can't get my head around what has happened to the atmospher in the south stand, i know i've talked about it on other posts, but seriously, it's just gone

bring back geordie lol

exactly! i've been sayin that since round 1 lmao

It's still good when it's a big game but the barmy army has become a loads of idiots so most ppl have moved away including me, I now Stand on half way line

same here, i moved down towards the west stand today and stood near mather! it was a bit better than the 'barmy army' but still nowhere near as good as it should be

atmosphere was quite good from salford speccies in west stand

i say fill in corner between west and south and stick a barrier half way down south stand...give away fans the eastern end of south stand and wire fans the west end of south, the corner and the west stand

if only it was that easy

would also be good because our team would get a roar whichever end they walk back to and away team wouldn't get anything

good idea
but you know what the club are like, there were rumours of expansion 4 years ago haha

They definitely need a corner to join the South and West stands up, if you are near the end of the South you can't see the away fans and some of the in goal due to the side of the stand.

Then with a corner perhaps we could get more fans towards the away fans and create banter and atmosphere.

We should start a campaign to bring back Geordie & his mighty drum!

I have watched all 3 televised games since Thursday night and at all of them there were long periods where the 'atmosphere' was bobbins. So for me it was not surprising that us v Salford wasn't the best.

Oh and by the way, it really wasn't any difference at Wilderspool for games like this.

Indeed.

I do like the fact that when the atmosphere is good, the barmy army is considered to be everyone, yet when it's bad, it's just the group of people who stand near the drums.

The group near the drums may have a lower average age than in recent years, but there is certainly no doubting their effort, as was shown at times yesterday, Salford games just aren't going to create the same kind of atmosphere as games against the bigger clubs.

It's a shame, but it's no different to previous years, either at the HJ, or Wilderspool

I totally agree that the atmosphere has gone in the south stand. Trouble is kids have taken over the drums and they only know 2 songs. They play to fast and would rather sing about Wigan going to Rome rather than getting behind their team. You also have to take into account that the south stand selling out against Salford means we have the glory hunters coming to our ground that don't know we are the barmy army

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You'll find the drummers aren't the ones starting this song and in fact on the vast majority of occasions, it's started by people whose testes have fallen

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Lose the drums.

God forbid we have people coming to watch because we have a successful side... I don't have a season ticket this year because I work Sundays & Friday nights at the moment yet have been following the Wire for well over 20 years (from before there was a "Barmy Army" & when there was still a "Zoo"icon_wink.gif, holding season tickets for the majority of that time, and our 14 month old means my partner isn't usually able to go either. Yesterday was the first home game we have been to all season, and we bought tickets for the South Stand. Awfully sorry if I took your spec, but I guess that's glory hunters for you.

It is difficult to get a great atmosphere when the weather is poor, the opposition is poor and the first half is flat as a pancake.

An excellent point well made. It certainly picked up a bit in the second half when things got a bit more exciting on the pitch

I love the smell of ownage in the morning

It's always been stated by the club the long term aim is to fill in the corners, but so far this season we have had, ooh, 1 lock out? When we are locking out on a regular basis & are averaging over 11,000 for a couple of years that will be the time to launch the expense of filling in the corners. One pot & 2nd in league a third of the way into the season doesn't make us Saints...

i can't say i've heard that, the last talk about expansion was building on the back of the sarf stand putting more corporate seats in, surely they couldn't fill the corners in due to whole point of them in the first place, emergancy access in and out.

Whether they could build over the top of them?

First couple of seasons in HJ that was the party line - I also had a meeting with Andy Gatcliffe when the issue was raised & he gave me the same answer. The stadium was designed allowing for the corners to be filled, chances are the North East corner wouldn't be due to emergency access but the rest wouldn't be a major problem to overcome.

Make the East into standing, put seats in the South. Atmosphere will improve. Job done.

Put a roof on. That'll sort it...

Fill in the corners. Make it all seater. And add another tier on to the south for executive seats similar to the stand at Headingly opposite the away end but all seats.