not sure if they read this forum and really I don't want to sound like a moaner as I think generally they do a great job and if they weren't there the atmosphere would be even more shocking.
(as proven when they don't turn up occasionally)
but...
something that really bugs me is when Red Red Robin comes on and they try to get the crowd to sing/clap Red Army/CAFC over the top of it and to make it worse not even vaguely in time with the Red Red Robin.
Our fans struggle to clap to the along to the most basic of patterns anyway but having the drummer doing one thing and the crowd trying to do another is asking for trouble!
If your going to bang the drum at that time then at least do it in time to the music playing over the loud speakers!
...and finally... my main issue is that the moment the game kicks off the drum goes totally silent for about 15 minutes killing any momentum the crowd may have built up and setting the tone for the rest of the game.
If the first 15 minutes start off quite boisterous then it would maybe carry on that way?
I dread that time after the first whistle as "Jump Around" is faded down and you can hear everyone sitting down and preparing to be nervous!
Surely that's gotta be the time for the drummer to just go mental in a desperate attempt to create an atmosphere?!
Sorry for the rant and other than that, keep up the good work!
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Definitely makes a difference to the atmosphere when the drummer is banging away.
everyone bring a drum to the blackpool game and bang along till your hearts content throughout the game!
I see your sentiment, but surely it can't be up to 1 or 2 people to create the noise. no one pays him to bring a drum, if one person in 17,500 can bring one, surely someone else could too?
Besides that think the lads do a great job
Dop they do dedications or weddings?
To the tune of C - A - F - C:
YOU - ARE - MAR - RIED
I think thats the best they could do!
Your- lifes -fin-ished
everyone bring a drum to the blackpool game and bang along till your hearts content throughout the game!
I see your sentiment, but surely it can't be up to 1 or 2 people to create the noise. no one pays him to bring a drum, if one person in 17,500 can bring one, surely someone else could too?[/quote]
don't get me wrong, i think whoever does it is a absolute legend for putting the effort in.
maybe he could hand it over to a one of you guys in the north upper for the first 15 minutes of the game, give him break!
i can just imagine the look on some of the miserable tw@ts faces in the north lower if i turned up with a drum on Sat!
Actually that's quite tempting...
Especially if we should go a goal down.
There was a drummer at Wembley 98 - and he was priceless after we went 3-2 down and not very long left.
Without that drummer stirring our fans, our Premiership years may never have happened.......
He's got the hump because there were no chants of Al, Al, Super Alan Pardew at the Colchester game.
You`ve made him blush, he`s sitting next me reading that !!!!!!!!!!
I'll never forget his contribution to a magical day.
So pass on a big thanks to him from me!
http://www.addickted.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=9748
As for the drum, I've offered to pay for the new drum skins through the Valley Flags money, if the lads bring the receipt for them
Not in the press conference nor the interview with BBC London, not accusing Addickted.net of making it up, but he's said nothing of the sort over the weekend