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5-0 and we still don't sing 21:16 - Mar 16 with 5613 viewsEC2_Blue

What the hell is it about Portman Road?

I've been going for 45 years and can honestly say that currently the 'support' does not warrant what is going on on it.

Is it that Blue Action have moved?

Is it that all the songs have become chintzy proto pop rip offs?

Is it the disconnect between upper and lower tiers- especially in the North?

Is it that we are so in awe of the wonders on the pitch that we get tongue tied or complacent?

I've got all Victor Meldrew about this before but today was crap and people really need to sort it out?

I know it's not just me because all away fans remark on it.

Maybe football is, after all, the new religion. Nobody sings in church either.

Well done Town. Zero for effort from the home fans. Again.

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 09:44 - Mar 17 with 1073 viewsRyorry

5-0 and we still don't sing on 22:50 - Mar 16 by homer_123

Half the Wednesday fans left before half time. Is that class?


I think the reference may have been to a large chunk of them staying behind to the bitter end (for them) of f-t to applaud Rohl, despite the 0-6 drubbing,

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 09:46 - Mar 17 with 1060 viewsVaughan8

5-0 and we still don't sing on 22:24 - Mar 16 by StevieH

Where I was (Cobbold A) we were all singing’Stand up if you’re going up’


Same. We were in K block and that is what people were singing.
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5-0 and we still don't sing on 09:49 - Mar 17 with 1053 viewsSarge

5-0 and we still don't sing on 09:44 - Mar 17 by Ryorry

I think the reference may have been to a large chunk of them staying behind to the bitter end (for them) of f-t to applaud Rohl, despite the 0-6 drubbing,


Indeed. I thought they were very good, the best I’ve seen this season. The ones that stayed didn’t seem to care about the result and still applauded their team off.
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5-0 and we still don't sing on 09:50 - Mar 17 with 1057 viewsDave_Buh

It’s fairly obvious to me. Start a classic song and it gets loud. Start one of the tin pot new ones and hardly anyone joins in. On the whole there has been a noticeable decrease in atmosphere since Christmas. First half of the season the ground was rocking.
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5-0 and we still don't sing on 09:52 - Mar 17 with 1043 viewsRyorry

5-0 and we still don't sing on 09:46 - Mar 17 by Vaughan8

Same. We were in K block and that is what people were singing.


Some people also forget that there'll always be occasional lulls in the singing & clapping, just as there are in the play on the pitch.

Throats, vocal chords & hands all use muscles too, & can get dry & tired!

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 09:53 - Mar 17 with 1040 viewsGeoffSentence

5-0 and we still don't sing on 21:51 - Mar 16 by Steve_M

Really? I thought it was pretty good today in Section 5, lots of people singing throughout.


Yep, no idea where this idea there was no singing going on comes from. I sit in the Sir Alf and from there the North were loud and clear and making a noise most of the game.

Don't boil a kettle on a boat.
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5-0 and we still don't sing on 10:13 - Mar 17 with 1006 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

Guaranteed that after an incredible win some twonk will be on TWTD finding something to moan about. And here you are.

The atmosphere was fine/great.

Trust the process. Trust Phil.

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 10:14 - Mar 17 with 1000 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

5-0 and we still don't sing on 21:43 - Mar 16 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior

You’ll get downvoted but it sounded poor again on TV. One of the best home tickets in world football at the moment.


Why would someone watching on TV even comment about the atmosphere?

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 10:32 - Mar 17 with 958 viewsnoggin

5-0 and we still don't sing on 10:14 - Mar 17 by The_Flashing_Smile

Why would someone watching on TV even comment about the atmosphere?


Because it sounded quieter than normal. I commented on it yesterday. Maybe it was just the positioning of mics or something.

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 12:03 - Mar 17 with 897 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

5-0 and we still don't sing on 10:32 - Mar 17 by noggin

Because it sounded quieter than normal. I commented on it yesterday. Maybe it was just the positioning of mics or something.


Have a look at the post I'm replying to and then think about the context. This isn't a thread about TV sound and microphones.

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 12:11 - Mar 17 with 881 viewsBuhrer

5-0 and we still don't sing on 10:32 - Mar 17 by noggin

Because it sounded quieter than normal. I commented on it yesterday. Maybe it was just the positioning of mics or something.


I have an idea where they could be better positioned..
It wasn't quieter than normal. It was a piss easy 6 nothing where the opposition rolled over, the crowd bubbly throughout. Not as loud as Bristol etc, for obvious reasons.

I prefer to go by, was the crowd positive and the game enjoyable?

Six nil. But it sounded quieter.
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5-0 and we still don't sing on 12:24 - Mar 17 with 860 viewstextbackup

5-0 and we still don't sing on 10:14 - Mar 17 by The_Flashing_Smile

Why would someone watching on TV even comment about the atmosphere?


Because it’s an opinion of a town fan that’s watched the game on TV?

We’ll be good again... one day
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5-0 and we still don't sing on 12:30 - Mar 17 with 838 viewsBuhrer

5-0 and we still don't sing on 12:24 - Mar 17 by textbackup

Because it’s an opinion of a town fan that’s watched the game on TV?


Yes, it is an opinion. Sharing it with those in attendance? Arf
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5-0 and we still don't sing on 12:50 - Mar 17 with 798 viewsTractorWood

5-0 and we still don't sing on 22:50 - Mar 16 by homer_123

Half the Wednesday fans left before half time. Is that class?


Perhaps fair. The game was over in the 48th minute when the 4th went in. That's when quite a lot left. I'm not going to begrudge anyone leaving in that situation not that I would.

Those that stayed out sang the majority of our ground and they never really turned against their players. I think they gave pretty impressive account of themselves yesterday as a fan base. Again, I don't think there is much to be sour about.

I'm struggling to remember a more comprehensive and complete display by us in the championship.
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I know that was then, but it could be again..
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5-0 and we still don't sing on 13:27 - Mar 17 with 763 viewsRyorry

There's just been a spell of near silence at Stamford Bridge, must be 3 minutes now.

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 14:52 - Mar 17 with 722 viewsolimar

The Wednesday fans were singing "is this a library" literally minutes after the SBR Stand had been singing loudly. This happened several times yesterday and tbh we say this about nearly every away ground and not sure its ever really true there either.
Fans sitting at other end of the ground saying that its quiet is a common theme at several stadiums it seems, but not sure its really such an issue.
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5-0 and we still don't sing on 15:14 - Mar 17 with 701 viewsWhos_blue

I'm always mindful of being respectful to seasoned supporters.
I was NSL and it seemed fine in there yesterday.
I there was any lack of atmosphere it was because the game was relatively easy and the team didn't really need rousing to push on and get a result.
Bit of an odd post really, but it's probably on it's way to an undeserved 3 pages, so well done there I suppose.

Distortion becomes somehow pure in its wildness.

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 15:25 - Mar 17 with 679 viewsstrikalite

We don't help ourselves, for example the Nathan Broadhead song gets going but it dies out after about 10 seconds of starting, keep singing boys, it'll make a massive difference..
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5-0 and we still don't sing on 16:32 - Mar 17 with 644 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

5-0 and we still don't sing on 12:24 - Mar 17 by textbackup

Because it’s an opinion of a town fan that’s watched the game on TV?


We're talking about atmosphere. The very nature of atmosphere is actually being there. It would be like me having an opinion on India having never been there.

Trust the process. Trust Phil.

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 16:39 - Mar 17 with 622 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

5-0 and we still don't sing on 12:50 - Mar 17 by TractorWood

Perhaps fair. The game was over in the 48th minute when the 4th went in. That's when quite a lot left. I'm not going to begrudge anyone leaving in that situation not that I would.

Those that stayed out sang the majority of our ground and they never really turned against their players. I think they gave pretty impressive account of themselves yesterday as a fan base. Again, I don't think there is much to be sour about.

I'm struggling to remember a more comprehensive and complete display by us in the championship.
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"out sang the majority of our ground".

No. No they didn't.

Trust the process. Trust Phil.

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 17:08 - Mar 17 with 592 viewsnoggin

5-0 and we still don't sing on 16:32 - Mar 17 by The_Flashing_Smile

We're talking about atmosphere. The very nature of atmosphere is actually being there. It would be like me having an opinion on India having never been there.


That Town fans sounded quiet on tv is fact though.

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 17:19 - Mar 17 with 576 viewsThe_Flashing_Smile

5-0 and we still don't sing on 17:08 - Mar 17 by noggin

That Town fans sounded quiet on tv is fact though.


Ok.

That's got nothing to do with the atmosphere in the stadium. Or this thread.

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 17:25 - Mar 17 with 569 viewsLetchworth_Blue

5-0 and we still don't sing on 08:29 - Mar 17 by Bluedandy

Depends entirely where you sit, down by Sir Bobby Wednesday fans were inaudible throughout the game because of constant Town singing.

The Sir Alf has always been more quiet ... like every football ground in the country some parts are noisier than others ... so away fans at Ipswich inevitably get a skewed perspective.

And if you have been going 45 years then by God you've got a dreadful memory, in the Fergie or Duncan years half empty Portman Road was a cauldron of silence, you had more chance of developing tinnitus in a library.

Currently averaging a club record of nearly 29,000 (let down only by some very poor away followings), Town taking more away than most in the division and yet our support is still not good enough for some ... a tad bizarre.


This.
I've sat in various stands this season, and it is the stadium acoustics, ever since the SAR and SBR stands were erected. Sit in the Cobbold upper, next to the away fans and you cant hear the SBR lower at all - that's why they always sing 'football in a library'. Same in the SAR stand, you can barely hear the SBR. In the Pioneer (yes I know) stand the SBR are loud and in the Cobbold lower, really loud - similarly you can barely hear any away fans.
The OP has ignored this it seems.
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5-0 and we still don't sing on 17:32 - Mar 17 with 537 viewsnoggin

5-0 and we still don't sing on 17:19 - Mar 17 by The_Flashing_Smile

Ok.

That's got nothing to do with the atmosphere in the stadium. Or this thread.


I know but you shouldn't let these things wind you up 😉

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5-0 and we still don't sing on 17:35 - Mar 17 with 533 viewsCheltenham_Blue

5 posts on the forum, and 4 of them are complaints.

I think we know what kind of fan EC2 is.

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