Match Atmosphere

[Big River]

7 minutes ago, Chicken Dancer said:

I thought he did delay the music on Thursday a bit to be fair, I was thinking someone might have had a word. 

 

yeah he did, probably unintentionally knowing him  gallowgate speakers were back to being at deafening levels n’all.

 

him and his tory voice need moving on in the Summer, there’s no other way unfortunately.

 

atmosphere was great on Thursday and it’ll no doubt be class tomorrow! in spite of DJ red pants 

[Scoot]

2 hours ago, NE27 said:

 

I'll be there till I'm kicked out like every game I attend so I've no issue there tbh.

 

Maybe I'm getting more miserable with age but I find him grating announcing the team, announcing the goal scorer, "enjoy the game", and now his favourite go to of playing music loud as fuck to drown out the fans actually trying to have a good time.

 

Not sure the length of the track has any bearing on me thinking it would be tinpot mind

 

He's going to do it if we win so if you're there, enjoy it! And know I'll be sitting in the gallowgate in a minute long huff

 

The thing that grates on me the most is when he's reading the team out and he gets to Bruno's name and goes "number 39, BRUNOOOOOOOO"

 

Like, fuck off you doyle!

 

Edit: Sorry, just seen others mention it. I hadn't read that far.

 

 

Edited May 21, 2023 by Scoot

[Yorkie]

1 hour ago, Big River said:

 

yeah he did, probably unintentionally knowing him  gallowgate speakers were back to being at deafening levels n’all.

 

him and his tory voice need moving on in the Summer, there’s no other way unfortunately.

 

atmosphere was great on Thursday and it’ll no doubt be class tomorrow! in spite of DJ red pants 

 

 

As for moving him on, I've no burning desire to see that - he's been the voice over the speakers for absolutely ages now; I was watching some of @Toontimes' YouTube uploads of noughties Match of the Day's the other day, and it's the same fella reading the teamsheets out.

 

The music right on FT is shit but the main issue is just the deafening volume. Ironic that in all that's happened in my lifetime, that is the only thing I've ever written directly to the club about.

[BlueStar]

The thing about blaring Hey Baby or Pretty Green Eyes at the end is even if he's correct that the crowd want to sing along with the original, we only have player specific lyrics for ten seconds of the chorus, so for the rest of the time you're standing around awkwardly, unable to sing any toon songs because youre drowned out by meandering verses about how DJ Otzi wants to get knuckle deep in some lass he's creeping on in the street. 

 

As for the volume, it's fine in the East Stand which makes me think our speakers are fucked and they have to turn up all the other stands so it reaches us. 

[BlueStar]

4 hours ago, NE27 said:

"enjoy the game"

 

Ha, I always say that to my mates when we split up to our stands after the pub.  I've got the voice pretty nailed on now. 

[samptime29]

We never sing Blaydon Races, wish is a shame. I learned that song shortly after I went to first game when was 11. Was sung a lot in my childhood/early 20's.

 

Still think overall we are one of the strongest supports in the league. We can definitely improve but we do give good backing overall.

[madras]

1 hour ago, samptime29 said:

We never sing Blaydon Races, wish is a shame. I learned that song shortly after I went to first game when was 11. Was sung a lot in my childhood/early 20's.

 

Still think overall we are one of the strongest supports in the league. We can definitely improve but we do give good backing overall.

We do and we don't. When it's sung it's often butchered with people not knowing the words and sang at Makina pace.

[geordiesteve710]

6 hours ago, Keegans Export said:

There's an argument for playing no music at all after the game, just let the crowd take over.

It's a pretty compelling argument as well for most people.

 

But if he must play something the Champions League tune (ode to joy or whatever it's proper name is) is preferable to DJ f**king Otzi.

[geordiesteve710]

4 hours ago, RobsonsWonderland said:

So if we lose on Monday and we don't hear the DJ play the CL anthem.. at least we know someone in the crowd will be happy inside !

 

Unless he plays the Europa League anthem... Now that would really boil my chips!  

 

 

 

 

 

That would be funny as fuck tbh.

[geordiesteve710]

5 hours ago, LFEE said:

I’m probably not that dissimilar to you TBH ??? I’ve learned though if you can’t have a little bit of lighthearted fun at the end of a season like this when can you ?‍♂️ It’s been crazy and with a bit of luck Monday COULD be truly amazing ??? 

If we qualify for the CL he could play fucking sunderland songs and I wouldn't give a shit.

[Danh1]

Another one here who doesn’t want to hear the CL anthem tomorrow if we get a good result (or don’t obviously!). 
 

Don’t want to hear DJ Otzi either. I didn’t mind Pretty Green Eyes as much but still not ideal. Certainly do not wish for him to play KC and the bastard Sunshine Band.

 

I’m happy with Moving On Up post match after some silence and letting the fans belt out some chants. 

 

Pre match I hope we fuck the Scouse Beatles off and play Thunderstruck.

 

 

[pedro111]

Would love a campaign to get the Blaydon Races back like. The pre match version is shite. Imagine if we could get the whole ground in unison singing it at a slower pace. Sing it at the same time every game. Make it something people do not want to miss. Something that other fans are in awe of... That would be mint like.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I don’t know why everyone sings so fast. It’s not just Blaydon Races either. 
 

Not that many people can be coked off their tits. 

[Yorkie]

4 minutes ago, pedro111 said:

Would love a campaign to get the Blaydon Races back like. The pre match version is shite. Imagine if we could get the whole ground in unison singing it at a slower pace. Sing it at the same time every game. Make it something people do not want to miss. Something that other fans are in awe of... That would be mint like.

 

Why is this a commonly held view? Never known why...

[jack j]

1 minute ago, Yorkie said:

 

Why is this a commonly held view? Never known why...

Probably the toon toon black and white army bollocks in the middle of it

[LFEE]

7 hours ago, TheGuv said:

The way he announces ‘Bruno’ after he scores is fucking cringe as well.

Especially when he hadn’t scored ?

[Danh1]

58 minutes ago, jack j said:

Probably the toon toon black and white army bollocks in the middle of it

That has been cut out of it now but it still sounds shite.

 

For me the current version is just too slow, and just all round doesn’t sound right. 

[Danh1]

34 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Especially when he hadn’t scored ?

I also hate the way he reads the score out. 
 

One thing I did like though is in the Championship when Lansbury scored an OG and he announced it. Also loved him playing Daydream Believer after the 5-1 demolition derby. Some great trolling. 

[RobsonsWonderland]

To be fair he missed a game this season and must have had his mate stand in.

 

Songs were all over the place and I could be wrong but did the stand in not play the Mitro song at the end of the game?

 

 

Edited May 21, 2023 by RobsonsWonderland

[Danh1]

Just now, RobsonsWonderland said:

To be fair he missed a game this season and must have had his mate stand in.

 

Songs were all over the place and I could be wrong but need the stand in not play the Mitro song at the end of the game?

Aye you’re right - and he played the wrong PL anthem.

 

He stood in for the Man Utd game last season too and couldn’t pronounce any of their players names

 

Those wanting the current DJ out may consider being careful what you wish for

[geordiesteve710]

14 hours ago, Danh1 said:

Aye you’re right - and he played the wrong PL anthem.

 

He stood in for the Man Utd game last season too and couldn’t pronounce any of their players names

 

Those wanting the current DJ out may consider being careful what you wish for

 

Aye, it's always been the same as far as I can remember. Barry in the Box? Cunt. Alan Robson? Cunt. The current lad Rob? Cunt.

 

Some of the criticism is deserved like, the ridiculous volume it's blasted out at, "Enjoy the game" and Doris fucking Day were all indefensible. But a lot of ilthe criticisms do come down to subjective taste. For example, Yorkie said above thinks the version of Blaydon Races that gets played at the match is good, a lot of us think it's pish. There will be thousands of people with both opinions across the matchgoing fanbase and both are valid enough opinions. People tend to be more vocal about something that they want changed than about something they think is OK. So the volume of negativity you read especially online won't be a fair reflection of the fanbase's feelings as a whole towards the DJ.

 

 

Edited May 22, 2023 by geordiesteve710
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[madras]

Got to admit re the DJ/announcer, I couldn't give a shit. I'm usually hitting my seat as the teams come out and even if I'm not getting a drink I'm on the concourse at HT. My only thing would be no music directectly before the match. As soon as the teams leave the changing room that should be the fans cue to ramp it up and music off, sound of needle scratching across vinyl mid track for added effect. Ditto afterwards especially after a win, as I've noticed more fans staying behind to applaud the team off, let the fans be the noise for at least 5mins.

[Pilko]

Nothing will ever be nearly as shit as him reading fucking poetry at half time.

[Danh1]

16 minutes ago, Pilko said:

Nothing will ever be nearly as shit as him reading fucking poetry at half time.

Two games in a row as well, excruciating. The vast amount of birthday messages is shite.
 

One thing I will say about the DJ is at least we aren’t subjected to shitty chart music pre match like at some grounds. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

He needs to go I'm afraid. Not that it's a crucial factor, but it's contributing. 

 

Even they way he reads out "Bruuuunooo" is fairly cringe.