All seater stadiums don't cause a lack of atmosphere elsewhere. The trouble is too many wish to sit in silence. And we have a higher percentage of those than most. No problem with atmosphere in this all seater. No roof either. Hilarious to look at this and think that the SAG think the West Upper is so steep and high that standing up there would be a threat to life and limb.
I would want standing and sitting areas so your post is meaningless. Where did I call for a return to those awful scenes so traumatic to Tom? I merely said to BMB that the match day experience at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for a game between two countries not connected to the country in which the game was being played won't be the same as BP in the 1940s When BMW was enjoying games there. Are you saying I was incorrect?
I didn't say it was. Though we seem to have a higher percentage wishing to resolutely remain seated than most. Especially noticeable when you look at away games on TV.
Agree. His lack of pace was exposed more than in his earlier games and his passing looked a bit half-hearted, especially first half. Two weeks off might do him good.
Its you who harked back to the 1940's when the thread drifted into atmosphere at grounds. I am too young to recall BP in the 40's. I stand in the KCOM you daft old sod. But I have an allocated seat, I stand in front of it and that gives me a choice. The old system, never did.
It's just unlikely but in fact my old golf partner was a Brandesburton Claret if you want, the point is he wasn't born in East Yorkshire. Hull Reds & Whites are Hull folk who have taken the easy option to self-esteem
Yes, they did. And they have done so elsewhere. Maybe you didn't see them as you had other priorities at the time.
There's nobody on this board, or any other board, who objects to vocal support of their football team, it's a really daft assertion.
I just said to BMB that the match day experience would be different to the ones he enjoyed so much in the 1940s. He must have had a sterner constitution than yourself who gets in a state about something he never experienced, you daft young sod.
There are those who defend sitting in silence as it is their right to be entertained before they deign to offer vocal support. Going back to out second promotion a group of people who sat at the front of the East Stand, just past the halfway line, the stand described as where our most vibrant, fanatical fans went, who led the conga at the end of the last game, received a letter telling them their seasons tickets wouldn'-the be renewed for those seats as there had been complaints from seats around them that they were too boisterous. They could apply for new seats but not all together. Their ages ranged from a lad still at school to some in their forties/early fifties.. The older ones used to travel away in the Dolan days, one of the older ones went back in the days of going on the Psychos buses.although being from the East Riding not Hull, when so many had deserted City and some posters conveniently had other priorities during those bad times. This was under Pearson's watch BTW. Saw the young lad recently. He still goes. Only one packed it in. The young lad's dad had a serious illness the season after, in fact it is amazing he is still with us, and is virtually housebound and never got to see the play off final or City in the PL. The gentrification and dilution of support didn't just start with the Allams.
I believe that referees and linesmen know that the media, journalists and top 4 managers scrutinise important decisions awarded against them to a far greater degree than they do with decisions against the likes of us, Stoke, WBA etc There is an inbuilt and subconscious survival mechanism that kicks in with these officials. They expose their decision- making to microscopic scrutiny if they give decisions against the Top 4, their media supporters (Wrighty, Keown, Piers Morgan etc etc), so they take the safe option and go with the flow. It takes an exceptionally brave, strong-minded and unambitious official to send off Gibbs yesterday. Likewise many in the media chose to turn a blind eye about that incident, or if they did mention it, they downplay its importance in the outcome of the game because it suits the script, and the script is all about Arsenal and this week's episode is "Will Arsene retire soon?" We don't want any northern upstart team ruining the plot and distracting from the main event. Slightly fortuitous Arsenal win, move along please nothing to see.
The atmosphere during home games at the moment is building match by match, it's reminscient of that 2008 run. Long may it continue.
Let's hope it does. I notice a lot of fans who went yesterday hacpve commented on how many were sat down. Did they all get it wrong?
Nice story, but sod all to do with your daft claim that there are 'people on here decrying the calls for loud vocal support which apparently spoils their quiet contemplation of the game'.
I think the problem with Tom is he's getting caught out when having to rush - because of the new found pace in the side, everyone is playing the ball ahead of the person they're passing to - when people are passing ahead of Tom, because of his lack of pace, it means he's ending up in a lot of 50-50s and losing out on possession. I still think the new system suits his passing game though - we just need to start passing to his feet instead.
