samjohnson Posted 9 June 2010 Author Posted 9 June 2010 I managed to get to tesco on saturday and realised they were giving them away free with a copy of The Sun. I have to say ive had some amusing times with it already... which includes making the security guard needing a new pair of trousers.
Jordan Posted 9 June 2010 Posted 9 June 2010 t's part of the South African football culture. Ehh... yeah, I guess, but I'm pretty sure these things have only really been popular in South Africa and other African countries since the mid 1990s. They're relatively a slightly larger part of African soccer culture than music played over the PA when the home team scores is a part of English soccer culture. These so-called "vuvuzelas" have been ubiquitous in every Mexico-U.S. friendly or Gold Cup match played on U.S. soil during this same timespan.
poopbutt Posted 9 June 2010 Posted 9 June 2010 so they've done a test that ranks them at between 100 and 144 decibels. i hope to fooking god they don't detract from the games.
irDeano Posted 9 June 2010 Posted 9 June 2010 The only thing that I am not looking forward to this World Cup... It's not the fact that they are loud but that it goes on ALL the way through the game? They were annoying during the Confederations Cup, I hate to think how bad they are in a bigger stadium.
poopbutt Posted 9 June 2010 Posted 9 June 2010 songs take time and talent. any disabled can blow on a plastic horn for 90 minuts. that's what fosse fox does as his job.
Edmund Posted 9 June 2010 Posted 9 June 2010 Ehh... yeah, I guess, but I'm pretty sure these things have only really been popular in South Africa and other African countries since the mid 1990s. Yes, but timespan is irrelevant, especially in South Africas case given their past history. You've got to remember South Africa was only liberated in 1990 and the South African (multi-racial) football federation was only formed in 1992. The old regime had been suspended by Fifa on and off for years due to political (racial) interests. They may be a recent addition but to frown upon it is slightly naive considering that the New South Africa (fall of apartheid) is still in it's infant stage including the national football team.
Alexikokopops Posted 9 June 2010 Posted 9 June 2010 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. You missed my point. When you go to a club you go to the club to enjoy that soundsystem. When you go to a football match you go to enjoy the football. In South Africa there is the situation that you have no choice but to endure the vuvuzela if you want to see football. I'm not saying they should be banned, I was just throwing up another side of the argument. They are incredibly annoying though!
Edmund Posted 9 June 2010 Posted 9 June 2010 You missed my point. When you go to a club you go to the club to enjoy that soundsystem. When you go to a football match you go to enjoy the football. In South Africa there is the situation that you have no choice but to endure the vuvuzela if you want to see football. I'm not saying they should be banned, I was just throwing up another side of the argument. They are incredibly annoying though! Not necessarily When I go to life to enjoy the drinking I've got to put up with the shite they play there. On a serious note though I see what your saying, I also find them incredibly annoying to the extent I had my tv on mute during some of the confederations games. Like going to life you've got to put up with the shite to enjoy a pastime as it's the norm for that particular establishment/location.
Alexikokopops Posted 9 June 2010 Posted 9 June 2010 Not necessarily When I go to life to enjoy the drinking I've got to put up with the shite they play there. On a serious note though I see what your saying, I also find them incredibly annoying to the extent I had my tv on mute during some of the confederations games. Like going to life you've got to put up with the shite to enjoy a pastime as it's the norm for that particular establishment/location. To be fair I haven't found them quite as annoying as some "fans" I bump into at games. I least I can mute the vuvuzela!
lcfc_jme Posted 9 June 2010 Posted 9 June 2010 To be fair, vuvuzelas are better than that shitty fcking brass band at Wembley.
poopbutt Posted 10 June 2010 Posted 10 June 2010 sorry, but if you have to mute your tv. there's something wrong there.
Fosse Boy Posted 12 June 2010 Posted 12 June 2010 To be fair, vuvuzelas are better than that shitty fcking brass band at Wembley. All together now for the 39th time this half, "Goooood saaaaave our gracious queen..."
purpleronnie Posted 12 June 2010 Posted 12 June 2010 Seeing the Argentina fans bouncing up and down, banging drums and singing but only hearing the horns makes me think it will be the same tonight.
Matt Posted 12 June 2010 Posted 12 June 2010 These are doing my head in already, I think they should be banned on health and safety grounds, If it was here they probably would be.
samjohnson Posted 12 June 2010 Author Posted 12 June 2010 These are doing my head in already, I think they should be banned on health and safety grounds, If it was here they probably would be. FIFA have stated that if just 1 enters the field of play, then they will be banned from all grounds. Hence why James Corden is offering 4 tickets to Chessington world of adventures for the person who gets them banned
MC Prussian Posted 12 June 2010 Posted 12 June 2010 Apparently, Lionel Messi has also complained about the use of those plastic thingies during the tournament after today's win against Nigeria. I was glad to hear some England chants from the Brits tonight, overpowering the constantly buzzing horns. I've been missing some proper football fans sounds as of recently.
Koke Posted 13 June 2010 Posted 13 June 2010 Khune: Vuvuzelas weren't loud enoughSouth Africa goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune has described the atmosphere in the opening game of the World Cup as a "letdown" and urged local fans to make more noise with their vuvuzelas in the country's remaining two group games. After a lavish opening ceremony, South Africa drew 1-1 with Mexico in a game that introduced the noisy vuvuzela to a global audience, with just less than 85,000 fans in attendance at Soccer City. But Khune, who made a number of good saves throughout the game in Johannesburg, complained that South Africa did not have the backing they expected from the home supporters. "We couldn't hear the vuvuzelas," Khune said. "We expected to hear them and to be lifted by the people and the noise and the atmosphere. It was a letdown. "It was very disappointing for us. It was very surprising. We thought there were going to be a lot more South African fans there. "The atmosphere was not that good. It was not what we expected. There were a lot of Mexican fans there. It was like a Mexico home game. It was a Mexican advantage." South Africa's second group game comes against Uruguay, who drew 0-0 with France on Friday night, and Khune wants the home support to be louder in order to tip the balance in the favour of Bafana Bafana. "We have to hope that more of them come out when we play Uruguay," Khune said. "We need it. We need their support. When a team plays at home in a World Cup it should have an advantage. You expect that. "But we didn't have it and it is because the South African people didn't buy tickets. It does make a difference. It lifts the team when you need it. When it is a very close game there are many times when you need a lift. It could have helped us today."
Matt Posted 13 June 2010 Posted 13 June 2010 FIFA have stated that if just 1 enters the field of play, then they will be banned from all grounds. Hence why James Corden is offering 4 tickets to Chessington world of adventures for the person who gets them banned I was talking more banned on health and safety grounds due to tinnitus. And all this bullshit of you can't ban it...they banned standing here didn't they? On Health and safety and all that bullshit? I'm not joking vuvuzela will = tinnitus (If you're in the stadium) Chanting and singing arguement (that someone will come up with ) not as loud at the fucking vuvuzela's. But no doubt i'm being racist, that's their culture and 'it's what the World Cup brings' arguements will occur
Koke Posted 13 June 2010 Posted 13 June 2010 OHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The African vuvuzela trumpets, hugely popular with World Cup fans in South Africa, are no longer welcome during Dutch training sessions as their continuous din drowns out Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk.The Netherlands had an open training session on Wednesday, obligatory under FIFA rules, which was attended by 3,000 mainly Dutch and South African fans, many sounding their vuvuzela plastic horns. "It was annoying and I could not make myself audible," Van Marwijk told a news conference on Friday. "That way training has no use if I can't address my players." The vuvuzelas have become a heavily discussed issue since they featured for the first time for a worldwide audience during last year's Confederations Cup. "I heard them for the first time during the Confederations Cup though I have to say I got used to the sound of it after a while," Van Marwijk added. "At this moment we don't know if there will be any more open training sessions but if we train with a crowd then (it will be) without the horns." This WC will remembered for these shit horns.
Narborough_fox Posted 13 June 2010 Posted 13 June 2010 It's an AFRICAN World Cup if it's part of the heritage keep it!
Maybes Posted 13 June 2010 Posted 13 June 2010 I liked it at first, but its pissing me off a tad now. Must have been soo annoying for the England supporters trying to get an atmosphere going only to be beaten by twats with these horns.
shen Posted 13 June 2010 Posted 13 June 2010 It's an AFRICAN World Cup if it's part of the heritage keep it! Apparently the REAL horn is the kuduzela, which sounds very different and looks spectacular. The vuvuzela is just a poor cheap imitation...
Tilley Posted 13 June 2010 Posted 13 June 2010 Irritating enough just from the TV, must be a nightmare watching a match over there and even worse if you were playing. So unnecessary, just sing instead, they bring nothing to the atmosphere.
Zingari Posted 13 June 2010 Posted 13 June 2010 ban being considered South Africa ponders vuvuzela ban http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8737455.stm
Bryn Posted 13 June 2010 Posted 13 June 2010 The idea of banning something in their own back yard doesn't sit well with me. They're already getting shafted in terms of footing the bill without really seeing any of the profits, to see them lose something which obviously means something to them in their own stadia as well isn't something I particularly like. But. Those trumpets are unbelievably fooking annoying, and they really do detract from the experience. Don't think they'll make it past the group stages.
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