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Disco_Pants93 said:
We sell tickets in huge numbers at home but the atmosphere / support in the ground is largely poor. I don't really understand why anyone thinks it's good. Aye, the football this season hasn't given us much to sing about but I thought the atmosphere for large parts was poor at home last season also and many years before that. For example, even in the PL days there's only a couple of games that really stick out where the SoL was properly loud (Chelsea at home under BSA for example). Away fans are second to none but it doesn't translate at home at all. Also very difficult to generate a good back and forth atmosphere with the away fans where they are.
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Home grounds in general are shite. I was at Leeds. It was decent for the first 15mins of both halves, but then they got visibly & audibly frustrated & stopped singing.

Apparently they’ve got the best home atmosphere around.

I’ve been to Anfield loads of times, it’s always been average at best. You’ll Never Walk Alone at the start is canny.
 
JOEJA said:
Fair play to any fan taking the time with banners etc but the one on sat was pretty poor. We had a good thing with the SO37 stuff, the sheff wed playoff was class, but the shit they received was a disgrace and now we end up with a match day as shit off the pitch as on it.
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What should happen is the club should reach out to the original group and find a way to make it work
 
Longy said:
Home grounds in general are shite. I was at Leeds. It was decent for the first 15mins of both halves, but then they got visibly & audibly frustrated & stopped singing.

Apparently they’ve got the best home atmosphere around.

I’ve been to Anfield loads of times, it’s always been average at best. You’ll Never Walk Alone at the start is canny.
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Not sure I agree with that personally. There's quite a few grounds even in the Championship that manage to generate a good atmosphere.
 
Nigh on impossible to slow the chanting down. You need a majority singing at a slower pace.

My idea would be to create a new “singing” section but only with people who actually want to contribute.
Disco_Pants93 said:
Not sure I agree with that personally. There's quite a few grounds even in the Championship that manage to generate a good atmosphere.
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A lot of them have quiet spells, but then the whole ground gets involved at times.
 
DonaldDownTheWing said:
Nigh on impossible to slow the chanting down. You need a majority singing at a slower pace.

My idea would be to create a new “singing” section but only with people who actually want to contribute.


A lot of them have quiet spells, but then the whole ground gets involved at times.
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That’s where we struggle really. I really think the answer is reclaiming the whole north stand as a proper home end.
 
Wearside Wanderer II said:
People need to stop crying over the north stand being the home end.
It’s not gonna happen anytime soon if ever.
Like certain posters are stuck on repeat about it.
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when the north stand was the home end, it was not that loud or noisy. There was more noise from the south west corner.

people will have their own opinions on that

Another issue is that some people want others to act / do in the way they want act / do. That is not reality nor is it right
 
Doberman said:
Yes to both.

The gates were opened at half time on Saturday and hundreds were piling out.

There's just not the culture at Sunderland for anything like SO37 to become successful and we'll be the only club that hasn't moved with the times within the next 5 years.
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There is something inherently wrong with the design and accoustics in the stadium as well though. I used to sit in the North Stand and from there could never hear anything form the South Stand. I'm now in the SWC and you can barely hear the away fans from there. Even on Satruday or when Boro were up there taking the piss. Location of away fans a massive problem for atmosphere as well.
 
Mackem Al said:
There is something inherently wrong with the design and accoustics in the stadium as well though. I used to sit in the North Stand and from there could never hear anything form the South Stand. I'm now in the SWC and you can barely hear the away fans from there. Even on Satruday or when Boro were up there taking the piss. Location of away fans a massive problem for atmosphere as well.
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Agreed. It was better when the SWC was the 'singing' end. Still not great but better than it is now
 
Doberman said:
As much as the club weren't easy to deal with, it wasn't the club pulling it to shreds online or accusing people of stealing donations or tutting and making life difficult in the stands.
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If the club genuinely wanted to be on board, they could draft an email with the flags group and send it to every ST holder in the south stand asking if they want to participate, help organising, give comments etc.. probably the only way to get everyone together in the same boat

I know yous lads tried every which way possible to get volunteers and people involved but when it comes to the match day, the vast majority of the South Stand ST holders seemed oblivious to the set up.
 
Atmosphere all over the leagues , especially top two is getting worse .Traditionally it has always been the young males with a few beers inside getting things started and the rest joining in.
At Safc iirc we have the highest percentage of female ST holders and families. Throw in the amount of OAP’s that attend .
 
JJH said:
Atmosphere all over the leagues , especially top two is getting worse .Traditionally it has always been the young males with a few beers inside getting things started and the rest joining in.
At Safc iirc we have the highest percentage of female ST holders and families. Throw in the amount of OAP’s that attend .
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True. It’s only the back of the south stand where we have any atmosphere at all in the ground. Their efforts very rarely spread further than the rest of the south.

I honestly don’t know why some have crowds where a few other stands join and we don’t
 
wigwams said:
True. It’s only the back of the south stand where we have any atmosphere at all in the ground. Their efforts very rarely spread further than the rest of the south.

I honestly don’t know why some have crowds where a few other stands join and we don’t
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And those that do try are ridiculed by a majority of the fan base.

Since I’ve had a ST in 2010, I doubt more than 5 chants have started away from the South and SWC.

I think the atmosphere is wank but I’ve done summit to try and help. Anyone in the east, west and north can piss off for me. Prawn sarnie munchers.
 
DonaldDownTheWing said:
And those that do try are ridiculed by a majority of the fan base.

Since I’ve had a ST in 2010, I doubt more than 5 chants have started away from the South and SWC.

I think the atmosphere is wank but I’ve done summit to try and help. Anyone in the east, west and north can piss off for me. Prawn sarnie munchers.
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I sit in the West Stand & I can tell you for a fact that I’ve started more than 5 chants off in U19.
 
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