Vuvuzela - will you be able to stand them

ShaneU

Watching the England friendly right now, hate them already.

JerryHandbag

Watching England game now....Jesus my head. Just hope the atmosphere is so good at some of the bigger knockout games that they drown the horns out.

JPA

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Watching England game now....Jesus my head. Just hope the atmosphere is so good at some of the bigger knockout games that they drown the horns out.

huh? The horns are the atmosphere, they'll be even louder at the bigger games!

GSPfan

They make me want to turn football off. I can see myself turning off a lot of games that I'd normally watch because the sound of them is just so irritating.

JerryHandbag

JPA wrote: »

huh? The horns are the atmosphere, they'll be even louder at the bigger games!

I mean the atmosphere created by fans of the teams who are playing, not the horn-blowing neutrals...or dont tell me ALL fans will be blowing these fukcing things.

finbarrk

JerryHandbag wrote: »

I mean the atmosphere created by fans of the teams who are playing, not the horn-blowing neutrals...or dont tell me ALL fans will be blowing these fukcing things.

Well I'm going to Friday nights game and I fully intend to buy one and blow it. Now I might get sick of it and not bother with it for other games but I'll give it a try anyway. Should be funny with a cargo of beer on board!

Kidchameleon

I have to say I think there pretty cool, will give the WC a great unique atmosphere

johnmcdnl

I can't watch any of the eastern europan teams play soccer in the champions league or even when the national teams are playing against ireland.. can't stand the fog horns at all.... there's something different about the vuvuzela though that I might be able to stick... it'll get to me I suppose before the end of the world cup but there better than fog horns

Tom10

How is a monotone droning sound adding to the atmosphere. Give me chants, give me music, hell i'll even put up with delayed tv3 poxy commentators but that sound offers nothing to the spectacle other than pleasing the people that somehow manage to ignore it while they take pleasure from the fact that others can't.

finbarrk

Everybody that's blowing them seemingly are imune to the noise of the rest of them.

Prufrock

Prufrock wrote: »

Vuvu.....Vuvuze....ah what ever.

I have no idea how to pronounce it either...

postalservice

It sounds worryingly like the brown noise

ziggy

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Kold

ziggy wrote: »

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That's really annoying alright, I think the vuvuzelas are worse though.

Son Of A Vidic

I just started a Thread on these irritating horns not realising they are called Vuvuzela's. I'll never forget the racket they created at the Confederations Cup last year. Christ, it was unbearable. Sepp Blatter finds them perfectly acceptable, despite player complaints from the last years tournament. He would though now, wouldn't he?

RATM

the world cup has only been on 10 minutes and those horns are wrecking my head already. And there's a month of it to go=(

Catenaccio!

RATM wrote: »

the world cup has only been on 10 minutes and those horns are wrecking my head already. And there's a month of it to go=(

I'd agree with your post lots if your username was something else.

kinaldo

I think they're great.

Liam O

Nothing wrong with them imo...

Catenaccio!

Liam O wrote: »

Nothing wrong with them imo...

Clearly is if so many people are complaining about them. They should have banned them after the tournament last year. Bloody annoyance.

kinaldo

kinaldo wrote: »

I think they're great.

me too :pac:

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Liam O

Catenaccio! wrote: »

Clearly is if so many people are complaining about them. They should have banned them after the tournament last year. Bloody annoyance.

Some drunken lout shouting in my face at games is an annoyance too, yet they're hardly gonna ban alcohol at games are they?

Bob_Harris

Trevor Steven commented on how annoying they were in the Confederations Cup.

If I remember correctly I think he said he hoped they'd be banned for the World Cup.

Unfortunately they have not.

Essien

Liam O wrote: »

Some drunken lout shouting in my face at games is an annoyance too, yet they're hardly gonna ban alcohol at games are they?

Thats just not the same thing, not even a little bit

IvySlayer

I wouldn't mind them if they had a tune or something..

Foghorns. Foghorns would be deadly. Or trumpets :pac:

Catenaccio!

Liam O wrote: »

Some drunken lout shouting in my face at games is an annoyance too, yet they're hardly gonna ban alcohol at games are they?

Sorry, but how is that the same? Can I hear the drunken lout while watching on tv? Can't he be thrown out of the stadium if he's that much of an annoyance? Hardly the same now is it.

Liam O

Essien wrote: »

Thats just not the same thing, not even a little bit

Why because you don't see that on TV? Like someone above said, sorry if them supporting their team hampers your TV coverage.

28064212

Liam O wrote: »

Some drunken lout shouting in my face at games is an annoyance too, yet they're hardly gonna ban alcohol at games are they?

But drunken behavior is banned. Alcohol itself is not the problem. Vuvuzelas are the problem by themselves (ok, technically blowing them is the problem, but I'm ok with people just holding them)

GLaDOS

Don't mind them myself, suprised such a big deal is made of them

Catenaccio!

Sorry, but comparing it to some drunk bloke at a game is quality

Mr. Guappa

My head is wrecked with them anyway!!

Will it be this bad for every game or is it worse today because its South Africa playing?

Zonda999

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

My head is wrecked with them anyway!!

Will it be this bad for every game or is it worse today because its South Africa playing?

Surely it wont be as bad, smaller stadia generally and less south africans present

Liam O

Catenaccio! wrote: »

Sorry, but comparing it to some drunk bloke at a game is quality

Yeah sorry if I was thinking of the people who actually go to the games>the TV audience...

chalkitdown1

I'm watching on mute, now. I couldn't stick it any longer. Lord knows how bad it'd get if South Africa actually scored....

Mr.Nice Guy

Liam O wrote: »

Yeah sorry if I was thinking of the people who actually go to the games>the TV audience...

Maybe think about those fans who go to games and don't want to hear the incessant drone.

Bob_Harris

Liam O wrote: »

Yeah sorry if I was thinking of the people who actually go to the games>the TV audience...

ACTUALLY, revenue from TV rights and viewers far far out weights the ticket receipts.

Zing!

Aidric

Zonda999 wrote: »

Surely it wont be as bad, smaller stadia generally and less south africans present

Hopefully. They're grating me big style.

Liam O

Bob_Harris wrote: »

ACTUALLY, revenue from TV rights and viewers far far out weights the ticket receipts.

Zing!

ye so why not just play in front of an empty stadium :rolleyes:

Necronomicon

I have to say, I'm not finding them as irritating as I thought I would. They drove me nuts during the Confederations Cup so maybe I built them up too much in my
mind since then.

Bob_Harris

Liam O wrote: »

ye so why not just play in front of an empty stadium :rolleyes:

Or ... they could just STFU with the fog horns.

Liam O

Bob_Harris wrote: »

Or ... they could just STFU with the fog horns.

Yeah or that. They really should ban shouting at games now too because that must be annoying for the person sitting in front of them who is just trying to enjoy the game.

Leiva

Sweet jesus didn't think it would bother me but the noise from them is ridicilous !

Players ears must be ringing ... Way to OTT

df1985

christ south africa get a corner and the horns are gonna bloody mad!

Le King

Vuvuzela's are fine and there are a part of South African culture.

Don't see the problem really.

PHB

I really hate them. But I'm hopeful that this is the worst of it, and other games which will be focused more with national fans should make it much better. Awful decision to allow them imo.

amacachi

Put the commentators a few mile down the road.

Catenaccio!

Osu wrote: »

Vuvuzela's are fine and there are a part of South African culture.

Don't see the problem really.

Part of their culture? Been around for about 10 years

Catenaccio!

Liam O wrote: »

Yeah or that. They really should ban shouting at games now too because that must be annoying for the person sitting in front of them who is just trying to enjoy the game.

Wow, well done on missing the point by about a country mile.

skelliser

part of there culture? plastic horns! ya right! never saw them in france 98.

Leiva

Turn on the radio commentry sounds like they are trying to shouting over a massive swarm of bees , I'm all for athmosphere but this doesn't transfer good to TV and Radio