Quote: SaintsFan "Funny how you quote me but then add two words that were entirely absent from the quote you posted. Making stuff up won't actually make it true you know.
I said it was a disgrace, which it was. The concourses are supposed to be inside the stadium, which is why they have walls and doors. However, the great big yawning gap between the wall and the roof allows the elements to come in. In the NW corner the concourse was sopping wet all the way to the bar and the bar staff could feel the rain on their faces. That is a disgrace. The staff at Knowsley Road were better protected (at least the huts had a roof AND walls) and I was always dry under the Pop Side roof. But that could be because there were also walls which went from the floor to the roof.
I would be more than happy to ask McManus about the cladding but I wouldn't do it in front of a room full of people. Unlike some, I do have manners.'"
Much as eveyone seems to like having a go at you at every opportunity; I have to agree with you on this one SF.
I'm in the north stand and it was very wet and cold. We were sort of "promised" a half way house sort of solution, i.e. to put cladding in the nw and ne corners, but just needed planning consent apparently. This was just into the start of the season and its all gone very quiet and I'm just wondering whether its one which are putting off due to a lack of cash but don't think this is valid after the favourablr re-financing and higher crowds than budgeted for.
I'd have thought a more urgent and cheaper problem to fix is the councourse cladding rather than the gap at the back of the stands?
If we could just finish these important final bits off, we would surely have the best SL stadium; until these problems are fixed I can't honestly say that.
