We love you Bentham because you've got no 'air...

...for I can't help falling in love with you,
James Child clap clap clap
James Child clap clap clap

Ben Thaler oh oh oh
Ben Thaler oh oh oh
he comes from Wakefield
he marches them back ten metres
Ben Thaler oh oh oh

With a whistle in his hand and a cheeky smile,
Thierry Alibert,
arbitre des matches a Rugby a Treize!

From the Coral stand the atmosphere in the ground was noticeably improved and the team I thought benefited from it. More days like yesterday wont do us any harm at all.

Some snaps from yesterdayhttps://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_7o--XOEK4o8/TYfATf4TLbI/AAAAAAAAAUs/5SEcwUOs7ZQ/s640/082.JPG" >

Great pictures mate

Would anyone agree with what this poster has to say?

There really is a bad atmosphere problem at Odsal now and I'm not sure how it can be fixed. We were outsung all match by 20 Quins fans, an embarressment in both respects.

a roof on the terracing would make a huge difference. Quins games never bring much excitement anyway. Im sure leeds game will be very different. A roof would improve it though

A roof would only be any good if there was some sound to bounce around?!

would be plenty with a roof trust me

Lets face it....there's not a great deal to shout about lately is there?

I would 2nd that!

The game was very tight and every time we looked to have put a bit of daylight between us, we let them in again with some pretty poor tackling at times. This kind of game does create atmosphere but it's a tense kind and not the sort where people feel like singing.

"You're not singing anymore" is a taunt and a cliché, but things become clichéd because they contain a certain truth, and that truth, in this case, is that most folk just don't want to sing when the game is very close.

Odd how people seem to have deleted from their memories what a cracking atmosphere we had against Cas, especially the last 20 mins or so when the place was a cauldron. Yet this can't happen at Odsal, with no roof, can it? Must have imagined it.

Is it a catch 22 situation tho'. Does a lacklustre team perforrmance affect the crowd, or does a 'quiet' crowd affect team performance.

Well if you look at it this way, wigan, wire, st's all have big followings.... and they are up top of the table, were as catalans, crusaders, quins dont have such a big following... Theyve been in bottom half of the league

I've never had any doubt, and the Cas match just reinforced, that most fans do come to have a shout and cheer the team on and get involved, and will do so, if the performance on the field gets them going. If it's dead on the field, no amount of tannoy cheerleading will have any effect at all. But the point is, people don't [iwant[/i to be quiet, as the applause and loud appreciation of the very first big hit demonstrates.

Of course, I think it goes without saying that the more you are roared on by a fanatical crowd, the more a team will "get going", that's the nature of sport, anything that gets your adrenaline flowing will raise your game, similar temporary effect of perceived injustices, cheap shot on a teammate, etc.