This is what happens when you dine at the table of success. Your fans now go to games expecting rugby league perfection and anything less just frustrates them.

It'll only get worse as you establish yourselves as top team.

In the words of my daughter..........."That game". She was only 8 at the time and even she joined in the cherring, chanting etc. Cant blame everything on the youth (maybe just "todays" youth...lol)

You're probably fishing a bit but you're right.

Also it doesn't help that the second you get in the ground your ears are blasted by some e music coming out of the speakers. How can atmosphere build when you can barely hear yourself speaking to those stood around you. The same happens when a try is scored and the roar of the crowd is drowned out by the music. If the crowd, join in singing with the try music, they will stop as soon as the music does.

Just when you think you can get a bit of a rest at half time and maybe build up the atmosphere again just before the team come out, you've got all that dancing crap which is accompanied by some of the worst music I have ever heard, which sounds like bits of noise stapled together by a cat. I blame Britain's Got Talent.

Finally, we've just not got enough songs or people willing to get involved. Someone needs to be brave enough to come up with something original and sing it on their own and hope others join in. Posting threads on here about new songs you've wrote won't work unless you've got the balls to sing it on your own at the match.

Finally, Finally. Turn the music down or preferably off. Just like at the Leeds play off game where a few asked and the club responded. The music was turned off half an hour before kick off and the atmosphere built as it should.


Finally, Finally , Finally. Get rid of any dancing before the game or at half time.

Finally we don't have

Needs to impove and Thurs is the ideal time to do it after waiting for the smellies to get their act together and get back into SL we have our own derby back

A recreation of the Fletch End days is required!!!

Have to agree with what some have said regarding the speaker volume.
On Friday both sets of fans tried to get some singing going and I know from our respect we couldn't hear jack.
If it was Wakefield I could understand but we had a full west stand and still the music pounded out. I was struggling to hear my son sat next to me.
Come on club. Sort it out ffs!

because the players know we're behind them, because it makes the day out more enjoyable, because we're the 'best fans in the league'!!

To be honest I don't work 40+ hours a week to go to the game and stand there and do nothing.... Have a few beers, enjoy our great game, sing my heart out and get behind the team. The players love us singing and they love us bouncing. If we're doing poorly even more reason to scream, shout and make the team feel wanted!

By Russ Abbott?

Am I right in saying Arsenal Al's flags have been banned?
Am I right in saying that the drummers have to stand on the 20mtr line (rather than half way line)?
It certainly looked that way the other week as stewards harassed the drummers into standing further towards the south east corner from their original 40m line spot.

I Know in the Challenge Cup semi, the Wigan drummer in the South stand at the HJ was made to move to the 20m line near the West stand, something to do with the microphones in the stand being in the middle.

the atmosphere is crap because the two drums are out of sync, no one bothers anymore to join unless they are next to the drum and no one will sing as it cringeworthy when everyone stops half way through the god damn chant!

How about The Lair ?

But atmosphere isn't just about singing or drumming. Great atmospheres can also come with the fans just encouraging the team at every opportunity. The roar of the crowd from tackles, runs or breaks; or booing and whistling the opposition every time they are in possession. This noise usually means songs break out as well.

Probably the best atmosphere I've ever been in was Man United v Barcelona in 1984. I was only 9 but can remember it like it was yesterday. We were two nil down from the first leg and Barcelona had Maradona and Schuster bossing their midfield so it was an uphill task before the game had even started. There were songs sung that night but probably not as much variety has you'll hear nowadays. But the noise and buzz was unbelievable. 57,000 fans willing the team on at every opportunity and it never seem to die down for a second. If you don't know the game, United got two goals and soon after Stapleton got the third and it was the loudest roar I've ever heard and seemed to go on for ages.

I don't think we are as passionate about our teams as we'd like to make out. Not just Warrington but Rugby League (and to a certain extent football). Standing in the South Stand, I can't even remember the last time I was moved from my place after a try. Compare that with the Widnes game in 89 when you ended up on a different part of the Fletcher Street every time we scored.