Let`s put this in perspective. Do you honestly think Wire would have been as loud as we were if we had got beat? And don`t you think some of our fickle fans would have left before the team had got their medals? Of co they would. Stop beating yourselves up and consentrate on the play offs. If you get to OT then the Wire neutrals will be shouting for yous (unless it`s against us )

always has been really.

The OP is as disappointed as anyone who has followed the Giants for a long time but answer this question before you continue bagging the fans.

Do we have more fans now than we did 2, 5, 10 or 20 years ago

Do we have more fans going to away games than we did 2,5,10 20 years ago

Do we have more fans singing than 2, 5, 10 or 20 years ago

Is there any shame in us taking 15,000 plus to a cup final

Are we a team that is moving forward


The answer to all the above is yes. We would all like it to be better and over time it will be.

There were more people singing yresterday than i can remember at ANY Giants game i have ever been to. Dont compare the issue of the atmosphere yesterday with some mythical brilliant support we took to Blackpool or Widnes.

Bagging the fans is about as useful as bagging the team.

It is bad enough with other teams slagging us off without our fans turning into a team of self loathers

Absolutely DG

Bagging some sections of the support because "they arent vocal enough" is just crap really.

Sometimes I sing and shout, sometimes I dont, but I sure as well wont be told I am not vocal enough.

It sounds like I am being told I am not as "good" a supporter as someone else and that I wont take from anyone.

I just got the 30k from someone else saying id say there were 25k warrington fans which is still good, regarding huddersfield people need to get off there fans backs, they have had poor fan base for along time n now thanks to offers, better form, there attracting more fans, the more fans in the game the better. hope huddersfield continue to improve

Well said that man - there are a lot of so called Giants supporters who really should bow there head in shame :-/

Was sat in the warrington end and couldnt hear any singing from ur side at all, a lot of the wire fans tho were really drunk and that added to them shouting louder.
We saw loads of huddersfield fans travelling down in cars with just a small sticker in back window to say we are on way to wembley and when we got there there was alot of fans with just challenge cup final tshirts on.
Obviously those were the ones who dont go to matvhes/own shirts etc..they probably dont even know names of any players so may not have shouted for them thru fear of embarrasment at getting it wrong.

Alot of giants fans are lot older than wire fans as well so again will probably just sit there quietly .
Coming back down wembley way after match they were still trying to sell the giants scarfes and they had sold out of wolves scarfes before match.

We still saw loads of wire fans with tops on on sunday in town centre but we didnt see a single giants top, dont know if many stayed over or if you all went back same day, but there was certainlya lot of you at leicester forest services on way down at about 9 oclock.

Having read the first few pages and couldn't be bothered with the last 3, here's may take - and I apologise if I repeat anything that's already been said.

Point 1. In terms of atmosphere, I prefer going to away matches. We singers/chanters are all together and - when we are winning, playing well, or in with a shout - the noise is excellent. However, when we are losing badly, it is only the small, hardcore singers who continue to be vocal.

At the Galpharm there are probably as many singers in the Riverside as there are opposite us. However, we are spread out whereas in the Britannia there are all together.

Point 2. It's the old 'lost generations' point. 'New' people coming to watch will either be new, or supporters from years gone by. For the latter category, singing at rugby matches is a new experience. It didn't use to happen.

Point 3. Put 1 & 2 together and it's hardly surprising that we were lacking the noise that Wire were making. I started the game in a singing mood, but the team's performance soon put paid to that. Yes, we do need noise to lift the team, but as has already been stated, the team has to play its part too.

As the first half wore on it became increasingly obvious that it wasn't going to be our day and even I just sat there totally flat and almost devoid of any emotion.

Wire were on top, their fans made the noise. How many would have been singing had we been on top? [A rhetorical question, by the way. I don't want to start a slanging match with Warrington because I know they would have made .][isome[/i noise.

Interesting - and slightly odd - analysis!! I didn't realise that the stickers you had in your car or the clothes you wear to a match say anything about how long you have been supporting a club

I agree with this and, like Ivor, cannot be a4sed reading 7 pages of stuff that is basically dumping on our own when it wont change anything for the reasons the above poster has highlighted.

Saints in the semi we were magnificent and so were the team. In the Final neither were.

You certainly were. You outsung us by a country mile and we were 2:1 in numbers. But we were relatively silent probably for the same reason your guys were relatively silent: our team was losing and it's tough to keep going with the vocal support when your team is losing. But that didn't stop many Saints fans bagging other Saints fans for not being vocal enough at the semi!

Are you serious?Wembley is a 'tough gig' and can be 'overwhelming' and it was always going to be 'tough' for your fans? They are just supporters required to shout the odd chant from the stands,not professional performers on debut at the Royal Albert Hall.Get real,you sound daft.