Danny Mcguire bigging up our intimidating atmosphere on TALK SPORT





You aint heard nothing yet.


"We all 8 LEEDS"

Always surprises me when opposition players bring this up. Rob Burrow mentioned it a while back too. I always thought that it was a relatively quiet ground.

Darryl Powell once described BV as 'A cauldron of hate'

Seems like we save the intimidating atmosphere for when the Rhino's visit!

its probably due to the proximity of the crowd to the players.

tbh there are some pretty hateful chants sung from our supporters that could do with cutting out imo. Personally don't care about hating Cas and wanting to shoot folk when we are playing Hull KR, Hudds or any other team.

It as been going on for years, just a bit of rival banta, you could alway put your fingers in your ears and go la la la lalalar...

Or the fans could back Wakey instead.

Darryl Powell once described BV as 'A cauldron of hate'

Brilliant !!!!

So what your saying is because the fans have a bit of banter there not backing Wakey get real..!!, the most I stand with have season ticket go home and away, and are Loud n Proud home and away and promote and get extra fans down every home game..??

So what do you call backing Wakefield o'wise one...

Yes, I'm certainly in this category. Never understood fans who are more interested in the opposition than their own team.

I think he's implying positive comments towards your own team are better than negative comments to the opposition.
It's not a matter of being a good supporter. As you say by going you are supporting.

We chant and support our players even when playing bad to lift them, and cheer them when they have lost, but as for banter it is going to happen most fans (not all) do this at matches(thats both sets of fans), I suppose it is each to their own and it will not stop any time soon..
But ay as long as we all support the Trin then thats all that matters...

Lets be Loud n Proud in the Northstand c'mon you Trin..!! peace out

I've already said can't you read.

You are also guilty of foul chants at times, is this supporting the club in anyway.

Yep, I concur, also can't understand the chants about a third party team who are not on the pitch

Yes I can can you

, Mate you can moan as much as you want, fans will do this at home games and away games (both sets of fan), some chants are ok with me and others are not, but coming on here stamping my feet will not change any a thing

, you gave your opinion I gave mine get over it..

Well if you read the last few posts you'll see you are in a minority, I don't think i've stamped my feet, i thought this was an adult debate on whats good for the club and not just you.

I like the North stand by the way.

So do I, but I wish they would get the pa system 'fixed' !

If the match is on, Wakey fans let's get to Belle Vue first and pack out the North Stand. Sorry whinos fans, that stand is HOME FANS ONLY these days.

So your the expert on whats good for the club..??, as for minority I am not suprised your all in own little click on here big fish in your little pound, if you disagree with the 3rd Reich you gang up on posters, threating with bans, now thats not adult debate now is it, where did I said just for me, so what your saying is any thing you say is good for the club and every body is wrong except you and your click..


Any way I will let you have your





and leave it at that...

Fight fight fight fight!

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

It was alway's an intimidating atmosphere when it was the old BV which was marvelous ground,and Rocky Turner and co enhanced it too.

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.

I'm friends with an ex player and get told me get can hear everything that the supporters say

to the extent that he could pick mine and my brothers individual voices out lol

Anyone got the link with the interview?

Trick is going to be how to keep atmosphere at new ground?
Any ideas from new stadia that we could suggest for NM (excepting obvious, such as bigger crowd)?
I wonder about Steeper tiered seating; can have a very claustrophobic impact on away team, but don't know how that works in terms of cost ( presumably engineering & material issues more expensive), impact on capacity, etc;
Was told by an ex-pro soccer player that LUFC trick of pushing less popular clubs' away support into a segment at south east end of Elland road was effective in making away players feel there was no travelling support ( I think Whino's pull a similar trick with the undeveloped west terrace vis a vis rest of Headingley).