Match day band? your opinion

[Viking Don]

As the thread is about asking for opinions, my answer is a great big NO. Do I need a reason?

[Bristol Red Rover]

In answer to the original post, my answer would be no. I had to change seats just to get away from the drummer.

If there has to be a band can it be put in the north west corner as that is about as far away from me as possible.

Why sit in the south stand where the focus of the noise has always been at the Keepmoat if you don't like the noise? Not a criticism, just wanting to know why

[Leebtyler]

Give the band a go for 5 home games, not the big ones, the smaller ones... and then decide.

why not, the prawn sandwich brigade need to realise this is football, not afternoon at the races.

[silent majority]

Leebtyler,

That's pretty much the plan, the response is pretty mixed, so we'll give it a try on a limited basis and judge the response from there. The size of the band needs looking at, maybe just the addition of the trumpet will suffice, who knows?

[jonnydog]

I know a lass who is cracking at blowing a bugal!!

[Leebtyler]

personally i'd give it two trumpets if possible, the acoustics are terrible.

[Sheepskin Stu]

How about some acoustic guitar for when things get a little more introspective?

[uros-predic]

Its gonna be a big fat cringe i can tell!

[Herman Hessian]

unreserved seating !

them as want to make a row get to all congregate in the same place, them as don't can sit elsewhere - or get as far away from any "band" as they want

never heard a coherent reason for the necessity for folk to sit in specific seats (or to sit at all, come to that, but that's another issue), and never will.....

[Mike_F]

I can just about put up with a drummer (just about!) but:

I HATE BANDS AT FOOTBALL MATCHES

[RedJ]

unreserved seating !

them as want to make a row get to all congregate in the same place, them as don't can sit elsewhere - or get as far away from any "band" as they want

never heard a coherent reason for the necessity for folk to sit in specific seats (or to sit at all, come to that, but that's another issue), and never will.....

So you've got a way of knowing who's sat where and so you can control the crowd easier I think SM once said.

Agree though, would love to see unreserved as unlikely as it is.

[Capmeister]

No to a band. It's 70's Wembley fodder. A tune is needed that we make our own. Like Man City's Blue Moon or dare I say it the Blunts.............whatever they sing at least the whole ground sing along.

[RedJ]

No to a band. It's 70's Wembley fodder. A tune is needed that we make our own. Like Man City's Blue Moon or dare I say it the Blunts.............whatever they sing at least the whole ground sing along.

That'd never happen at the Keepmoat.

[Capmeister]

.................dare to dream young man, dare to dream ;o)

[Bristol Red Rover]

Unreserved seating would be the first stage in sorting out this mess of an atmosphere. Its like we're dealing with some dusty cobwebbed officialdom in this? Come on IRWT - this is simple to change.

Stage 1
Make all Cup and friendly games unreserved seating in SSC and SSD, or ideally the whole of the south stand.

Stage 2
Announce that the central two blocks in the South Stand (SSC and SSD) will be unreserved from 2014-15. Offer a tiny reduction in season ticket price for this assuming it remains seated. People who move from there get a similar small reduction for the one season in compensation.

Stage 3
Turn said two blocks into safe standing, entirely. Either by the beginning of 2014-15 or in phases ie do the top halve of each first.

Work out how to ensure the cheap standing people don't use seats - attach wooden boards with nails on the inside onto their arses.

Do it, it will make a difference, a good difference.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I agree that unreserved seating could have a positive impact, but not just for atmosphere purposes.

However, the club would have to be careful about how and where to implement this given that no doubt there are good loyal customers who might not wish to give up their seat and would certainly not appreciate being served notice to do so, even if they were offered a reduction in price.  I could do more harm than good.

I suggested to the club, we could have a one off season where ALL adult seats/STs were offered at the same price, say £300, which would allow people to move anywhere they wish (i.e Cat B to A and visa versa) to accommodate an unreserved area in the South Stand.

However, I think in any event those in the affected area deserve to be at least consulted.

Logistically, and certainly to start off with, I'm guessing that the first 5 lower rows of the South Stand (and probably the East and West) are not that heavily populated with ST holders and therefore choosing this area would have the least impact.

Now if folk who pay at the cash turnstile initially sit in these first 5 rows and after the match starts, seats higher up are available, then there's no reason why they can't shuffle up.

So, ideally in the South Stand we can accommodate ST holders, non ST holders who wish to chose their seat at the ticket office and non ST holders who can sit in an unreserved area after paying at the cash turnstile.

On a game by game basis, it will be quite easy to see the take up rate for the unreserved section.   






   

[WanchopeDickov]

The drum is bad enought, please no band!!! Other better ways to improve the atmosfere.

[Capmeister]

Get Russ Abbott in. He could drum up an atmos!

[silent majority]

The drum is bad enought, please no band!!! Other better ways to improve the atmosfere.

Lets hear what they are then. We're always open to ideas that are workable and cost efficient.

[GlennKirkwoodFanClub]

In answer to the original post, my answer would be no. I had to change seats just to get away from the drummer.

If there has to be a band can it be put in the north west corner as that is about as far away from me as possible.

Why sit in the south stand where the focus of the noise has always been at the Keepmoat if you don't like the noise? Not a criticism, just wanting to know why

Ok. I sit in the South Stand because I chose to do so when the stadium opened and it was too expensive at that time for me to buy a season ticket in the central areas of West and East and I found that the view was decent. The drummer then was placed about five rows directly behind me and it was too much for my eardrums to bear. Yes I want there to be an atmosphere but just a thud thud thud continually doesn't do it for me I'm afraid. Many complained but I chose to move seats to be further away from the drum that's all. As for the band, I go to football matches because I like to watch football. If I wanted to listen to a band I'd join the salvation army.

[WanchopeDickov]

The drum is bad enought, please no band!!! Other better ways to improve the atmosfere.

Lets hear what they are then. We're always open to ideas that are workable and cost efficient.

*Unreserved seating in most parts of the ground.
*makeover in the stands to look more like its a rovers match, not some random sunday league match.
*cheaper tickets all round

All those are better than a band and that's what all fans should be focesing on.

[silent majority]

The drum is bad enought, please no band!!! Other better ways to improve the atmosfere.

Lets hear what they are then. We're always open to ideas that are workable and cost efficient.

*Unreserved seating in most parts of the ground.
*makeover in the stands to look more like its a rovers match, not some random sunday league match.
*cheaper tickets all round

All those are better than a band and that's what all fans should be focesing on.

As I said, ideas that are workable and cost efficient. None of those are.

[WanchopeDickov]

The club can make it work. If we a relaying on having a band to creat atmosfere then i am sorry but the keepmoat will just continue to be a boring place and probably drive more people away

[RedJ]

What kind of random Sunday league matches are you going to? f**k me they must have some dosh to have a ground like the Keepmoat.

[WanchopeDickov]

I meant becos inside the stands there isnt really an identitie where you get the feeling you are at a rovers match. Its all boring and a band wont improve that, it needs more

[Herman Hessian]

*Unreserved seating in most parts of the ground.

As I said, ideas that are workable and cost efficient. None of those are.

just out of interest, like, is it just the italicised bit which makes that unworkable and costly ?

[silent majority]

*Unreserved seating in most parts of the ground.

As I said, ideas that are workable and cost efficient. None of those are.

just out of interest, like, is it just the italicised bit which makes that unworkable and costly ?

Yes. The club are introducing unreserved seating next season along with the cash gate. But to try and do it by upsetting most st holders would be unworkable.

[WanchopeDickov]

As unworkabble as giving Leeds fans a secshion of the home end for a competive game when we hav fans who have chosen to sit there since the stadium first opend?

[silent majority]

As unworkabble as giving Leeds fans a secshion of the home end for a competive game when we hav fans who have chosen to sit there since the stadium first opend?

There is no comparison, nor are your statements entirely correct. The closure of the northern end of the east stand affected no more than 60 st holders and was done for reasons of cost saving, and those st holders were moved to better seats. It certainly wasn't done to accommodate Leeds fans.

By offering unreserved seating in most of the stadium today would affect about 5 thousand st holders.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Let's have some balance here friends.

As said above, I'm sure many of us think that unreserved seating will help. Not based on anything scientific but gut feeling/past experience.

In dealings with the club when putting suggestions to the club about this, cash turnstiles etc,, we gone from "No way Jose", to "Let's give it a try"

I think the clubs approach is right not to be wading in to potentially upset far more people than the "Leeds" affair affected, as the North East corner was the least populated area of the ground.

S_M knows my stance of prices but again, the club have gone further than they have before in addressing prices, payment methods, family tickets.  The beer prices shows there is an awareness of price sensitivity.

Going back to the original question, it seems a band is not a popular choice but as WanchopeDickov says, perhaps not enough people on here to gauge a real opinion, so I guess we may just have to trial it, eh Martin?

What we could do, is start with the drummer, then a trumpeter join in. If all goes well, then a trombone joins and so on and so forth !!