Plaudits for our Atmosphere, let's keep it up

[Swiper]

I've watched the final bits of the match on NBC Live Extra at least five or so times today. The elation and seeing Claudio fist pump the sky makes my day so much better.

 

Same here. He's like that perfect mix between calm/reserved throughout much of the game and fiery/passionate when a goal is scored. 

[AmyLGK]

I'm on my tablet so not sure if this will work, but Matt Elliott talking about our amazing atmosphere here...

http://bbc.in/1NL3k8G

[Spudulike]

Phil McNulty described the KP atmosphere at the Chelsea match as 'thunderous'. He's not wrong.

[Guest]

Think it's time to drop the clappers for a game and see if it has much impact? 

[HighPeakFox]

Think it's time to drop the clappers for a game and see if it has much impact?

Are you saying you think that or asking us what we think? Personally I say keep them, they work.

[Guest]

Are you saying you think that or asking us what we think? Personally I say keep them, they work.

was posing the question - test whether they make the difference or whether people are now involved enough without them. 

 

Funnily enough I got hit on the head by one thrown after the Chelsea game and was borderline concussed. I laughed about it but what if it was a kid/old women etc. 

[HighPeakFox]

Well if they're dangerous I can see your point

[Guest CityFan 06]

I'd be interested to see how our atmosphere would be without the use of clappers. I said it before but given the form we're in, Union FS and L1 I reckon it could be decent enough, maybe even as good as good as the atmosphere now. Hopefully the fans know how much of our support actually makes the difference to the team.

I can't deny the clappers have significantly helped the atmosphere all the way around the stadium though. And at the same time I suppose you could say don't break what's working. But that's just another view.

[MrSpaM]

Think it's time to drop the clappers for a game and see if it has much impact?

Why would we want to change anything when we are doing as well as we are. We've only lost two games since they started the clappers!

[Jimbo]

I'd be interested to see how our atmosphere would be without the use of clappers. I said it before but given the form we're in, Union FS and L1 I reckon it could be decent enough, maybe even as good as good as the atmosphere now. Hopefully the fans know how much of our support actually makes the difference to the team.

I can't deny the clappers have significantly helped the atmosphere all the way around the stadium though. And at the same time I suppose you could say don't break what's working. But that's just another view.

Getting rid of the clappers would reduce the noise in the stadium. That's a fact. Our atmosphere has probably improved because of them but not to the point that everyone sings.

It's a problem with English culture really, too many people give too many "fuchs". Fans at the moment join in because the noise level means that they cannot be heard as individuals. Take the noise that the clappers make away and the singing around the stadium becomes disjointed, and the handful of fans in block h2 for example would not sing anymore because no one around them is singing and they will be heard and don't want to make themselves look foolish.

Plus the noise that the clappers make alone must be really intimidating, I'd love to be on the pitch, in the centre circle listening to it to see just how it comes across.

Don't care what other fans say, don't care if they think it's tinpot or manufactured I love that we have them.

[Frank to be]

Keep the clappers. They're doing no harm and lots of good.

[davieG]

With the clapper in theirs hands  people are more comfortable singing.

 

It's  quite noticeable near me in G1 right next to UFS that people don't  join in the singing as much if at all even when UFS start a song unless it includes the clappers as soon as they start with them they start singing.

 

Your only hope without the clappers is that people would physically clap instead although even that's  been denigrated on here in the past.

[AndWhat?]

With the clapper in theirs hands  people are more comfortable singing.

 

It's  quite noticeable near me in G1 right next to UFS that people don't  join in the singing as much if at all even when UFS start a song unless it includes the clappers as soon as they start with them they start singing.

 

Your only hope without the clappers is that people would physically clap instead although even that's  been denigrated on here in the past.

 

 

I've noticed that as well. It's really weird

[Filbert_Ross]

Keep the clappers. They're doing no harm and lots of good.

This.

No brainer.

[ozleicester]

After the game at Goodison where we were so, soooo much louder than that ground, and given that Goodison is a quality old fashioned ground with great accoustics that really says something about how good the king power is!

 

leave the clappers, use em if you want, throw them if you dont, just keep the KP as the best ground in the country

[Dan]

Goodison Park is just wasted on awful fans.

[The Year Of The Fox]

Goodison Park is just wasted on awful fans.

Agreed- twice I've been and twice their atmosphere was terrible

[The Year Of The Fox]

Don't want to criticise too much from the comfort of my illegal stream and armchair today but our support sounded awful

[KFS]

Don't want to criticise too much from the comfort of my illegal stream and armchair today but our support sounded awful

Sounded like we were outsung at Anfield which is just diabolical

[The Year Of The Fox]

Perhaps what was spoke about a few weeks ago where our fans go quiet in almost expectancy of us coming back from behind has finally occurred. That or people had over indulged in turkey yesterday. Big shame it seemed to go to pot at that bloody morgue though

[C-man]

Excluding numbers-perspective, our away support is one of the worst in the Prem for many reasons.

[LCFC FOX]

Excluding numbers-perspective, our away support is one of the worst in the Prem for many reasons.

Union FS need to step in

[Dan]

Our away ends aren't good. People only want to know when we're winning, which happens to have been most of the time, when we go behind we're generally shit.

[CosbehFox]

Don't want to criticise too much from the comfort of my illegal stream and armchair today but our support sounded awful

Personally think in combo with this time of year and the ticket price, you had less 'lads' go

[old koppite]

Funny, on my stream I thought we were alright. You could hear our songs for most of the game, but bit quiet for a while after they scored. They sang same old 3 or 4 songs - not surprised they would be louder when they did sing- big game playing the top team, Boxing Day, full house, get behind the team from the start after poor defeat at Watford and Team responded to Kloop and got amongst us.