We need an announcement about the lack of atmosphere.

Call Russ Abbot

Anyone remember the survey the club sent out towards the back end of last season? Think it was via email.

Asking the fans about what they think of the atmosphere and how they think it can be improved, it was fairly long survey! So they got all the fans opinions on what can be done and improved then they did the complete opposite of what the fans wanted and made things worse.

I've done that one!!!!!!!!!

Oh what an atmosphere, I love a party with a happy atmosphere....

"Happy" may be an alien concept to some posters...

Whay hay...theres the funnies

How do YOU know they did that. I suspect they did what the MAJORITY of fans who replied wanted. Did you answer the e-mail?

Now to me the problem is that a lot of fans didn't even know about the survey (clubs fault) or they didn't respond (fans fault), and yes I did reply.

The crowd's bound to be a little subdued. We lost a lot of experience and character in the off-season. We haven't started off well and a couple of the signings haven't hit the ground running. Hopefully someone like Burgess will help raise the crowd when he gets the ball a la Robinson and Tomkins, but those kind of players are few and far between. Scott Taylor could be another and so could Bowen given time. In the close season we could have really done with a BIG marquee signing to whet the appetite but it didn't happen. Hopefully plans are already in place for next year...

my take is that a lot of the fans who started the chants were kids, and now they are 16 they cant/wont pay the big extra cost of a season ticket. Add to that the fact that they are easy to keep an eye on in the designated area ?
The "designated" area was never going to work (as i predicted and got shot down), singing isnt something you can orchestrate, unless its in church, its a spontaneous thing, brought on by a feel good factor. Its a sign that someones happy. Sitting there freezing your cods off on a cold friday night isnt condusive to feeling happy. A lot of fans are sat watching the game and trying to keep warm. As others have pointed out, all seaters contribute to that. Terraces at least let you jump about to keep warm and maybe give you more incentive to sing.
Another theory that i have posted before when this thread comes around at this time of year is the weather...a warm fan is a happy fan..the warmer it gets , the more we feel like singing.
Anyway, all is not lost. Theres a twitter campaign that i saw highlighted on facebook to get the singing going again. Its a group of fans who feel the need to stick in the disclaimer.." we are no way connected to the Brigantes"..that bit actually worries me.
Engineered singing, campaigns etc..wont work. Groups of fans that want to get together and sing WILL work, but only in unrestricted seating areas, and only if the fans who want to sing recognise the fact that not everyone wants to sing.

Imo if you sing at the match it makes no difference where you sit you'll sing, all those people who followed like sheep to the east singing section liked the idea of being a singing fan but actually wasn't one.
Singing sections don't work and I've seen people on forums complain that little kids sing in the south, only on forums though from non match going fans who don't like the idea of a family section. Singing will happen but as previously mentioned cold weather and performances don't exactly inspire singing.