davethegull wrote:This might not be.....erm....popular, but if we're going to think the unthinkable maybe this could work.
Why not give the Pop side to visitors? Or maybe half of it upto the entrance stair well in the middle. This would provide a natural segregation point and would also give their fans the crap acoustics. A turnstyle by the police box would be needed. We have given up part of the Pop before and it worked quite well. Those fans who didn't want to migrate can stay and those that do can go behind the goal or into the new grandstand along with the usual users. I'm not sure how many half the pop could hold but surely enough for most away support. For larger numbers then part of the new grandstand could be made available.
Just a thought for discussion.
First of all, welcome back to the site Dave, it's been a long time since I saw you posting on here, hope to see regular contributions from yourself.
Back on-thread, I've long thought that would be a good idea, also for the reasons you mentioned, I remain convinced that we could end up with a regular noisy atmosphere if given that end, you never know, it might just entice more casual fans to come more often if the atmosphere did improve.
I'm all for it, mainly due to the reasons mentioned by SG + co.
Would help the home fans to be heard more, when I go in the family stand (very occasionally) - I can barely hear the pop side songs, although theres a decent amount of people singing, it often just sounds dead and flat. There's no doubt that the acoustics are not very good in the popside. Get us in the away end where we can be heard, or improve the acoustics of the popside. No idea how though.
I think thats a brilliant idea. The chanting just doesnt really cut it coming from the side and I gotta feeling that if its coming from the away end toward the family stand, they might try returning the chants sometimes. that really would send out a great atmosphere.
