"....and our biggest crowd of the season!"

spence · Nov 19, 2016

Carrot Cruncher said:
I said the same last night. Richie Reynolds is an absolute bell-end.

Very much this

BrianWade4 · Nov 19, 2016

Agree with the majority view

Although I have no issue with naming the crowd and away following, we shouldn't clap them or say it's our biggest gate

kevo · Nov 19, 2016

Bozza said:
Seriously, when the opposition crowd have already sung "You're only here to see the <Insert Team Name Here>", can we please not play to their egos and pump them up by shouting about how it's our biggest crowd of the season.

Here's a handy checklist for Richie Reynolds:

Announce the attendance? Fine.
Announce the travelling support? Fine.
Thank everyone for their support? Fine.

Pump up the away fans? Not fine.

Totally agree.

Official Old Man · Nov 19, 2016

nwgull said:
The club do their best to accommodate away fans as they pay £30 a ticket and drink lots of beer. Most away grounds you go to these days seem to have friendly helpful stewards.

I expect last night's different pre match was down to the remembrance ceremony.

No fan zone V Norwich either.

Beach Hut · Nov 19, 2016

Thunder Bolt said:
Will we be required to send in sick notes to explain to the club, that we weren't in a fit state to attend, in future?

I very much doubt all of those empty seats were due to sickness

Blackadder · Nov 19, 2016

We were saying on our bus back home, that RR's announcement seemed to spur Villa on.

It was the prelude to "Corner Time" being launched by our opponents.

Harold · Nov 19, 2016

Type of announcements aside, it's time to sideline RR in my opinion. Like to see someone different have a go. I find him too over bearing and not particularly slick in his delivery. Seen plenty of other clubs do it a lot better to be honest.

Giraffe · Nov 19, 2016

It's this sort of thing that kisses me off the most. Highlights that the club are out of touch with fans.

Stick it on the big screen and be fine with it. There is no benefit to anyway of doing more than that.

Giraffe · Nov 19, 2016

Harold said:
Type of announcements aside, it's time to sideline RR in my opinion. Like to see someone different have a go. I find him too over bearing and not particularly slick in his delivery. Seen plenty of other clubs do it a lot better to be honest.

I have to say I disagree. I had my doubts when he started out, partly because he is a Spurs fan, but I actually feel he is very good at it now and feels like he is one of us. He does decide what he says so can't be blamed for this attendance fiasco.

Triggaaar · Nov 19, 2016

Bozza said:
Seriously, when the opposition crowd have already sung "You're only here to see the <Insert Team Name Here>", can we please not play to their egos and pump them up by shouting about how it's our biggest crowd of the season.

Agreed.

Here's a handy checklist for Richie Reynolds:

Announce the attendance? Fine.
Thank everyone for their support? Fine.

Announce the travelling support? Not fine.
Pump up the away fans? Not fine.

Fixed.

Eagle Slayer · Nov 19, 2016

Steve in Japan said:
Last night the attendance announcement had a noticeable effect on noise levels in the Away End. At a time in the game when we were defending or had just defended 4 or 5 corners on the bounce. Stupid. Give it up.

Well as we have about 27,000 compared to their 3000 if all our fans made as much noise as theirs we wouldnt hear them would we.

Tom Hark Preston Park · Nov 19, 2016

"....and our biggest crowd of the season!"

It's not a 'crowd' tho, is it? It's the number of tickets sold. There's a fair few empty seats being thanked for their support. A number of times I've been mailed by the club to thank me for my support, despite me being ten thousand miles away at the time.

Thunder Bolt · Nov 19, 2016

Tom Hark said:
"....and our biggest crowd of the season!"

It's not a 'crowd' tho, is it? It's the number of tickets sold. There's a fair few empty seats being thanked for their support. A number of times I've been mailed by the club to thank me for my support, despite me being ten thousand miles away at the time.

That's because your ticket was used!

Pretty pink fairy · Nov 19, 2016

The Kid Frankie said:
I can't believe people applaud the away support.

look around when they do ........... sickening
regards
DR

Pretty pink fairy · Nov 19, 2016

Carrot Cruncher said:
I said the same last night. Richie Reynolds is an absolute bell-end.

A.K.A Timmy trendy
regards
DR

dangull · Nov 19, 2016

We're not fighting a war here, just a game of football. Nothing wrong with giving the travelling fans a moment of respect.

Pretty pink fairy · Nov 19, 2016

dangull said:
We're not fighting a war here, just a game of football. Nothing wrong with giving the travelling fans a moment of respect.

when some of them are taking the piss out of you ..................... :facepalm:

regards
DR

Guy Fawkes · Nov 19, 2016

Bozza said:
Sorry, this wasn't a "why do we announce (and some clap) the away support?" discussion. That one's been done to death. People sit on different sides of that debate and are never going to shift.

This is more specifically last night's extra step that was clearly going to play up to Villa fans given they'd already sung "Only here to see the Villa, You're only here to see the Villa".

Had we been winning comfortably I doubt this would even been something that was raised as a discussion, where was the thread after the announcing of the away fans numbers against Norwich in the last home game?

Before the game some of their fans were saying that this will be our biggest ever crowd to watch a home game in our club's history and the usual we are only there to see Villa, therefore i don't think the biggest crowd of the season bit would have made much difference and they would have reacted similarly without it.

(they were also making comments about the fans moments / players banners near the west stand, calling them a bunch of nobodies, etc.... Should these go too because it can give fuel to arrogant fans like theirs? )

Return of the Rev · Nov 19, 2016

dangull said:
We're not fighting a war here, just a game of football. Nothing wrong with giving the travelling fans a moment of respect.

For every fan that claps the away support an angel dies in heaven! :angel:

B6! · Nov 19, 2016

Villa fan in peace !!
I think the fact that you do this shows added class.
You're the only team I have ever heard do this and yes last night we did start to sing you're only here to see the villa, but we sung that at every away game we have been to this season due to many clubs giving us additional tickets due to high demand from villa fans wanting to visit new grounds and without sounding arrogant grounds we haven't been to for a while.

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