| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday 08:59 - Apr 4 with 1988 views | Bobbychase |
Not all game, things died away when it became clear it wasn't going to be the game we all hoped. But just before and after kick off and at points in the first half it was superb. Cobbold Stand joining in with lower SBR. Good stuff from Blue Action again.
Had that been a repeat of the Plymouth performance/result I think the roof would have come off. |  |
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| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 09:50 - Apr 4 with 1902 views | SouperJim |
I was in the cobbold lower on the halfway line Saturday rather than where I usually am in the lower north. I know this is always said, but the noise from the north stand doesn't travel well. The acoustics really are terrible, there were only 2 or 3 songs from the north all game which sounded loud. If gamechanger only did 1 thing to improve Portman Road, for me it would be to sort this issue out as best as possible. [Post edited 4 Apr 2022 9:51]
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| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 09:55 - Apr 4 with 1876 views | GeoffSentence |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 09:50 - Apr 4 by SouperJim |
I was in the cobbold lower on the halfway line Saturday rather than where I usually am in the lower north. I know this is always said, but the noise from the north stand doesn't travel well. The acoustics really are terrible, there were only 2 or 3 songs from the north all game which sounded loud. If gamechanger only did 1 thing to improve Portman Road, for me it would be to sort this issue out as best as possible. [Post edited 4 Apr 2022 9:51]
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The North sounded pretty vigorous, more or less constantly (until the goal) from where I am in the Sir Alf. |  |
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| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 10:16 - Apr 4 with 1782 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 09:50 - Apr 4 by SouperJim |
I was in the cobbold lower on the halfway line Saturday rather than where I usually am in the lower north. I know this is always said, but the noise from the north stand doesn't travel well. The acoustics really are terrible, there were only 2 or 3 songs from the north all game which sounded loud. If gamechanger only did 1 thing to improve Portman Road, for me it would be to sort this issue out as best as possible. [Post edited 4 Apr 2022 9:51]
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Yep, exactly the same here. Was in the Cobbold lower, again on the halfway line. An amazing atmosphere wasn’t my experience. Felt flat throughout especially when it became clear it wasn’t happening. We were pretty much outsung from start to finish.
Of course, in the Cobbold I could just about hear S6 over the loud tutting that greeted every Carroll pass [Post edited 4 Apr 2022 15:20]
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| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 10:27 - Apr 4 with 1755 views | SWGF |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 09:50 - Apr 4 by SouperJim |
I was in the cobbold lower on the halfway line Saturday rather than where I usually am in the lower north. I know this is always said, but the noise from the north stand doesn't travel well. The acoustics really are terrible, there were only 2 or 3 songs from the north all game which sounded loud. If gamechanger only did 1 thing to improve Portman Road, for me it would be to sort this issue out as best as possible. [Post edited 4 Apr 2022 9:51]
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I sit directly opposite the away fans and almost every game (with a decent away following), they are singing about the place being a library and our support being less than adequate while the North Stand are in full song. It's a shocking stadium for acoustics. |  |
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| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 10:32 - Apr 4 with 1714 views | PrideOfTheEast |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 10:16 - Apr 4 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Yep, exactly the same here. Was in the Cobbold lower, again on the halfway line. An amazing atmosphere wasn’t my experience. Felt flat throughout especially when it became clear it wasn’t happening. We were pretty much outsung from start to finish.
Of course, in the Cobbold I could just about hear S6 over the loud tutting that greeted every Carroll pass [Post edited 4 Apr 2022 15:20]
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Agree, I thought it was pretty flat. |  | | |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 11:04 - Apr 4 with 1651 views | Bobbychase |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 10:27 - Apr 4 by SWGF |
I sit directly opposite the away fans and almost every game (with a decent away following), they are singing about the place being a library and our support being less than adequate while the North Stand are in full song. It's a shocking stadium for acoustics. |
I hardly heard the Cambridge fans at all (I was in Cobbold Block A) whereas the SBR sounded amazing.
And yet people in the seats below me clearly couldn't hear a thing | |
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| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 11:25 - Apr 4 with 1616 views | Wickets |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 09:50 - Apr 4 by SouperJim |
I was in the cobbold lower on the halfway line Saturday rather than where I usually am in the lower north. I know this is always said, but the noise from the north stand doesn't travel well. The acoustics really are terrible, there were only 2 or 3 songs from the north all game which sounded loud. If gamechanger only did 1 thing to improve Portman Road, for me it would be to sort this issue out as best as possible. [Post edited 4 Apr 2022 9:51]
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Yup in the that part of the ground where we were sitting all we could hear all game long was the Cambridge fans . I now understand why fans in the middle sections of Portman road think the Sir Bobby lower is quiet . Back to are usual seats Super Jim for the last couple of home games thankfully . |  | | |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 12:08 - Apr 4 with 1534 views | north_stand77 |
Genuine question, technically, how can the acoustics 8improved?
I sit in SBR upper and although I know the Lower are singing, it's not always easy to hear it properly. |  | | |
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| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 12:22 - Apr 4 with 1497 views | Dyland |
I'm not criticising the atmosphere but from the Upper North in Area 1 it sounded pretty flat except for a few points in the second half, and before the game. Always the way, cos the acoustics just don't support crowd noise at all. Annoying. |  |
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| Ah, snap (n/t) on 12:23 - Apr 4 with 1489 views | Dyland |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 12:08 - Apr 4 by north_stand77 |
Genuine question, technically, how can the acoustics 8improved?
I sit in SBR upper and although I know the Lower are singing, it's not always easy to hear it properly. |
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| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 13:15 - Apr 4 with 1385 views | Blue_Order |
Was really frustrating because that end of the Cobbold upper was joining in so the whole corner was going for a few minutes (think it was allez allez allez oh). It felt like it was really building up… and then they scored, which just killed it all. |  | | |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 13:26 - Apr 4 with 1335 views | SaleAway |
I wasn't able to be there, but I had iFollow on, and the atmosphere sounded pretty good to me. Plenty of songs heard for most of the game. in comparison, I watched the last 30 minutes of the Liverpool game on Bt sport, where it genuinely did sound like a library. | |
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| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 15:21 - Apr 4 with 1157 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 12:08 - Apr 4 by north_stand77 |
Genuine question, technically, how can the acoustics 8improved?
I sit in SBR upper and although I know the Lower are singing, it's not always easy to hear it properly. |
Microphones in the bottom row of SBR, piped to our new tannoy system | |
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| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 17:47 - Apr 4 with 1055 views | southnorfolkblue |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 10:16 - Apr 4 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Yep, exactly the same here. Was in the Cobbold lower, again on the halfway line. An amazing atmosphere wasn’t my experience. Felt flat throughout especially when it became clear it wasn’t happening. We were pretty much outsung from start to finish.
Of course, in the Cobbold I could just about hear S6 over the loud tutting that greeted every Carroll pass [Post edited 4 Apr 2022 15:20]
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It sounded pretty good on IFollow | |
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| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 19:57 - Apr 4 with 964 views | north_stand77 |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 15:21 - Apr 4 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Microphones in the bottom row of SBR, piped to our new tannoy system |
That sounds good (excuse the pun), maybe it could be done at the same time as the tannoy system, which is now completely inaudible in the upper North. | | | |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 09:13 - Apr 5 with 819 views | SouperJim |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 19:57 - Apr 4 by north_stand77 |
That sounds good (excuse the pun), maybe it could be done at the same time as the tannoy system, which is now completely inaudible in the upper North. |
I seem to recall that this was suggested by the Evans regime once upon a time, along with vague promises of sorting out the broken 2nd hand unfit for purpose PA system installed in the ground.
I've often thought that they should have internally clad the new north in the corregated iron from the old north. The old stand was like a giant drum. In all seriousness though, surely something along those lines would help, in the lower north you've got the permanently shut shutters at the back and then the concrete of the upper tier above, neither reflect sound very well. [Post edited 5 Apr 2022 9:14]
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| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 11:04 - Apr 5 with 743 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 09:13 - Apr 5 by SouperJim |
I seem to recall that this was suggested by the Evans regime once upon a time, along with vague promises of sorting out the broken 2nd hand unfit for purpose PA system installed in the ground.
I've often thought that they should have internally clad the new north in the corregated iron from the old north. The old stand was like a giant drum. In all seriousness though, surely something along those lines would help, in the lower north you've got the permanently shut shutters at the back and then the concrete of the upper tier above, neither reflect sound very well. [Post edited 5 Apr 2022 9:14]
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The shutters open during the week to let air cirulate... they are then closed on match-day. |  |
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| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 11:21 - Apr 5 with 722 views | SouperJim |
| Impressed by the atmosphere on Saturday on 11:04 - Apr 5 by ITFC_Forever |
The shutters open during the week to let air cirulate... they are then closed on match-day. |
I'm surprised by that, I'm 2 rows from the back and the one near me has had the handle for the mechanism removed. That's since gamechanger arrived of course, before that there were grotty tarpaulins permanently covering them up for years.
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