How Can We Make Shark Park A Fortress Again?

[samshark]

Your right SS, it does come down to winning more often than not but if your theory of playing attractive footy is correct the Sharks in 2008 back that up, we were equal first that yr so we had success but we were widely condemned about our lack of vision in attack (played ugly).

All bar about 15-20% of sharks fans are so damn quite, hence what you said about the troubles our ground announcer has in reving up our home crowds . Thats why I suggested microphones in certain parts of the crowd/ground but apparently we are doing that already.

Even in 2008 when we were winning the crowd was still pretty quiet. I remember Ricky Stuart commenting about how quiet a ground Shark Park was.

Compare in recent years going to a Tigers game for example to a Sharks game. A good chance of winning, a team throwing the ball around, Benji, Farrah, Lawrence and co doing their thing. Its exciting. We got to get a bit of that in our team and then people will come back.

 

[stevie013]

Pyrotechnics!!! I want an explosion every time we score!

can you pay for them?

im sure we would have them all the time if we could afford it.

 

[Bundy Shark]

Even in 2008 when we were winning the crowd was still pretty quiet. I remember Ricky Stuart commenting about how quiet a ground Shark Park was.

Compare in recent years going to a Tigers game for example to a Sharks game. A good chance of winning, a team throwing the ball around, Benji, Farrah, Lawrence and co doing their thing. Its exciting. We got to get a bit of that in our team and then people will come back.

Yeh that is what I was trying to get at, our crowd figures in that yr were mediocre considering our table position plus we have been a quite crowd for as long as I can remember.

 

[samshark]

Yeh that is what I was trying to get at, our crowd figures in that yr were mediocre considering our table position plus we have been a quite crowd for as long as I can remember.

Its been a long time between drinks. What year did Anderson rip the team apart? When did the Peach leave, 2005? Its been not much of anything in the last 8 years.

 

[davetherave]

At lot of it comes down to us the fans,

Opposition players need a hostile reaction when they run out.
We need to be calling for a penalty every tackle when we have the ball (remember they are always offside or are lying of the tackled player & any tackle above the ribs is high).
Keep the touch judges in two minds every opposition pass is forward.
When attacking the try line we need the "Sharkies chant" loud and all around the ground.
Opposition goal kickers to be heckled loudly.
Please remember don't be offensive, what happens on the field stays on the field, bear no grudges after the game.

Be very proud and very loud we are Sharks fans

 

[IronShark]

I'm bringing a big drum with me to "The Cage" every game this year. MAKE SOME NOISE!!:happy

 

[Parko]

Maybe the cage needs sharks branded vuvuzelas!

 

[slide rule]

At lot of it comes down to us the fans,

Opposition players need a hostile reaction when they run out.
We need to be calling for a penalty every tackle when we have the ball (remember they are always offside or are lying of the tackled player & any tackle above the ribs is high).
Keep the touch judges in two minds every opposition pass is forward.
When attacking the try line we need the "Sharkies chant" loud and all around the ground.
Opposition goal kickers to be heckled loudly.
Please remember don't be offensive, what happens on the field stays on the field, bear no grudges after the game.

Be very proud and very loud we are Sharks fans

Yep, the crowd needs to step up. Most things that come across the loudspeakers sound contrived and take away from the actual crowd noise. When they blast you with sound through those speakers, there is a clear silent contrast when they stop talking. I think the sound out of the speakers actually stops the crowd from making noise because it doesn't get heard above the speaker noise.

I'm not in the CSSC (and don't plan to be), but I think they could possibly get louder and have more rehearsed songs. That kind of crowd noise is organic and infectious. Blasting people with speaker noise is not the answer IMO.

I'd appreciate it if my calls from the hill weren't met with disapproving glares, mostly from Sharks fans.

I'm bringing a big drum with me to "The Cage" every game this year. MAKE SOME NOISE!!:happy

:Yes::Yes::Yes:

That's exactly the kind of thing we need.

 

[Bundy Shark]

yeh I just hope if we get loud its done the right way, its really hard when you take the kids to the game & some guys is yelling out f' this , f' that, I know all kids will end up hearing it but for 6,7,8 & 9 yr olds its not a good look when they see it coming out of a adults mouth.

 

[Sharky Pete]

Neither of these are probably feasible or useful, but...

It'd be cool in the countdown to the game, if the lights could be dimmed. Sort of like at basketball games when they introduce the teams, or pre-match entertainment at the grand final.

Second would be an noise gauge that shows on the big screen before the game... try and make the gauge explode or something. Basically try and build up cues that the crowd will spontaneously respond to over time, without the need for "Give me an S"!

Other thing I would like to see is mini-pump-up videos during the game focusing on a player, or highlights of the season or even a historic win.

The problem with any changes at rugby league games is that people knock you no matter what you do!

The problem is people hate change, mate.

Look at when the NRL announced Bon Jovi as the singer for the campaign, there was a 50/50 split with people for it or people acting like whingeing Poms about it.

 

[slide rule]

Bon Jovi isnt a change. He's olde and worn.

 

[Parko]

Bon Jovi isnt a change. He's olde and worn.

Cue 'ya mum' joke in 3...2...1...

 

[samshark]

At lot of it comes down to us the fans,

Opposition players need a hostile reaction when they run out.
We need to be calling for a penalty every tackle when we have the ball (remember they are always offside or are lying of the tackled player & any tackle above the ribs is high).
Keep the touch judges in two minds every opposition pass is forward.
When attacking the try line we need the "Sharkies chant" loud and all around the ground.
Opposition goal kickers to be heckled loudly.
Please remember don't be offensive, what happens on the field stays on the field, bear no grudges after the game.

Be very proud and very loud we are Sharks fans

This is true but the fans cant do a lot if there are only 8000 of them at the game and only 500 of them in the CSSC are actually making any real noise. All the 50/50 fans, by that I mean the fans that only turn up if the team is winning or a good chance of winning. We got to get those people back. They are the difference between 10k crowds and 16k crowds. But like I said it all comes back to those 3 things - winning, attractive footy and exciting players

 

[IronShark]

I'm bringing a big drum with me to "The Cage" every game this year. MAKE SOME NOISE!!:happy

:Yes::Yes::Yes:

That's exactly the kind of thing we need.

Now my only problem is learning to play it!...I have been able to master the old "SHARKIES!, Boom, Boom, Boom." Only took me a few weeks!

Bon Jovi isnt a change. He's olde and worn.

100% agree with you slide. Whether it's a good song or not, using Bon Jovi is targetting the wrong audience.

The whole point of that song was meant to be taking on the AFL - and where is the battle with AFL being fought? For the support of the "kids" or younger people. That's what all the work in Western Sydney has been about, winning over the kids.

Bon Jovi simply caters to the Baby Boomers and Gen X'ers - and most of those are already Rugby League fans. It is a step backwards.

That was what made the last AFL promo so successful - they used The Dropkick Murphies "Shipping Out To Boston" despite it having no real relevance to sport. It had an immediate impact, whether you like the song or not, you could not help but notice that ad.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgnM9gNlMgk

Kids watching an ad featuring Bon Jovi = :yawn:

 

[sharkiesboomboomboom]

Now my only problem is learning to play it!...I have been able to master the old "SHARKIES!, Boom, Boom, Boom." Only took me a few weeks!

Sounds perfect Ironshark. My kind of beat!

 

[Parko]

Dropkick murpheys perform for the redsox, celtics and bruins all the time. If anything, shipping up to Boston is their song.

Maybe we should reword it to 'im sharking up to Cronulla!'

 

[Mark^Bastard]

Dropkick murpheys perform for the redsox, celtics and bruins all the time. If anything, shipping up to Boston is their song.

Maybe we should reword it to 'im sharking up to Cronulla!'

I've been a fan of the Dropkick Murphys since their first album / original singer.

It really amazes me that people act like they only have one song. Shipping up to Boston isn't even their best song, not even the best song on that album. It was just the one that was used in that movie and then after that in the Sopranos, and then I'm guessing various places in America and then the AFL ad in Australia.

Basically there's a crap load of good songs that could be used.

 

[Mark^Bastard]

Flannigans Ball would be a good one by the way!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq1Zp_gtUEo

 

[Mark^Bastard]

Actually the "6 long months doing nothing at all" could come back to bite us if we have another bad season LOL.

 

[Parko]

What about 'kiss me, I'm shytfaced'