Never mind two stands, two sides of one block can't keep in sync with each other most of the time. Yesterday I was in the corner of lower Annie and trying to bring songs over that I could hear on the Kop. You're about 100m away there which probably contributes. Then you have to try to match the pace exactly and if one or two people around you that join in ramp it up a little (and I'm guilty of this too sometimes- not intentionally though), that's all you can hear and you match that pace. You probably have this process happening in 5 different areas of the stand now, so once the whole stand sings in unison, it can be very out of sync and you often have to stop and readjust the pace and where in the song you are. I'm usually back of 305 and it's bad enough there, despite how most of the time we're just continuing chants that have started in that block. Think it's a sign of a good atmosphere though if you can't sing in time, as the more people singing the more difficult it becomes.
As we discussed earlier here, with YNWA, geroge just has to play it all the way through and loud, so all the stands can keep the tempo.
Yesterday was another YNWA that was all over the place (like for the last seasons), people have no idea which tempo to sing after the first verse when they fade away the sound. Just keep it going and let the crowd try to sing it louder over the tune.
Otherwise with FOAR and other chants I think it has to do with two things.
1. Tempo of the songs, we need to slow down. Thats how all the kop can join a song and also the other stands
2. New Main Stand. The sound doesnt travel as well from The Kop any longer. The Old Main Stand was super compact, 14k supporters with a low roof and tightly connected to The Kop. No it basically lives its own life in the different tiers.
I think we should really get FOAR going for the rest of the season, just keeping singing it until everyone finds the tempo. After YNWA and after the goals like we used to when everyone is on their feet, usually our loudest and most intimidating chant.