Suggestions To Improve The Fort

Discussion in 'New England Supporters Clubs' started by Chowda, Nov 19, 2007.

  1. CockneyReject

    CockneyReject New Member

    Jan 5, 2008
    What is the issue?

    Coordination? Support? old bill?
     
  2. RedRevs

    RedRevs Member

    Aug 24, 2005
    Cambridge
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I guess technically Coordination. We have people who come into our section with no intention of joining in on the singing so all of the loud voices are spread to thin.

    There are other reasons too involving security and the like, I'm not in the mood to go into all that again.
     
  3. CockneyReject

    CockneyReject New Member

    Jan 5, 2008

    Perhaps a mass entrance into the fort by all the supporters early?

    As soon as gates open...
     
  4. revsfan44

    revsfan44 Member

    Jun 2, 2007
    Providence / Amherst
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    some of us do, but others want to stay and get another cheap beer before they pay $8 for another one.
     
  5. wolfp10

    wolfp10 Member

    Sep 25, 2005
    We've been working on that as well. I think the mass march in is usually 30-45 minutes before kickoff; usually towards 30 minutes.
     
  6. RedRevs

    RedRevs Member

    Aug 24, 2005
    Cambridge
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    guilty as sin.
     
  7. CockneyReject

    CockneyReject New Member

    Jan 5, 2008
    what time do the gates regularly open?

    get pissed earlier....
     
  8. wolfp10

    wolfp10 Member

    Sep 25, 2005
    The stadium lots open two hours (officially) before a game, with the gates opening an hour before the game. Since all of us have to drive to Gillette, and there are next to no drinking options around the stadium, the tailgate is really the only option for getting pissed. Of course, drinking isn't the only thing that happens with the tailgate, as most of us use it as a way to see our friends we only see 15 times a year.

    Marching in together was a focus last year, and I think we were getting somewhere with it. I know the march in at Giants Stadium and RFK were quite massive and noisy.
     
  9. CockneyReject

    CockneyReject New Member

    Jan 5, 2008
    Yeah the lack of pubs and piss tubs in that area are indeed limited if any.

    Only two solutions....drink more so you make sure your in full voice.

    And if that does not work.... drink more.
    :D
     
  10. REVS FAN 1

    REVS FAN 1 Member

    Jul 2, 2004
    Weymouth, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    IMO if the tailgate was 8 hours long for every match there would still be many people leaving the tailgate 15 minutes before kickoff....

    What a bunch of f'ing drunks I associate myself with!!:D
     
  11. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sadly that's true.

    I've had this conversation with Ed ... at the end of the day, why are you really there?
     
  12. KATref

    KATref Member

    Dec 31, 2005
    Stow, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    To support and cheer on my team. Everything else, beer, tailgate, conversations mean nothing without that. Flags, banners and streamers none of those are as important IMO as being heard, just a very nice addition.
     
  13. thecastigador

    thecastigador Member

    Oct 31, 2006
    Boston (JP)
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    let's definitely start this argument again
     
  14. KATref

    KATref Member

    Dec 31, 2005
    Stow, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sure, we keep recycling all the rest of them.:rolleyes:
     
  15. Mike Donovan

    Mike Donovan New Member

    Apr 6, 2006
    Marlboro
    It used to be about the soccer.

    I stand in the 8 to 10th row every week and I think I see only 1/2 of the Fort watching the game.

    So that's my suggestion: watch the game. cheer when something good happens. We've missed cheering or booing fouls, because we spend time worrying about flag waving and drum placement, and that group of kids standing in "my row".
     
  16. patfan1

    patfan1 Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 19, 1999
    Nashua, NH
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I know people don't like it ... and I can understand that.

    But this thread is about improving the Fort and having people there ready to cheer on the team from before the kickoff would be an improvement (at least in my eyes).
     
  17. revsfan44

    revsfan44 Member

    Jun 2, 2007
    Providence / Amherst
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    honestly, i'm not there to watch the game. you can watch a game at home. i'm there to cheer for the team, give them a boost, and share in the great experience that the Fort is. watch the game if you want, but i want to sing and jump and wave a flag the whole game and try to give the players a boost.
     
  18. Weber King

    Weber King Member

    Sep 28, 2001
    North Andover, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Unfortunately, some of us do not have the luxury of time to go home and watch the game (even though I have Tivo). Nor do I really have any interest in watching a game that's already been played and I know the outcome.

    I go to the game to watch the action on the pitch.

    That said, I'll be damned if I go to a game and don't try to contribute to the atmosphere while I'm there. It's a delicate balance, but I've been doing it in some form for that last 12 years and I'm not planning on changing at this point.
     
  19. JMMUSA8

    JMMUSA8 New Member

    Nov 3, 2001
    Webster
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Ditto. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that you can cheer and contribute to the atmosphere and still watch the game.
     
  20. GOREVS3000

    GOREVS3000 Moderator
    Staff Member

    New England Revolution
    United States
    Sep 18, 2006
    Boston
    Club:
    2 de Mayo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I've already stated my reasons...

    I'm there for the Sams Light.
     
  21. JMMUSA8

    JMMUSA8 New Member

    Nov 3, 2001
    Webster
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm there to take great Facebook pictures and tag all my friends.
     
  22. RedRevs

    RedRevs Member

    Aug 24, 2005
    Cambridge
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    :D How else would we not remember all of those great experiences were it not for facebook.
     
  23. revsrock

    revsrock Member+

    Jul 24, 1999
    Boston Ma
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    I do both, like Jon said some people do not have the time to re-watch the game or do they want to watch the game on replay.
     
  24. wolfp10

    wolfp10 Member

    Sep 25, 2005
    Agreed.

    There are supporters groups which take "supporting" their team to the opposite extreme; where it becomes about the fans and not the teams. Go over to the "Best of MLS Supporters" threads to see what group that weeks happens to be touching themselves over their latest tifo display.

    We aren't there to get drunk or to show off. We are there to support the Revs.
     
  25. Mike Donovan

    Mike Donovan New Member

    Apr 6, 2006
    Marlboro
    I'm not saying you can't do both, cheering and watching. Some fans get so upset when people are in "thier spot" or the chants are off. They take it too seriously, and I feel bad for them, it seems to spoil thier experience. The first 10 minutes of every game is missed because they are too busy complaining about something or someone in the Fort.

    I could do without the "I discovered the band first, and when they are big, I'll make a point to let everyone know I was into them when it wasn't cool" attitude that some people have in the Fort.
     

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