Did the chopper bother anyone else?

stkildasaintsdotcom · Mon 08 Sep 2008 9:48am

Sunday afternoon at the G 7/9/08

I did not notice the helicopter for the first quarter
For the other 3 quarters it was really annoying
A constant loud noise
It was probably the channel 7 chopper
Was it the prevailing wind that made it loud for me?
Or was it the seat I was in?
Did it annoy anyone else at the game, besides the guy sitting behind me who kept screaming to the sky, "Firk off"

saintspremiers · Mon 08 Sep 2008 9:51am

what really pissed me off was the crap music that was turned up fairly load over the ground PA.

Why can't we have some silence in between quarters/pre match?

Makes it hard to make phone calls/hear the radio etc.

I can tolerate ads, as it makes money.

The choppers weren't noticeable from where I sat (Level 2).

saintbrat · Post: # 638536Post **saintbrat** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 9:55am

my niece was annoyed by the chopper-
I haven't watched the replay But was it providing the overhead vision?

St. Luke · Post: # 638641Post **St. Luke** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 11:11am

Yep, I was cheesed off to the max with it also. I tried to make a bit of a joke on SEN at the end of the game about it, but I don't think they let me get to the punchline

*something about me being a peanut* hehehe

saintsRrising · Mon 08 Sep 2008 11:14am

Yes was very annoying.

My daughter in particular hated it.

saintDal · Post: # 638657Post **saintDal** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 11:20am

They must've been using it to show overhead vision at centre bounces. I was wondering how they were doing it.

Didn't really add that much to to telecast.

saint66au · Post: # 638658Post **saint66au** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 11:21am

Only noticed it once..far more things to be cheesed off about that game than a helicopter

El Wood · Post: # 638672Post **El Wood** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 11:28am

Was on the train to the ground with Chopper, well Eric Bana in a St.Kilda scarf. Didn't bother me at all.

RedWhiteBlack · Mon 08 Sep 2008 11:28am

I remember Channel 7 (rightly) copped a serve for allowing the chopper to hover pre-match on ANZAC Day in 06'. The moving ceremony and minute of silence were completely ruined. Such poor form!

markp · Post: # 638677Post **markp** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 11:29am

Let's hope the Joffa doesn't bother us next week.

matrix · Post: # 638678Post **matrix** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 11:30am

chopper?

friggin hell i thought i only drank 6 crownies

spiral2 · Post: # 638721Post **spiral2** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 12:18pm

didn't hear the chopper til I left the ground (was sitting lvl 4, members wing)
found the seagulls more annoying, heaps of the things buzzing around under the stands after half time

TimeToShineFellas · Mon 08 Sep 2008 12:43pm

Shame it wasn't a gunship!

Superboot · Post: # 638744Post **Superboot** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 12:43pm

In M9 the chopper weas very intrusive.

The worse we played the louder it got.

Spelly · Post: # 638756Post **Spelly** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 12:51pm

I was in M9 too ... toss up which was worse ... chopper, Geelong supporter sitting in Row V over the aisle or the kid in front of him!

Cairnsman · Post: # 638763Post **Cairnsman** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 12:59pm

you can always tell your footy team is having a bad day when the sound of a helicopter noise annoys you.

Bernard Shakey · Mon 08 Sep 2008 2:25pm

Chopper was very annoying.

Surely it is against aviation regulations to hover a chopper over 60,000 people.

One came down in Queensland last week and nearly took out some boats.

Imagine if it ran out of fuel. It was up there for three hours.

Geezer · Post: # 638895Post **Geezer** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 2:37pm

in a word...yes...

but have lived on the gold coast and had to deal with 3 blackhawk helicopters hovering over the indy race all weekend.... and mere meters from high rise buildings

what ever happened to anti terrorism laws and no fly zones over special events....
if it's good enough for beijing then its sure good enough for qualifying finals at the G.

as long as we win though i dont care what hovers overhead.....

evertonfc · Post: # 638899Post **evertonfc** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 2:40pm

Felt like it was hovering over my head for three quarters...bloody annoying.

Richter · Post: # 638902Post **Richter** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 2:43pm

Yes very annoying. We scored 3 goals 8 behinds in the final quarter. I reckong that the players were put off by it - we should have kicked 11 straight. Add in the 3 umpire gifted goals to the Cats and that accounts for the 58 point difference betwenn the teams.

Moccha · Post: # 638994Post **Moccha** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 3:34pm

Is that why we lost

jk23 · Post: # 639072Post **jk23** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 4:34pm

Yes I did notice it and at the start of and during the game we joked that any minute now the G train will be hauled down to save the day

Owen · Post: # 639123Post **Owen** » Mon 08 Sep 2008 5:19pm

Yeah M57 it was annoying for much of the game ...

Saints by 100 · Mon 08 Sep 2008 5:28pm

hey i agree whole heartedly
That low level bass noise all afternoon drove me crazy.
unfortunately it didnt get quite low enough to decapitate cameron mooney or cartch scartlets hair in the prop.
Still if u can handle seeing cameron lings face on a big screen, u can handle anytthing.

tweedaletomanning · Mon 08 Sep 2008 7:05pm

extremely annoying... Next time i'm bringing my RPG