Sol thewall Bamba Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 Next they'll be claiming copyright to all the songs we sing, and charging us a license fee to sing them.
Foxes1 Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 How about the club bringing a scarf out with the song 'You can stick your Harry Redknapp up your a**e' on it A nice silk one would be great so when you tie it round your wrist the white lettering comes off.
Guest MattP Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 Very true that. I do like Jobber though, think he's a very intelligent and down to earth bloke as well as being a real character. "City legend" is definitely going too far though. He is, very good lad. That's why it's sad when you hear this coming from him.... “It fills me with great pleasure to see an array of scarves, flags and jumpers all around the ground including corporate and executive boxes when I'm beating the drum to "We Love You". “It’s the first song in years that gets the whole crowd going - it must give the players a massive boost to hear the whole crowd in full voice to such a catchy songâ€.
Guest ttfn Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 Any positive feeling the fans had about King Power is being aggressively eroded this week. Back Pearson and stop the over-commercialisation of what is left of our fan culture or fvck off.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 So are people now agreeing the song is gay, or just having the words on a scarf? To me the scarf thing just shows how cringeworthy the song is
EverybodyDannsNow Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 Not the worst idea but I think it would be a better idea to do it for When Your Smiling instead
The Year Of The Fox Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 So are people now agreeing the song is gay, or just having the words on a scarf? To me the scarf thing just shows how cringeworthy the song is Not the worst idea but I think it would be a better idea to do it for When Your Smiling instead Shouldnt need it for any song when everyone has the internet at their disposal nowadays
lavrentis Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 For an away fan Lamby is getting a bit too cheeky now imo
Lamby Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 For an away fan Lamby is getting a bit too cheeky now imo You love it really
Corky Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 Run away you frightened, pathetic, little nothing. #pray4Lamby.
EverybodyDannsNow Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 Not the worst idea but I think it would be a better idea to do it for When Your Smiling instead
PAULCFC Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 As long as £7.99 is then delivered to Palace.....sometimes i lose respect for our club!
purpleronnie Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 As long as £7.99 is then delivered to Palace.....sometimes i lose respect for our club! Because they invented that song didnt they.
Kitchandro Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 I'm as cynical as they come re LCFC but.... I think you're massively over reacting, how is the scarf disrespectful to our history and traditions, it's just an item they sell in the shop along with lots of, admittedly guff stuff but people, strange as it may seem buy this guff. How does selling a single item mean they're encouraging people to forget about our old songs, the fans started singing this not the club they, right or wrongly, and only sales will determine it have identified something they think the fans will want, they're not compulsory. I actually think they'll sell quite a few, those that already have a scarf are just as likely to buy this as those that haven't but now might. If anyone is trying to phase out the old songs it's the fans, have the club banned them? I think the club, in spite of the lack of a museum have had quite a strong agenda re the history of the club, John Hutchinson's regular articles both in the programme and on the OS, there also the Stadium tour where it's 90% history of the club, they had some special history event tours. now they might be doing this for monetary reasons but it balances out the cringeworthy (subjective) crap you believe they come out with. Edit - admittedly you have to pay for it but...... ......hardly being disrespectful to our history. I said this thing specifically was a bit disrespectful, not everything they do. But in general they clearly do not understand the core fanbase. They are seemingly doing everything they can to drive that group away. And that heritage afternoon thing - on matchdays I'm not sure that will make a difference. The image that they present of the club now is what the club will become. The older fans are getting older and don't want to stand up and sing anymore. Others are being driven away by prices. The younger fans are being introduced. But they're not being introduced in the right way. A kid buys this scarf, and people read this article, and they think that's what Leicester City is all about. I'm not blaming them solely for the wider decline in the 'matchday experience' as they like to call it, but they're contributing. If the club keep forcing this kind of goal-music, sloop john b and modern fad style on the club, that's what it will become, and with all the traditional kind of supporters driven away who's there to teach them different? And these things are even more significant because we do not play in an inspiring, atmospheric old style ground and we don't play in our original ground. We are going to become Hull or Reading if we're not careful, except with more fans. I realise my views on this subject will sound old-fashioned and 'cult', but this is just how I feel. I worry that, if I can eventually afford to go regularly again, going to the football will be completely different in the future. I worry that I'll just be a sheep (no Derby pun intended) doing what those high up in the club want me to do. I worry that it's a slippery slope and we're not a million miles away from being chucked out of the stadium because we're standing up in L block. Maybe we'll be playing in red in 10 years or so. Maybe that's a bit dramatic, but everytime we do something like this it's like another little piece of traditional football slipping away. I was born in the wrong century.
davieG Posted 4 October 2012 Author Posted 4 October 2012 I said this thing specifically was a bit disrespectful, not everything they do. But in general they clearly do not understand the core fanbase. They are seemingly doing everything they can to drive that group away. And that heritage afternoon thing - on matchdays I'm not sure that will make a difference. The image that they present of the club now is what the club will become. The older fans are getting older and don't want to stand up and sing anymore. Others are being driven away by prices. The younger fans are being introduced. But they're not being introduced in the right way. A kid buys this scarf, and people read this article, and they think that's what Leicester City is all about. I'm not blaming them solely for the wider decline in the 'matchday experience' as they like to call it, but they're contributing. If the club keep forcing this kind of goal-music, sloop john b and modern fad style on the club, that's what it will become, and with all the traditional kind of supporters driven away who's there to teach them different? And these things are even more significant because we do not play in an inspiring, atmospheric old style ground and we don't play in our original ground. We are going to become Hull or Reading if we're not careful, except with more fans. I realise my views on this subject will sound old-fashioned and 'cult', but this is just how I feel. I worry that, if I can eventually afford to go regularly again, going to the football will be completely different in the future. I worry that I'll just be a sheep (no Derby pun intended) doing what those high up in the club want me to do. I worry that it's a slippery slope and we're not a million miles away from being chucked out of the stadium because we're standing up in L block. Maybe we'll be playing in red in 10 years or so. Maybe that's a bit dramatic, but everytime we do something like this it's like another little piece of traditional football slipping away. I was born in the wrong century. I don't disagree with most of that and have said it many times before I just don't see how a scarf with words on that the fans themselves are singing fits into that. Traditionally for most people on here we've sold all sorts of guff as I previously stated after-shave slippers, even now you can buy a dressing gown in comparison a scarf, which itself is a traditional (last 40 years) football item seems ok. Not that I ever buy any of it. As I said i was more pissed off by the use of the phrase City Legend for Lee Jobber.
Kitchandro Posted 4 October 2012 Posted 4 October 2012 I don't disagree with most of that and have said it many times before I just don't see how a scarf with words on that the fans themselves are singing fits into that. Traditionally for most people on here we've sold all sorts of guff as I previously stated after-shave slippers, even now you can buy a dressing gown in comparison a scarf, which itself is a traditional (last 40 years) football item seems ok. Not that I ever buy any of it. As I said i was more pissed off by the use of the phrase City Legend for Lee Jobber. Yeh agree with you there, poor use of the word to say the least (though again, I've got nothing against the guy at all). It's just little things like that, it shows they're out of touch. It's more the choice of song that annoys me rather than the lyrics being on the scarf. If it was When You're Smiling I might even consider buying one (but not for £8). It's not a massive deal on it's own but it sends out the wrong message like a lot of the other commercial, 'lets appeal to the kids and no one else' things they've done. If you went in other clubs megastores or just generally walked around the ground you might see things that represent that clubs long standing fan culture, but that doesn't seem the case at all at our ground. Everything revolves around a short term money making attitude.
ozleicester Posted 5 October 2012 Posted 5 October 2012 Why the fvck arent the club manufacturing and selling flat caps! Im also appalled by the lack of vests at King Power Stadium! I went into the club shop, not one person offered me some hobnailed boots. Abomination i tells ya!
Poakey Posted 5 October 2012 Posted 5 October 2012 To be fair i think this is aimed at the kids in N block, I cant see any adults getting one. Not worth getting wound up about.
davieG Posted 5 October 2012 Author Posted 5 October 2012 Yeh agree with you there, poor use of the word to say the least (though again, I've got nothing against the guy at all). It's just little things like that, it shows they're out of touch. It's more the choice of song that annoys me rather than the lyrics being on the scarf. If it was When You're Smiling I might even consider buying one (but not for £8). It's not a massive deal on it's own but it sends out the wrong message like a lot of the other commercial, 'lets appeal to the kids and no one else' things they've done. If you went in other clubs megastores or just generally walked around the ground you might see things that represent that clubs long standing fan culture, but that doesn't seem the case at all at our ground. Everything revolves around a short term money making attitude. Maybe but it's not When you're smiling that they're all singing and waving their scarves too. Look at it from their perspective they've seen fans from all sections of the stadium (has that ever happened with WYS?) singing this song and waving scarves about, they think that looks good and the fans seem to be enjoying it maybe we could get more to join in if they had a 'special scarf' and we can make some money out of it. In the scheme of things associated with how football is presented these days this seems so innocuous and II don't see it's any different to back in the day when they started selling rattles, they are following a trend initiated by the fans.
Freedman Posted 5 October 2012 Posted 5 October 2012 You were like the 20th club in England to sing it...
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