Comments on: Should the vuvuzelas be silenced? http://offthepost.co.uk/2010061399 Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 10 May 2012 09:17:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Saneeta http://offthepost.co.uk/2010061399/comment-page-1#comment-7 Saneeta Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:57:15 +0000 http://offthepost.co.uk/?p=99#comment-7 they sound like flies... yes silence them they sound like flies… yes silence them

]]> By: Ollie http://offthepost.co.uk/2010061399/comment-page-1#comment-6 Ollie Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:55:33 +0000 http://offthepost.co.uk/?p=99#comment-6 anyone blowing a plastic trumpet - let alone for 90 minutes at a football game - is a prick. anyone blowing a plastic trumpet – let alone for 90 minutes at a football game – is a prick.

]]> By: Kunaal http://offthepost.co.uk/2010061399/comment-page-1#comment-5 Kunaal Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:50:46 +0000 http://offthepost.co.uk/?p=99#comment-5 I feel that Little Paddy, in the English media, has been misinterpreted as he said they were an irritant and it caused problems, but not that they must be banned. We wouldn't like it if half foreigners came in to our culture and told us how to and how not to support our teams and create atmosphere. It's incredibly annoying really but let's face it, the African game is all about carnival and celebration - they don't have the matchday chants and wit of the English game. Let's accept it as part of what South Africa 2010 offers and remember that we may well prefer it to the rather bland atmosphere of Japan/Korea 2002 and the well organised but ultimately uninspiring Germany 2006. If this is how they choose to support, accept it and hope that they never lose their enthusiasm that sets an example to us all. I feel that Little Paddy, in the English media, has been misinterpreted as he said they were an irritant and it caused problems, but not that they must be banned.
We wouldn’t like it if half foreigners came in to our culture and told us how to and how not to support our teams and create atmosphere. It’s incredibly annoying really but let’s face it, the African game is all about carnival and celebration – they don’t have the matchday chants and wit of the English game.

Let’s accept it as part of what South Africa 2010 offers and remember that we may well prefer it to the rather bland atmosphere of Japan/Korea 2002 and the well organised but ultimately uninspiring Germany 2006.

If this is how they choose to support, accept it and hope that they never lose their enthusiasm that sets an example to us all.

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