Joined: Jul 22 2008 Posts: 16170 Location: Somewhere other than here
anwar1983huddersfield wrote:If they are the same fans who Daz said left after the final hooter and showed no interest in clapping the players or showing their support for getting us to Wembley, nor made any attempt to galvanise the team during the game then frankly they can stay at home.
Nah, nah, nah. Some people leave simply because they've lost and can't handle watching or they've lost and think there's no point in risking missing my coach/train/taxi (which they would have risked had they won) or simply are on too tight a schedule to stay longer. Finals are big events and most people leave quickly after being the losing side at a final (some leave quickly after winning it too!). Only the die hards or people with stronger nerves/emotions stick with the team when they have lost. If you let go the fans who leave on the button then you'll generally wave goodbye to the majority of your fanbase, and that aint wise for any club!
Durham Giant wrote:Is this the most depressing thread on this forum in years or what.
There were 1000s of Giants fans singing and chanting and there were thousands who did not.
I saw loads of groups of people singing BUT could hardly hear anyone.
I was sat about 6 or seven rows behind a lot of Giants fans singing and could hear nothing. I was one block away from Robbos lot and all the others who were chanting and heard nothing.
The only way we would have been heard was A if we were winning or at least competing B If Wire were losing or playing as badly as us they would have ben quiet which would have led us to be more vocal.
Whatever you say about ANY teams fans there are those who will sing , win , lose or draw. There are those who will sing when they are winning( the majority).
Yesterday started off very badly, two tries which should never have been given and then us being denied two tries ( one of which should have been) although i have noit yet re - watched the game.
I felt flay after the first two minutes and did not think it was going to be our day. I was still singing at the end. I do not blame all the others who had given up.
If we could have had all those who would have sang together, if wembley was a better stadium, if ticketing was done better, if our end was not full of neutrals who would not sing anyway it would have been different.
Good post. I met you at the hull fc away game a week before the semi final! I told you i lived in hull (hudds born and bred tho) At last another giants fan who is proud of their team and not finding other things to moan about i.e the crowd singing! C'MON THE GIANTS
Joined: Dec 13 2006 Posts: 425 Location: Huddersfield
Ok last thing about this from me on here. All I can say is that from the start until the end even I was in awe of the Warrington fans, the colour and the noise they generated...they treated the occassion like it should be treated. It was wasted on us. Fair play Warrington and chin up Giants, at least we can look forward to pasting Celtic next week.
Joined: Mar 14 2002 Posts: 1016 Location: skelmanthorpe the real posh part of huddersfield
where i was sat we were chanting on and off throughout the game, and to be honest everybody around me were doing the same, and also to be honest other than a few occasions i couldnt hear the wire fans either, cant see any point in bagging the fans who went to wembley at all and whatever anybody says the start of the game was a massive anti climax, when we drew level the support was great in my area but obviously cant speak for elsewhere, but once we went 18 - 6 down it died a death. fair play to wire fans and ours i thought it was a great day just a pity we lost to the better team.
Joined: Feb 12 2002 Posts: 11034 Location: Birthplace of Rugby League
It was fairly noisy at times where I was sat, but then it was probably in one of the most populated areas. It was still nothing like the semi final, but then the circumstances were very different. Part of the problem was we simply did not sell enough tickets, cup fever did not hit Huddersfield in anything like the same way it hit Warrington. The build up was fairly flat here compared to Warrington and perhaps this affected the way the fans were out enthused by the Wire lot from the build up walking up Olympic Way to entering the stadium to cheering and singing as the game went on.
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i am not saying im not proud - i was probably one of the proudests people in the whole of that stadium yesterday - i was one of the last Giants fans to leave, i realise not everyone is noisy or likes to sing but surely the point of going to a cup final at Wembley is to support the team.
We were battered in the 1st 15 minutes and our players needed a lift from somewhere, they needed to hear the crowd was behind them and supporting them - but they heard silence as once again our fans - who were quite happy to make noise at the semi final - decided to not bother because the team werent winning.
I dont want this to cause friction between our fans as i know theres some that are quite happy to sit and watch the game in silence, but i am and always have been one of the noisy, passionate fans and i just thought that being at Wembley for a cup final we had a great chance of winning may have encouraged some of the glory hunting/day trippers etc to get behind the side - i was wring and i will just have to accept that supporter wise we will never be in the same league as most other teams which is a damn shame for how far this club has progressed.......
Joined: Dec 13 2006 Posts: 425 Location: Huddersfield
GIANT DAZ wrote:We were battered in the 1st 15 minutes and our players needed a lift from somewhere, they needed to hear the crowd was behind them and supporting them - but they heard silence as once again our fans - who were quite happy to make noise at the semi final - decided to not bother because the team werent winning.
debaser wrote:All the empty seats for what is/should be THE showpiece of our game were an embarrassment.
No they weren't.
Somewhere in the dust of time rest the bones of the Galilean He who was spat upon. He whose face was marred beyond all human likeness Somewhere buried among the lies of the past rests the tomb of Yeshua Of he who was made God in a world without Hope. And when this son of Joseph is found. What then will the Church of Rome say? Prepare yourself for the day is coming. And men will say "Blessed are the wasted lives who perished in the flames of the holy war"
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