| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. 20:28 - Sep 28 with 4073 views | Bluearmy71 |
I like many I'm sure appreciate your efforts during each match but one thing struck me at the last two home games is the fact there are times in the game when the whole stand needs to get behind the team vocally but loads of people are restricted in singing as they do not know words to the new songs that you always favour (the odd exception given) so my suggestion is maybe bring some of the older songs back in the mix more, I think this would be more beneficial to the atmosphere for longer periods of the game as opposed to the newer songs more often than not as they tend to die out before reaching the middle of the stand!
As I said this is merely a suggestion so please don't take any offence from it. |  | | |  |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 20:36 - Sep 28 with 3533 views | BlockJJ |
They should move to the middle tbh, so often we have two songs going on at once or one side 5 seconds ahead of the other side. |  | | |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 20:39 - Sep 28 with 3515 views | Bluearmy71 |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 20:36 - Sep 28 by BlockJJ |
They should move to the middle tbh, so often we have two songs going on at once or one side 5 seconds ahead of the other side. |
Is rather annoying clapping one tune and singing another lol, I agree though they would be much better off in the middle. | | | |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 21:08 - Sep 28 with 3410 views | Blue_Order |
That’s a fair point mate. We’ve never really discussed that as a group, but I guess we subconsciously leave it to the middle to start the ‘old’ songs as there’s 3 blocks worth of them compared to our small section, so they can easily get the whole stand roused by singing the classics whenever they do. I think I it’s fair to say we always join in with them when we hear them come across though, and there are times when we say to each other “we need to sing a known one” and do.
To get new songs known though, the only way is to keep singing them until they catch on and spread (or don’t and we finally admit defeat and give up with them).
In my opinion, one of the problems we have as a support is the limited amount of songs we have. Singing the same 4/5 songs all game, every game becomes pretty tedious, so we’ll always try and come up with new ones. The majority of them won’t take off, but eventually (like ESWF) the odd one will. It’s just trial and error I guess. |  | | |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 21:21 - Sep 28 with 3342 views | xrayspecs |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 21:08 - Sep 28 by Blue_Order |
That’s a fair point mate. We’ve never really discussed that as a group, but I guess we subconsciously leave it to the middle to start the ‘old’ songs as there’s 3 blocks worth of them compared to our small section, so they can easily get the whole stand roused by singing the classics whenever they do. I think I it’s fair to say we always join in with them when we hear them come across though, and there are times when we say to each other “we need to sing a known one” and do.
To get new songs known though, the only way is to keep singing them until they catch on and spread (or don’t and we finally admit defeat and give up with them).
In my opinion, one of the problems we have as a support is the limited amount of songs we have. Singing the same 4/5 songs all game, every game becomes pretty tedious, so we’ll always try and come up with new ones. The majority of them won’t take off, but eventually (like ESWF) the odd one will. It’s just trial and error I guess. |
We are about a year in so big credit for what you/we have achieved to date. If we all keep working at this, then who knows where we will be this time next season.... [Post edited 28 Sep 2019 21:21]
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| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 22:54 - Sep 28 with 3106 views | ArnieM |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 21:08 - Sep 28 by Blue_Order |
That’s a fair point mate. We’ve never really discussed that as a group, but I guess we subconsciously leave it to the middle to start the ‘old’ songs as there’s 3 blocks worth of them compared to our small section, so they can easily get the whole stand roused by singing the classics whenever they do. I think I it’s fair to say we always join in with them when we hear them come across though, and there are times when we say to each other “we need to sing a known one” and do.
To get new songs known though, the only way is to keep singing them until they catch on and spread (or don’t and we finally admit defeat and give up with them).
In my opinion, one of the problems we have as a support is the limited amount of songs we have. Singing the same 4/5 songs all game, every game becomes pretty tedious, so we’ll always try and come up with new ones. The majority of them won’t take off, but eventually (like ESWF) the odd one will. It’s just trial and error I guess. |
....” limited songs we have”?? Really? I think we have far more of a repertoire than most clubs.
As an example.....
When the Town go Marching in
Every Saturday we follow
Spirit in the sky
He’s only a poor little budgie
Most clubs only seem to have one dedicated song. I don’t think we’re too bad tbh . |  |
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| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 23:23 - Sep 28 with 3036 views | Blue_Order |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 22:54 - Sep 28 by ArnieM |
....” limited songs we have”?? Really? I think we have far more of a repertoire than most clubs.
As an example.....
When the Town go Marching in
Every Saturday we follow
Spirit in the sky
He’s only a poor little budgie
Most clubs only seem to have one dedicated song. I don’t think we’re too bad tbh . |
“When The ______ Go Marching In is sung by half the clubs in England.
Spirit in the Sky is good but never carries on for very long.
Poor Little Budgie gets sung probably once a game, and isn’t the type of song that can be sung over and over.
ESWF is one that we constantly pushed for a couple of months before it finally took off, which was my point. | | | |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 08:58 - Sep 29 with 2685 views | Oxford_Blue |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 21:08 - Sep 28 by Blue_Order |
That’s a fair point mate. We’ve never really discussed that as a group, but I guess we subconsciously leave it to the middle to start the ‘old’ songs as there’s 3 blocks worth of them compared to our small section, so they can easily get the whole stand roused by singing the classics whenever they do. I think I it’s fair to say we always join in with them when we hear them come across though, and there are times when we say to each other “we need to sing a known one” and do.
To get new songs known though, the only way is to keep singing them until they catch on and spread (or don’t and we finally admit defeat and give up with them).
In my opinion, one of the problems we have as a support is the limited amount of songs we have. Singing the same 4/5 songs all game, every game becomes pretty tedious, so we’ll always try and come up with new ones. The majority of them won’t take off, but eventually (like ESWF) the odd one will. It’s just trial and error I guess. |
You’ve got to move to the middle.
Sound doesn’t travel well within the stand. It’s built to sent it outward. | | | |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 09:02 - Sep 29 with 2678 views | LRB84UK |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 23:23 - Sep 28 by Blue_Order |
“When The ______ Go Marching In is sung by half the clubs in England.
Spirit in the Sky is good but never carries on for very long.
Poor Little Budgie gets sung probably once a game, and isn’t the type of song that can be sung over and over.
ESWF is one that we constantly pushed for a couple of months before it finally took off, which was my point. |
Back in the day when I used to not only have a ST but also used to go to all the away games we used to have a lot of songs. But I can remember a lot of away games where it was the same song for 45 minutes. The whole second half it used to be
Georgey burleys blue and white army
I T F C
Over and over and over, for the whole of a half!
Woah Tony mowbray used to be my favourite
There used to be some boys on the bus who used to come up with some good songs, there was a matt Holland and Titus bramble song. They never made it to the stands that I can remember but used to sing them on the coach to the games, whilst watching only fools and horses. One was called sausage roll and one porno mag (not their real names, clearly) I suppose the were the section 6 and blue action of yesterday year | | | |
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| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 09:06 - Sep 29 with 2671 views | TractorWood |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 08:58 - Sep 29 by Oxford_Blue |
You’ve got to move to the middle.
Sound doesn’t travel well within the stand. It’s built to sent it outward. |
As you say, the acoustics are atrocious. Not sure it will help much if they moved. |  |
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| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 09:16 - Sep 29 with 2632 views | tractorboy7777 |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 20:36 - Sep 28 by BlockJJ |
They should move to the middle tbh, so often we have two songs going on at once or one side 5 seconds ahead of the other side. |
Yeah I agree, very evident from the front of the upper tier | |
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| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 09:33 - Sep 29 with 2595 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 09:06 - Sep 29 by TractorWood |
As you say, the acoustics are atrocious. Not sure it will help much if they moved. |
It would help massively in that it would, in time, eradicate the issue of 2 songs being sung at the same time which would be major progress.
Too many individuals/groups want to be the heroes & start songs which is fine but you can’t be starting a song when something else is being sung by others, you’re best off joining in with what’s already being sung. For me it’s bit of an attitude problem. [Post edited 29 Sep 2019 9:40]
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| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 09:55 - Sep 29 with 2517 views | strikalite |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 09:33 - Sep 29 by Reuser_is_God |
It would help massively in that it would, in time, eradicate the issue of 2 songs being sung at the same time which would be major progress.
Too many individuals/groups want to be the heroes & start songs which is fine but you can’t be starting a song when something else is being sung by others, you’re best off joining in with what’s already being sung. For me it’s bit of an attitude problem. [Post edited 29 Sep 2019 9:40]
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In the old North Stand you knew who the top boys were and where they stood and within that group there was a leader, he started songs, simple as that, now all these young lads with a few beers inside them want to be the leader, if only for a moment... |  | | |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 09:56 - Sep 29 with 2509 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 09:55 - Sep 29 by strikalite |
In the old North Stand you knew who the top boys were and where they stood and within that group there was a leader, he started songs, simple as that, now all these young lads with a few beers inside them want to be the leader, if only for a moment... |
Yeah, that’s my point. | |
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| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 10:13 - Sep 29 with 2465 views | bluejacko |
New songs old songs! To be honest I don’t care it is just bloody good to here noise at Portman Road again 😀
Just keep it up !! | | | |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 10:16 - Sep 29 with 2460 views | itfcjoe |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 09:33 - Sep 29 by Reuser_is_God |
It would help massively in that it would, in time, eradicate the issue of 2 songs being sung at the same time which would be major progress.
Too many individuals/groups want to be the heroes & start songs which is fine but you can’t be starting a song when something else is being sung by others, you’re best off joining in with what’s already being sung. For me it’s bit of an attitude problem. [Post edited 29 Sep 2019 9:40]
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Maybe walkie talkies and smoke signals are required. Or a Yank style song starter to bring it all together
FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHHHHHTTTTT AND WWWWWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNN |  |
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| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 11:50 - Sep 29 with 2351 views | TractorWood |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 09:33 - Sep 29 by Reuser_is_God |
It would help massively in that it would, in time, eradicate the issue of 2 songs being sung at the same time which would be major progress.
Too many individuals/groups want to be the heroes & start songs which is fine but you can’t be starting a song when something else is being sung by others, you’re best off joining in with what’s already being sung. For me it’s bit of an attitude problem. [Post edited 29 Sep 2019 9:40]
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Are there still 10 people at the back of section 5 who insist on singing something different every time section 6 start a song. | |
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| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 12:56 - Sep 29 with 2248 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 11:50 - Sep 29 by TractorWood |
Are there still 10 people at the back of section 5 who insist on singing something different every time section 6 start a song. |
Yeah, seems like it.
Those 2 groups really ought to get together rather than sing against each other. | |
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| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 17:16 - Sep 29 with 2010 views | Blue_Order |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 08:58 - Sep 29 by Oxford_Blue |
You’ve got to move to the middle.
Sound doesn’t travel well within the stand. It’s built to sent it outward. |
Aye, that would be the perfect solution, but I don’t think it’ll happen anytime soon. Its full of ST holders who I doubt would be willing to move over to accommodate us, even if it would be for the best. We piÅ›s enough people off in Section 6 as it is  | | | |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 17:18 - Sep 29 with 2001 views | Blue_Order |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 12:56 - Sep 29 by Reuser_is_God |
Yeah, seems like it.
Those 2 groups really ought to get together rather than sing against each other. |
To be honest mate, we don’t even hear the middle where we are unless it’s the whole block(s) singing. | | | |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 17:19 - Sep 29 with 1994 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 17:16 - Sep 29 by Blue_Order |
Aye, that would be the perfect solution, but I don’t think it’ll happen anytime soon. Its full of ST holders who I doubt would be willing to move over to accommodate us, even if it would be for the best. We piÅ›s enough people off in Section 6 as it is |
That just sums Ipswich fans up to be honest. | |
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| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 17:21 - Sep 29 with 1981 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 17:18 - Sep 29 by Blue_Order |
To be honest mate, we don’t even hear the middle where we are unless it’s the whole block(s) singing. |
Yeah I guess that’s the issue for both sides. | |
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| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 18:01 - Sep 29 with 1925 views | Slambo |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 12:56 - Sep 29 by Reuser_is_God |
Yeah, seems like it.
Those 2 groups really ought to get together rather than sing against each other. |
I used to stand near those lads, and they were alright, but could just as easily stand in silence for a game. The whole point of Blue Action was to 'unite' all the atmosphere generators, so we were expecting anyone who was that way inclined to come over to section 6 and fall in behind us, so to speak. But I guess people were more reluctant to leave their regular, familiar spots/friendship groups than we anticipated, even if it meant staying somewhere where the atmos was sh1te. We've got a good crew as is though, and if we continue our hard work i'm confident people will steadily drift over and we can unite the active supporters that way. Maybe then we can start agitating to get over to the middle. It's very much a long term project... |  |
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| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 19:34 - Sep 29 with 1833 views | Oxford_Blue |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 09:06 - Sep 29 by TractorWood |
As you say, the acoustics are atrocious. Not sure it will help much if they moved. |
Except noise from the middle does travel immediately left and right which is better than where they are now | | | |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 20:10 - Sep 29 with 1780 views | strikalite |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 17:18 - Sep 29 by Blue_Order |
To be honest mate, we don’t even hear the middle where we are unless it’s the whole block(s) singing. |
You could move to SAR lower near away fans, create a new atmosphere there.... | | | |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 21:13 - Sep 29 with 1679 views | Blue_Order |
| Section 6, A Suggestion for you. on 20:10 - Sep 29 by strikalite |
You could move to SAR lower near away fans, create a new atmosphere there.... |
Aye maybe, but I can’t see the club turning a blind eye to standing in the Churchmans like they do in the North Stand. We’d also need a decent amount of lads to commit to moving over there to be able to make an impact, and I’m not sure that would happen either.
My personal opinion also, is that if we moved just to be closer to away fans, it could have a detrimental effect on the atmosphere that we can create. I have a feeling it would end up just being a lot of tit-for-tat songs between each set of fans, instead of a ‘European 90 minute’ atmosphere that we’re ultimately trying to achieve.
I’ve mentioned once or twice to the rest of group about maybe trying to move to the NS end block of the Upper Cobbold. I personally think moving there could be beneficial for a few reasons;
- We could be more visual - we’re hampered where we are now by the low roof so can only wave flags up to a certain row in S6. We could wave our bigger flags in the Cobbold and be seen more around the ground.
- The acoustics are better in the Cobbold than both of the end stands. We’d be close enough to the NS that we could feed off each other, but at the same time be able to spread the noise around the ground more.
- We could (if the club let us) control the section ourselves to decide who comes in, meaning we wouldn’t end up with people moving in there who don’t actually sing, which seems to have happened now in S6, which is diluting the atmosphere.
- There’d be more potential for us to grow as a group. With S6 being sold out every game now, we can’t get people over there with us during the season who do want to be part of it and sing constantly too. If we had a big empty block, we could slowly keep growing.
That’s all just my personal views/ideas on it, and it might not even be viable (ticket price difference, standing, the club just not wanting the hassle of it etc) but with the middle of the North pretty much off limits for us, that’s where I’d want to go if we were to move. We might look a bit lame to start with, with only 20 lads in that big section, but to properly change the whole atmosphere at Portman Road, I think it will take a radical change of thought. | | | |
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