[Albion] Crowd effect or no crowd effects?

[Bozza]

I can't find it now, but I think we polled on this during the early days of Project Restart.

Now we've become more accustomed to televised crowd-less football, when you have a choice do you go for crowd sound effects or au naturel?

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Have the crowd noise on.

Partly because it just feels a little more normal when I have the football on in the background.

Secondly, I have two young kids and the crowd noise slightly muffles the cries of 'JUST ****ING KICK IT OUT'

 

[Shirty]

I find I always subconsciously tune out the crowd noise at the best of times, and actually quite like hearing snippets from the players/dugout etc during the game, so usually go "Without" if given the option.

 

[zefarelly]

If I had the choice I'd have both with a mix/balance option . . . . . a bit like being at a non league game.

 

[dazzer6666]

Def crowd effects for me......can pretty much forget it’s behind closed doors with them on (particularly as they get a bit smarter). With them off, it’s a bit like watching a Sunday league game.

 

[DerekZoolander]

I quite like the general murmur and the goal noises. But when they pump out songs, as if the crowd was singing, irks me.

 

[southstandandy]

Prefer it without myself. Find it quite funny in some games when the commentators have to apologise for the 'inappropriate language you may have just heard' ! In the league 2 play off semi last season the commentator had to apologise 8 times during the game. Very funny.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Reckon this enforced experiment has just gone to prove how much of the SKY high hype relies on boots on/in the ground. Flat as a pancake otherwise

 

[studio150]

I would prefer an option of keeping the sound from the players and coaching team and muting the commentators

 

[GOM]

I prefer without. I'm experiencing the game in the same way that the players are. Who needs game noises !

 

[Madafwo]

It makes a massive difference on the radio as well, I listened to one of the games last season when I was out and about and it was really quite difficult to follow, the Newcastle game this season with fake crowd noise just felt a lot more natural and easier to follow.

+1 for fake crowd noise, can't wait until we're allowed back.

 

[yxee]

The game last night just felt like a training game. Even if it's fake is really need to make the game feel as important as it actually is

 

[Hugo Rune]

I actually need the white noise of the fake crowd to concentrate on the football.

Without that, I start wondering about the eerie silence and how it might be affecting the player, I start to think how utterly shite it is without the crowd.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I can't find it now, but I think we polled on this during the early days of Project Restart.

Now we've become more accustomed to televised crowd-less football, when you have a choice do you go for crowd sound effects or au naturel?

Loved the fake crowd noise but loved the rawness of the Preston sound yesterday. Fence.

 

[zefarelly]

Prefer it without myself. Find it quite funny in some games when the commentators have to apologise for the 'inappropriate language you may have just heard' ! In the league 2 play off semi last season the commentator had to apologise 8 times during the game. Very funny.

That was probably Paul Merson in the Studio

 

[Bozza]

It makes a massive difference on the radio as well, I listened to one of the games last season when I was out and about and it was really quite difficult to follow, the Newcastle game this season with fake crowd noise just felt a lot more natural and easier to follow.

+1 for fake crowd noise, can't wait until we're allowed back.

Agree on the radio point. It's made me realise that I often know what has happened more quickly due to the presence of a crowd.

On radio commentaries without crowd noise, it can take a surprisingly long time for a commentator to actually reveal a goal has been scored!

 

[Mackenzie]

With the crowd effect, particularly on radio commentaries. It’s almost like a normal game.

 

[EastWarren]

I can't find it now, but I think we polled on this during the early days of Project Restart.

Now we've become more accustomed to televised crowd-less football, when you have a choice do you go for crowd sound effects or au naturel?

My preference - crowd noise. Good that people have the option though. Didn't think I would like it, but in games where it hasn't been available the whole thing is a bit soulless and flat. In the main it is done pretty well, and on balance it's better than hearing the opposition assistant coach yell "For f#@*s sake, Deano!" for 90 minutes.

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[Poojah]

I prefer it, personally. I came across this video the other day, taken from the stand at Stamford Bridge, showing Jurgen Klopp bollocking his bench for cheering Christensen's red card. Seeing what it's like from what would have been a fan's perspective of the match really hammered home just how sterile the experience is:

 

[The Clamp]

Without please.