Questions there.
Sick of everyone turning every thread now into the drums being bad and so on, you all know the script.

Kyle

The thing is, I don't know what the atmosphere sounds like with a drum.

There's about 6 of them, all out of tune.

No, they are annoying

If the drummers didn't seem to have a complete lack of rhythm it might not be so bad. Sitting far away from them obviousley isn't so bad and does get the crowd going, but sitting anywhere near them ruins the game for me.

Do we need one? No
Do I mind them? In moderation, no.

As ABP' says, we probably could manage with one drum and one decent drummer who knows when and how to play* it.

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How's "it depends" for a fence-sitting answer?

Sometimes they can add something extra, but then you have instances like Harlequins the other week where they just don't. Seems there's a time and a place for them - not one I can put my finger on, but they're not an outright bad thing.

Just repeatedly banging a drum does NOT constitute 'atmosphere', good or otherwise though. Noise maybe, but not atmosphere. The concept of having 'no atmosphere without the drum' is bobbins.

kyle- why do you feel the need to post your name after everything you put ?

dirk.

Some people do that quite regularly

Barbara

Generally no, they drown everyone else out.

I've reset the vote and added sometimes.

Barbara

No was winning 7-0 a minute ago, now it's 0-0-0

I think the majority of the people who sit in the East Stand are against the drum, and majority of people who sit in the South Stand are for the drum. So why cant the East Stand keep to clapping and South Stand have one drum and use that. Simples.

For away games, toss a coin.

How loud is that going to be? Easier to carry, though.

Go watching Man Utd away from Old Trafford (not my team so I'm not biased).

The best fans in terms of noise and NO drum...


(Don't come this crap about Portsmouth/Newcastle etc fans for best fans)