Horwich Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 Oh and while they are at it re-name said stand to something else "Horwich End" or something similar. agree, if lofthouse has a stand named after him, why shouldnt i?
ZiggyStardust Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 1. Form Bolton Ultras, tell the club, ask for a part of the ground to be the Ultras home. And for that section: 1. Unreserved Seting 2. No Tellys on the cocourse 3. Exit doors dont open until AFTER the game 4. Room to put flags banners up etc
Guest kempo Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 1. Form Bolton Ultras, tell the club, ask for a part of the ground to be the Ultras home. And for that section: 1. Unreserved Seting 2. No Tellys on the cocourse 3. Exit doors dont open until AFTER the game 4. Room to put flags banners up etc 5. Beer whilst watching the match
Exiled Girl Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 1. Form Bolton Ultras, tell the club, ask for a part of the ground to be the Ultras home. And for that section: 1. Unreserved Seting 2. No Tellys on the cocourse 3. Exit doors dont open until AFTER the game 4. Room to put flags banners up etc 5. Flares to be lit when we score instead of the fat blokes feeling good.
Horwich Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 according to the 1000 fans questioned, the reebok is great for matchdays
ZiggyStardust Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 5. Discount fro block booking - buy 6 ST get 15% off, encourage groups to get together - rather like the family tickets.
Juan.Kerr Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 jk - i think if you look back, there is 'this thread' every 3 months Casino, I bow to your five managerial balls, you're correct, but never to such almost suicidal extents. no, its just a bit of honesty. I mean I'm still making the 220 mile round trip and will renew me ST - but it doesnt mean all is right by a long shot. Now what is "wrong" may well not be exclusive to Bolton, I don't know.... I doff my cap to you Satan. I'm not papering over cracks and saying everything is fine, because it isn't. People have a right to their say, but only if they turn out and watch like I do and you do and everyone on here does. My point was that if we'd not been going through a bad patch at this particular time, when renewal forms are dropping on disgruntled fans mats,the renewal or not of STs wouldn't have come up.
SatanGreavsie Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 My point was that if we'd not been going through a bad patch at this particular time, when renewal forms are dropping on disgruntled fans mats,the renewal or not of STs wouldn't have come up. Hmmmm....not so sure. things have been brewing. Now I grant you, if we were jostling for a CL place then there would be less grief. But I guess my point is that we're not, and realistically are not likely to. And: That in itself is not necessarily the club's fault. I'm not demanding that somehow suddenly we become world beaters. Indeed, in the grand scheme of things getting to a stage where we are perpetually in , or about the top 10 in the division is a major achievement. BUT the club has to realise that that in itself, especially when achieved via techniques which result in a relative dearth of home goals (I believe only 15 teams in the entire League scored fewer than us at home in calendar year 2005, though I'll stand corrected), does not guarantee perpetual crowd interest. And don't forget that in the last seasons out of the top flight it became apparent that our true hardcore home support numbered barely 13-14k. OK some of the extra since then will stick with us, but.....
bristol_wanderer Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 " The club can do no more. "??? On the contrary, it's up to the club to think the future through. Like I say, if our role is now to be established mid-table Premiership team then it is up to the club to address the issue of how to keep the fans interest going - be it through how the ground is managed, how they prioritize their efforts in the Cup games etc. Again, it is not enough simply to say that games are "Premiership" therefore that alone will bring the punters in. To say that fans on this site are falling for the hype is, to be honest, a bit of an insult. I've been going 29 years despite being out of Bolton for 25 of them, and had a ST for the last 11 years despite being not far off Bristol-type distance from the place. I've seen them at Old Trafford and Orient; Bournemouth and Besiktas; Yeovil, and ....well...Ok fcuk it, I've not seen them at York so that alliterative cascade falters there But the point is I can still see exactly where people are coming from on this - and certainly pay no heed to any criticism in the press or otherwise. fcuk them; but the fact is summat's not right and its got nowt to do with anything the papers or anyone else says. Fair enough. My point is that when Sam took over we were selling our best players and were ??25 million in debt. Since I first attended in 1978, we have probably been technically bankrupt for a significant number of those. So now to be in the top 7 of the top league, thinking in terms of challenging for the Champions League is a minor miracle. Sam could have left for Newcastle, Stelios for Liverpool/Man City, all infinitely bigger clubs than ourselves. Yet we have kept them all. From the apparent mentality of PG, Sam and the staff at the club its clear they will not settle for being a mid table premiership team. They want major success and trophies, and it is again a miracle that there is a fair chance that Sam will stay here for a few years and try to achieve this. I don't mean to insult anybody but some of the posts above do refer to our 'negative style of play' and have a general tone of doom and gloom. I understand the sentiment of this thread, but I feel its better that likes of ourselves and core fans on here take the initiative and try to do something positive about it. By the way 'alliterative cascade' I like that!
SatanGreavsie Posted April 10, 2006 Posted April 10, 2006 By the way 'alliterative cascade' I like that! I lifted it from one of DollyBird's posts* :^o :^o * she thought it was a firework
bolty58 Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 One of the best threads I have read since coming on here. Ultras making the Reebok an intimidating place to come would be just the ticket. That alone would change the so called 'boring' nature of the matches as the players can't help reaching greater heights if there's fanatical support behind them. Works on the opposition team to. Problem is, Big Brother either won't allow it to happen or fcuk it up somehow. Someone needs to get Fat Phils ear and do a Sam Hamann/ Soul Crew type deal. Burnden could be a really intimidating place for opposition teams and fans but we could pretty much do what we wanted then without interference from the Nanny State.
Horwich Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 Someone needs to get Fat Phils ear and do a Sam Hamann/ Soul Crew type deal. northy is our leader!!!!
Horwich Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 5. Beer whilst watching the match only if you are in the boxes [-X
HomerJay Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 according to the 1000 fans questioned, the reebok is great for matchdays when some red ginger with a clipboard want to ask you questions, do you oblige? do you fcuk! but some people will! for example!
Guest as Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 How are you supposed to help get an atmosphere going, if the second you stand up you get some d*ckhead steward threatening to chuck you out? I've said my piece on the Reebok, but I agree totally that the policing & stewarding ruin the match. Having some ragging housewife larging it in her orange coat is a joke - how many times in the last 5 years have you seen the stewards chucking out away fans for simply singing? Too many, in my opinion. As as for attendances. ??39 for away fans to watch their team play Bolton, at a ground in the midle of nowhere, and then get threatened with eviction for singing is out of order. It's no ragging wonder the atmosphere is always do bad. PB
Guest letsgo4itbwfc Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 To get things buzzing at the Reebok: 1) We need to come up with 5-6 new songs. 2) Sing and encourage each player with their own song. 3) We've been in Europe and need to copy other teams antics. Waving scarfs, mad hand gestures the lot... Anyone else any ideas?
Carlos Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 Get rid of the women, kids and old folk. They contribute nothing to the atmosphere.
Guest Biff Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 Get rid of the women, kids and old folk. They contribute nothing to the atmosphere. [-X [-X [-X [-X [-X
HomerJay Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 To get things buzzing at the Reebok: 1) We need to come up with 5-6 new songs. 2) Sing and encourage each player with their own song. 3) We've been in Europe and need to copy other teams antics. Waving scarfs, mad hand gestures the lot... Anyone else any ideas? employ a conductor to stand at the front waving a stick?
bwfczoe Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 according to the 1000 fans questioned, the reebok is great for matchdays Must have asked the Werthers lot then
Carlos Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 Those that don't think it's great are either at home or in the pub. The only people you are going to get milling around at 2.30, willing to talk to someone with a clipboard probably never went to Burnden.
mickbrown Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 when it was crap and no atmosphere in the 80s all the lads who wanted the atmosphere and crack moved to the lever end to create an atmosphere, we were still a poor team but the 3 thousand or so in the lever end created an atmosphere that got the players going and we began to claw our way back up the leagues from that initial spark, it may be the time now for a similar move into the south stand where seats are always available you can sit with your mates get a song going and the bonus is your right in amongst the away fans so you can have a bit of friendly banter. 3000 singing in the Lever End??? When was that then, cos I must have missed it. The only reason we began to climb the leagues was Bruce Rioch - nowt to do with us.
frank_spencer Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 Get rid of the women, kids and old folk. They contribute nothing to the atmosphere. Thats b??ll??cks me gramps is the loudest fecker in our block!
HomerJay Posted April 11, 2006 Posted April 11, 2006 Get rid of the women, kids and old folk. They contribute nothing to the atmosphere. Thats b??ll??cks me gramps is the loudest fecker in our block! does he sit next to jenny?
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