The Ground isn't empty, it is just that a lot of people are in the concourse area, watching the screens, quaffing refreshments, putting on bets and using the facilities, the seats tend to be filled in the ten minutes before and annoyingly after the kick off. The atmosphere is also affected by the poor acoustics in St. Marys. I listen to Radio Solent during the matches and am in the Kingsland, where the noise coming from the Northam doesn't really impact, I can hear it on the commentory, so I know it is happening, whether it really impacts on the players I don't know, but certainly after the second Fulham goal and the mini exodus, the noise level did rise throughout the last part of the game and really peaked when we got the equaliser. We are not the loudest in the game, but can do it given the right circumstances.
