The Big Debate!

[john_lcfc]

dont have a season ticket, would buy one if this happened.

[Ashley]

I'd stay in the Family stand which would become the kop

Nblock it is

New SK1

[Webbo]

I'd stay in the Family stand which would become the kop

Nblock it is

New SK1

Ashley speaks the truth.

[Ultra]

The whole idea seems as if people want permission from the club to cause an unfriendly/threatening atmosphere to provoke the away section like we did at Filbert Street.

No-one's looking for "permission". L1 fulfils that role well enough already.

[Geo V]

I do a tour of the stadium and sit all over the place but neither the Kop nor other parts of the ground have really set the pulse racing. Hopefully one day we`ll have a spot where we can all turn up to sing regardless of the team on the pitch.

[foss1884]

I agree that the atmosphere would increase if The Kop was switched. At present The Kop is cut off and isolated from banter. If those singers present in The Kop were closer to the away fans it would provoke a greater response in terms of vocal support. You often see this at away games. If you are closer to a vocal band of home supporters, it provokes you into life and inproves the support. The Walkers may have had a better atmosphere in the first season. There was a "feel good" factor at the club at the time, but the stadium was hardly rocking. It was commented from the beginning that the atmosphere lacked a spark. The debate on Filbert Street i find interesting. I sat in the lower tier of the Carling Stand and generally the atmosphere was not as electric as fans like to remember. You got a very different perspective from the half way line. You would occasionally get a booming chant of "Come on Leicester!" for corners from the upper tier of The Carling Stand and the rest of the ground, but that was it. I think The Walkers, at points, is more capable of making noise (just not consistently). The Walkers retains the noise better i actually think when we rouse ourselves. MOVE THE KOP NOW!

[Raj]

I agree that the atmosphere would increase if The Kop was switched. At present The Kop is cut off and isolated from banter. If those singers present in The Kop were closer to the away fans it would provoke a greater response in terms of vocal support. You often see this at away games. If you are closer to a vocal band of home supporters, it provokes you into life and inproves the support. The Walkers may have had a better atmosphere in the first season. There was a "feel good" factor at the club at the time, but the stadium was hardly rocking. It was commented from the beginning that the atmosphere lacked a spark. The debate on Filbert Street i find interesting. I sat in the lower tier of the Carling Stand and generally the atmosphere was not as electric as fans like to remember. You got a very different perspective from the half way line. You would occasionally get a booming chant of "Come on Leicester!" for corners from the upper tier of The Carling Stand and the rest of the ground, but that was it. I think The Walkers, at points, is more capable of making noise (just not consistently). The Walkers retains the noise better i actually think when we rouse ourselves. MOVE THE KOP NOW!

Kop aint moving.

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[Chimp]

I agree that the atmosphere would increase if The Kop was switched. At present The Kop is cut off and isolated from banter. If those singers present in The Kop were closer to the away fans it would provoke a greater response in terms of vocal support. You often see this at away games. If you are closer to a vocal band of home supporters, it provokes you into life and inproves the support. [..]

I think this is why support for the idea of moving the Kop will always be split between those who look upon singing as some sort of competition between the fans and those who sing to support and encourage the team.

Those of us who sing to encourage the team don't really give a flying fcuk what the away fans are doing, we're not going to be provoked into a reaction by anything they do, we're only going to be provoked by what's happening on the pitch. The away fans are mostly inconsequential to us, a mere side-show to the real event.

Which brings me to ask why some fans seem to need the away support to spark them into action?

[Floating Fox]

Which brings me to ask why some fans seem to need the away support to spark them into action?

I don't know.

I personally sing because It gets behind my team & because it's more fun to have a sing song than to sit down and be quiet for 90 minutes...

You could see the away fans have an influence though, when the cov fans perked up on saturday and made some noise the majority of the "kop" responded...