Game day experience

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The Who

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I've been watching Manly from the Hill since the late 1950s and got there early enough to watch the second half of the Jersey Flegg. Losing both earlier matches was disappointing, but the highlight was a four try effort from the Workers' fullback, a small bloke called Jake Toby. He is in the mould of Billy Slater, quick with good anticipation. He's worth watching.
Anyway, the Hill is a great place from which to watch football, but I have some observations:
The sound system (up until it broke just before half time in the top grade), is far too loud, and the warm-up blokes, and their choice of music, is way over the top. There was one rap song with lyrics written by a pre-schooler. It started off "I met a girly and her hair was curly..." Seriously? Surely the crowd doesn't need to be told to "Go Manly" nor be blasted by bad-taste music.
My second gripe concerns the six flame-throwers which stand about three metres off the ground and block views for those of us who sit on the Hill. Do we really need flames shooting in the air to rev up the crowd? I'm sure the three pigeons and one seagull that got roasted by the flames were not amused either!
 
I've been watching Manly from the Hill since the late 1950s and got there early enough to watch the second half of the Jersey Flegg. Losing both earlier matches was disappointing, but the highlight was a four try effort from the Workers' fullback, a small bloke called Jake Toby. He is in the mould of Billy Slater, quick with good anticipation. He's worth watching.
Anyway, the Hill is a great place from which to watch football, but I have some observations:
The sound system (up until it broke just before half time in the top grade), is far too loud, and the warm-up blokes, and their choice of music, is way over the top. There was one rap song with lyrics written by a pre-schooler. It started off "I met a girly and her hair was curly..." Seriously? Surely the crowd doesn't need to be told to "Go Manly" nor be blasted by bad-taste music.
My second gripe concerns the six flame-throwers which stand about three metres off the ground and block views for those of us who sit on the Hill. Do we really need flames shooting in the air to rev up the crowd? I'm sure the three pigeons and one seagull that got roasted by the flames were not amused either!
 
They sounded like WW2 air raid sirens and almost caused my eardrums to explode. They really do need to dial it down a notch…
 
My ears bled with the squealing before they axed it.

The fire was pathetic, the crowd timid and quiet and the scoreboard is a joke you just can’t see it from the hill.

The hills time is over. The game day experience is just getting more expensive and less comfortable and lacking energy.

Get on with the upgrade!
 
I don't get the flame throwers either. Lots of greenhouse gases (What would Zali say? Sorry keep politics out of sport!). We were near the tunnel, they had the flames shooting up as they ran on. When the packed them away I thought, "Gee I hope the gas bottles are safe." I assume the do a 60 page risk assessment on those.

The ground announcer is very energetic. But maybe it's my late 50 something ears, but I couldn't understand a word he said. It's my first year with a full reserved seat season ticket. I've been coming to Brookie on and off since the late 70s. It still feels the same, but it would be nice without the WWE/Vince McMahon showbiz.

Or maybe I'm just old.
 
The Who said:
I've been watching Manly from the Hill since the late 1950s and got there early enough to watch the second half of the Jersey Flegg. Losing both earlier matches was disappointing, but the highlight was a four try effort from the Workers' fullback, a small bloke called Jake Toby. He is in the mould of Billy Slater, quick with good anticipation. He's worth watching.
Anyway, the Hill is a great place from which to watch football, but I have some observations:
The sound system (up until it broke just before half time in the top grade), is far too loud, and the warm-up blokes, and their choice of music, is way over the top. There was one rap song with lyrics written by a pre-schooler. It started off "I met a girly and her hair was curly..." Seriously? Surely the crowd doesn't need to be told to "Go Manly" nor be blasted by bad-taste music.
My second gripe concerns the six flame-throwers which stand about three metres off the ground and block views for those of us who sit on the Hill. Do we really need flames shooting in the air to rev up the crowd? I'm sure the three pigeons and one seagull that got roasted by the flames were not amused either!
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Agree completely, the speakers and lame loud music really detracted from the experience. What the hell are the organisers thinking? Don’t they understand where the atmosphere comes from?
 
I have to agree that the speakers in the Fulton stand are way too loud before the game, impossible to hear someone from two seats away.

Also, they possibly dish up the worst burgers in the history of mankind.

Apart from that, had a top day with the family.
 
Aisle creating fences, flame throwers, speakers on sticks, are they going to build a wall in front of the hill next game as it’s getting harder to see the game from the not as cheap as they used to be seats.
 
The Who said:
Yeah. That's it. Never heard it before and I hope I never do again.
If that's the quality of lyrics then I'm glad I'm going deaf.
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Not to seem flippant but there is never going to be a song list that is exactly to the taste of 17000+ people of all ages and backgrounds.

That being said... the audio was a bit of an issue today. The PA system did seem a bit louder than usual, before it packed up about 30 minutes into the first grade match and didn't return. The screech when they were presumably trying to reconnect it during try celebrations was pretty painful to listen to. Not great

It's otherwise hard to objectively rank parts of the Brookie experience especially when Manly win on a sunny afternoon with a big crowd.
 
The Who said:
I've been watching Manly from the Hill since the late 1950s and got there early enough to watch the second half of the Jersey Flegg. Losing both earlier matches was disappointing, but the highlight was a four try effort from the Workers' fullback, a small bloke called Jake Toby. He is in the mould of Billy Slater, quick with good anticipation. He's worth watching.
Anyway, the Hill is a great place from which to watch football, but I have some observations:
The sound system (up until it broke just before half time in the top grade), is far too loud, and the warm-up blokes, and their choice of music, is way over the top. There was one rap song with lyrics written by a pre-schooler. It started off "I met a girly and her hair was curly..." Seriously? Surely the crowd doesn't need to be told to "Go Manly" nor be blasted by bad-taste music.
My second gripe concerns the six flame-throwers which stand about three metres off the ground and block views for those of us who sit on the Hill. Do we really need flames shooting in the air to rev up the crowd? I'm sure the three pigeons and one seagull that got roasted by the flames were not amused either!
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you can say that again! ...oh!
 
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