I’ve been reading the RLFans Forum and enjoying the banter for a few years now and have finally decided to join in the fun. And what a time to join! Go easy on me
I was intrigued to read on another thread someone say that they hope we sing the opposition off the park. I wonder whether we’ll be able to do this as I don’t think we have a good enough song to achieve this.
It strikes me that we have a number of chants to praise the work of individual players (Super Bennie Westwood, The Monaghan Song, Mickey Higham) and of course there is the timeless “Warry Warry Warrington” but sometimes this fails to hit the mark with only one verse being chanted before trailing into nothingness. And (like them or not) the drummers can always raise the crowd into a football-esque “der der, der der, WIRE!” but again this seems to die a death after one round.
The opposition on the other hand always seem to have a tuneful melody to chant. Leeds, Wigan, Saints and even Widnes have all made a considerable noise at the Haliwell Jones this past season. Even the Eastern Pennine clubs have sung a fair tune (apart from constantly reminding us from which County they come!) I realise that the acoustics of the HJ's West Stand resonate the sound around the North, East and South with what can only be deemed as louder noise than we are creating ourselves, when in truth we are probably giving back as much as they are, but it is the quality of the song that concerns me. My daughter on more than one occasion has asked me what they are singing.
The Wembley trips don’t cause the same issues, as “Wemberley”, “Que Sera Sera” and the “Merry Month of May” provide ample meat to get our teeth into.
However, Old Trafford is another matter. The place is considerably bigger and a large chorus of a proper tune would surely sound awesome and lift our lads right from their boots. I am one of those who have recently watched last year’s final courtesy of that generic video uploading website and the noise created by both sides was immense. {Ah, yes I remember it well} I will be part of the swell on Saturday and as an ‘East-stand-sitter’ during the regular season will be joining in as I always do, suffering the effects of a sore throat the following day, but do wonder what it is we will be singing. Any thoughts?
