purpleronnie Posted 7 June 2010 Posted 7 June 2010 I quite liked the USA fans when I watched their friendly with Turkey. Being a bit harsh on both TBH. I read the US have sold the most tickets outside of SA, kinda crazy to think the english might be outnumbered by American fans, just another indication of the popularity of the game in the states now.
z-layrex Posted 7 June 2010 Posted 7 June 2010 I dont care if in PC Britain we're supposed to accept everything anyone from Africa does ever, it's stupid.
Mikey Posted 7 June 2010 Posted 7 June 2010 Being a bit harsh on both TBH. I read the US have sold the most tickets outside of SA, kinda crazy to think the english might be outnumbered by American fans, just another indication of the popularity of the game in the states now. Yeah I read in FourFourTwo that USA have sold the most, and England second most.
purpleronnie Posted 7 June 2010 Posted 7 June 2010 Yeah I read in FourFourTwo that USA have sold the most, and England second most. Kinda crazy, it still amazes me how things have changed over here in the last decade.
Tomassi Posted 7 June 2010 Posted 7 June 2010 Watched Australia vs USA the other day, mostly USA and Aussie fans in the crowd, and they were just as energetic with these plastic horns as the locals. I dont know what is worse, the horn or the Pompey Bell ringer ?!? Bring back the drums !!!
purpleronnie Posted 7 June 2010 Posted 7 June 2010 Yeah I dont think you'll even hear the fans during this world cup.
Edmund Posted 7 June 2010 Posted 7 June 2010 Or USA, USA, USA. Reminds me of the good ole days when the kop use to chant this at Keller.
samjohnson Posted 7 June 2010 Author Posted 7 June 2010 The only thing we need then is someone to throw a vuvuzela on the pitch. FIFA have said, apparently, that if this happens, they get banned, as "weapons".
shen Posted 7 June 2010 Posted 7 June 2010 Ban them. The players can't even communicate with eachother even when standing a few feet apart. It can also cause damage to the the fans' hearing. They're annoying for everyone bar the ones blowing them I presume.
Edmund Posted 7 June 2010 Posted 7 June 2010 Ban them. The players can't even communicate with eachother even when standing a few feet apart. It can also cause damage to the the fans' hearing. They're annoying for everyone bar the ones blowing them I presume. I read this earlier, seems a little over the top to me. Ipods, lawnmowers, electric tools also damages ones hearing.
vjbapu Posted 7 June 2010 Posted 7 June 2010 After watching the England game on SSN it actually felt like an african game, only endearing me to how the locals would be loving this tournament, for that reason they're ace. Like others have said if the vuvuzelas came here, itd be fake and therefore annoying.
poopbutt Posted 8 June 2010 Posted 8 June 2010 Being a bit harsh on both TBH. I read the US have sold the most tickets outside of SA, kinda crazy to think the english might be outnumbered by American fans, just another indication of the popularity of the game in the states now. hardly comparable given the amount of people living in the States
MC Prussian Posted 8 June 2010 Posted 8 June 2010 I read this earlier, seems a little over the top to me. Ipods, lawnmowers, electric tools also damages ones hearing. I cannot imagine what football would be if you were allowed to bring one of those into the stadium.
Alexikokopops Posted 8 June 2010 Posted 8 June 2010 I read this earlier, seems a little over the top to me. Ipods, lawnmowers, electric tools also damages ones hearing. How often to you stand within a foot of a lawnmower going continuously for two hours though?
Guest ttfn Posted 8 June 2010 Posted 8 June 2010 Hopefully they won't be totally overbearing during the World Cup as when South Africa are playing, the crowd will be perhaps 25% South African. Presumably that will lead to less vuvuzelas.
purpleronnie Posted 8 June 2010 Posted 8 June 2010 hardly comparable given the amount of people living in the States Well I think it is, especially as its our national sport its not America's, plus I cant remember a world cup where the US fans have outnumbered english fans (apart from WC 94 ) which shows how popular its become over here.
Fosse Boy Posted 8 June 2010 Posted 8 June 2010 If these things are part of the African culture then embrace it, it's what the World Cup is for. Although saying this I havn't watched a match with them dominating yet so may change my mind. Idiots with airhorn's down Leicester now they should be banned and blowers shot, especially away. Agree with this, although I remember someone (Shrenchel?) saying they weren't really part of African football culture and had only been introduced by sponsors and stuff in the last few years. They're selling the bastards in my local Tesco, so now seemingly every kid on the estate has one. Good thing I'm moving out next week to be honest.
Edmund Posted 8 June 2010 Posted 8 June 2010 I cannot imagine what football would be if you were allowed to bring one of those into the stadium. How often to you stand within a foot of a lawnmower going continuously for two hours though? That's not the point though. I'm just saying that lots of things can cause damage to your hearing but you don't see people calling for a campaign to ban them on that sole reason. Put it this way, you'd do more damage to your ears spending 90 minutes in a club with a large soundsystem than vuvuzelas being played near your vicinity. Like I said earlier I think it's over the top, and seems like their nitpicking for excuses against the vuvuzela.
Wycombe Fox Posted 8 June 2010 Posted 8 June 2010 With Blatter's history of crazy ideas, I'm surprised he hasn't replaced the referee's whistles with vuvuzelas.
Guest DavidJCW Posted 8 June 2010 Posted 8 June 2010 To be honest, I've never liked folk who bring any sort of horns into matches... I had to sit right next to some student twats who knew fook all about City and didn't really care what was going on, they were just there to fook about with some bloody horns they'd brought with them! Couldn't have been more annoyed throughout the game!!! As for the vuvuzelas, well, they sound like a much larger version of the crappy air horns here, so what do I think of them? No thanks. Annoying as hell.
Tomassi Posted 8 June 2010 Posted 8 June 2010 went in the local shop earlier and they were selling these ghastly things by the counter, branding them ''Ear Splitter Horn'', priced at just £2.99. Great
Samilktray Posted 8 June 2010 Posted 8 June 2010 I might purchase 1 of these for down the pub. Bring a bit of African spirit to the local.
Unabomber Posted 8 June 2010 Posted 8 June 2010 Im tempted to buy one. I see it that if I am sat there blasting the fuck out of some horn then it will distract me from everyone else doing it in the background.
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