee leads both teams out.

I thought the same but utd played someone earlier in the season and utd came out first, think it was Preston but not sure

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Pretend to sacrifice a live animal? 10 minutes before kick off, the flood lights would all go out and a nervous silence would descend on the ground as well as the sky commentary box, the opening bars of 'Animal' by Def Leppard would blast out over the pa on a loop, and we'd let atmosphere build. The light's would be flicked back on, revealing an ox tethered to the goal posts at the away end. The music would then stop, and a nervous silence would again descend over the ground and in the commentary box. And we'd let the atmosphere build once more. When the fans can't take it for a single minute longer and are reaching a frenzy and sky are desperately asking what on earth is going on, a masked gary sinclair could stride onto the pitch, stripped to the waist (buff but not overly so), raise a glistening scimitar above his head, as if to behead the beast and the lights would then all go out again. When the lights are turned on for a final time, the ox and gary sinclair are nowhere to be seen and everyone concerned with the club from the tea lady to the owners themselves are acting like nothing happened, except there is still a piece of rope tied to one of the goalposts. That would unsettle them.

 

[bath_blade]

... shake them by the bollocks ...

I think that might just unnerve them

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

I don't think that's even an option any more is it? Don't we all walk out with the ref? Before shaking hands and bollocks.

I'm in....

can we bypass the hands....

 

[Sheffsteel]

I thought the same but utd played someone earlier in the season and utd came out first, think it was Preston but not sure

Are you thinking of Norwich?
That was the 2nd half and they took ages to come out of the changing room even though a buzzer had gone off reminding them to come out. Wilder wasn’t happy and accused Norwich of continuous gamesmanship/ cheating.

 

[SwissBlade]

make em come out onto the pitch first on their own. Make em wait a minute out there to the booing from 28500 Blades. Then out we come to a crescendo

I suggest that two days before we announce the signing of 2 fast, young, exciting players, the latter being one with a cracking reputation from before his injury, but now fully fit and raring to go.... of course this is on the back of signing a fast, young, exciting player the day before.

That should help

 

[Ricky]

Just out of interest ,what would you consider to have been a good game crowd noise wise ?
If any ?

Port Vale, Villa, Wednesday and Leeds away were all good from our fans.

At Bramall Lane? We're like most clubs. I don't think we've had a really good one for a long time. Especially one not reliant on the scoreline. The second half v Hull was decent this season but scoring 4 goals might have had a bit to do with it.

Hopefully Friday will be good. It bloody should be.

 

[Fanny magnet]

Port Vale, Villa, Wednesday and Leeds away were all good from our fans.

At Bramall Lane? We're like most clubs. I don't think we've had a really good one for a long time. Especially one not reliant on the scoreline. The second half v Hull was decent this season but scoring 4 goals might have had a bit to do with it.

Hopefully Friday will be good. It bloody should be.

Meant at home
You remind me of me when I started going home and away and couldn't understand why the away fans were more vocal than the home crowds

I soon learned it's just a football fact of life

 

[Fanny magnet]

I would also add that if you think the atmosphere is bad now then you wouldn't have liked the decades before
Even under Bassett you could hear a pin drop in the 15000 crowd until we scored Whilst away from home it was like a Russ Abbott Xmas album

 

[Ricky]

Meant at home
You remind me of me when I started going home and away and couldn't understand why the away fans were more vocal than the home crowds

I soon learned it's just a football fact of life

I've known that for a long time. But there's no reason it shouldn't be better. There's certainly no reason it should be so flat so often. Although we'd actually be OK if the Kop were capable of singing together. We're lucky enough to have a large natural focal point and we should make better use of that.

Other fans in Europe are leading the way but most over here are still dismissive of that sort of supporter culture. Maybe that'll change eventually. It needs to. Because 'safe standing' is far from the solution on its own.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

When their new manager comes out. We should greet him with a rousing chorus of “Who the fucking hell is that”
Unfortunately I’ve got a feeling the Wendy’s will be singing it with us.

 

[Bibblybobblyboo]

Just sing Refund in the morning, you can get a refund in the morning, refund in the morning,

 

[Alfreton14Blade]

a masked gary sinclair could stride onto the pitch [and] raise [his] glistening scimitar above his head

FFS, the images of ass bumping at Maggie Mays shown on the big screen were more than bad enough. Now that's been imprinted on the brain for ever.

 

[Kendal]

...revealing an ox tethered to the goal posts at the away end...

I'm sure we could come up with something more appropriate. A goat perhaps? After all, we do have the Turkish connection

 

[Dellas Cowboys]

Wilder and Knill could wear clothes made out of the weird white/gold or depending on viewing conditions black/blue material. That should unnerve them.