The Crowd

[marsh]

i'd be interested to know if anyone has done research into whether booing a sports team makes them play better

Or sitting in silence helps them play better or try harder

 

[marsh]

Thing is we do sing some of the worst, to hear the Park End sing "we only sing when were wining" has to be one of the most embarrassing things I've ever heard. For a team who don't seem to be winning very often, a song straight from Soccer AM

They sing that but if you suggest a banner or want to stand and sing and its kopite behaviour apparently

 

[deipnosophist]

That song about Yerry Mina getting on the lemo with David Ospina would get people enlivened...why doesn't someone from GOT start singing it at the next home game?

 

[stanleypark]

You only have to look at the concourses at half time to realise that some fans do still want to jump around singing. however when they go back to their seats they are not together. so they're not going to carry on like that if their seat is surrounded by people who choose to sit down. They have to be together in the ground.

 

[deipnosophist]

The last time I went to Eden Park to watch a rugby game, I was very vocal... and was asked to leave

 

[dannyboy]

Or sitting in silence helps them play better or try harder

Maybe some people think it´s like the tennis, making noise is disrespectful to the players.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Maybe if the players served up anything other than utter dross it might be a bit easier to get behind them.

 

[wainy]

People in here getting an arse on coz loads of working class lads have the audacity to boo some nob on 100k a week. If they showed half the passion of the fans who turn up week in week out then we wouldn't have a problem.

 

[adi dassler]

I don’t see the lack of singing as an issue as we’ve never really been ones to sing all the way through matches, and are hardly known for a vast repertoire of different songs. However, the lack of any kind of noise in the stadium over the past couple of years does concern me. I think a real apathy has set in amongst the supporters, and we are in danger of being as un-arsed as the players seemingly are. We don’t even seem to berate the ref for poor decisions or opposing players for fouls etc...a small boo then that’s it.

Maybe 20+ years of absolute mediocrity has finished Goodison off...

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Few reasons but a big'un is we've over subscribed season ticket holders.

Why is Anfield so noisy then?

 

[nsno-chris]

We should have a home coming parade for each game

 

[MikeH72]

Maybe if the players served up anything other than utter dross it might be a bit easier to get behind them.

That’d make sense if the atmosphere wasn’t crap when we’re winning as well.

 

[Frang]

Will be handing out hymn sheets the next home

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Why is Anfield so noisy then?

Already replied with this. We have more season ticket holders than Liverpool...

46% of their capacity are season ticket holders.
84% of our capacity are season ticket holders.

 

[everton1953]

Already replied with this. We have more season ticket holders than Liverpool...

46% of their capacity are season ticket holders.
84% of our capacity are season ticket holders.

Did you write that "tongue in cheek?" It is probably easier to explain the difference in atmosphere by saying that their relative success down the decades has achieved a world wide audience despite a continual lack of trophies. Every transfer splurge they make is greeted as the last piece of the jigsaw, and "this could be our season". This goes on and on most seasons. I don't know what the comparative spend is over the past 25 years, but their expectations are always higher than ours. I am always nauseated by the media concentration on the pre match ritual of "You'll never walk alone" . I am probably jealous, but it was my fault choosing Everton over them many years ago.