So will Gallop get this fixed before ANZAC day?

[Glen]

If that happened at a Bulldogs game it would be front page news. Was there even any crowd trouble the other week at the Bulldogs/Roosters game where the media was hyping up the danger from Dogs fans?

I was at the game and have been to several Wanderers games, and for the most part it's a great time. There's nothing wrong with singing, chanting, jumping, dancing, whatever. The trouble in the RBB though is more than just the "one or two individuals" that always get mentioned and is a very ugly side of the game indeed.

 

[Ridders]

The A-League Grand Final WAS a sell out

I haven't heard the explanation for any empty seats and I did see some - but there were no tickets available to the general public on the day or via pre sale. It was an official sell out according to the news and Foxtel.

From what I saw most of the empty seats were in the top tier of the stadium (Western side) which I believe is for SFS members?

 

[Bumble]

That is just a stupid argument. "You see at Mars shitburgers home games alot of their chants involve incest and most of the chants require raping virgins and decapitating innocent children"

Here's a tip. Don't stand on f**king chairs you juvenile f**kwits. Stand on the ground or sit on the chairs. I have been to a heap of Roar games and it is just embarrassing watching the stupid merkins prowl around like they are East London firms with scarves as masks and stupid chants when the game isn't even on. I have said it before and I will say it again... these people are only interested in the mob culture and probably don't really care about the sport of the team.. very much like our old shithead fans at the Dogs.

This. This time a million.

But yeah, anyone here that thinks that the Telecrap or any other major publication is 'pro-sockah' just stop. Seriously. :lol: :lol:

As someone who passionately supports both Souffs and SFC I have no axe to grind here. They're my two favourite sports - but the number of times I've seen 9, DT and other news services stick the boot into 'sockah' is astounding.

And to be honest, Rugby League fans apart from a certain ethnicity at a certain club in Canterbury largely get a pass from the media to do whatever the f**k they want at games.

 

[steggz]

Ok, here goes nothing...

I'm a sports fan. Passionate about St George Illawarra, passionate about Sydney FC. There are aspects of the RBB which I admire and other aspects which I don't approve of. Flares are illegal to set off in non-emergency situations, so regardless of the safety debate, they can't do it, and I think they're unnecessary. I often stand in the Cove and there's lots of jumping, but I don't think people jump on the seats. The damage done to the northern end by the RBB is ridiculous and intentional.

But their passion, expressed in flags and banners, continuous chanting and cheering (rugby league fans have a lot to learn, AFL fans even more) is something I'd love to see modelled by most codes. If the Dragons had an active support base like that, taking the positive and removing the negative, it would be amazing.

 

[Brutus]

Ok, here goes nothing...

I'm a sports fan. Passionate about St George Illawarra, passionate about Sydney FC. There are aspects of the RBB which I admire and other aspects which I don't approve of. Flares are illegal to set off in non-emergency situations, so regardless of the safety debate, they can't do it, and I think they're unnecessary. I often stand in the Cove and there's lots of jumping, but I don't think people jump on the seats. The damage done to the northern end by the RBB is ridiculous and intentional.

But their passion, expressed in flags and banners, continuous chanting and cheering (rugby league fans have a lot to learn, AFL fans even more) is something I'd love to see modelled by most codes. If the Dragons had an active support base like that, taking the positive and removing the negative, it would be amazing.

I'm not interested in going to a sporting event and listening to that shit for the entire game.

Give me a RL atmosphere any time of the day.

 

[undertaker]

I'm not interested in going to a sporting event and listening to that shit for the entire game.

Give me a RL atmosphere any time of the day.

This.

Btw, im still waiting for tossers like Suitman to sprout their verbal diarrhoea and defend his beloved WSW supporters' deplorable behaviour. Im happy the Mariners won just so everyone would see that WSW troublemakers aren't just a handful of supporters and also so the DT aren't going to wax lyrical and tell all of us how they're the team that all sports lovers across Sydney should be following.

 

[LatK7]

Let's face it - if there was a Rugby League game where the vocal support was anywhere near like the A-League Grand Final yesterday we'd all be creaming ourselves and patting ourselves on the back. It sounded f**king amazing and I would have been proud if the Roosters v Rabbitohs game had chants that went for 15 to 20 minutes with thousands generating huge levels of noise even though their team was getting beaten.

Bingo. I would love League crowds to be as loud as that. If we could get active groups together it would change the look and feel of games. Some clubs, i.e. Saints, Canterbury and Souths have solid active groups but they can and should grow.

 

[gronkathon]

The most vocal active supporter groups are very much ego driven by their leaders for the most part. They will tell you how they are the best fans and so forth, make up chants about their group more then the team etc.

I will take a pass. I enjoy the atmosphere at the European football games I have been to but really didn't give a toss about the ame so it didn't matter

 

[LatK7]

Ok, here goes nothing...

I'm a sports fan. Passionate about St George Illawarra, passionate about Sydney FC. There are aspects of the RBB which I admire and other aspects which I don't approve of. Flares are illegal to set off in non-emergency situations, so regardless of the safety debate, they can't do it, and I think they're unnecessary. I often stand in the Cove and there's lots of jumping, but I don't think people jump on the seats. The damage done to the northern end by the RBB is ridiculous and intentional.

But their passion, expressed in flags and banners, continuous chanting and cheering (rugby league fans have a lot to learn, AFL fans even more) is something I'd love to see modelled by most codes. If the Dragons had an active support base like that, taking the positive and removing the negative, it would be amazing.

Agreed 100%. I think in the case of Saints it's possible. The numbers, passion and core group is there. Requires somewhat of a culture shift, though. And good note on the AFL...a very basic and dull look/feel there.

 

[Perth Red]

I'm not interested in going to a sporting event and listening to that shit for the entire game.

Give me a RL atmosphere any time of the day.

what atmosphere? Most games it is the odd abuse thrown at the ref, bit of clapping and some dick on the tanoy screaming your clubs name to try and wake the crowd up. Occasionally you'll get a good one, Souths and Cronulla fans are the only games I've been to where there was anything like a decent atmosphere created.

 

[grouch]

Rugby league isn't boring enough

 

[Loudstrat]

Ok, here goes nothing...

I'm a sports fan. Passionate about St George Illawarra, passionate about Sydney FC. There are aspects of the RBB which I admire and other aspects which I don't approve of. Flares are illegal to set off in non-emergency situations, so regardless of the safety debate, they can't do it, and I think they're unnecessary. I often stand in the Cove and there's lots of jumping, but I don't think people jump on the seats. The damage done to the northern end by the RBB is ridiculous and intentional.

But their passion, expressed in flags and banners, continuous chanting and cheering (rugby league fans have a lot to learn, AFL fans even more) is something I'd love to see modelled by most codes. If the Dragons had an active support base like that, taking the positive and removing the negative, it would be amazing.

what atmosphere? Most games it is the odd abuse thrown at the ref, bit of clapping and some dick on the tanoy screaming your clubs name to try and wake the crowd up. Occasionally you'll get a good one, Souths and Cronulla fans are the only games I've been to where there was anything like a decent atmosphere created.

I'm loving these alien brained spankers passing off looting and destruction as "atmosphere".

4000 people at Coffs Harbour yesterday utterly owned the atmosphere generated per head at any Soccer crowd ever assembled in Australia ever. They achieved that without managing to destroy anything more valuable than a a meat pie.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

So a decent atmosphere equates to either jumping up and down with your back to the game chanting the same thing over and over (soccer) or shouting baaaaaaawwwwllllll every five seconds (afl)?

I'll stick to being boring thanks.

 

[deemac77]

Lol...I dunno, it happened to us one day at SCG.
There was a row of us at Allan Borders last game and we were all standing on the seats and chanting "Border, Border, Border" nek minnit, the seats all came away and we were all grief stricken. Bodies everywhere.
So, lets not go off too early here. Could of been harmless fun like we were doing.

Looks worse than what it is i reckon and NO, im not a soccer fan.

 

[Perth Red]

I'm loving these alien brained spankers passing off looting and destruction as "atmosphere".

4000 people at Coffs Harbour yesterday utterly owned the atmosphere generated per head at any Soccer crowd ever assembled in Australia ever. They achieved that without managing to destroy anything more valuable than a a meat pie.

f**k off, if it wasn't for the refs mic I would have thought i'd gone deaf listening to the Cvc game! I figuredd everyone must have been stunned into silence by the price of the tickets.
Now the 4500 at Craven park on Saturday for the challege cup, that was an atmosphere. two sets of passionate fans given 80 minutes of verbal encouragement to their teams, no damage, no fighting, no flares, just good old fashioned RL passion and pride in your team. I've been to NRL games with 30,000 that don't come close to the noise the 4500 at Craven park made. Never understood it as I find most Australians loud and not shy about giving a opinion. When they get to a game of Rl they seem to become introverts!

 

[Flapper]

I personally am too busy concentrating on the game to be jumping up and down and singing for 80 mins.

 

[Perth Red]

I have to say i think it is a cultural thing in that RL fans in NRL are focussed on watching the game and there is little connection between the players and the fans. In SL the fans feel they are part of the equation and believe that they can influence the performance of their team by giving them a lift through verbal support or by influencing the refs decision making.
Maybe it is to do with the weather and keeping warm as opposed to chilling in the sun, the culture, the style of stadium, the conservative nature of Brits who need an excuse to let go for a couple of hours, the laid back nature of Australians that winning or losing doesn't make that much difference, really not sure but it is weird having grown up on the loud and raucous terraces of Rugby league in England to then come to the very laid back and civilised stands in Australia.

 

[Flapper]

Not to mention as a Tigers fan I know that no amount of singing in the world will stop Moltzen dropping bomb after bomb or Benji putting a cut out pass into Row Z :lol:

 

[juro]

I love the atmosphere at the rugby league when something big happens, like a great tackle, or a break down the wing, and the crowd comes to life. It is the crowd honestly reacting to what is happening on the field. I don't see the point if the crowd are providing all the entertainment.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

I'm loving these alien brained spankers passing off looting and destruction as "atmosphere".

4000 people at Coffs Harbour yesterday utterly owned the atmosphere generated per head at any Soccer crowd ever assembled in Australia ever. They achieved that without managing to destroy anything more valuable than a a meat pie.

:lol:Yesterday's game at Coffs didn't even have an atmosphere,the crowd was silent 98% of the time,i heard some faint noises when tries were scored but that's about it

Truly awful crowd of sleepy merkins