Chanting at the footy

[snrub]

Anyone notice how the Coll-ing-woooo-oood chant didn't quite happen today despite the scoreline? They tried to fire it up a couple of times from either end of the ground but just couldn't get it working like they do at the G.

Want to know the dirty little secret?

Apparently it's a recording that they play over the PA to get the crowd going.

We tried to get Heats to Hearts going today with a clip on the big screen and the words for everyone to read. But no-one seemed interested. Did you or anyone in your row sing? If not, why not? How do you think we could do this better?

 

[Zondor]

You'll be glad to hear ye snrubs that I actually did sing Hearts to Hearts. Onip on the other hand who sat next to me today is not only a serial Non Poster but a serial Non Singer as well.

 

[Cold Gin]

Anyone notice how the Coll-ing-woooo-oood chant didn't quite happen today despite the scoreline? They tried to fire it up a couple of times from either end of the ground but just couldn't get it working like they do at the G.

Want to know the dirty little secret?

Apparently it's a recording that they play over the PA to get the crowd going.

We tried to get Heats to Hearts going today with a clip on the big screen and the words for everyone to read. But no-one seemed interested. Did you or anyone in your row sing? If not, why not? How do you think we could do this better?

Maybe the players could get things going by doing something exciting. Anything. Maybe a clean take here or there. Or a converted set shot.

 

[snrub]

Maybe the players could get things going by doing something exciting. Anything. Maybe a clean take here or there. Or a converted set shot.

Yeah thanks for the input but all this went down before the game so unless you were watching the clean takes and set shots in the warm up, then you're not going to get things going.

Actually, no offence to you as I get that you are having a dig at the poor onfield performance, but I see some irony in the fact that you are only prepared to put in after someone else does the hard work first. That's what seemed to go wrong onfield today. No-one prepared to win the hard ball themselves, no-one prepared to lead up or gut run in the defensive half, but as soon as we got the ball forward of centre, suddenly a bunch of blokes wanted to get on the end of a cheap goal

 

[Mr--ShinBoner--#11]

Anyone notice how the Coll-ing-woooo-oood chant didn't quite happen today despite the scoreline? They tried to fire it up a couple of times from either end of the ground but just couldn't get it working like they do at the G.

Want to know the dirty little secret?

Apparently it's a recording that they play over the PA to get the crowd going.

We tried to get Heats to Hearts going today with a clip on the big screen and the words for everyone to read. But no-one seemed interested. Did you or anyone in your row sing? If not, why not? How do you think we could do this better?

want to know a dirty little secret? that is not a chant, that is the ailing cry of 50,000 dead brain cells.
ok maybe a bit harsh, heat of the moment etc. in all seriousness though, f*** it's irritating to listen to.

 

[DingaRoo]

Cheer squad keeping in fine form with the terrible voice

when heart to hearts hit the speakers just about the lot of em sat there and spoke the words
I done the same for about the first line then thought bugger it and got out of me seat and belted the rest of it out "...AND HANDS TO HANDS!! BENEEEEATH THE BLUE AND WHITE WE STAND!!"

Sat in the North End GA area, was lookin forward to startin afew chants but kind of needed a little somethin from the team to get the ball rollin.

 

[RoyalBlue]

Our cheer squad blows. Fact.

 

[Twinkletoes]

I sang with gusto snrub, and I was in a strong Collingwood area so I can't help ye on the feedback re. why people didn't sing.

 

[John Dorian]

Was in North End GA, people started to get into the Hearts to Hearts but the audio on it was going a bit too fast if you catch my drift, and the crowd was chanting it but were a bit behind.

We should do it every game I reckon.

Also on the North End, it worked a treat I reckon, I think most people around there was vocal. Obviously chants are not gonna sprout out of nowhere, especially in a game like this where we are losing. The only way we could get chanting going is to organise a group on BF or something, so a group can get started up with the right people and the right idea.

 

[Quivorir]

Our cheer squad blows. Fact.

Yep. Worst cheer squad in the comp.

Get some new young blood in there.

On a side note, pretty pissed to see JB leaving half way through the last 1/4. Dont care about the score board should have stayed til the end.

 

[Twinkletoes]

On a side note, pretty pissed to see JB leaving half way through the last 1/4. Dont care about the score board should have stayed til the end.

He does have other matchday commitments Quivorir. He would've left then regardless of the score.

 

[de_LICA_ish18]

LOL there is no PA recording. It didn't get up as it wasn't a big game. Next week you'll hear it.

One of the promo videos that Collingwood plays during home games has it, but that's only played before the game and during breaks.

 

[bellzy]

Yep. Worst cheer squad in the comp.

Get some new young blood in there.

On a side note, pretty pissed to see JB leaving half way through the last 1/4. Dont care about the score board should have stayed til the end.

Home game = post match functions

 

[gokangas]

The club went to a lot of effort to try and talk up this game for members and all credit to them. They gave out thousands of flags to the members yet I couldn't believe how many people didn't even take them out of the plastic sleeve and wave them. I know there wasn't much to get excited about but we did enter the ground and the first goal deserved something. Sometimes the marketing folk must just feel like giving up.

 

[Chadwiko]

Even before the scoreline started getting ugly, I didn't hear a peep out of the cheer squad, and I was only three bays away from them.

After we kicked our first goal, they were so quiet I could literally hear the big pompoms the guys in the front row were waving.

Poor form

 

[Hearts to hearts]

LOL there is no PA recording. It didn't get up as it wasn't a big game. Next week you'll hear it.

One of the promo videos that Collingwood plays during home games has it, but that's only played before the game and during breaks.

This is true. The fact the crowd couldn't be stuffed singing it yesterday shows they had some perspective and believe early H&A games against poor opposition aren't worth a big chant.

A simple thing to improve our pregame noise - the video was great but did anyone apart from us know it was coming? Was it organised that the cheer squad leaders would watch for it and get the crowd joining in? If it was, it fell down badly. I was in the cheer squad and realised no-one else was jojning in so I yelled my lungs out, but there is only so much one middle-aged woman can do. We need to persevere with this but get more groups ready to lead the crowd in joining in, anfd the cheer sqauad, whatever its shortcomings, is a large group that is ready to make noise (at least if you get them when they aren't busy with their thermoses) so we must use them better.

Agree that in the stadiuum the PA was going a bit too fast for the crowd, it seemed fine on my PC but maybe needs to be slowed a bit for the big screen.

We need to keep attacking this chant thing with gusto. I know we didn't have much to cheer about but if we had we would just have had 'let's go kangas' (heart sinks) more often.

And the flags were FANTASTIC. Only happened a few times but our crowd looked amazing.

 

[True North]

That video was brilliant.

Clearly the best part of the day.

Play it every week.

 

[Cold Gin]

And the flags were FANTASTIC. Only happened a few times but our crowd looked amazing.

Yes, the flags looked fantastic. That was an excellent initiative, and my family will certainly be making sure we bring them each week. I just hope everyone else does the same.

On a side note, I noticed by the end of the game that most of the flags from the empty seats had been swiped. A bit lousy, that.

 

[Hearts to hearts]

The club went to a lot of effort to try and talk up this game for members and all credit to them. They gave out thousands of flags to the members yet I couldn't believe how many people didn't even take them out of the plastic sleeve and wave them. I know there wasn't much to get excited about but we did enter the ground and the first goal deserved something. Sometimes the marketing folk must just feel like giving up.

Most of the people near me seemed to be leaving with well over their share in their bags, however. I grabbed one for my son but missed out otherwise as our row had been cleared before we sat down. :really really annoyed and disappointed face

 

[Kimbo]

We tried to get Heats to Hearts going today with a clip on the big screen and the words for everyone to read. But no-one seemed interested. Did you or anyone in your row sing? If not, why not? How do you think we could do this better?

First of all snrub, we'll done on asking for the feedback when I'm sure it would have been all-too-easy to feel bitterly disappointed.

A simple thing to improve our pregame noise - the video was great but did anyone apart from us know it was coming? Was it organised that the cheer squad leaders would watch for it and get the crowd joining in? If it was, it fell down badly.
...the cheer sqauad, whatever its shortcomings, is a large group that is ready to make noise (at least if you get them when they aren't busy with their thermoses) so we must use them better.

I find it hard to believe they weren't warned/prepared. And, if not, then there's one very simple and, you'd like to think, effective way of getting the crowd into it. After all, isn't that what the cheer squad is meant to do?

The only way we could get chanting going is to organise a group on BF or something, so a group can get started up with the right people and the right idea.

Yep, if you can target groups or sections in any way, do it! Priming members, as they come through the gates (small flyer letting them know) is surely a good idea?

Most of the people near me seemed to be leaving with well over their share in their bags, however. I grabbed one for my son but missed out otherwise as our row had been cleared before we sat down.

Rows? I thought they were being handed out to the first 10,000 members? At which point I would have thought they'd be asked to wave them furiously. They were simply distributed?!

 

[Mingo]

Hope I'm forgiven for coming onto your board and disagreeing with most of you, but I've always thought the North cheer squad was quite good. I've always thought they make the best banners and there's alot of colour in there and usually alot of people. I think they can also be excused for being quiet when the side is down by 90 points... you're not Richmond, it's not something you're used to

 

[snrub]

Also on the North End, it worked a treat I reckon, I think most people around there was vocal. Obviously chants are not gonna sprout out of nowhere, especially in a game like this where we are losing. The only way we could get chanting going is to organise a group on BF or something, so a group can get started up with the right people and the right idea.

We may be able to get something informal going and meet with the club. Volunteers?

 

[snrub]

LOL there is no PA recording. It didn't get up as it wasn't a big game. Next week you'll hear it.

One of the promo videos that Collingwood plays during home games has it, but that's only played before the game and during breaks.

Sorry but it's true, your club did a survey and found that 9 out of 10 Collingwood supporters were simply incapable of pronouncing a 3 syllable word without being prompted.

 

[snrub]

After we kicked our first goal, they were so quiet I could literally hear the big pompoms the guys in the front row were waving.

Poor form

That's no joke. I too, could hear the pom poms from the other side of the 50m line.

 

[slappa]

There is no pa recording.when that chant gets going it's usually the guys up the back in the standing room that start it and then the so called cheersquad simply join in. Our cheersquad is pretty rubbish aswell.