FiNeRaIn Way too over-articulate and annoying to read manny. You are writing on a football message board. You aren't doing an English dissertation. Floyd usually has a good blend of writing skills, try and find his balance.
Svlad Cjelli You're both assuming that in any instance where a large group of supporters are standing that "they're being allowed to" - in reality it's usually that the stewards are unable to stop them.
So other actions are taken : for instance the threatened Wolves stand closure, and this, which is going on at Newcastle.
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/local-news/newcastle_threaten_to_ban_fans_for_standing_1_3736802Newcastle threaten to ban fans for standing
NO STANDING ... Newcastle fans have been threatened with a ban for persistent standing.
Published on Friday 2 September 2011 10:52
NEWCASTLE United are on another collision course with their fans, in a row over stadium rules.
Magpies officials have issued letters to between 100 and 150 supporters, after claims of bad language and abusive chanting among those sitting in the south east corner of St Jamess Park.
The club says those who have ignored repeated warnings over standing during matches could face a temporary ban.
)glenroyal People who stand to hurl obscenities at opposing fans ARE thugs.
FiNeRaInglenroyal People who stand to hurl obscenities at opposing fans ARE thugs.
not sure if srs
Barry the bird boggler Sky Sports said
http://www.skysports.com/fanzone/blogs/story/0,,15162_7190196,00.html
You never quite know what you're going to get when you trek up to the Mad Stad on a Saturday. One Saturday's line up reveals that half the team has gone on to greater things and the next reminds us that those 'greater things' don't necessarily work out...as I'm sure Matt Mills doesn't need reminding.
But one thing never changes at Reading, regardless of whether Simon Church scores a hat trick or Alex Pearce gets skinned by an agile striker (again) is the roar of the Madjeski crowd... or more importantly, the lack of it.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that I can go watch the game with my family or with my mates without having to think about where I sit or what I say but it gets a bit much when the loudest fan at Reading football club is the one turning behind the stadium making electricity.
Every match a faint echo of 'Reading' can be heard above the clamour of the sixteen away fans and their dog but other than when Reading score or the opposition do something particularly hilarious (which in Doncaster's case last week was every third minute), polite applause is the most we can hope for.
Reading a posh club? Sitting in the West Stand is like being at Wimbledon and though the East try their best, the awkward silences that linger over the middle of each half are the kind you expect after being introduced to your girlfriend's dad, not after winning a free kick twenty yards out.
Brian McDermott has spoken recently of our team being out of sync, and of a lack of spark. In recent times, I think the times when our team has played its best have been when the crowd have been there to push them over the goal-line and its that atmosphere which provides the spark so desperately needed at the moment.
Anfield in the FA Cup, the first half of the quarter final against Villa and, more recently, that eight game winning streak that seems like a distant memory have all shown that Reading are a team desperate for some sound from the stands. On the occasions when the whole stadium gets behind the team, Kebe flies down the wings with dazzling speed and Leigertwood becomes a Makelele-esque guardian in front of the back four. Everyone likes to know their work is appreciated and in the same way that people sing along to an artist's songs at a concert, it can only help to chip in with a bit of vocal support!
Obviously I've put a bit of thought into this and come up with some, I think, pretty canny ideas to up the volume at the Mad Stad. First, since Reading Festival was only a month ago, there must be some pretty high intensity sound equipment knocking about town and if we could just borrow it for a few games, I'm sure we could put it to good use. Secondly, I think Teleprompters above the away end would be a great encouragement for the home side to get involved. Millwall fans getting noisy? 'I'm forever blowing bubbles' appears above their heads and they're none the wiser. Mathieu Manset takes to the pitch? 'BEAST' flashes and the crowd bellow back. My final idea; pass a mild electric current through the West Stand seats. It'll get them on their feet for sure and, given the proximity of the wind farm, it could even be green energy!
Whatever the answer, this season could be as special as the last for Reading but it needs the crowd to get on board and regenerate the electric atmosphere that has characterized Brian's reign and seems to have gone flat recently. Of course, there is a silver lining to every crowd; Brian's been complaining of sleepless nights over our form...I'm sure he can catch a few winks in the peace and quiet at the game on Saturday.
LoyalRoyalFanBarry the bird boggler Sky Sports said
http://www.skysports.com/fanzone/blogs/story/0,,15162_7190196,00.html
You never quite know what you're going to get when you trek up to the Mad Stad on a Saturday.
[snip]
Obviously I've put a bit of thought into this and come up with some, I think, pretty canny ideas to up the volume at the Mad Stad. First, since Reading Festival was only a month ago, there must be some pretty high intensity sound equipment knocking about town and if we could just borrow it for a few games, I'm sure we could put it to good use. Secondly, I think Teleprompters above the away end would be a great encouragement for the home side to get involved.
What dross.
glenroyalFiNeRaInglenroyal People who stand to hurl obscenities at opposing fans ARE thugs.
not sure if srs
Deadly. (Not my words - reference to the earlier Nigel Howe quote.)
FiNeRaInglenroyal People who stand to hurl obscenities at opposing fans ARE thugs.
[snip]
Well I am telling you now that isn't the case at all. If standing up and hurling obscenities at opposing fans makes you a " thug", a good 90% of football fans are all thugs or have taken part in thuggish behaviour. Absolutely ridiculous comment.
glenroyal 90%, what planet are you on ? I appreciate there's a "hard-core" who take that to be a definition of "hard" - but it just gives authorities a premise to enforce other petty rules on all of us (QED).
LoyalRoyalFanBarry the bird boggler Sky Sports said
http://www.skysports.com/fanzone/blogs/story/0,,15162_7190196,00.html
You never quite know what you're going to get when you trek up to the Mad Stad on a Saturday. One Saturday's line up reveals that half the team has gone on to greater things and the next reminds us that those 'greater things' don't necessarily work out...as I'm sure Matt Mills doesn't need reminding.
But one thing never changes at Reading, regardless of whether Simon Church scores a hat trick or Alex Pearce gets skinned by an agile striker (again) is the roar of the Madjeski crowd... or more importantly, the lack of it.
Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that I can go watch the game with my family or with my mates without having to think about where I sit or what I say but it gets a bit much when the loudest fan at Reading football club is the one turning behind the stadium making electricity.
Every match a faint echo of 'Reading' can be heard above the clamour of the sixteen away fans and their dog but other than when Reading score or the opposition do something particularly hilarious (which in Doncaster's case last week was every third minute), polite applause is the most we can hope for.
Reading a posh club? Sitting in the West Stand is like being at Wimbledon and though the East try their best, the awkward silences that linger over the middle of each half are the kind you expect after being introduced to your girlfriend's dad, not after winning a free kick twenty yards out.
Brian McDermott has spoken recently of our team being out of sync, and of a lack of spark. In recent times, I think the times when our team has played its best have been when the crowd have been there to push them over the goal-line and its that atmosphere which provides the spark so desperately needed at the moment.
Anfield in the FA Cup, the first half of the quarter final against Villa and, more recently, that eight game winning streak that seems like a distant memory have all shown that Reading are a team desperate for some sound from the stands. On the occasions when the whole stadium gets behind the team, Kebe flies down the wings with dazzling speed and Leigertwood becomes a Makelele-esque guardian in front of the back four. Everyone likes to know their work is appreciated and in the same way that people sing along to an artist's songs at a concert, it can only help to chip in with a bit of vocal support!
Obviously I've put a bit of thought into this and come up with some, I think, pretty canny ideas to up the volume at the Mad Stad. First, since Reading Festival was only a month ago, there must be some pretty high intensity sound equipment knocking about town and if we could just borrow it for a few games, I'm sure we could put it to good use. Secondly, I think Teleprompters above the away end would be a great encouragement for the home side to get involved. Millwall fans getting noisy? 'I'm forever blowing bubbles' appears above their heads and they're none the wiser. Mathieu Manset takes to the pitch? 'BEAST' flashes and the crowd bellow back. My final idea; pass a mild electric current through the West Stand seats. It'll get them on their feet for sure and, given the proximity of the wind farm, it could even be green energy!
Whatever the answer, this season could be as special as the last for Reading but it needs the crowd to get on board and regenerate the electric atmosphere that has characterized Brian's reign and seems to have gone flat recently. Of course, there is a silver lining to every crowd; Brian's been complaining of sleepless nights over our form...I'm sure he can catch a few winks in the peace and quiet at the game on Saturday.
What dross.
Sarah Star On the other hand there are those who resolutely want to sit down whatever and would fight to the death for that right.
sandman I've said it before go to Ipswich or Watford and tell me we are quiet. Are we the loudest? No, are we the quietest? Not by a long way. I think a lot of the problem the moaners have is the noise made isn't what they consider the right noise.
Sarah Star Probably extremes, but I get the impression that there are some fans in Y25/Y26 who relish the chance the chance to have a go at some of the stewards. The standing thing just gives them an excuse and they wouldn't have it any other way.
Friday's Legacy there are a good few hundred that really do like to sing and make some noise, but it's those (me) same people that need to make a point of simply not shutting up at home games. so what if it's just a few hundred at first? others will join in, and when they don't at least there is still noise and that in turn does reach the players and does make a difference.
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