'The Poznan'

TheCook · Post by **TheCook** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:24 pm

'You're support is fucking shit' is without doubt THE WORST song doing the rounds at the moment.

Dan_85 · Post by **Dan_85** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:28 pm

TheCook wrote:'You're support is fucking shit' is without doubt THE WORST song doing the rounds at the moment.

Tied with the cretinous "We're Man Utd, we'll do what we want...", sung by thousands of cocky plastic twats on their once annual visit to Old Toilet.

SteveO 35 · Post by **SteveO 35** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:28 pm

TheCook wrote:'You're support is fucking shit' is without doubt THE WORST song doing the rounds at the moment.

Agreed - like there's some sort of badge of honour or trophy for having the best singing. A song befitting of little clubs, hence its place in the Little Club Charter.

I usually find it gets sung by the same teams that also enjoy:

Same old Arsenal always cheating (how grown men can sing that words fail me)

Eee-aye, eee-aye, eee-aye-O, Up the football league we go

Fook all, you're gonna win fook all

Ing-er-lund, Ing-er-lund, Ing-er-lund (although surprisingly muted since last Summer

)

If that's what "creating an atmosphere" and "good support" is supposed to entail, then I must be the worst fan in the ground

safcftm · Post by **safcftm** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:36 pm

whats pissing me off almost as much as the wankerish "your support is fucking shit" (which some of our lot sang to Plymouth in the championship when they brought 400 for a tuesday night match which was actually a canny effort) is the current trend for "catchy" chants, specifically the cant get enough and sloop john b chants. Both decent enough in their own way, but not when every fucking set of fans starts singing them

Songs (to nursery rhymes and the likes) should be rare and only sung if original, chants should be more common and sang for long periods, but also nowadays stadiums just lack noise. When we were at Roker, the "Roker Roar" was famous, but it wasnt chanting or singing or "your support is fucking shit", it was just the lads from the mines and shipyards shouting in support of the team after a hard week at graft. That pure passion and noise is what is missing as much as actual chants. As mentioned before, the Emirates is actually (believe it or not) better than most grounds for that. When Arsenal went forward against Sunderland this season there was a very loud "buzz" around the ground which was impressive. There werent many songs/ chants, but the noise when attacking was good, need more of that

TheCook · Post by **TheCook** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:38 pm

SteveO 35 wrote:
TheCook wrote:'You're support is fucking shit' is without doubt THE WORST song doing the rounds at the moment.
Agreed - like there's some sort of badge of honour or trophy for having the best singing. A song befitting of little clubs, hence its place in the Little Club Charter.

I usually find it gets sung by the same teams that also enjoy:

Same old Arsenal always cheating (how grown men can sing that words fail me)

Eee-aye, eee-aye, eee-aye-O, Up the football league we go

Fook all, you're gonna win fook all

Ing-er-lund, Ing-er-lund, Ing-er-lund (although surprisingly muted since last Summer )

If that's what "creating an atmosphere" and "good support" is supposed to entail, then I must be the worst fan in the ground

Gooners were singing it at WHL a few weeks ago, to my exasperation, just before the equalising goal, naturally.

Personally, I think 'We're Man United, we'll do what we want' is brilliant, because they're only singing what their manager and players are thinking.

SWLGooner · Post by **SWLGooner** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:41 pm

I hate that song more than any other, sums up the arrogance of the plastic *word censored*

TheCook · Post by **TheCook** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:43 pm

SWLGooner wrote:I hate that song more than any other, sums up the arrogance of the plastic c**ts

But don't you remember when we were arrogant too, back in 2002 and 2004 etc? It's the best feeling in the world.

I also love the 'MAN UNITED: NOT ARROGANT, JUST BETTER' flag they have.

SteveO 35 · Post by **SteveO 35** » Tue May 17, 2011 2:54 pm

safcftm wrote:whats pissing me off almost as much as the wankerish "your support is fucking shit" (which some of our lot sang to Plymouth in the championship when they brought 400 for a tuesday night match which was actually a canny effort) is the current trend for "catchy" chants, specifically the cant get enough and sloop john b chants. Both decent enough in their own way, but not when every fucking set of fans starts singing them

Songs (to nursery rhymes and the likes) should be rare and only sung if original, chants should be more common and sang for long periods, but also nowadays stadiums just lack noise. When we were at Roker, the "Roker Roar" was famous, but it wasnt chanting or singing or "your support is fucking shit", it was just the lads from the mines and shipyards shouting in support of the team after a hard week at graft. That pure passion and noise is what is missing as much as actual chants. As mentioned before, the Emirates is actually (believe it or not) better than most grounds for that. When Arsenal went forward against Sunderland this season there was a very loud "buzz" around the ground which was impressive. There werent many songs/ chants, but the noise when attacking was good, need more of that

Agree with all of that. I know "good old Arsenal" is a bit old fashioned but at least its fucking ours. Personally just mimicking shit like "you're support is fucking shit" isn't anything to do with supporting a team. At a lot of the away games I used to attend, fans would make up songs to fit the occasion and they would usually be hilarious and relevant.

These days it seems like it's some sort of "our fans are louder than your fans" bullshit, even though all they're actually doing is tripping out the same old songs sung by every team in the land.

I'm no West Ham fan but when they are belting out "I'm forever blowing bubbles"...that to me is what supporting a team is all about. Something is special to a particular team.

selsdon · Post by **selsdon** » Tue May 17, 2011 3:00 pm

Sheff Utd's Greasy Chip Butty song is unrivaled in world football for me.

Well, English football certainly.

SteveO 35 · Post by **SteveO 35** » Tue May 17, 2011 3:03 pm

selsdon wrote:Sheff Utd's Greasy Chip Butty song is unrivaled in world football for me.

Well, English football certainly.

That is a fucking belter actually - one of the best definitely. Better than the original by John Denver !

Mr FINSBURY PARK GOONER · Tue May 17, 2011 3:11 pm

Looks great but leave it to citehhhhhhhhh.....

safcftm · Post by **safcftm** » Tue May 17, 2011 3:14 pm

SteveO 35 wrote: Agree with all of that. I know "good old Arsenal" is a bit old fashioned but at least its fucking ours. Personally just mimicking shit like "you're support is fucking shit" isn't anything to do with supporting a team. At a lot of the away games I used to attend, fans would make up songs to fit the occasion and they would usually be hilarious and relevant.

These days it seems like it's some sort of "our fans are louder than your fans" bullshit, even though all they're actually doing is tripping out the same old songs sung by every team in the land.

I'm no West Ham fan but when they are belting out "I'm forever blowing bubbles"...that to me is what supporting a team is all about. Something is special to a particular team.

Spot on- songs like YNWA and Forever Blowing Bubbles are quality. SAFC used to always sing Can't Help Falling in Love, but for some reason we now dont use it much and a couple of other teams have started using it which is a pain. Songs which are unique to a club are always good- you might not like the song, but at least you associate it with a club. Nowadays the stadiums are identikit plastic bowls, and the fans are identikit plastic wankers either sitting in silence or singing the same shite as every other set of fans. Thats why i love grounds like Craven Cottage, there is so little character left in the PL and thats whats driving fans away. The "your support is fucking shit" type songs are shite (plus, of course, they're sung at the fans who have bothered to travel, so its a bit pointless!)

UTU · Post by **UTU** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:38 pm

City's Poznan at Wembley was the Bollocks, the Whole End doing It

1886 · Post by **1886** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:50 pm

safcftm wrote:
SteveO 35 wrote: Agree with all of that. I know "good old Arsenal" is a bit old fashioned but at least its fucking ours. Personally just mimicking shit like "you're support is fucking shit" isn't anything to do with supporting a team. At a lot of the away games I used to attend, fans would make up songs to fit the occasion and they would usually be hilarious and relevant.

These days it seems like it's some sort of "our fans are louder than your fans" bullshit, even though all they're actually doing is tripping out the same old songs sung by every team in the land.

I'm no West Ham fan but when they are belting out "I'm forever blowing bubbles"...that to me is what supporting a team is all about. Something is special to a particular team.
Spot on- songs like YNWA and Forever Blowing Bubbles are quality. SAFC used to always sing Can't Help Falling in Love, but for some reason we now dont use it much and a couple of other teams have started using it which is a pain. Songs which are unique to a club are always good- you might not like the song, but at least you associate it with a club. Nowadays the stadiums are identikit plastic bowls, and the fans are identikit plastic wankers either sitting in silence or singing the same shite as every other set of fans. Thats why i love grounds like Craven Cottage, there is so little character left in the PL and thats whats driving fans away. The "your support is fucking shit" type songs are shite (plus, of course, they're sung at the fans who have bothered to travel, so its a bit pointless!)

Well said safctm and SteveO.

SurreyGooner · Post by **SurreyGooner** » Wed May 18, 2011 10:05 pm

However much I hate them, Birmingham's "Keep right on" is quality, Ranger's singing "Derry's Walls" and "Build my Gallows" is also quality. "A Soldier's Song" for Celtic, they don't sing it too much though nowadays, and the "forever and ever, we'll follow our team" song sung by quite a few teams is good.