Vegas Seagull
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- Jul 10, 2009
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Compromise, up til Xmas, all gets learnt for Palace next year
80% of the crowd don't have printed tickets, and a similar number don't have a program - nor would you want them to be stood holding a bit of paper / programm up, when they ought to be clapping the team out. The screens are there for a reason. Use them.
Not sure of your point.
The atmosphere BEFORE that Palace game WAS good, so not sure what you mean by 'that went well' - unless you are suggesting that having the words printed contributed to the result? That would be a bit silly, wouldn't it?
And yes, I agree - fading the music for the chorus WOULD improve the atmosphere immediately pre-kick off. Fading it earlier and having EVERYONE sing the whole thing, would improve it even more. IMO.
If the club are really adamant about getting the atmosphere going why not put the beer prices down and print the words on the tickets and/or in the programme.
This is the way to go. And if anyone thinks it's 'tinpot' maybe they can explain how going der, der, de der because you don't know the words is less 'tinpot' ?
Correct. FFS, if you get embarrassed that your football team may put the lyrics up to a song then you really have too much to worry about.
Derby do it with their club song, and the crowd really ramp it up. I don't think they are particularly tinpot, and that ground has one of the best atmospheres in the league. IMO, of course.
Then the 80% are season ticket holders who should damn well know the words already IMO.
Then the 80% are season ticket holders who should damn well know the words already IMO.
It was, but we lost. Had we won - the clacker idea would have been forgiven immediately. Similarly with Derby, you think the reaction to them having words on a screen would have been different if they didnt win ? I certainly think it would have been. Having words in the programme is a better idea, also do a history of the song etc - not to mention it opens it up a bit for away fans so they know a bit about us.
Fans should know the words - simple as that. If they insist in putting the words in, put them in the programme.
Its a bloody awful idea. Oh, and that Twitter "poll" results have been severely changed by Palace fans.....shows how embarrassing it is. Its a football match, not a karaoke session - know the words before you go to the game. As a comparison, do Palace stick the words to "Glad all Over" on their screen ? No. Do Liverpool for YNWA ? No. Do Sunderland for their song ? No.
Its almost as if we are trying to look like a laughing stock and pretty much admitting we have too many new fans, which we do.
*Awaits flaming for actually coming out and saying my full opinion against what others think*
First - your post assumes that Derby only put the words up for that one match. They didn't.
Having words in the program would achieve nothing. There are only 4000 programs sold, and nobody who even has one, would bother flicking through it trying to find the right page at the given time, when they want to be clapping and singing.
Its words. On a screen Get over it.
Not sure of your point.
The atmosphere BEFORE that Palace game WAS good, so not sure what you mean by 'that went well' - unless you are suggesting that having the words printed contributed to the result? That would be a bit silly, wouldn't it?
And yes, I agree - fading the music for the chorus WOULD improve the atmosphere immediately pre-kick off. Fading it earlier and having EVERYONE sing the whole thing, would improve it even more. IMO.
How hard is it to sing "I wanna be *clap* *clap* glad all over" or YNWA come to that - if people are worried it will give the away fans a giggle then put it on the South screen and not the north then the away fans might not notice. Have you ever listened to how many sing SBTS Ner Ner Ner Ner andweregoinguptowinthecupforsusbytsea
Something needs to happen
2 songs which are longer than GOSBTS for the record. The Der Der is bad, yes, but sticking words on a screen is asking for trouble, stick and almighty piss taking from other fans when it inevitably back-fires as things do for us.
Quite I think that game has been tainted with the way a certain manager approached the game I personally thought the buzz before that game was superb and the opera singer was brilliant - our humiliation that day was NOTHING to do with the fans or the clackers
Well it could increase sales for a start, FFP and all that. .
Do you really care that much what other fans think of us? If you do then you really need to get a life.
Quite I think that game has been tainted with the way a certain manager approached the game I personally thought the buzz before that game was superb and the opera singer was brilliant - our humiliation that day was NOTHING to do with the fans or the clackers