If you take a cross-section of society you will always find that everybody is different.
If you read into the hearts of every away supporter at Orient on Tuesday night you will find the same differences but very importantly one common desire: to see Charlton win. How can 3,000 people ensure that this happens? Can they try to make it happen? I quote from Christian Dailly:
"At Hartlepool we had a huge support and then on Tuesday night we've got over 3,000. When you've got a support like we've got travelling to the games, there's no doubt it spurs us on and makes a big difference to us."
I've often heard players say so and I believe it to be true, just as I believe that silence and / or boos from the crowd will make the players perform worse. Some may argue that it makes no difference but I for one disagree.
Therefore, assuming this to be the case, we need to make noise to try to ensure a Charlton victory.
A question arises: 'Does this noise have to have any discernible content?' In other words 'does it matter whether you sing an IRA song or a song for a particular player?' Let's for the sake of argument say that it does not.
Does that then mean that we can sing anything? Two thoughts:
Singing something political or religious will only divide the support thus contradicting the initial aim of 'vocal support'
however...
If a small minority sing something that the majority do not like then all the majority need to do is sing something else more loudly.
Therefore we need more of the silent majority to sing if the minority step out of line. However this is not as simple as it sounds because you need a 'ringleader', someone to initiate some songs.
We recently had a thread on which people offered new songs for people to sing. I think that the importance of that thread has been missed. Is it not possible for a group of well-meaning contributors to this site to organise themselves (a group of 15-20 should be enough) to gather up the best ideas, print them off and have a 'singing practice?' Why not in The Royal Oak before a game?
I would do this but I'm rarely in England. I'll probably be back for Christmas. If no-one else wants to do it beforehand then I'd give it a go. Anyone interested?
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If you read into the hearts of every away supporter at Orient on Tuesday night you will find the same differences but very importantly one common desire: to see Charlton win. How can 3,000 people ensure that this happens? Can they try to make it happen? I quote from Christian Dailly:
"At Hartlepool we had a huge support and then on Tuesday night we've got over 3,000. When you've got a support like we've got travelling to the games, there's no doubt it spurs us on and makes a big difference to us."
I've often heard players say so and I believe it to be true, just as I believe that silence and / or boos from the crowd will make the players perform worse. Some may argue that it makes no difference but I for one disagree.
Therefore, assuming this to be the case, we need to make noise to try to ensure a Charlton victory.
A question arises: 'Does this noise have to have any discernible content?' In other words 'does it matter whether you sing an IRA song or a song for a particular player?' Let's for the sake of argument say that it does not.
Does that then mean that we can sing anything? Two thoughts:
Singing something political or religious will only divide the support thus contradicting the initial aim of 'vocal support'
however...
If a small minority sing something that the majority do not like then all the majority need to do is sing something else more loudly.
Therefore we need more of the silent majority to sing if the minority step out of line. However this is not as simple as it sounds because you need a 'ringleader', someone to initiate some songs.
We recently had a thread on which people offered new songs for people to sing. I think that the importance of that thread has been missed. Is it not possible for a group of well-meaning contributors to this site to organise themselves (a group of 15-20 should be enough) to gather up the best ideas, print them off and have a 'singing practice?' Why not in The Royal Oak before a game?
I would do this but I'm rarely in England. I'll probably be back for Christmas. If no-one else wants to do it beforehand then I'd give it a go. Anyone interested?
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