MC Prussian Posted 16 June 2010 Posted 16 June 2010 The silence of the Vuvuzela when the 2nd Uruguay goal went in. You could already hear them silenced South Africa fans once Forlan struck his first. It's easy - as soon as the host nation's out, it'll all be over with the bloody noise. And the stadiums will finally be free for proper chants again.
Koke Posted 17 June 2010 Posted 17 June 2010 The Chile-Honduras game had it for me - summed up the problem. Chile took a great number with them. Great support, all standing on their feet chanting and singing, very strong vocally, but were ****ing drowned by these Vuvuzelas. Really disheartening stuff.
lcfc_jme Posted 17 June 2010 Posted 17 June 2010 The Chile-Honduras game had it for me - summed up the problem. Chile took a great number with them. Great support, all standing on their feet chanting and singing, very strong vocally, but were fooking drowned by these Vuvuzelas. Really disheartening stuff. Probably less disheartening than trying to play the game in the correct spirit and a beautiful way but losing to an ultra-defensive, lucky break side, or going out on penalties having bossed a game but not finished one of your numerous chances. Honestly the vuvuzelas are perfectly fine, in my experience, from the warm-up tournament last year and even this world cup, they're easy enough to ignore and look past, just seems that people will criticise for the sake of it. I still maintain they're better than the eerie silence at most English league grounds week-in, week-out, and also some shitty fcking band with their own boring, unimaginative, monotonous tones.
samjohnson Posted 17 June 2010 Author Posted 17 June 2010 YOU CAN ACTUALLY HEAR THE CROWD!! BBC 1... France vs Mexico... The odd vuvuzela is still lingering about, but you can hear the crowd!!
Matt Posted 17 June 2010 Posted 17 June 2010 Ah thank god for the death of the vuvuzela (Hope I havn't spoke to soon), but you can just hear them, obviously not that many being blown in the France v Mexico match, hoping things stay this way. I don't mind the odd one, I can deal with that but thousands upon thousands blowing them is beyond a joke.
dandannieldanok Posted 20 June 2010 Posted 20 June 2010 I don't mind them at the World Cup but it'll be awful if clubs in England allow them.
Fosse Boy Posted 21 June 2010 Posted 21 June 2010 I GOT A VUVUVZELA!!! Don't bring it anywhere near Filbert Way. It's for your own safety.
Narborough_fox Posted 21 June 2010 Posted 21 June 2010 Don't bring it anywhere near Filbert Way. It's for your own safety. Don't worry it is joke between me and my mate, I wouldn't dare I know the consequences
leicesterseddon Posted 22 June 2010 Posted 22 June 2010 According to a South African I heard on the radio yesterday, the vuvuzela is apparently a very recent 'tradition'. So recent, in fact, that he said he'd never encountered one at a SA league game and their use at SA national games, before the World Cup, was actually very limited. In any case, the plastic monstrosities they're selling like hot cakes now are A) nothing like a 'traditional' vuvuzela horn and B) an instrument that is not exclusively South African at all. Yet Plantini has made it out that banning them would be a form of sacrilege to a centuries-old tradition. The reality, of course, is that far too many people are making far too much money out of them for them to be banned. Would be good to see their use decrease rapidly if/when the SA national team goes out. The sound is not encouraging, witty, unique even - just basically bloody annoying.
LCFC-ARAB Posted 22 June 2010 Posted 22 June 2010 Is it just me or do they seem to be blowing the horns ot a tune now? i noticed it during the Brazil Ivory Coast game
Guest ttfn Posted 22 June 2010 Posted 22 June 2010 Is it just me or do they seem to be blowing the horns ot a tune now? i noticed it during the Brazil Ivory Coast game Yeah, I was sitting about 5 seats away from the bloke leading it. Not sure tune's the right word for it. I find the noise far less irritating inside the ground than on TV. It does make for a unique atmosphere if nothing else.
Guest DavidJCW Posted 27 June 2010 Posted 27 June 2010 Well some of the more recent matches have dispelled any beliefs that the Vuvuzelas have been made redundant by South Africa's exit. Can't remember which match in the last few days it was but the noise was just deafening! Brilliant stuff!!! So much better than some poxy section of fans trying to sing a song and failing miserably...
acooling08 Posted 28 June 2010 Posted 28 June 2010 I think the only chant I've heard through the shitty noise tubes was 'The referees a willy puller' at the Eng-Ger game. Can't ban though really, unfortunately.
Fosse Boy Posted 7 July 2010 Posted 7 July 2010 A teenage football fan has been shot dead after irratating his neighbour by playing a vuvuzela. Asanda Cele was blasted twice in the head and once in the arm, according to police. The 14-year-old was found in the man's back garden and rushed to hospital but died of his injuries. His father, Sandile Cele, claims Asanda was returning to his home near Durban, when he was shot by a local resident who was known to dislike the horns which have become a major factor in this summer’s World Cup. The boy had been watching the national team Bafana Bafana’s 2-1 defeat of France two weeks ago when he was killed. Mr Cele said: ‘My son loved soccer and his teams were Manchester United and Bafana Bafana. 'He would always be blowing his vuvuzela, whether his team won or lost. ‘My neighbour recently moved into the neighbourhood, he didn’t like vuvuzelas and the noise they made. I think that’s the reason he killed my son.’ Mr Cele said his wife, Nontobeko, a nurse, collapsed after hearing of her son’s death. Police spokesman Captain Thulani Zwane of KwaZulu Natal police said the suspect was arrested the same day and charged with murder. He was later released on bail and is expected to re-appear before magistrates next month. He said: ‘The man thought the victim was a robber and shot at him. He was arrested on the same day and has been charged with murder.’ However Mr Cele disputed the claim. He added: ‘It was not that dark and my son was not covering his face so my neighbour could clearly see who he was firing at. ‘If he thought my son was a criminal he should have fired a warning shot, not shot him three times.’ Two weeks ago a Zimbabwean man in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, lost an eye in a fight with three men over a vuvuzela after they claimed the horn belonged to their friend. I n the same week South African Yvonne Mayer from Cape Town ruptured her throat in a vuvuzela-blowing competition although doctors said she would not suffer any permanent damage. The vuvuzelas are a major part of domestic football but have annoyed television fans around the world with their constant loud noise inside stadiums which have been compared to a swarm of bees or rampaging elephants. Scientists claim they can damage hearing with noise up to 140 decibels prompting some entrepreneurs to sell earplugs at World Cup venues. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1292113/Teenage-football-fan-shot-dead-neighbour-annoying-playing-vuvuzela.html
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