Silence at the Lane

[JollyHappy]

I was at both the Aalborg and Birmingham games.

For the first half against Aalborg the WHL crowd were silent. I know that alot of people got in late because of the traffic and ticket congestion, but once we went a goal down there was hardly a sound from the crowd, until the boos at half time. Once we started playing well in the second half then a bit of atmosphere built up but even the drummer couldn't get the crowd going inthe first half. The Aalborg fans were right when they said we only sing when we are winning!

Then against Birmingham, once we went down to 10 men we needed the crowd to pick the players up and help them through the rest of the match. But it was so quiet. And if you looked around with 5 minutes of normal time to go then the ground was emptying out. BEFORE Laarson scored I'd say a quarter of the crowd had left.

If I was a player, seeing my fans head off would not give me a 10% boost whihc is what you need if you are a man short. Regardless of what players are paid, a crowd behind then lifts them up.

I know results are depressing but if the crowd don't sing and get behind the players then it's hardly going to help matters.

OK so we can't sing about Martin Jol anymore but there must be something left other than singing England's number 1 and stand up if you hate Ars*nal which is about all that got sung.

Anyone else who was at the games agree?

 

[The Apprentice]

We're all too depressed. It's cold, we're shit, can't afford Christmas, seasonal affective disorder, tickets are too expensive, the beer's warm, the pie's cold.

It's all relative.

 

[Kendall]

I think everyone has been pretty shell-shocked by this season.

£40m spent and we're 10x worse than last season. Ticket prices & membership forever more expensive & the same mistakes every single game.

I can understand why people are subdued.

 

[tRiKS]

It's a bit of a disgrace really isn't it. We all assume were better than we are, if we had a bit more humility we'd sing even when we're not winning.

 

[MrsKeane]

pride is a bad thing sometimes. we've been coasting along for the past few years and it's catching up on us....if we don't improve on it...we're going down

 

[DC_Boy]

I certainly agree that so many Spurs have this mindset 'it's only Brum, Aalborg, Wigan, whatever'

Until there's a sea change and the vast majority of fans at least recognise we're not one of the elite and learn to celebrate our victories whatever the oppo, so many fans won't really enjoy supporting the team.

I hated yesterday, but loved thursday - not sure how many other fans did though on thursday.

 

[TheBigMatch]

What we need is
"Coz we've got Ledley,
We've got Ledley,
We've got Ledley at the back"

or failing that some one else rock solid to sign about come January.

They say only deparate sides need to sign in January... being nearly the worst defenses around is desparate. Guess it wasn't all Jol.

 

[Ramon Calderwood]

I was in the south stand for both games, and the atmosphere was as good as usual.
Obviously when we are loosing its not gonna be as loud, but it was never silent

 

[donny1013]

i prefer going to the away games tbh, always much better atmosphere. Cant wait to get out to Belgium on Wednesday

 

[Andy]

Another huge problem with the singing was that most of our songs seem to last a few lines ,if that, The only song that went on for a while was the old Martin Jol one's and Ramos's names just isn't that easy to put into a song.

 

[defoe18]

I was in the south stand for both games, and the atmosphere was as good as usual.
Obviously when we are loosing its not gonna be as loud, but it was never silent

I argee, we're never silent! i was there for aalborg and when the first goal went in we all sang "come on you spurs!" as loud as we cud :clap:

 

[thfcsuperyid]

danny the drumer wasnt there yesterday...!!!

 

[tony0379]

well there isnt much to sing about is there!

 

[whatsappnin]

It's a bit of a disgrace really isn't it. We all assume were better than we are, if we had a bit more humility we'd sing even when we're not winning.

prawn sandwich anyone?

 

[whatsappnin]

danny the drumer wasnt there yesterday...!!!

don't worry about Danny, Kaboul the defender wasn't there either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LadieK]

We're all too depressed. It's cold, we're shit, can't afford Christmas, seasonal affective disorder, tickets are too expensive, the beer's warm, the pie's cold.

It's all relative.

:lol: :lol:

I just think we should be singing for 90 minutes - it's the old case of fickleness. I LOVE singing and anyone who's been to a game with me will tell you that I chant as much as is possible.

If you're cold - get up and do the Zoko dance! It'll warm you up :dance:

;-)

 

[stevet73]

the bricklayers before the game was quiet as well

 

[don1]

WHL is always a great place for noise thats what makes the place SPECIAL talking to fans that have been to the ground home or away fans they always say that there is great atmosphere here as we all know, as we are going through a bad spell we have to make ask much noise and get right behind the team as we have always done because we are the best supporters around. it might be hard to shout about at the minute but if we pull together we will get out of it.

 

[thfcsuperyid]

don't worry about Danny, Kaboul the defender wasn't there either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

normally danny gets us going at the start...all i could hear at the start was brum...was not happy...!!! think were missing our "martin Jols blue and White army"...it was so easy to chant for long periods..!!!

 

[double0]

Many Fans IMO are still coming to terms with the shake up in the management/Coaching roles + the players have not shown the crowd enough razzmatazz on the field. The Birmingham game was typical because deep down as the game unfolded we all knew we would crumble at the back.