Time to bring back Hindmarsh glory days

[Max Power]

Red Army last night was a shambles I am afraid to say. The bloke with the mike that was DJ'ing (why?) before the game kept throwing out random songs that no one caught onto.

But when the easy ones came out, COYR, Cassssssio, etc others in the Northen end joined in. I think that is reinforcing my point, simple chants = more participation = more noise = more atmosphere

[EdDog]

Yeah there were a lot of people joining in for the "UNITE EDD *clap* *clap* *clap*"

But other than that, active support is horrendous, you can hear each individual member singing which sounds bad, needs to be a chorus of voices.

And yeah that DJing at the Manton st entrance is way too loud and not sure if it does anything for the game tbh. A lot of families walking by wouldn't be into that and I saw some kids covering their ears lol.

[Max Power]

Yeah there were a lot of people joining in for the "UNITE EDD *clap* *clap* *clap*"

But other than that, active support is horrendous, you can hear each individual member singing which sounds bad, needs to be a chorus of voices.

And yeah that DJing at the Manton st entrance is way too loud and not sure if it does anything for the game tbh. A lot of families walking by wouldn't be into that and I saw some kids covering their ears lol.

It is stupid. You can hear him on Port Rd FFS!

[ZANZIBAR]

watching the games on tv...there is no doubt that our active support is by far the worst in the league...and now with crowds well below 10k we have the unenviable tag of smallest support fullstop...melb heart will avg more due to the derby games

[Futbol_Crazy21]

Some serious promotion needs to be done for our next home game. 3 matches under 10k would be a horrendous start.

[ChillyPhilly]

We should come up with a few innovative marketing tips and submit them to the club.

[bensy]

Mr Fruchoc for capo!

[shinAUFC]

We should come up with a few innovative marketing tips and submit them to the club.

i say we forward the discussion in this thread to the club atleast so they know there is a huge desire to be involved in active support but the awkward drunks are holding people back

[EdDog]

Hopefully the del Piero factor brings a few NYE. I expect a big showing for the Tards games but hard to see where the crowd is going to come from. Beautful day on Saturday and 8.5k -_-

[Old Gregg]

Same crowd size but better atmosphere than the WSW game. The crowd getting into it through the 2nd half, we'll have no problems if we keep playing like that

[Reds]

Whats with the DJ at the entrance gates....i get the idea of it but geez is it LOUD!!!!! normally there are many fans around the area but now there is a vast empty space within a 50m of that DJ with people walking as far away from it.....ridiculously loud IMO.

Active support was a joke, i stand at the Pickard end and the group down the vidmar end are far more vocal and better sounding than the the pickard end.

On the up side crowd was better this week with its overall support adn with the results it should get better.

think the active supporters need to take a step back and get back to the basics with easy slow chants to get everyone involved. Keep it simple and let it develop from there

[BC]

Crowds are easy to lose and difficult to regain. The only antidote is keep winning; everyone wants to attend wins.

[double07]

We should come up with a few innovative marketing tips and submit them to the club.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeT6J-CbFS4

[Stuckey]

We should come up with a few innovative marketing tips and submit them to the club.

I think as fans we need to do our part too.
I think if everyone one of us does just a few things multiplied it will make a massive diiference.
1. On your phone create a contact list of all your mates the with a bit of bugging would attend matches. Not every match but 3 or 4 is obviously better then none. Send a standard message to all of them the morning of the game "Hey mate going to the United game tonight?" Simple as that and you would be surprised how often you get a response. Its a great excuse to catch up with mates you may not see as often as you'd like also. It also turns out if you don't entirely enjoy their company you're watching football so you don't have to talk to them the whole time!
2. Check in on Facebook, especially if you post a photo showing awesome weather or as I saw with GA you and mates having a beer, laugh and a great time!
3. Share articles on FB or retweet tweets about AU especially the ones with kick off times and dates.
4. Create a positive vibe about AU. Don't hop on FB or twitter and whinge about how bad the game was, how the supporters were too quiet or the owner are running the club into the ground. If we lose look forward to next match, if we win sing and dance about it. If you don't like something the club is doing talk to the club itself.

Thats all I can think of for now. But seriously all that isn't much effort at all.

[Max Power]

Do any of the guys that are in the 'Red Army' post on here?

That was seriously embarrassing for them on Saturday. Disorganised and no passion besides when we scored. The lads down the South end have the right idea.

What the hell has happened? Top Gun Jimmy leaves and it all falls apart?