Awful noise when Latvia plays

Have you watched some matches with Latvia ? Why fans are ALWAYS use horns ?
Even if there is nothing interesting they make noise... :dunno:

Have you watched some matches with Latvia ? Why fans are ALWAYS use horns ?
Even if there is nothing interesting they make noise... :dunno:

Cuz they like it?

Could be drunk also... ;)

Cuz they like it?

Could be drunk also... ;)
Whats interesting in making noise ALL the time ? I like noise when there are nice moments... but not all the time.. its irritating.. :shakehead

Whats interesting in making noise ALL the time ? I like noise when there are nice moments... but not all the time.. its irritating.. :shakehead
I understand you. I don't like horns but I hate the whistle that European fans do even more, extremely annoying to my ears.

Thats just sad that they need horns to make noise

Are they more annoying than the horns in Calgary?

The feeling in those games must be awesome, i dont mind the noise.

Horns are prety common in Eastern Europe, doesn't matter whether it's in hockey or football/soccer.

Players love it if there is noise all the time. Maybe not the horns, but a full 60 minute supportis absolutely fantastic. Just read some reports from the players who went ot Europe.

mikkoz

The feeling in those games must be awesome, i dont mind the noise.

Its awesome when the noise is made in time. (When your team attacks, there is greate hit or goal), but not all the time.
Teams are changing lines - there is noise, they score a goal - there is noise.
That's suck.

mikkoz

Its awesome when the noise is made in time. (When your team attacks, there is greate hit or goal), but not all the time.
Teams are changing lines - there is noise, they score a goal - there is noise.
That's suck.

It gets louder when there's a goal, so there is a difference.
Personally, I don't mind that kind of fan support.
Just as long as there are no hooligans...

YAY!!! Its working, the main purpose is to annoy opponent. I wonder, how come that those threads are started mainly by russians...?

YAY!!! Its working, the main purpose is to annoy opponent
What opponent do u mean ? Hockey players ? I don't think that they think about it on ice.

I wonder, how come that those threads are started mainly by russians...?
Hey man, nobody there in Russia is interested in your country. :nopity:

I don't care who are this fans.. If it were swedish I would say the same :)

They should forbid thoose darn horns.

I dont know if it is the same throughout europe, but in big games involving the home team they often seem to make much more noise, throughout the game, banging on drums, chanting and so forth. Is this an influence from football/soccer?

What opponent do u mean ? Hockey players ? I don't think that they think about it on ice.


Hey man, nobody there in Russia is interested in your country. :nopity:

I don't care who are this fans.. If it were swedish I would say the same :)


Well, not a single player in latvian NT have said that that they cant stand that noise. On countrary, ive heard in some interwuevs that for other players that noise is bit too much. So here we go, thats the main purpose of the noise.

Adn cmon man, i didnt want to show how much russians love us, just pointing out the fact. Theres another thread about horns and how unculural and stupid latvian fans are, and thread started once again by russian. funny :sarcasm:

They should sing instead. We have some good ol' songs, that fit for playing PK when we are 3 against 5 opponent players.

Sing songs, bang your drums, clap your hands but please stop using those silly horns. European fans use to be pretty good at showing support by coming up with good chants and songs (mostly at club level but still...), and I am not talking about GO "home team" GO!!! kind of chants.

The thing about the horns is that it just doesn't stop. I don't mind the noise when a goal is scored or something happens but it sounds like 20,000 whales mating for 2 hours.

Sing songs, bang your drums, clap your hands but please stop using those silly horns. European fans use to be pretty good at showing support by coming up with good chants and songs (mostly at club level but still...), and I am not talking about GO "home team" GO!!! kind of chants.

I agree. Those horns just makes Latvians look "dumb" fans IMO. Just cheer, sing and clap your hands. That's the way to support your team! I don't like drums either but hate those :madfire: horns.

Adn cmon man, i didnt want to show how much russians love us, just pointing out the fact. Theres another thread about horns and how unculural and stupid latvian fans are, and thread started once again by russian. funny
Big brother should be care of younger one.. :teach: :snide:

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The thing about the horns is that it just doesn't stop. I don't mind the noise when a goal is scored or something happens but it sounds like 20,000 whales mating for 2 hours.
Thats what I'm talkin about :handclap:

Sing songs, bang your drums, clap your hands but please stop using those silly horns. European fans use to be pretty good at showing support by coming up with good chants and songs (mostly at club level but still...), and I am not talking about GO "home team" GO!!! kind of chants.

I agree 100%! I like cheering, clapping, singing, drumming but those horns are just so annoying. They sound stupid and drives you crazy when listened two straight hours. I usually like Latvian fans in any sports because they always cheer loud but those horns are just too much.

Are they more annoying than the horns in Calgary?

Probably the same horns....with the Flames out, I would n't rule out the same fans.... ;)

They should forbid thoose darn horns.

Second that.

YAY!!! Its working, the main purpose is to annoy opponent. I wonder, how come that those threads are started mainly by russians...?

You are funny to make a nationalistic argument over that. This is not about Latvians or Russians, it's about those ******* annoying horns. It's like working at a factory with a high noise level. Human noise is completely different, it has spirit.

Those horns make me watch the games on mute, they are annoying and irritating and not what I'd consider 'atmosphere".

Sing and chant but thow away those horns. I remember watching a game of Dynamo Kiev some time ago. They had the same horns.

Brutal.

I realy dont get you guys. Im i only one whose not annoyed by those horns?

What opponent do u mean ? Hockey players ? I don't think that they think about it on ice.
Oh believe me they think. It's that fan support which inspires the team and drives opponents crazy.

Yeah, blowing those horns all the time does get pretty darn annoying.

I realy dont get you guys. Im i only one whose not annoyed by those horns?

What is good about them then? Make people get headaches? Because the sounds aren't cool if you think that, a good crowd can make sounds without horns, any moron can use a horn.

Ehh, complains, insults all over the place. As i said, i dont mind horns, i agree thats not the best way to cheer, but you need very good organization of supporters and traditions to sing songs like football fans. But im happy that our hockey fans are different of thos in footabll as traditionaly they are agressive, they booh anything the opponent does etc.

Oh believe me they think. It's that fan support which inspires the team and drives opponents crazy.
Yes, fan support is good. But its not support. Do you think that when latvian player hears this horn, he get inspired, and player from other team get mad ? :)
How do latvian players should understand that this support is for them ? :)

But im happy that our hockey fans are different of thos in footabll as traditionaly they are agressive, they booh anything the opponent does etc.

Way to generalize! :shakehead

Way to generalize! :shakehead

Aight chill, i know i know not all of them are so agressive etc. Still, its very usual to see football fans fighting after games, throwing things on pitch etc. You can call em, hardcore fans, but those are the fans who sing the loudest, stomp and clap loudest.

Not a single Latvian hockey player has complained about the horns. Once they do, I think the fans will cease it, and will start singing songs instead.
But you must know, people, that there is a difference between hockey and football fans and cheering traditions. I was watching a Denmark - Canada and Danish fans were singing football songs, sounded like it. I mean no disrespect, but that is not appropriate for Ice hockey.

Here is a great alternative to horns, gets a recording of Miss Sharapova's screams and play them on a boombox or something. It's known how female tennis players affect certain hockey players and it's darn loud too. :joker:

Oh believe me they think. It's that fan support which inspires the team and drives opponents crazy.

I don't think it drives opponents crazy any more than home team because it's not cheering or supporting, just big noise! Finnish goalie Antero Niittymäki said today that he liked the atmosphere and the noise Latvian fans were making with those horns, even though it was hard to communicate with defenders at the beginning of the game because of that noise. Luckily T. Kallio got them to quiet down...

I was watching a Denmark - Canada and Danish fans were singing football songs, sounded like it. I mean no disrespect, but that is not appropriate for Ice hockey.

Well, I totally disagree. In Germany and German (and swiss) hockey matches the fans sing and chant and have drums and I do think it's apppropriate. A lot of songs are different though and are not being sung at football games, some are being sung at both.

We have also drummers. We had some of the biggest fans in Torino. It's just that you can't hear the drums here because of the horns. But they are there, on every game

Not a single Latvian hockey player has complained about the horns. Once they do, I think the fans will cease it, and will start singing songs instead.
But you must know, people, that there is a difference between hockey and football fans and cheering traditions. I was watching a Denmark - Canada and Danish fans were singing football songs, sounded like it. I mean no disrespect, but that is not appropriate for Ice hockey.

Don't agree with that, look at what the Swiss-fans do, they sing and create a great athmosphere, in Sweden we have singing too and it is MUCH better than horns.

Are the horns you're talking about those ones that belch out those long, annoying "FWOOAAAAARRRRPP!" sounds?
Yeah...those are pretty annoying.
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How do latvian players should understand that this support is for them ? :)
They look at the crowd, they all are carmine-white-carmine.

Just got a throbbing headache after watching Sweden - Italy. Apparantly the Latvian part of the audience brought their horns with them and used them through every one of the 60 minutes of the game. I don't mind Latvians destroying their own games but I wish they could show some consideration when they visit other nations' games. :rant:

Apparently those weren't only latvians.

Apparently those weren't only latvians. Cos we don't give a flying **** about Sweden

They waved latvians flags, didnt see a single swede or italian (not that I saw any italians at all) with a horn... Yeah it was a real pain to watch through with that sound, I can only imagine what will happen in the quarterfinals and on, bring lots of painkillers for those games.

Sick of this... For shrist sakes, get over it. Call us stupid, call us uncultured i dont care. Cmon latvians, blow those horns louder. :propeller

So are you sick of this or don't you care?!

So are you sick of this or don't you care?!

What a way to get back at me. Bravo! :clap: Im sick of this discussion and i dont care if ppl on this board think that latvian supporters are stupid morons.

You are the only one saying those things about latvians, the rest of us just dont like the horns. Some self-hate going on from your side? ;)

You are the only one saying those things about latvians, the rest of us just dont like the horns. Some self-hate going on from your side? ;)

Not realy. You see, when you say "any idiot can blow a horn, but only a great fan will just sing" and we agree that almoust all latvian supporters have a horn to blow into, theyre all idiots. Sure, i could be wrong :help:

So did you guys always use those horns?

I really can't remember. When the WC took place in Germany everyone loved the Latvians fans because they were the best, they came over in huge groups, they were loud, they were partying, they were just awesome but I really don't remember any horns.

So either it's because the Latvian fans didn't use them or it was because they were not so many, I don't know.

All I know is that I find the fraking horns so annoying it makes it hard for me to watch the games, it's like sitting next to a wasp's nest for 2 hours.

I'm totally sure the Latvian fans are able to produce an awesome atmosphere and support their team without these things right out of hell.

Honestly? I dont like them either, not that i cant stand them, i just dont see point of them. Horns have been there always, yeah proably they werent so many thats why you didnt hear it before. Lets face it, unless players start to protest, nothing will change and thus far they seemed pretty fine with it.

I said that any moron can blow a horn, what is wrong with that? You dont need any rythmical feeling, strong voice etc. when you blow a horn = anyone can do it.

To coordinate good songs with trums etc is tougher but more rewarding when it works in perfection, the problem of it is that I have only seen it used by the swiss during international play, it is more of a club-thing.

I don't think the latvians are morons because I said that any moron can use a horn, but I hate the sounds of them and I hate it that they are used during the whole game, if there was some logic in them, like during BP, or PP, or during a scoring-chance or when someone scores, okey, but all the time? Personally I like to tune up the TV to hear the crowd but today I had to tune it down because it was annoying. You can tell me that you don't care or whatever but it doesn't make it less annoying for those of us who doesn't enjoy it, why do you defend it then? Think we are going to like the sound better because you say so? With the amount of support you guys have in numbers, you should be able to scream any team out of the building.

They look at the crowd, they all are carmine-white-carmine.
We are talking about sounds.. If they were shouting "Latvia, Latvia" it was support.

We are talking about sounds.. If they were shouting "Latvia, Latvia" it was support.

They are, its just hard to hear it with all the noise. We are shouting about 5 chants and we have 2 songs we sing in a hockey game.

They are, its just hard to hear it with all the noise. We are shouting about 5 chants and we have 2 songs we sing in a hockey game.

So stop using the horns all the time so we can hear the songs and chants.

Please lock this stupid thread.

Please lock this stupid thread.

Please lock those stupid horns! :D

So stop using the horns all the time so we can hear the songs and chants.

Agree but at least they don't use rumble sticks

Don't tell this to us, we are not leaders, nor players. we can't change anything. remember, many of fans are kids, because Latvia is the host, so anyone can basically go to the games. The crowd is insane, like fanatics. If they see latvian team entering, they simply become berserk.

Latvian fans are great, we had lots of them here in Karlstad, Sweden when we hosted the WC a couple of years ago. Fun, passionate people. Just stay of the horns, please.

Latvian fans are great, we had lots of them here in Karlstad, Sweden when we hosted the WC a couple of years ago. Fun, passionate people. Just stay of the horns, please.

I agree. I've always loved Latvian sportsfans because of their good-spirited, passionate cheering. But those horns are just too much.

I think constant use of horns is a bit strange, but it is great that there are such hardcore fans. It's much much better than having a silent crowd!

I think you can call them - The Swarm. It doesn't seem like they are gonna stop it. :cry: :)

gets to the point where i can't even watch the game. I duno in the canada-usa game it seems mostly to be just one idiot.. honking the whole damn game.. I'm sure he's not even watching the game at all.

gets to the point where i can't even watch the game. I duno in the canada-usa game it seems mostly to be just one idiot.. honking the whole damn game.. I'm sure he's not even watching the game at all.

Ah, Crosby have been great, get of the kids back will you. ;)

gets to the point where i can't even watch the game. I duno in the canada-usa game it seems mostly to be just one idiot.. honking the whole damn game.. I'm sure he's not even watching the game at all.

latvians were standing with Canadian flag accesories, but you are saying stuff like that :shakehead :)

Hmm thought this yhread will be locked by now... :dunno:

The latvians on this board is really defensive about the horns.

The latvians on this board is really defensive about the horns.

I was in game LAT-SLO today. I dont have that horn and as i said they are pointless. Noise there was beyond normal, impossible to speak to the person next to you, but it fitted teh atmosphere. And it wasnt like they blow them all the time (except some kids, who i doubt even know who they cheer for). The noise is unbearable when opponents are on the attack, when Latvia was on attack, i hardly heard any horn. On TV it realy seems that they blow horns from the start till the end, its not like that. I was clapping and singing all the time and at the moment only way for me to communicate is write as ihve lost my voice :help: But if it were up to me, id ban those horns too, there are better ways to cheer for team and god knows latvians do know how to.

there are better ways to cheer for team and god knows latvians do know how to.

Latvians sure know how to cheer their own. Few years ago I was watching ice car race and there was this one latvian guy driving there. He was probably the slowest guy on track but I was completely blown away about his fans. There was this group of ~20-30 fans who were cheering their butts of and having so much fun. I just couldn't help but join them and cheer that latvian driver too. And so did many other spectators too. I would like to see more of that and less horns.

i wondered if it was something wrong with the sound on my computer....i was watching through that russian link the other night and finally couldn't stand it anymore...

The thing about the horns is that it just doesn't stop. I don't mind the noise when a goal is scored or something happens but it sounds like 20,000 whales mating for 2 hours. :biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:

Hmm thought this yhread will be locked by now... :dunno:

Why should it. I don't see people insulting each other. Actually a lot of people are saying nice things about Latvians here.

It's jsut that those horns are not just annoying they seriously are bringing me to the point that I don't want to watch anymore.

Why should it. I don't see people insulting each other. Actually a lot of people are saying nice things about Latvians here.

It's jsut that those horns are not just annoying they seriously are bringing me to the point that I don't want to watch anymore.

agreed....i have nothing against latvians! but those horns...man...maybe it's different if you're THERE :D

gets to the point where i can't even watch the game. I duno in the canada-usa game it seems mostly to be just one idiot.. honking the whole damn game.. I'm sure he's not even watching the game at all.

Latest news; According to latvian press, this morron was an illegal russian, who like every russian living on latvian territory robs old people for a living. ;)


Yey, it's like the IIHF boards on Hfboards :hyper: premium moronity live!

Uh....why can't you guys just hit the mute button or turn the volume all the way down? :dunno:

Uh....why can't you guys just hit the mute button or turn the volume all the way down? :dunno:

................ Have you ever watched sports without any sounds? It is empty, I cant imagine myself cheering or feeling excited about a game when it is totally silent.

Latvian hockey fans are awesome. Their national team is weak, and yet they turn up in masses in every WC no matter if the games are held in Switzerland, Norway or any other european country. The whole crowd is dressed in red and white, standing up, looking happy and cheering with all that enthusiasm. It's entertaining. Therefor I don't get upset by the horns.

Go Latvia! :handclap: