Atmosphere

[spursontheloose]

Na forget waiting for a result. This is about re doing the way we do things at the lane. The attitude has to be different not just 'sing when your winning'.

This is true, I think the way around it is for our fans to only be allowed to drink water before the game, then if they perform like the twelfth man like they are supposed to, then you can have beer after the game

 

[Spurs Chink]

I personally would like the drum back with the chanting of YIDS continually from the south stand through out the duration of the match.

In fact designate each stand to act out different things.

 

[wills]

We need to lighten up, so I'd suggest a streaker!

 

[spurs_girl_tasha]

my throat hurts from singing. But most of the people round me weren't

Back row of east upper was where it was at

 

[TheGreenLily]

This may be controversial, but... Backing the management blindly sounds to me like being a moronic ****. Indicating to management (and players) that they need to up their game, sounds to me like supporting the club and what we believe the club should stand for....


BTW. I also don't want death star II.

Oh dear

 

[Wick3d]

I'd love if we had the drum at home games but sadly it won't happen. Seeing as the club want to stamp out the use of the word "Yid" as the word itself can be easily chanted using the beats of the drum.

 

[southlondonyiddo]

Need the drum back to get us going again. Complacency after some great recent occasions in the last few years

 

[ostrov]

Ok, so its obvious to all us regular whl goers, that the atmosphere has been dropping off for a while now. Honestly, what atmosphere would people want? We have all seen how fans over europe act in our ground and their own and how good they sound and look. Would we like constant singing? Would people actually do it? What about flares and flags? Personally i would bloody love all of that but i can see how some people wont.

So whats your view? What do you want to see at the Lane? And can we make it happen? I.E arranging flags etc.

Or am i pissing in the wind with these ideas happening.

You need to have an organization of fans, creative force, who will work with the Club to get it's support for the supporters to make visual and other forms of support. Without organization, without driving force, the core, you wont be able to orchestrate performance of the whole stadium as they do it in Europe.

 

[stormfly]

I had been living away for the last 4 years so my last game was the Spurs v Arse Carling Cup semi final which we won 5 - 1. The atmosphere was amazing that night but it was always good through out the Jol era also. However, I went to my first game in years last season (Spurs v West Brom) and the atmosphere was crap! I was sat next to some blokes that were just talking business all game and I swear they didn't even support Spurs. I thought it was maybe just a one off but by the sounds of it I was wrong. Why has the atmosphere got worse as the team has improved? Like I said the Jol years were awesome and we won bugger all back then?

 

[Yid-ol]

I didnt go to a game for 5 years, the lane used to always be buzzing with soungs and great atmosphere, went there sunday and it is nothing like it used to be, we really need to get something going, at times everything just went quiet!

 

[FITZ]

Writing to one of our sponsors might see them buy 30,000 flags or scarves to give to fans on a match day, but would everyone be happy having something that would be at least dual branded??

 

[Max_Junglie]

The atmosphere has been on the decline since Chirpy was redesigned. Also, a cockerel shouldn't have a massive rack.

Free, compulsory, beer at the turnstiles.

Has anyone tried talking to the supporter's trust about the flag business? They have regular meetings with the club and could raise the issue at one of those. Not sure who on here is a member, but I'm sure Paul Smith at Spurs Odyssey is. I'd do it myself if I wasn't all mouth and no trousers.

 

[Nocando]

perhap a new website o forum should be set up...maybe a subforum on here. Wherenoisy yids canwork together and locate n differing areas of the ground at specific games. likee the yid ultras.

perhaps allow the website to post up youtube examples and rate tge fans and songs.

 

[gregga]

I'd love if we had the drum at home games but sadly it won't happen. Seeing as the club want to stamp out the use of the word "Yid" as the word itself can be easily chanted using the beats of the drum.

Personally I think it's disgraceful and ridiculous that the club banned the drum for that reason.

The fans chant 'yids' all the time and in a manner of guises - the club won't stop it by banning the drum. I don't see how they can ever stop it quite frankly.

Bar the odd big occassion, the atmosphere has been declining at WHL since BMJ left. 5 years ago almost every time I went to the lane I lost my voice.

Even the NLD was a bit subdued last season.

 

[hazzaaa]

I want the drum back. Gets the crowd going when the games going a bit stale.

that's cool, but i wouldn't want to be the unlucky sod who has to sit next to the guy who bangs a drum for 2 hours. i'm tryin to watch the game, mate.

 

[aliyid]

Songs songs songs and maybe a few more songs.

Used to come away from games with a new song each time but all you hear now is the slow burning oooooohhhhhhh wheeeeeennnn the spuuuuuurrrrrrssssss. Don't get me wrong, I love the song but we've been doing it way way way too often since the champs lge campaign.

Can't remember the last time I sang;
If I had the wings of an Eagle
If I had the arse of a cow
I'd fly over Arsenal tomorrow
And $hit on the crowd below
$hit on, $hit on, $hit on the crowd below, below

We need to get some creativity back and have some fun songs

 

[Adam]

I don't want to undermine the importance of a good home atmosphere, as it does have a positive effect on the team and overall enjoyment of a game, but I do feel that we are all talking about it a bit *too* much.

You can come on here now, and see almost as many threads about atmosphere, booing, the fans etc as you will about selection, tactics and how the guys on the pitch are actually playing from week to week.

Of course, everyone should be getting behind the team when possible, singing their songs etc, but in general, football, especially in England is moving away from that style of regular support, whether we like it or not. Perhaps it's ticket prices, overpaid players or something else, I don't know, but it does seem that a lot of people are using a lack of atmosphere inside the ground as a genuine reason for our turgid performances on the pitch. We could all have sung our hearts out yesterday, but until that substitution was made, we were NEVER going to win that match.

So yes, it is a real shame that the atmosphere seems to be on the slide, but lets not use that as a crucial reason for our performances so far. Perhaps when they pick up, so will the noise inside the ground.

 

[dimiSpur]

The atmosphere has been in decline since BMJ left. We had more songs then, as he had 3-4 of his own, and that meant the crowd sang more often.

Apart from the Shelf, I'd say no parts of the ground sing consistently. People will say what about the Park Lane, but they aren't like the Shelf. I remember when we used to sing we're the Park Lane Tottenham, and then the Paxton would return the song. Now it's the Shelf and the Park Lane. My point is the North Stand in general is quiet, the West Stand is a joke and the East Stand upper is pathetic.

The nail was hit firmly and squarely on the head on page 1. The average age is too high. Where I sit, apart from me and the guy next to me who are in our 20's, our row is all old people. Proper old. There's also alot of kids. It's got to the stage where the ref makes a bad decision, you call him a wanker, and some twat parent turns around in a "how dare you" sort of fashion. It's a football match. Do they expect to hear sugar's and bother's when we're pissed off? It's less enjoyable when you feel you're going to be judged for what you're going to say.

The fact is, the crowd at WHL are mostly either old people who can't be arsed to sing, or parents that think they're the Supernanny.

 

[ostrov]

So yes, it is a real shame that the atmosphere seems to be on the slide, but lets not use that as a crucial reason for our performances so far. Perhaps when they pick up, so will the noise inside the ground.

Pity really. I know clubs where fans challenge the team as if being in competition with each other whose performance is better.
Trust me it works. Players of such clubs often talk about inspiration they get from the fans not vise versa.

 

[Francis Gibbs]

rightly or wrongly the team starts to perform and the atmosphere will be there - like our form it hasn't gone anywhere just in hibernation