Vuvuzela

The Vuvuzela . . .

  • Music to my ears

    Votes: 24 11.5%

  • Hate 'em

    Votes: 144 68.9%

  • They dont really bother me

    Votes: 41 19.6%
  • Total voters
    209
Aqua_lung said:
People on forums are easily irritated and always complaining, :rolleyes: most people don't care.
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Bollocks. I have a large number of friends and acquaintances from all around Europe who are absolutely livid at the noise. Kills their enjoyment of the game. I haven't spoken to a single European who isn't miffed by the awful sound of vuvuzelas.
 
Quite a few people from the UK I know/know of are not looking forward to the racket ...... they love every aspect of our 'culture' except that awful racket-maker.
 
Have not seen any complaints in the MSM so don't think it's as bad as people make it.
 
stepper said:
mhhh... Dont necessarily like the thing, but every place has its unique way of supporting its sports. Europeans chant and burn crackers in the stadiums, South Americans whistle and chant and we blow the damn thing. If it was going to be problem they should have been banned at the stadiums or better yet the stage the event somewhere else...
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Crackers are for the most part are only thrown when a goal is scored. Chants and Songs for the most part can't be heard on the tv broad cast. Also songs and chants are usually specifically aimed at a team you are supporting. The Vuvuzela is used and makes the same noise no matter what team you support. None of those things have the ability to irritate as much as the vuvuzela.
 
I agree with most on here, it's an irritation and I don't get the point of them. As far as I'm aware, they are a health and safety risk in many ways and shouldn't be allowed into the stadium, end of.
 
poolmania said:
I agree with most on here, it's an irritation and I don't get the point of them. As far as I'm aware, they are a health and safety risk in many ways and shouldn't be allowed into the stadium, end of.
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They've been used for decades now. Evidence?
 
The worst part about these fscking droning pieces of plastic kuk horn shyte is that, no matter what you do, trying to mute the TV and tune to a overseas radio broadcast of tha game, etc, etc, you hear that sound everywhere.

We drove past the Baf0keng stadium about 2 hours before the game even started and you could hear them from the road.

Ban them. No way in hell that crap is "African". I for one would strangle the buffoon that blows his "instrument" constantly in the seat behind me.
 
Actually, It's Not A Tradition
I had a good laugh when I read the letters from the anti-vuvuzela brigade in this morning's mailbox. I haven't written in before as I quite enjoy watching English football but don't consider myself a supporter of any team (never having been to England and generally being annoyed with locals who support an overseas team/league over their local ones).

I'm sure you will probably have a few responses from South Africans trumpeting (for the lack of a better word) the vuvuzelas you heard at the Confed Cup but I can only assure you that they are a particularly mindless lot. I have been attending local football games since I was four years old (with my dad obviously at that stage) and in those days people used to scream, clap, sing etc. in much the same fashion as you would find in any other country. The twist is that there was always one or two chaps blowing a kudu (a type of antelope) horn as a trumpet but then only doing so sporadically during the course of the game (this was quirky and pretty cool).

I think it was around 2000 that some numpty started importing millions of cheap plastic trumpets from China which then quickly caught the attention of those people who always wanted to blow a kudu horn of their own but didn't know where to get one. It has now become such a feature of the local game that people seem to think that it is a traditional aspect of the local game. In truth, it's not. Some dude in China is making a killing and real supporters are increasingly becoming disenchanted with attending local games live for fear of losing their hearing. Casual fans on the other hand (obviously) love them to bits. You think they're bad on television? Try sitting next to or in front of someone blowing one of those things over an entire game. Ban them I say!
Annoyed old guy, South Africa
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http://www.football365.com/mailbox/story/0,17033,8744_5382275,00.html

Food for thought.
 
People who complain are the ones who never attend local matces.
Now that the stars are here these people suddenly want to complain.
The vuvuzela's have always been there, now you want the fans to change it to suite you? Stick to watching English, Italian and Spanish football. Or put your TV on mute.

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Fern9do said:
People who complain are the ones who never attend local matces.
Now that the stars are here these people suddenly want to complain.
The vuvuzela's have always been there, now you want the fans to change it to suite you? Stick to watching English, Italian and Spanish football. Or put your TV on mute.

My 2cents...
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Well... they irritate me when I watch PSL matches and SA home games. I don't attend local matches, but still get pissed at those blerry vuvuzelas. sorry Fernand9, you're wrong there - it's just never been mentioned because we don't talk much PSL here.
 
Fern9do said:
People who complain are the ones who never attend local matces.
Now that the stars are here these people suddenly want to complain.
The vuvuzela's have always been there, now you want the fans to change it to suite you? Stick to watching English, Italian and Spanish football. Or put your TV on mute.

My 2cents...
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Haha, yes that's why we are complaining. Never heard one before now. :rolleyes:
 
Have you guys noticed the only time this forum talks about sa soccer is when they complain?

Never anything positive to say(except for capetownguy with his pics). Ask yourself why is this?

I have repeatedly tried to get some local soccer topics going but get almost no response. The only time people respond is when they want to complain.90% of the poeple who complain never go to local matches. If they did they would realise it's not all about blowing a vuvuzela for 90 mins.
 
Fern9do said:
People who complain are the ones who never attend local matces.
Now that the stars are here these people suddenly want to complain.
The vuvuzela's have always been there, now you want the fans to change it to suite you? Stick to watching English, Italian and Spanish football. Or put your TV on mute.

My 2cents...
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Noise pollution is noise pollution, no matter what the other factors are.

Have you heard of the air horn, stadium horn, refillable horn or pump horn? These have been banned from stadiums because of the noise they make, and more importantly, because it makes the game unpleasant to watch.

If you sat next to 60 or so people at a match with mouth organs who did not know how to play them then you would also be complaining.

Or, just answer me this: How is the current use of the vuvuzella at a soccer game different from an annoying Taxi hooter?

P.S. We only complain in this forum. We complain about every thing. Wake up.
 
I don't like local soccer. It is simply not up to scratch compared with overseas soccer. It's far worse compared to local rugby, even with all their drunken boepens fans and their double-cabs.

There is a very good reason why overseas clubs pay multi-million Euro amounts for players. Heck, I reckon a SA player get more to play a domestic game for his overseas club than he gets for playing for his country.

I'll support the SA team when they are any good. They are not. Yet somehow every 'fan' and idiot involved with SAFA or the FIFA organising committee, naively proclaims on every occasion that "Bafana is gonna win it". They are in for some serious disappointment, where after lack of transformation and Apartheid will be blamed.
Fern9do said:
Have you guys noticed the only time this forum talks about sa soccer is when they complain?

Never anything positive to say(except for capetownguy with his pics). Ask yourself why is this?

I have repeatedly tried to get some local soccer topics going but get almost no response. The only time people respond is when they want to complain.90% of the poeple who complain never go to local matches. If they did they would realise it's not all about blowing a vuvuzela for 90 mins.
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