Alright, we've got a few weeks to prepare for our next home game, so I'd like to brainstorm a bit for what we'd like to put together. Songs, banners, tifos, anything? We've got plenty of material. Beckham (maybe? I still haven't seen anything official that he'll be at this game), Donovan, the Bruce, Donovan Ricketts, ESPN. I don't think the cave will be available to paint anything huge by then. With work for me, I wasn't able to get in there during the Rep's summer break, and they started back today for the 2009/10 season. We might be able to get in for one night. I don't want to spend hours and hours on a one-off anti-Beckham display. I'd rather do songs and/or cheap disposable banners that deliver the right message. If we're going to do something that takes a ton of time to put together, I'd rather it be in support of our team first, and hopefully re-useable.
I have a couple songs I've been trying to start over the last couple games. Those who went to St. Louis should remember the first. (clapping - moves quickly) We are KC The greatest team And we came to win tonight We are KC the greatest team we are always gonna fight We are KC The greatest team And we came to win tonight We are KC the greatest team we are always gonna fight (slowly) The Blue and White Will always fight The Blue and White Will always fight (repeat)
The second is "Come on KC" to Come on Eileen. The last game, we just tried to do the chorus and leave out the rest. Did you like that better than trying the whole thing? I thought it went okay, but once I get it down set with the drummers, it'll be better. (starts slowly and builds to ludicrous speed) Come on, come on a KC Oh come on, come on a KC Come on, come on a KC Oh come on, come on a KC (clap 8 times)
Be nice if you could sing something that would be familier to our boy Becks ...... turn a few of the old United songs on him maybe? http://www.red11.org/mufc/songs.htm (To the tune of My Darling Clementine) Build a bonfire, build a bonfire, and put Beckham on the Top, put LA in the middle, and we'll burn the ********ing lot.
Can't argue with that, though it's not like we really need it to come up with something clever. I'd trade f-bombs for smoke bombs in a second, though with the jail threats we got last week, that doesn't look likely either. We get away with some stuff that wouldn't go over at certain grounds in England. Beer in the seats, standing for 90 minutes etc, but it's a matter of choosing your battles. It's too much of a hassle to fight them on something like f-bombs, when it doesn't look like we'd have any support from security or the front office.
How about... and we'll burn the bloody lot? I like the idea of chants that goldenballs will recognize.
or how about: and we'll burn the whole lot? just have to hold the "burn" for an additional measure. Jeff, did you ever hear back from the WYCO Fire Marshall after the initial discussion?
Oh I totally agree -- was just the thought that all the other language seems to get a bye, but somebody issued an f-bomb edict. Just made me chuckle is all.
I'm thinking it would be easy to create runners up and down the Cauldron with the white sheets we've already bought. We could do alternating blue/white, checkers, or spell out Kansas City across them etc. Anyone know the distance from top to bottom of the Cauldron?
Speaking of which, I was at the hardware store a week ago and the have rolls of table runners. They are a thicker plastic, about 3 feet wide by 80 feet long. The have white and navy, and they run $23 per roll. We could unroll them down from the top of the section, then roll them back up to be reused.
I was thinking of the twin sheets being sewn end to end so we wouldn't have to buy anything. How many do you think it would take to reach top to bottom? They would certainly be reuseable as well, and unlikely to rip.
I can find out how deep the section is. The Bag-O-Sheets you gave me has 3 flat (and 3 fitted) sheets, so we would need several more...and probably at least one other person to help with sewing them together.
How about "and we'll burn the whole sodding lot"? I'm sure he'd love if we used the British slang. Que? What did I miss?
Nothing major. Security came down around the beginning of the match and asked me to spread the word that if they caught anyone igniting fireworks (including smoke) during the match, it would not be an ejection, but an immediate trip to jail. I assume the same threat did not hold true for the Houston fans that lit a smoke bomb in the final minutes of the match. We actually had to point it out because all the security was too busy watching the Cauldron like hawks to try and catch someone.
The entre stadium was choking on orange smoke and you had to point it out? Too funny. Although I have to give them props for having the smarts to wait until it was too late to do anything about it. Whoever lit the lame white smokebomb behind our section was an idiot. If you're going to do it, don't do it at just some random point. Sheesh.
There in lies the rub. This is the exact reason we have discussed, internally, that if we were ever to get permission to use smoke, it would be handled by specific "assignees" within the section. Smoke should be used at certain times of a match, not just thrown randomly. The only way to help prevent that is to take it out of the hands of the general populace.