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Yeah looks like he’s completely oblivious… https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cyy9LEko5-W/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Unfortunately it appears there’s a very specific set of criteria that must be met in order for us to sing: - Not too hot but not too cold - Team playing well but not dominating possession. Counter-attacking preferable. - Opposition must be good - somewhere between us being underdogs and slight favourites. - 85 minute match so people aren’t worrying about missing their evening plans too much to sing. - Ref must be biased against us. - Away fans must be up for it. Anything else I’ve missed?

Recycled Ben Marshall chant from over a decade ago!

Not convinced it affects the atmosphere at all if I’m honest. Goes from a silent occupied seat to a silent empty one.

Why have they only released fixtures up to the weekend of 20/1? According to the below they were obliged to go to 3/2. https://www.efl.com/how-to-watch/tv-game-selection-process/

For me one of the worst things about people not singing is that they have to fill the silence with their ridiculous opinions on the game or our players. Yesterday, I had the unfortunate experience of having to endure one bloke calling us pathetic and/or a disgrace every 5 minutes (can’t imagine how much he enjoyed last season), calling Mads a useless cvnt for daring to not boot the ball out of play and then demonstrated his superior football IQ by saying ‘see that’s what happens when we get it forward’ after we scored. Well done mate.

Last night I actually thought it started pretty well (in WU3). There were some good renditions absolutely belted out and the acoustics in the upper tier made them sound pretty loud to me. Sadly that lasted about 10 minutes and the rest was absolutely pathetic. I’ve done Burton, Liverpool and Wednesday away this season and all three are contenders for worst away end you’ll see.

With apologies to the old school FT posters in this picture… if you hate it as much as most of those shown appear to, the question must be - why bother?

Can’t just be me who is fascinated by the Ultra fan scene movement across world football so well worth a thread in my opinion. Amazing how much influence these guys can have over their clubs, how political in-fighting between the same group of fans can cause civil war and how sophisticated groups (largely) made up on lunatics can get. I find it interesting to see where their method of support is mainly influenced from – for example the Grobari at Partizan Belgrade and Vak S of Feyenoord base themselves on English fans of the 70s whereas most Greek clubs are predominantly Italian in style. Anyway, seen a cool tifo? Heard about a controversial boycott or protest? Whack it in here… I’ll start with a club fairly close to my heart – FC Basel – who put together one of my favourite choreos from last season to mark their 200th game in Europe. ‘Know where you are from, appreciate what you have’