agree with this

the majority got there early and got decent seats, for the minority to expect them to all up sticks and then move behind the posts was abit daft.

but next year it needs to be different, here hoping.

No one was expecting anyone to move, people were basically saying how our fans were the only set of fans all weekend not sat together in a certain block as most of ours spread out in the best seats along 3 or 4 blocks rather than 'together'.

TBH I thought our lack of congregating together was a bit embarrassing - even the Catalan fans on Day 1 were louder than us.

I was on my own for Day 2 and have to say that I struggled to find a decent sized group of Giants fans to sit near/amongst. It was obvious for every other game where their supporters had grouped, and as a result you could hear them too. How can they manage this and we cannot? Only the Salford fans were anywhere near the halfway line though TBF - and therein lies the problem as others have already stated.

Suggest next year we all congregate in lower tier below our fans in the reserved section (wherever that is), and get as many banners/flags around so that fans who start in other seats for earlier games can clearly see where the "Giants area" is and choose to move if they want. I am sure a lot would as we all like a bit of a chant, cheer, and atmosphere.

I think this is vital actually - any new Giants fan would hardly be that impressed with the Giants massive being as scattered as we were.

Having said all that - great weekend again this year -really enjoyed it all except the poor food choices at the stadium - but then I am a grumpy old git

Realistically i dont think one group of fans can solely occupy the majority of those middle blocks as they are the best seats and most of the neutral fans will always go and sit there thats why most groups of fans congregate away from there to get all there fans together.

The only way it can be achieved is if everyone goes in the ground at the same time very early on which in a lot of cases is not possible.

And as we've already said the majority of our fans won't sit in seats with poorer views- we are just going round in circles!
I'm not at all embarrassed by our fans at the weekend- there were plenty of us and we were clearly visible and when the giants scored (which was lots) a whole swathe of the central blocks of our fans stood and cheered. Those that wanted to sit elsewhere and chant did. We've been here before - many dont want to or won't so why try and make them. I'm not bothered what other teams fans think- and it didn't seem to affect the team performance any!

Aye and at least you stepped up and at least tried to sort something. It actually sounds quite a success . The only way to get everyone into one area would be to choose a less popular section, and there's a reason why that section isn't popular.

in reply to DEVONIAN,spot on.
as I have said before I was never intending to knock our support,the turn out was a good one, had it been a normal away game then it would have been one of the best turnouts numbers wise, and I appreciate that some people did try and get some vocal support going in the middle sections,again fair play to them and to jools for trying to get block 104 as the giants area.

but I think we have to accept that the majority of our fans,unlike most other sets of fans aren't too fussed about creating an atmosphere or being very vocal and making a good impression etc.

but as DEVONIAN said, next year lets have a section where people who do want to sit together and make noise can do,those who choose not to and the ones who want the best seats and just sit and watch the action can sit on the halfway line.

There were 8 coaches of hudds fans that all arrived at the stadium nice and early and settled down to watch the days games-people have to accept that our fan base is decidedly different from other clubs and isn't going to change dramatically any time soon. No point complaining about them, they could equally complain about those staying in the pub so they could drink cheaply not turning up sooner. Why not make the best of both. I don't see how having a very much smaller group of fans than any other team sat in one area behind the sticks waving flags (or shoes ) is any less embarrassing than seeing the main area swathed in claret and gold all cheering and clapping all be it not chanting daft stuff. It appears that neither group are willing to change their habits and I don't see why they should.

Rock and a hard place! I think we should promote the an area for our lot where they can pack in. The idea about the singers sitting below the reserved section is spot on as this will convey well on the cameras.
However if people want to sit on the half way line for a better view and be diluted by other fans then that's fine too! The half way line still looked good with the claret and gold spread out just not vocally there.
We have a lot said about our support by others and many of us react to it so we need to do what we can. But ideas need to be embraced while not being forceful to those who don't want to participate!

Lets not forget the outstanding backing these same fans of ours provided in the Leeds match. The fact that the outcome of our match was easily predictable from early on contributed to the absence of more singing. Our fans can and do give fantastic support, but we choose our moments to do so.

lifting the team when they really need it is surely the most important thing. There were some fine moments where we were in reserved and a couple of chants: "Fartown", "Broughy for England" and indeed "Broughy for Scotland!"

I think we did arrange an area for us all to sit in and we all did, no different to last year where we all occupied the same area. There was room for others to join us just as usual with our experiences of crowd behaviour they see the first few rows around the vomitories full they fail to see beyond these areas. A bain of crowd management strategies is unreserved seating where the populous refuse to budge beyond what they can see, it happens all the time at our own stadium and why many away fans say they filled a stand yet they only judge by the nearest echelons of the vomitory so say it's full yet it's no where near full near the bottom or wide areas of the stand. Those few that stood on their own could easily have been occupied in those middle sections.

What about we all buy Giants towels and leave them on the seats to reserve them !

in a stadium like that i dont buy that if you dont sit in the middle your not gonna get a good view because basically you can get a good view where ever you sit hence why all the other fans sat together i doubt they would sit there if they couldnt see the game well.

if we was to sit in one of the corners n let who ever wants a better view sit closer to the half way line maybe at the 30 at least then they will be a few blokes away and might be able to rack up an atmosphere ?

I went to the Etihad to see the Giants game and saw most of the Salford one too. I'm what people on here call the 'old brigade' and as everyone on here is entitled to an opinion here is mine for what it's worth !!!

If people want to congregate and chant and sing great get on with it. If people don't then don't DISS them they support the Giants have done for a very long time in a lot of cases and should be allowed to support in their own way !!!

The issue of support goes back a long long way when Leeds and Bradford expanded their fan base into Huddersfield however support is slowly returning but needs a trophy to speed up the growth.

There was a good turn out of huddersfield fans as there has been most away matches this season I've only missed the one in France and the 'car full' troll is getting tiresome as our away support has grown significantly.

In these hard times most of the teams who have come to the JS this season especially the two Hull sides have brought far less supporters hence the home gate situation where our support has held and not grown.

So lets all enjoy this great team we have I don't DISS anyone who supports we choose how we want to let's just be glad we are there to see these good times cos trust me a lot of people didn't see the bad ones which make these times so good.

15 years ago who would have thought we would do Bradford 42-6 one week then Saints would be given a 8.5 point start against us the following trust me these are very happy days and we should not get involved fratching amongst ourselves it's madness !!!!