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Absolutely this!

The 12th man is a myth, like the tooth fairy and Santa Claus. As El Presidente has suggested, if there is an impact that fans can have on players, it is by a much smaller margin than that you'd get with an actual extra player in every home game.

Sounds like, in the absence of Rev's singing, the Albion players could finally get some peace and quiet to focus on scoring in the final few minutes.

Actually, Shoot! Magazine does comment on the excellent support Brighton received on the opening day of 1975/76 against Rotherham but even that is written about as appreciation in response to the good play they saw...

True, but an extra 5,000 supporters in the 1970s would translate into more noise. But they only came through the gate after the team had put together a fine run of form at home. There is no recorded evidence of Brighton fans being more vocal than usual in the early games of 1975/76 before the...

Results. In the first half of 1975/76, our home form was great, winning eight in a row. If was later that the Goldstone started to attract really high attendance figures.

This is the equivalent of saying 'Titus Bramble joined Newcastle for £6m but you think he's overrated. Do you think you know more about football than Sir Bobby Robson did?'

Dan Harding is a vastly overrated player. While I do think the occasion against playing his former side (and one where he went through the ranks) has got the better of him, he was making mistakes for us even when we were on his side.

There's nothing intimidating about football fans singing some songs, at least not our songs! What kind of professional footballer is going to melt away from battle because of 'We're the North Stand, we're the North Stand, we're the North Stand Brighton boys'? Which one will have the stuffing...

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We certainly did have a good win that Ipswich game. However, it's typical of some football fans (not saying you in particular, though) to look to outside agents like an opposition fan's banner as significant reasons why we played so well. This is especially as we're not party to what happens in...

Then again, it didn't seem to affect the Crystal Palace players at all. Massive cop-out if Brighton fans or players are blaming the clackers for their team's inept performance.

Or people decided they were a bad idea after their use coincided with a defeat.

Loud crowds can be quite distracting for them when they're trying to play a game of football.

Sod FanZone! Maybe something like this on the big screens would work before a match.... Obviously, replacing Goldstein's face with Bellotti or Archer talking to camera

I've heard this said too. I wonder if the acoustics at the Amex is such that, although it may sound quiet from each stand, if you're in the centre of it all, you can really hear the noise.

It'd be interesting to figure out what impact a noisy home support has on away players. Are they really 'intimidated' by a noisy crowd singing a few songs, most of which don't relate to them? And, in so far as home players may get a jot of an adrenalin rush from a noisy crowd, could it be said...

Certainly was for me too! It was a defeat, but it certainly didn't feel like one. The result became secondary :)

Paper clackers didn't seem to affect Crystal Palace players' performances. The Albion players and manager needed to look at their own personal performances rather than blame the paper clackers or opera singer. Paul Barber made a telling point in that if Albion had played well and prevailed, both...

But the thoughtful, well chosen words of colleagues (or indeed a football manager) are slightly different from the impact of some ditty about Oscar drinking sangria, 'Stand Up If You Hate Palace' and which stand you happen to be sitting at.