Organisation of ss was a joke

[ParkLife]

Could well have been...not too sure..it was just as you walked out from the exit on the right hand side....???

[paul_oshea]

ya we were down a few steps from that actually. not right on the exit, it was around there that there was a good group of lads constantly getting chants going and that song we love you we love you we love you

[eirebhoy]

I couldn't make the game but the atmosphere came across really well on TV. Most of the chants spread throughout the stadium and when everyone sang it was as loud as you'd get at any match last Saturday night. You could hear We Love You chant throughout the game even though it was only the SS singing it.

Great pics of the section by soccerc too!

[paul_oshea]

where are the pics he took?!

EB well then the SS must have been better than the last game as i couldn't hear it at all on TV and to be honest the SS wasn't great, there wasn't constant singing and when a chant would start it died down fairly quickly and it also wasn't continuous. I was always singing on my own, after hearing it start behind me, and started to chant my usual from lower cusack "come on you cnuts and sing" to get people around and in front of me to start singing.

[DmanDmythDledge]

where are the pics he took?!

EB well then the SS must have been better than the last game as i couldn't hear it at all on TV and to be honest the SS wasn't great, there wasn't constant singing and when a chant would start it died down fairly quickly and it also wasn't continuous. I was always singing on my own, after hearing it start behind me, and started to chant my usual from lower cusack "come on you cnuts and sing" to get people around and in front of me to start singing.

I was at the very back of the SS and most of us back there sang throughout the whole game and tried to keep the signing going after the final whistle. Granted, I couldn't see the whole section but the longest pause I heard was about 20/30 seconds and that was on no more than 2/3 occasions.

[eirebhoy]

EB well then the SS must have been better than the last game as i couldn't hear it at all on TV

This is a clip from RTE's coverage after going 0-1 down to Georgia:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/55620069d7c194dd/

Blank out the commentators and listen to the crowd. You probably wouldn't notice the singing if you weren't listening out for it but listen to the 20 second period after 2.00mins (before the fields of athenry). That's about all the background noise you would have got vs Georgia if it wasn't for the singing section.

The atmosphere in the singing section vs Georgia was very good but the atmosphere vs Bulgaria sounded excellent. At least the first half as I was fairly drunk for the 2nd half.

/soccerc's pics are in this thread page 2 I think.

[Stuttgart88]

I was in Hogan Lower 325 (or 327). I can categorically say there was no inclination among anyone in nearby sections to do anything other than sit and watch quietly. The SS gamely tried all night to get something going and to some success. Without them there'd have been far less singing, I'm sure of it. Good work to all involved.

[Billsthoughts]

that stand up for the boys in green gets a bit annoying after a while...it is similar to the mexican wave...
still good idea to have a dedicated singing section...altho I prefer to watch the match myself..

[Junior]

that stand up for the boys in green gets a bit annoying after a while...it is similar to the mexican wave...
still good idea to have a dedicated singing section...altho I prefer to watch the match myself..

Agree with that. I find it as annoying as fcuk. I know people will suggest Im a boring sod, who cant be arsed getting out of his seat etc.... but if Im honest I find it tedious and a lazy way of supposedly creating atmosphere with its repeated airing. Ole Ole, Mexican Wave and Stand up....all equally annoying IMO.

And before anyone says, "you do something better", I can't, Im useless at that sort of thing and generally Ill be happy to go with what "The Hedge" will be pumping out in games to come.....................no doubt its repetoire will expand!!