Drums

[Lastman73]

2 or 3 guys in the corner near blocks 38/39 with bass drums around there necks. Mildly tapping on them. What’s the point in them being there ? If your going to be bringing a drum to a game at least beat it with a passion , at least try to get an atmosphere going. If not , why bother ?

 

 

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[yellow&blue]

They’ve been there for a few games, pointless really.

 

Instead of drumming to start off singing or create an atmosphere, they seem to join in once a chant has been started. Such a waste!

[LuckyNumber7]

Yeah it's a bit strange really. I'm not necessarily opposed to drums if it helps the atmosphere (sad that it's come to that) but if you're going to have them they should be at the back of the stand and beating them properly, leading the chants. Not stood out the way tapping them lightly so no one can even hear them!

[tizz]

They were bloody annoying IMO

[The Cat]

They were in front of us in the family stand during the first half. Was glad when they moved at half time. Waste of time.

[benjii]

Yeah, they looked ****ing simple.

[Whitey Grandad]

They were bloody annoying IMO

They were worse than that. The swear filter won't let me say what I really think.

[Saint_lambden]

Just sums up what a pathetic, happy clappy, soft, nicey nicey atmosphere those running the club have created. The drums are just one example of that, along with giving out about 50 flags to the Kingsland yesterday, that 'Our Way' song and employing that kn0b on the mic.

 

The players have a similar soft as sh_t mentality on the pitch too, so it's little wonder our home record for the past two seasons has been nothing short of embarrassing.

[haddock22]

yeah pointless noise just like the morons who do it at england matches.i was going to complain to stewards but they stopped in time

[Window Cleaner]

Just sums up what a pathetic, happy clappy, soft, nicey nicey atmosphere those running the club have created. The drums are just one example of that, along with giving out about 50 flags to the Kingsland yesterday, that 'Our Way' song and employing that kn0b on the mic.

 

The players have a similar soft as sh_t mentality on the pitch too, so it's little wonder our home record for the past two seasons has been nothing short of embarrassing.

 

I'm sure I saw an old dear knitting in the stands yesterday instead of paying any attention to the game.

[Charlie Wayman]

I'm sure I saw an old dear knitting in the stands yesterday instead of paying any attention to the game.

 

You made that up for laughs, go on admit it. You'll have us all in stitches.

[Lord Duckhunter]

We’re becoming a noddy club

 

 

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[Lastman73]

I don’t mind having percussion along with the singing (probably different if they were right next to me though), however if you can’t hear them what’s the point? Just looked stupid and lifeless .

 

 

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[Graffito]

I don’t mind having percussion along with the singing (probably different if they were right next to me though), however if you can’t hear them what’s the point? Just looked stupid and lifeless .

 

 

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Yeah we don’t want drums, we want percussion. Anybody play triangle?

[Lastman73]

Yeah we don’t want drums, we want percussion. Anybody play triangle?

 

I’ve got some maracas !!

 

 

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[Window Cleaner]

You made that up for laughs, go on admit it. You'll have us all in stitches.

 

Nah, yesterday on t' telly they showed some crowd shots. there was a fat really old bloke with a Saints shirt about 5 sizes too small for him and the old dear next to him looked to be knitting.

[trousers]

Was in the Northam/Kingsland corner. Only heard the drums when we were 2-3 down. All a bit odd.

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[adrian lord]

Nah, yesterday on t' telly they showed some crowd shots. there was a fat really old bloke with a Saints shirt about 5 sizes too small for him and the old dear next to him looked to be knitting.

 

TBF, we could do with more needle from the stands.

[SaintMB]

The drums were as underused as the big flags in the corners. I assume we've just chucked them at some ball boys and told them to get on with it. I'm not against adding some 'atmosphere enhancers' (beats having ear bleeding music on the PA system or the cardboard clackers) but they should at least give something to the role.

 

Then again, they do represent the team and they are pretty much going through the motions too.

[Whitey Grandad]

The drums were as underused as the big flags in the corners. I assume we've just chucked them at some ball boys and told them to get on with it. I'm not against adding some 'atmosphere enhancers' (beats having ear bleeding music on the PA system or the cardboard clackers) but they should at least give something to the role.

 

Then again, they do represent the team and they are pretty much going through the motions too.

 

Drums do not make an atmosphere. They’re a bloody irritation and are feebly pathetic.

 

Excitement on the pitch creates atmosphere.

[Ken Tone]

Drums do not make an atmosphere. They’re a bloody irritation and are feebly pathetic.

 

Excitement on the pitch creates atmosphere.

 

 

This. They were in the corner between the. Kingsland and the chapel first half. Bloody annoying. Huge relief when they moved at half time.

[Barry the Badger]

and employing that kn0b on the mic. .

 

Telling the fans to give ourselves a round of applause at half time for our support was properly cringey.

[Nordic Saint]

They're Saints Brass and they've been entertaining Saints fans before games for a long time, usually behind the Chapel Stand. They are good musicians too. Unlike the Pompey lot, they can actually play their instruments. I like them. They are quite young and are probably a bit unsure of their status inside the ground during matches and so keep the volume down. If they were in the middle of the Chapel Stand instead of being stuck in the corner, they'd help the atmosphere because let's face it there isn't any there at the moment.

 

There are some right killjoys on here.

 

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[hackedoff]

Maybe we should have someone with a bell.

[Nordic Saint]

I've been to games in South America, where the atmosphere is ten times better than here and they have bands with drums, usually behind the goal, even at the Maracana. It's a hell of a lot better than the occasional polite applause we currently get from the Chapel.

[RedArmy]

They're Saints Brass and they've been entertaining Saints fans before games for a long time, usually behind the Chapel Stand. They are good musicians too. Unlike the Pompey lot, they can actually play their instruments. I like them. They are quite young and are probably a bit unsure of their status inside the ground during matches and so keep the volume down. If they were in the middle of the Chapel Stand instead of being stuck in the corner, they'd help the atmosphere because let's face it there isn't any there at the moment.

 

There are some right killjoys on here.

 

https://twitter.com/saintsbrass?lang=en

They aren't ******* welcome is their "status"

[Whitey Grandad]

They're Saints Brass and they've been entertaining Saints fans before games for a long time, usually behind the Chapel Stand. They are good musicians too. Unlike the Pompey lot, they can actually play their instruments. I like them. They are quite young and are probably a bit unsure of their status inside the ground during matches and so keep the volume down. If they were in the middle of the Chapel Stand instead of being stuck in the corner, they'd help the atmosphere because let's face it there isn't any there at the moment.

 

There are some right killjoys on here.

 

https://twitter.com/saintsbrass?lang=en

 

It’s a football match, not a Boys Brigade concert.

[ericb]

They aren't ******* welcome is their "status"

 

The drums might not be but they are. They’re in the same tradition as the Albion brass band at the dell, and some of them have been going longer than many on here, home and away too.

 

 

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[CB Fry]

I imagine we will hear a bit of drumming at Leicester this week, they go in for a bit of that if I remember rightly.

[ericofarabia]

Do we still hand out those pathetic happy clapper things at SMS.

 

Leicester have a lot to answer for starting the craze.

 

For that reason alone they deserve to get thrashed by us on Thursday!!

 

And no matter how good they are at playing instruments .... it's a BIG NO from me .... as is (not that we get to hear it much over the last two seasons )

music blaring out over the tannoys IF we ever score a goal, drowning out the real atmosphere.

[Golden Balls]

Drums done right (like some abroad) do help the atmosphere. And lets be honest, we need the help this season.

But from where I was (block 41), it sounded out of time and not very good. Didn't see them but it sounded a bit like a toy drum to be honest.

[kwsaint]

Telling the fans to give ourselves a round of applause at half time for our support was properly cringey.

 

I was embarrassed when that knob head said that. What's happened to Benali?

[benjii]

I'm not against drumming per se but they were very quiet when they were by the Northam and looked unsure of the point.

 

It sounded like they struck up a sort of calypso carnival beat from the Chapel end soon after Chelsea scored the third, which was rather odd.

 

If they're going to do it then get them up the top of the Northam / Kingsland or Itchen block and tell them to ****ing belt it out.

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[Lastman73]

I'm not against drumming per se but they were very quiet when they were by the Northam and looked unsure of the point.

 

It sounded like they struck up a sort of calypso carnival beat from the Chapel end soon after Chelsea scored the third, which was rather odd.

 

If they're going to do it then get them up the top of the Northam / Kingsland or Itchen block and tell them to ****ing belt it out.

 

This

 

 

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[Whitey Grandad]

Drums done right (like some abroad) do help the atmosphere. And lets be honest, we need the help this season.

But from where I was (block 41), it sounded out of time and not very good. Didn't see them but it sounded a bit like a toy drum to be honest.

 

NO NO NO!

 

Drums are naff and do nothing to help the atmosphere.

 

Bloody stupid idea.

[John Boy Saint]

When they started off down in the Chapel / Kingsland Tunnel they looked pretty uneasy as if they had been asked to do it against their wishes. They started very quietly with a samba beat like you hear at Brazil games, I have to say because it wasn’t too loud where I was it wasn’t offensive, then they seemed to shuffle up the sidelines to the Northam.

The Ingerland band who turned up at the Ladies international were a pretty pants by comparison.

if anything the flags in the Kingsland were more cringeworthy.

[Toussaint]

TBF, we could do with more needle from the stands.

 

Agree, the last couple of seasons have been a stitch up, we have really had the wool pulled over our eyes!

[Badger]

Telling the fans to give ourselves a round of applause at half time for our support was properly cringey.

 

I didn't hear that. There were a few things that made Saturday a bit of a 'cringefest' though.

 

Flags in the Kingsland stand. What was the point of giving flags to a few people in that stand. Do the whole ground or don't bother.

 

Drums - no.

 

Worse of all was seeing a few people in half and half scarves. How sad. I can understand a child wanting one for his first match, or as a special souvenir of the match against Barcelona, but seeing three grown adults wearing them !!! What kind of simpleton buys one and wears it?

 

One improvement though - we've ditched the 'My Way' boll0cks though.

[Golden Balls]

 

If they're going to do it then get them up the top of the Northam / Kingsland or Itchen block and tell them to ****ing belt it out.

 

Spot on

[Hatch]

 

Worse of all was seeing a few people in half and half scarves. How sad. I can understand a child wanting one for his first match, or as a special souvenir of the match against Barcelona, but seeing three grown adults wearing them !!! What kind of simpleton buys one and wears it?

 

 

I saw loads in half and half scarves. I guess it must have been some sort of day release occasion.

[Griffo]

Drums, a band in the ground, half and half scarves, sh*t flags being given to fans to try create an atmosphere. What on earth has happened to this football club? We’re a laughing stock. Sad to see.

[Saint Garrett]

Drums we're a shambles, absolutely zero point in them. Get rid asap.

[southamptonfc]

Drums/a band are great as long as you're not sitting next to them

[Whitey Grandad]

Drums/a band are great as long as you're not sitting next to them

 

No they're not. As long as you can hear them they are a pathetic embarrassment.

[yellow&blue]

Did anyone else notice that our mascot dog Sammy Saint had the drum in the Northam / Kingsland corner Bournemouth on Saturday, but didn’t use it at all?

[Katalinic]

Did anyone else notice that our mascot dog Sammy Saint had the drum in the Northam / Kingsland corner Bournemouth on Saturday, but didn’t use it at all?

 

Just to let you know, it is actually a real person in a dog suit.

[John Boy Saint]

Just to let you know, it is actually a real person in a dog suit.

 

Shut Up!

[Hamilton Saint]

Just to let you know, it is actually a real person in a dog suit.

 

Spoilsport.

[Gingeletiss]

Just to let you know, it is actually a real person in a dog suit.

 

Next you'll be saying that Santa doesn't exist!

[trousers]

Next you'll be saying that Santa doesn't exist!

Nothing exists. The universe is a computer simulation. (Well, ok, the universe in which that computer exists probably exists...or maybe that's another simulated universe too?) Edited 1 May, 2018 by trousers