Singing section 26/27

[54yrblade]

How about, given that the club have all our contact details, that they send texts at key points of the game to tell us what to sing and when.
They could send texts to us old gits, preferably with a ten minute gap so we go for a pee and finish our latest Werther's original, and do the Tick tocks and other more fangled stuff for the young ones.
Maybe even an SUFC 'singalongasong' app as lots of nippers and adults now go on their 'phone every ten minutes because they're no longer capable of focussing on anything without that techy comfort blanket on hand.

'This is your 5 minute countdown to 'You got me swinging a pig'. Sing loud, sing proud, We need you'
'At the conclusion of Greasy chip butty, please join us in a rendition of 'promotion is soon' (even though we know it isn't)
'Please stay in the ground after we go behind in the second half and immediately begin 'he's one of our own' as we need your support for the run in'
'The club would like to thank you for the recent renditions of 'you're shit , aaaaahhhhh!!!!' towards opposing goal keepers. We are proud of our history and this recognises the commitment and development of our chants. May we take this opportunity to thank our older supporters for their ingenuity and standard of supporting over the years'

 

[ilovesufc]

Well I really wish we'd have had the "singing section" in place for the 2nd half yesterday. It would have made so much difference wouldn't it?
The point here is, trying to create some fake atmosphere from an imaginary area of the ground is going to do jack shit when the football is as shite as that. Football is about passion, spontaneous response, not further ridiculous sanitisation. What happens when the "singing section" can't be arsed because like everyone else in the ground they're being bored to death by negative faffy football? Do they get fined or thrown out if they stop? It's just truly pathetic. The atmosphere yesterday in the first half was actually pretty good towards the back of the kop - but still hardly anyone else in the ground joins in. A singing section is not going to fix that.

 

[Pintor75]

If the team is doing well, they'll sing, that's fairly obvious, atm there's not a lot to get excited about. One thing I've noticed in the last couple of years is that I for one tend to talk and comment on games and people look and say to me "why don't you just watch the game?" It's like a library, example, a couple of guys (not old) took up season tickets in front of us this season and I've never seen or heard them speak to anyone around them, I spoke to one of them earlier in the year and he glared at me like "how dare you", end of conversation, maybe it's the modern way or I'm getting bored ,fed up with modern football

 

[Houston_Blade]

Will the singing section stop bothering on 60 mins as well like most of the players?

 

[Bladeloyal]

Singing section needs a good pre season so it doesn't gas out at 60 minutes

 

[Gin&Juice]

need the section to be an area where it would be dangerous to enter if you were a pint.

 

[Tom Bott]

What happens when the "singing section" can't be arsed because like everyone else in the ground they're being bored to death by negative faffy football?

20 shots, 7 on target, 34 touches inside the opposition box, yet it gets described as negative faffy football.

 

[Keen Blade]

Not much singing from home fans at any ground these days.

But the most noise at Bramall Lane has always come from here.

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Most noise at the Lane now comes from a load of drivel on the ridiculously loud PA.
I can't even hear my mate next to me when that feckin thing is blaring away.
Mind you ,
it prevents anyone tracing my beery farts

 

[nopigfansintown]

Most noise at the Lane now comes from a load of drivel on the ridiculously loud PA.
I can't even hear my mate next to me when that feckin thing is blaring away.
Mind you ,
it prevents anyone tracing my beery farts

It'd be amazing if they could sort that. I'm not sure what the exact issue is and whether it's fixable with the current facilities. I was once told it's either horrifically loud and indicipherable or so quiet it's indicipherable so they go for the former as the least worst option. The old bands were that good they had similar facilities and were still amazing. They couldn't hear anything.

 

[jt64]

What happens when the "singing section" can't be arsed because like everyone else in the ground they're being bored to death by negative faffy football?

I would imagine the types that this is being aimed at aren't your typical English fan that feels the need to have permission from the players to get off their arse and support the team

 

[Northyorksblade]

I don't have any interest in music or singing. I have never sung the "Greasy Chip Butty" as I have never bothered to learn it. My son sing it regularly at matches.

Was that tongue in check? Surely it's obvious why you wouldn't learn or sing it?

 

[Maurice Maurice]

I lost a part of my love for the game when we stopped singing this. Sadly, football and wrestling are getting closer in the pantomime stakes with all the fucking rolling around faking injury...

 

[Northyorksblade]

I'm all for it. Anything to improve the atmosphere has got to be a good thing. I sometimes try to get the "Sheffield United/Sheffield United" chant going on the Kop. Sometimes it works, most times it just falls on deaf ears, maybe they just don't know the lyrics!

I've tried it on JSS. Fails every time. I feel such a plonker.

 

[Northyorksblade]

The atmosphere yesterday in the first half was actually pretty good towards the back of the kop - but still hardly anyone else in the ground joins in. A singing section is not going to fix that.

Not correct. Even JSS joined in a lot. Sounded great and away fans were very quiet as we completely over ran them, but unfortunately we couldn't, but should have, scored.

 

[AWetFlannel]

For everyone saying "play well and the atmosphere will be good, simple as that", would you call the atmosphere at Leeds fake? You can have large sections of the ground standing and singing without it being manufactured and rehearsed.

 

[Silent Blade]

Was that tongue in check? Surely it's obvious why you wouldn't learn or sing it?

Not really tongue in cheek, I can't think of a profoundly deaf football fan who would sing their club's anthem.

 

[Northyorksblade]

Not really tongue in cheek, I can't think of a profoundly deaf football fan who would sing their club's anthem.

My point exactly.