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I was in the tent on Sunday evening watching Voth give Knight a good pasting to the delight of 1500 fans in the tent, all off of their feet and all of them screaming and cheering. It was great my adrenaline was pumping, and when i woke up monday morning was throat was shot to bits and i could hardly talk until today (a god send for some people i would say )
Then it struck me, this was by far the loudest i had heard the Tent in the two home games we have had this season, and the more i thought about it the more i felt the Tent has been a little, well flat on the chanting stakes.
The drummers do a fantastic job, and at most oppurtunities attempt to get something going, but looking around most dont want to see to join in. And it's little things we can do to get it going imo, to make Hockey night in Cardiff perfect, really look at what we have there on a match night.
Good music? - check
Good productions on the screens? - Check
Good intro? - check
Good team? - check
After all that i feel all of us need to give that little more in chanting and support, at times on sunday i could hear the players giving insturctions, something which i didnt think i would ever hear in the home league game, and the reason isnt we havnet got people in the seats and by the plexi, we have plenty.
It is difficult to know what to do, but to start with i was thinking just little things, like some USA chants for Jay, which the guys in block 2 usually start but no one helps them out, and some Jarvo chants for Jarvis whcih again the block 2 guys start but everyone seems happy to let them carry the can, a whole rink of people joining in with this could have some real impact to the game night imo.
So i guess this thread leaves open a few questions, what do you personally do on a match night to get some atmosphere going? what do you think we can do to get the tent rocking most games (obviously some games will be flat if the team is giving us no reason to shout) And have you felt the games have been a bit flat lately?
Sorry if this seems like a negative post, i just think we are fan participation away from having the best match night experience in the entire league.
Then it struck me, this was by far the loudest i had heard the Tent in the two home games we have had this season, and the more i thought about it the more i felt the Tent has been a little, well flat on the chanting stakes.
The drummers do a fantastic job, and at most oppurtunities attempt to get something going, but looking around most dont want to see to join in. And it's little things we can do to get it going imo, to make Hockey night in Cardiff perfect, really look at what we have there on a match night.
Good music? - check
Good productions on the screens? - Check
Good intro? - check
Good team? - check
After all that i feel all of us need to give that little more in chanting and support, at times on sunday i could hear the players giving insturctions, something which i didnt think i would ever hear in the home league game, and the reason isnt we havnet got people in the seats and by the plexi, we have plenty.
It is difficult to know what to do, but to start with i was thinking just little things, like some USA chants for Jay, which the guys in block 2 usually start but no one helps them out, and some Jarvo chants for Jarvis whcih again the block 2 guys start but everyone seems happy to let them carry the can, a whole rink of people joining in with this could have some real impact to the game night imo.
So i guess this thread leaves open a few questions, what do you personally do on a match night to get some atmosphere going? what do you think we can do to get the tent rocking most games (obviously some games will be flat if the team is giving us no reason to shout) And have you felt the games have been a bit flat lately?
Sorry if this seems like a negative post, i just think we are fan participation away from having the best match night experience in the entire league.