Quote: Adrahil "I can't understand where the extra 2000 places are. I went online to buy mine 3 weeks ago and wanted one for myself and my wife but there were only about a couple of dozen scattered about in the alloacted seating sections meaning we wouldn't be sat together so I had to go for the unalocated sections which is not what I really wanted.'"
Essentially they've moved the Salford fans into seats instead of the East (away) terrace and have kept that stand for non season tickets holding Saints fans who want to stand, the West (home) terrace being limited to season ticket holders for this game. They will presumably do the same when we play other teams with a low number of travelling fans i.e. london, catalan.
As for the segregation, as I have mentioned before on other threads, I think once the novelty of the new ground and the subsequent desire of fans to see it from all perspectives, wears off, there won't be a problem with stand swapping. If they stuck a couple of stewards at each vomitary on the concourse side either to check tickets or as a simple visual deterrant they won't need barriers imo.