I agree redfaction has a fascination in creating ‘clever songs’I think RF are the answer to getting the stadium bouncing. If they sang more of the traditional songs then I think a lot more fans would follow their lead and join in. Its clear that very few fans want to join in with a lot of their songs. They maybe happy just singing by themselves but I think they could conduct and lead the Riverside if they changed their repertoire.
Depends on the game, derby at home in a promotion battle when we won 2-0 the atmosphere was electric and it was full think it was 2nd JanI said this a couple of weeks ago joey, that a large crowd rarely equates to a great atmosphere. Response was probably split 50/50 in agreement/disagreement.
86 nearly died was a good song. It goes to the heart of the club. Not complex and easy to learnThe 3 games in which the atmosphere has been noticably better this season have been WBA, Sheff Utd and S/land. They have also been the games with the 3 largest attendances other than the boxing day game and were all around the start of the season. Despite the fact that things are going very well on the pitch for us under Carrick there was definitely more of a buzz around the club back then and that was reflected in the matchday atmosphere.
We've had loads of songs that were sang en mass over the past few years that could be reworded for Carrick or Leo and still work well today.
Woke up this morning feeling fine
In 86 we nearly died
Oh Pulis/Wilder said, ect.
I'd like to see a return of all of those. I'm sure 'In 86 we nearly died' was sang against wigan but didnt really take off.
Is it though…… can’t get for a poo in the south where starlight in the west upperStereotyping bullcrap.
Loving the sense of superiority from those who are not 'part timers'. FFS I thought the idea was to get as many people to the games as possible, not berate those who don't or can't make it every week. But keep on with the snarky super fan mentality as I'm sure that will help the team far more than them playing in front of a full house, regardless how noisy they are.
UTB (from a part timer who lives on the other side of the world and can only get to games when I'm back in England every four or five years, if, of course, that is acceptable to all the super fans on here)
Your brother created noise, not atmosphere. The whole ground feels the atmosphere from both the sense of occasion and what's happening on the pitch. Playing at home to the second bottom side doesn't bring a sense of occasion, just a Boxing Day big crowd at which those present during the 'big atmosphere' matches were also present but didn't feel it because it was a bread and butter win against relegation fodder.Nothing about a sense of superiority, it's just a fact that many of those who went will have been people who don't often attend.
My brother came with us this time, and his last match was in 1997, he's not even a Boro fan, his wife too and she'd never been to a football match before.
It's also a fact that it was fairly subdued on Saturday.
To be fair to my brother, he put in more effort towards creating an atmosphere than some of the people who sit around us every single match.
Passing it backwards all the time doesn't help but also, most the ground don't know the new songs. Come on Boro and You are my Boro are a lot easier than some of the new stuffAny thoughts on why the atmosphere seemed subdued today ?
Depends on the game, derby at home in a promotion battle when we won 2-0 the atmosphere was electric and it was full think it was 2nd Jan
My opening gambit was depends on the gameNo one has suggested a full house can't produce a great atmosphere.
The derby match was a hugely important promotion clash in its own right. It might not have sold out if it were a Tuesday in February, but the atmosphere would still have been great.
There are multiple reasons why the ground might sell out:
It's boxing day
We thought the match was going to be really important (Brighton 2015)
Really cheap tickets
The ground is sold out with season tickets
The match IS really important.
IMHO, the latter is the only one that really results in crackling atmospheres, and those can go flat quickly if events in the pitch go the wrong way.
However, a full house is the effect, not the cause.
No one has suggested a full house can't produce a great atmosphere.
The derby match was a hugely important promotion clash in its own right. It might not have sold out if it were a Tuesday in February, but the atmosphere would still have been great.
There are multiple reasons why the ground might sell out:
It's boxing day
We thought the match was going to be really important (Brighton 2015)
Really cheap tickets
The ground is sold out with season tickets
The match IS really important.
IMHO, the latter is the only one that really results in crackling atmospheres, and those can go flat quickly if events in the pitch go the wrong way.
However, a full house is the effect, not the cause.
You can't hear them because only about 20 people join in. Even the fans stood right next to RF don't like the droning chants. But it's impossible to get another song going when you're in competition with the drum, so we all have to stand in silence until they eventually give it up.Never hear them from the north stand