Quote PopTart="PopTart"Ok, a few too many handbags on this one but just for the record I'll clarify my position
loud support of Wakefield - good
Intimidating atmosphere - also good
Offensive atmosphere - bad'"
Actually I'll expand on my own post.
You can clearly see that when the team is either on a push forward, or even when they are behind the posts after a try, when the "Wakefield! Wakefield!" Chants go up, the team respond. I don't see that as an opnion, I think there is clear evidence to show that.
What I also 'imagine', though don't really have the same evidence is that when its going wrong and the "Cheat! Cheat!" call goes up, or jeering the opposition, they would be demotivated, or at least focussed in the wrong way.
When things are going against you, the crowd getting agitated or even aggressive, causes a responce on the field. I often think a player reacts to a small punch up when the crowd goes up when they might not have done if not.
The point is, some chanting is great for the team but some I think is not.
The Cheat shouting and the offensive chants towards a particular player (which i don't think we have as much of at BV as others do) is not good.