Honestly, why are you even taking him up??


The ground is superb, and any of the remaining little issues will no doubt be rectified as the season progresses.

Whilst I agree there were some people who didn't want to admit to there being issues, I think that for many it was more a case that a number of fans seemed more keen to point out the negatives rather than highlight the positives.

Additionally once one or two people had commented on what went wrong, dozens more people posting on here, on Redvee, on the official site and on the social network platforms about what had by then become very obvious concerns to fans and the club, becomes monotonous and appears more like people just looking for an excuse for a good old whinge.

What got me particularly is that whilst it's great for people to come here and discuss things, you can guarantee that the majority of those people would have made no effort to contact the club directly to offer their constructive criticisms.

I'm of the opinion that the club would've been only too aware of things like; the puddles on the concourse, the potential for there to be problems with the turnstyles, and issues with the PA system, themselves before the events, and things like; the over-crowding of the west terrace, and the bar service issues during or immediately after the friendly, but then that was the main reason for holding the two ramp-up events in the first place.

It felt alot like being at a final to me, its going to take time for it to feel like home, the overall stadium is so immense, its just not your usual box type staium and that makes it feel so special. When it finally warms up a bit those concourses will be a great place to be.

Our route got us inside the ring of signs before we could see them. Which means you can walk all night inside the perimeter and never see them. And even 20/20 vision is useless if the stewards themselves don't seem to understand the seating plan. We were directed twice to the wrong turnstile. Worse still the guy scanning the tickets didn't pick up the fact that our cards didn't match the correct entrance. This is in itself a major flaw as safety inside the stadium is entirely dependent on people being admitted ONLY to the correct block. With no adequate checks you could, in theory, see large numbers of people entering into areas which are already full. Which was precisely the problem at Hillsborough.

I just wonder how many people didn't swap their West stand tickets for the East as the club requested.

What did you do parachute in? there are signs on McManus drive , at the top of the steps off PX lane and entering viua Tescos , and as was said they were on each turnstile as well , agreed the ticket issue should have been spotted but it is still early days