Firstly pleased your lad likes going to that area, I think going forward thats how it becomes a real success with getting younger people really into it.
I think the reliance on UFS is a very fair comment, to a degree I would expect there to be as the groups main aim is obviously vocal support. Your point on would others take up the role should they not be there is interesting, certainly more now do start songs which is great. It was evident in the one game where there was an atmosphere boycott from UFS how little was coming from others purely in terms of starting songs but that does seem to have changeed over time, a positive progression.
UFS have a strong belief in trying to sing and support for as much of the 90 minutes as possible. That does get on some people's wick as you see comments like 'wish they would shut up for a bit after we have conceded'. My personal view is there is a middle ground there, you don't want to be fully robotic and a slight pause to then go again louder I feel could be looked at.
The thing on the 'old school chants’ is that our song book looking at those ones alone would literally have us sining for about 5 minutes of the 90, so a lot of repetition would be needed which would just bore people silly I reckon. Like Molly Malone is what 25 seconds long if that so I do feel you need the new stuff which largely loops and has the ability to go on longer but go up and down in sound in terms of it being consistent but then say an attack builds and then more back the song.
I do though think there is a pretty good balance on a matchday as UFS certainly do bash out the looping stuff as well as 'Oh when the blues', 'Molly Malone', "forever and ever' etc.
Do though as I stated originally need to get more in the wider section singing and certainly more in first halves when the team shoots the other way.