That atmosphere wont happen at a home game. The flags are as good as we'll get unfortunately.

I think that the only way we would get the majority of the fans to sing is if we sing a popular song that most people know. I presume most Liverpool fans sing You'll Never Walk Alone because everyone knows the lyrics. What song we might sing I don't know but I'm sure someone come come up with a good idea.
I must admit to not knowing the song that mentions the stars of Wigan rugby league.

You mean "We've got Barrett and Kenny, Edwards and Hanley, Boston and Kevin Iro-o-o!"

HTH

Can't please all of the people all of the time I suppose pal. As for Just Can't Get Enough, that was sung with some gusto at the final whistle as the team came to applaud the crowd but you'll never get that sung for 20 minutes non-stop. In terms of the meaning, the Dale Cavese is one the great Ultras anthems and it started off a few games back with a few lads who want to bring an Ultras culture to Wigan. It won't suit everyone of course but it captured the spirit of the moment on Friday night and there were certainly more than 50 people involved as you can see from the video. There were hundreds involved. I've supported Wigan for years and that was the most joyous, carnival type atmosphere that I have ever witnessed. It didn't have to say Wigan in the song. It was letting the old enemy and the viewers on SKY know that we were up for a celebration.

It would be brill if we could. Doubtful but we could try

One of the biggest issues i've found is finding the words for all the songs. Most of them i've picked up (and i gotta say, that's always easier at away games). The Dale Cavese is simple, anyone can join in with it. Classic example is with 'Just Can't Get Enough', the majority don't know the verse so just join in at the chorus... you can hear it build...

all the things you do to me and all the things you said... i just can get enough, i just can't get enough... We slip and slide and we're falling in love and i JUST CANT SEEM TO GET ENOUGH OF, DU DU DU...

the more complex the song, the harder it is to join in. And like Jimmy says, it's the celebration that matters. To add my own onto there, nothing sounds more vulnerable than a silent crowd as it brings the "you only sing when you're winning" and "you're not singing" in retaliation. Any sound is better than no sound, and if Dale Cavese is the way to get sound, then so be it!

Perhaps a thread on here, and on the other forum with mirrored posts would help those who dont know the songs to learn em, and join in! Perhaps we could team up with wiganwarriors.com GNO section for a "lyrics" page.

Edited. Really annoys me that people don't sing this bit properly.

Over the last two or three seasons an ultras group has been formed at Blackburn. Fed up with sitting near to folk who don't stand or sing, they have migrated from the Blackburn End to the Darwen End. There are 2k season ticket holders in the Darwen End and there's now a waiting list for season tickets in that section. Of the 2k in there, there are perhaps three or four hundred who stand and sing with Dale Cavese being a feature song. The problem is, it doesn't spread to other areas of the ground.

This is the problem with all seater stadia and the topics I hear on the Wigan forums are replicated on the Rovers ones. Before Ewood Park was redeveloped, the home 'singers' congregated on the Blackburn End, a standing terrace behind the goals. All like minded fans who wanted to chant and have a good time whilst following their team. As like fans from virtually every other team up and down the country, you stood at the back and fairly central. Easy to get songs going because everyone was together.

In all seater stadia you take a chance who you sit next to. At Ewood, I've a mate to my right but to my left are a group of over 60's who never sing. Nothing wrong with that, but that's the way it is today, pockets of fans here and there who want days of old and pockets of fans who don't. I've followed Rovers away to places like Newcastle and Man United and both these grounds have been like morgues. But, when these same sets of fans come to Ewood, all together and popped up on booze, they have their end of the ground rocking.

Unfortunately, from a fans perspective, most home games are 'average' at best. Saints at Easter was obviously bouncing and Warrington would have been had we won

I can't see many more home games that will fall into the 'bouncing' category. Away days are something else though and that's why Widnes on Friday was so good.

Yes, that's the one.

I like the idea of a singing section at home, although where it should be I'm not sure, the top of the South is pretty high up and the noise doesn't carry that well to where I sit near halfway in the East. Thinking of getting a season ticket in the South next year for a little more atmosphere at home games.

forget the singing.........we need more DRUMS

*wince*
Another bug bear of mine this one



FARRELL & Kenny
Edwards & Hanley
Boston & 8 in a row-o-o

IMO ofcourse lol!

I see what you're saying as I sit in a similar position (Row DD ES6) and we've got some right old farts by us, but I'd be reluctant to give it up as the view is cracking. I fear this may be the view shared by many. (Now if you could get a singing section at the top of the East I'd be game for moving higher up

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Duly noted and will sing this amended version from now on

Haha! Don't want anyone being forced into change...
Just think the two amendments are deserved on both parts

Dear god no, one drum in the hands of someone who knows what they're doing is great and helps generate the crowd noise. But more than one and they get beat out of rhythm and sound awful, not to mention some of the drums sound like someone smacking away at an empty pringles tube.


I'm almost on the 40 metre line (the North stand side of Halfway) I think 3 or 4 rows back, and I love that seat! But the one thing it does lack is atmosphere. There isn't much point in trying to get much going when the people around you aren't interested in singing, of course that's fine and completely their choice, just a little frustrating for those of us who prefer it. A dedicated "singing section" would allow like minded fans to congregate in the same place and try and generate even a little bit of atmosphere into the place. I think it would grow if we could get it started.

Next season, all those who want to sing, should buy south stand season tickets. Then they can sit together.

Oi, those Old Farts happen to include my Grandad and my Gran's friends.



He's not there for the next 2 games as he's off on a cruise in Norway, so trekking over to the games alone, means it'll be a lot quieter too.

Just to add to your correction

"We slip and slide =#FF4000as we fall in love"

The DW, like most all-seater stadiums dampens down atmosphere. I keep repeating on these forums I would rather stand at dumps like Wakey or Cas than sit at the DW, until we can move around a ground as we like, we will not be able to produce the same atmosphere at home(?).

'Atmosphere' is something you can't plan to make, the Dale Cavese to me is a celebratory/party/carnival anthem when your winning/won, I saw people of all ages up and dancing on Friday night

Now at home when the South has tried to get it going say 10 mins into a mediocre game its just not the same as it's not relevant IMO

Same with Just Can't Get Enought. Pointless song when we're losing or playing gash. Should be reserved for after tries like Friday night.

Some people prefer to sit in the East Stand inlcuding me. The solution is for South, East and West stands to sing. It just needs a nucleus in each stand.

quite agree with that.

It is acheivable. I'm anticipating plenty of room for celebration on Saturday. weather forecast is good so far too!

definately sounds like a plan that, but i cant quite think of a time when the west stand sing? could be wrong though...