Vuvuzelas or Silence?

olgitgooner · Post by **olgitgooner** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:04 pm

If I wanted to hear noise like that, I'd go and hug a wasp nest.

mrgnu1958 · Post by **mrgnu1958** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:29 pm

Yankee_Gooner_Dandee · Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:23 pm

these things are fucking awful. ruins any sort of atmosphere/singing/chanting that you might be able to hear. just. awful.

northbankbren · Post by **northbankbren** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 4:32 pm

Vuvu ahead of silence all the way

merse_10 · Post by **merse_10** » Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:41 pm

personally,i think they are f*cking irritating BUT, no where near as annoying as those repetitive,monotonous,knobhead drummers and trumpeters.poxy little clubs like wigan and blackpool have drummers cos they cant sing on their own which tells you all you need to know about who follow england. chav scum

Post by **REB** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 6:07 am

noisy horrible cunting things. so far it is really fucking up the football for me

Clueless_In_Dorset · Post by **Clueless_In_Dorset** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:01 am

To be honest when i think about tem their realy fucking annoying, but after a while they sort of phase out of the foreground and they just merge into a mass which sort of follows the flow of the game

cusamano · Post by **cusamano** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:04 am

I Hate Hleb wrote:Noise for the sake of noise is not a good thing in my opinion. The sound those things make prohibit or drown out any proper atmosphere and singing. Also, it's the action on the pitch that should help dictate the atmosphere, not something so artificial. Anything else, apart from spontaneous bursts of old and new songs, doesn't enhance the experience, it lessens and for some people, spoils it.

Exactly.

projoe · Post by **projoe** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 9:39 am

i was all for the vuvuzelas until last night when they just started to really piss me off, all you could hear were them instead of the england fans who i think were creating a decent atmosphere.

just read of the bbc site theyre thinking of banning vuvuzelas from inside the grounds

SWLGooner · Post by **SWLGooner** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:50 am

it's the noise of south africa.

Irish Gooner · Post by **Irish Gooner** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:54 pm

SWLGooner wrote:it's the noise of south africa.

Thats a load of bollocks, they are just cheap African air horns.
African culture my arse, they are only recent things.

I've heard they may be banned, long time coming. Then we might see some atmosphere at the matches.

SWLGooner · Post by **SWLGooner** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:35 pm

Irish Gooner wrote:
SWLGooner wrote:it's the noise of south africa.
Thats a load of bollocks, they are just cheap African air horns.
African culture my arse, they are only recent things.
.

Because you know so much about African culture. They've been around since re-unification and come from tribal horns used to declare war and bring all the tribes around together.

merse_10 · Post by **merse_10** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:41 pm

Irish Gooner wrote:
SWLGooner wrote:it's the noise of south africa.
Thats a load of bollocks, they are just cheap African air horns.
African culture my arse, they are only recent things.

I've heard they may be banned, long time coming. Then we might see some atmosphere at the matches.

they may wanna ban em but odds at bookies are 50-1

aint gonna happen

Connolly55 · Post by **Connolly55** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:43 pm

Silence, they do my head in.

Big_G · Post by **Big_G** » Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:43 pm

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... d-Cup.html

WORLD CUP chief Danny Jordaan is considering a ban on vuvuzelas.
The trumpet-like instruments have droned through every match since the competition got under way in South Africa on Friday.

Singing from the stands has generally been drowned out as a consequence.

And Jordaan, the chief executive of the World Cup organising committee, admits action may have to be taken.

Asked if fans could be prevented from bringing them into stadiums, Jordaan said: "If there are grounds to do so, yes.

"We have heard from the broadcasters and other individuals and it is something we are evaluating on an ongoing basis."

He added: "We have tried to get some order with it. We have asked for no vuvuzelas during national anthems or when anyone is making an announcement.

"I know it is a difficult question but we are trying to manage it as best we can.

"This matter has been raised on many occasions and my personal view is that I would prefer singing.

"It has always been a great generator of a wonderful atmosphere in the stadiums and we will try to encourage them to sing because that is the strength.

"In the days of the struggle, we were singing - we did not blow anything, we were marching and singing.

"All through our history it is our ability to sing which really inspires and draws the emotions.

"It is a huge debate and it will continue, but we did say that if one lands on the pitch in anger then we will not think twice and take action."

please god, shut the fucking things up