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Absolutely! It's an area we HAVE TO improve in if we want to be a serious footy club. I agree with [USER=208759]lommy[/USER] that it's improved in recent times, but we've still got a fair way to go. I know I'm making noise at games and I trust that others on this board are as well but we need thousands of suppporters all yelling at the top of their lungs in unison to really turn our home ground into a fortress. This is an area Dimma identified as letting us down when he first took over and that's why he made it clear that he wanted to see bigger crowds and at least 70% of the attendees wearing red and gold. It won't happen overnight, but when it does we'll all be able to recognise a noticeable difference.

Winning creates pride and that leads to passion. We've kind of been stuck in a cycle of supporter mediocrity because you need passion supporters to increase your chances of winning, but you also need to win in order to create passionate supporters. It all starts with the bandwagoners that jump on when you're winning (they aren't initially as loud/don't understand footy culture yet) and then, if you keep winning, the bandwagoners eventually become rusted on passionate supporters who make lots of noise at games. So we essentially need to win now while we don't have a lot of vocal support at home games to start the process of creating more.

I remember that Melbourne game. It felt like the one true time we were up against a Victorian heavyweight team (the Dees were defending premiers at the time) and the noise from our supporters appeared to be turning the tide to the point that we almost pulled off a remarkable win. I crave that kind of atmosphere every time I go to Carrara because I know how much of a difference it can make. Even Dimma talked about the noise our supporters made after Noah's goal against Richmond and how it really stuck in his head.

If you can make your home ground a hostile enviornment for the opposition then they will make mistakes. We know that.