Atmosphere on Friday : Tue May 19, 2009 1:01 pm  

I'm really looking forward to Friday, Wigan games are special and usually the atmosphere is much, much better than other games. Can I make a controversial suggestion - can we try a game without the drums? The crowd won't need any encouragement for this game, so it would be nice to enjoy an "old fashioned" atmosphere generated purely by singing and shouting.

What do the drummers think?

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

: Tue May 19, 2009 1:02 pm  

you just want to give cockers shoulder the night off.

: Tue May 19, 2009 1:03 pm  

drums all the way, if you don't like them don't stand near them

: Tue May 19, 2009 1:03 pm  

Well with the vast majority of fans at Featherstone looking at me to lead them in song last weekend, some seem to be unwilling to make much noise without them*.

I'll be taking mine, if people don't seem interested without them, then it'll be getting used.

*Having said that, even when I did put the effort in, most didn't seem to care

: Tue May 19, 2009 1:04 pm  

tino wrote:

drums all the way, if you don't like them don't stand near them

I don't stand near them, but you can't avoid hearing them. We never used to need them.

[BOBBIE_IS_SUPERMAN]

: Tue May 19, 2009 1:05 pm  

RAI of Sunshine wrote:

Well with the vast majority of fans at Featherstone looking at me to lead them in song last weekend, some seem to be unwilling to make much noise without them*.

I'll be taking mine, if people don't seem interested without them, then it'll be getting used.

*Having said that, even when I did put the effort in, most didn't seem to care

Any chance you can stand at the west end?

: Tue May 19, 2009 1:06 pm  

BOBBIE_IS_SUPERMAN wrote:

Any chance you can stand at the west end?

Mark and Betty would soon force me back up the East end

: Tue May 19, 2009 1:07 pm  

I personally think the drums add to the atmosphere, without them you end up with various different groups of people along the South Stand singing different songs or the same song out of time which sounds dreadful!!!

[BOBBIE_IS_SUPERMAN]

: Tue May 19, 2009 1:08 pm  

RAI of Sunshine wrote:

Mark and Betty would soon force me back up the East end

Thats okay mate. I'll be your minder

[Fantastic Mr Catpiss]

: Tue May 19, 2009 1:08 pm  

Mrs Bridge wrote:

I personally think the drums add to the atmosphere, without them you end up with various different groups of people along the South Stand singing different songs or the same song out of time which sounds dreadful!!!

you get that with them