atmosphere at Goodison is awful.

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teppic said:
This might seem like a good idea as we don't have it here and sometimes anything new is good, but I've been a season ticket holder in a stadium where this has been the method to get the crowd going. At first I thought it was boss as the crowd was really loud but after a few games it really started to grate. The were no spontaneous chants from the crowd as there was a hierarchy over who would actually start a chant. It got so formulaic that you could predict which chants were for when. Like a certain chant at a corner and the like. Finally it just got plain irritating as it was so fake. It actually ruined the enjoyment of the match having this dude on a microphone yelling in it constantly. I was relieved to go to Goodison and find I could enjoy the game, shout when I wanted and join in the chants when I felt like it. And once Goodison gets properly going there is no better atmosphere and that's not biased.
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Don't have just one fan with a mic, have several mics along the front row and let fans come down and get the crowd going (within reasons, could potentially backfire massively if they're plastered!).
 

robertosdream said:
I absolutely agree with you! Its like we have no voice left in us by the time we get to view the game. Plus the fact we are all probably anaethetised by alcohol! I remember all the games from the seventies and eighties but after that I would be lying.
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There are quite a few games from the seventies when being anaesthetised would have been the better option. We did sing though....."Ive never been so happy since I don't know when...." a good book title for a football generation.
 
20 lads with the balls to do so, stood together in a block at the back of the Gwladys Street belting out all the classics will get the the rest of the back of the Gwladys Street going.

It's been proved that it works when we've got the numbers.


...Walks across the GOT playground shouting 'all join up for the Street End Boot Boys'
 
teppic said:
This might seem like a good idea as we don't have it here and sometimes anything new is good, but I've been a season ticket holder in a stadium where this has been the method to get the crowd going. At first I thought it was boss as the crowd was really loud but after a few games it really started to grate. The were no spontaneous chants from the crowd as there was a hierarchy over who would actually start a chant. It got so formulaic that you could predict which chants were for when. Like a certain chant at a corner and the like. Finally it just got plain irritating as it was so fake. It actually ruined the enjoyment of the match having this dude on a microphone yelling in it constantly. I was relieved to go to Goodison and find I could enjoy the game, shout when I wanted and join in the chants when I felt like it. And once Goodison gets properly going there is no better atmosphere and that's not biased.
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I'll happily do the mic, it won't be fake or staged, just me screaming KOFF OSMAN!!! But in a sing songy way
 

I've been in the St End for over 20 years. The atmosphere this season has been the pits. Most of the lads sitting around me had have had their STs in the same place for all those years, too, but although they're sounds blokes they've just aged and become moaning gits. I don't sing as much as I used to and it's partly because you get looked at by some people as if it's not the done thing. I do honestly believe that Evertonians, as a general rule, are far more interested in the play than some other clubs' supporters who are more interested in having the best 'banter' and that sometimes means we are a relatively quiet, but I can't remember a time like this season when if the opposition are within 30 yards of our goal at the St End it's cause for a fair number of lads to whinge, about anything and everything. Until fairly recently we encouraged the keeper and defenders, now if they're not taking the ball down and racing 40 yards up the field then it's just not good enough.

Get the atmosphere better?
1. Put the away section at the other end of the Bullens (ain't gonna happen but would be fun)
2. Remove the CCTV camera from GT4 by the beam, let the streetenders be streetenders
3. Serve decent ale, it'll get us in sooner and merrier
4. Turn the volume down of the ear-splitting pre-match "entertainment", why would anybody start chanting before the game if there's no chance of them being heard? And play classic tracks instead of the top 40 crap few in GP listen to.
5. Put a wire under the seats in the Park End. If they don't sing every 3/4 minutes, give them a bit of current.
 
teppic said:
This might seem like a good idea as we don't have it here and sometimes anything new is good, but I've been a season ticket holder in a stadium where this has been the method to get the crowd going. At first I thought it was boss as the crowd was really loud but after a few games it really started to grate. The were no spontaneous chants from the crowd as there was a hierarchy over who would actually start a chant. It got so formulaic that you could predict which chants were for when. Like a certain chant at a corner and the like. Finally it just got plain irritating as it was so fake. It actually ruined the enjoyment of the match having this dude on a microphone yelling in it constantly. I was relieved to go to Goodison and find I could enjoy the game, shout when I wanted and join in the chants when I felt like it. And once Goodison gets properly going there is no better atmosphere and that's not biased.
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Back in my youth, the Street End was terrific and when the Main Stand joined in, the Grand Old Lady truly did rock !!
Whatever it takes, the atmosphere does need to improve and with our next two home games being night games and both on TV, let's do it !!!!
 
5. Put a wire under the seats in the Park End. If they don't sing every 3/4 minutes, give them a bit of current.

That might be entertaining to watch... as dozens of wigs fly into the air :-)
 
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What about a sniper sitting on the roof of the park end taking out fukers in the street end if the don't get off their asses and make some sort of an atmosphere. That would sort this s*it out. pop ..... pop .... pop ..... they would be crying and s*it like x factor contestants after a while
 
diggerdestroyer said:
What about a sniper sitting on the roof of the park end taking out fukers in the street end if the don't get off their asses and make some sort of an atmosphere. That would sort this s*it out. pop ..... pop .... pop ..... they would be crying and s*it like x factor contestants after a while
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I think this option might be considered as being a little extreme, however, if modified to taking out Kopites in the Street End on Derby Day I can see it being acted upon :-)
Only kidding... or am I :-)
 

The only time it's loud in Goodison is when the fans have something to moan about, like when a bunch of useless 17 and 18 year olds weren't able to beat a full strength Krasnodar team in a totally meaningless game, you know, like a genuine reason to be pissed off.
 
Bryan said:
Even the away fans are starting to notice it


http://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/thread/238412/everton-sing-song
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To be honest i think most fans around the country now know that Goodison has the worse atmosphere, Hull a few weeks back

http://www.hullcityindependent.net/?page=forum&forum_id=8&thread_id=20061

"Those who complain about the KC atmosphere really need to get out more - it was shocking from the home support last night. "

"Everton fans turned on their own team early on, shocking support "
 

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