You are ridiculous.

I'm sure a good majority of people on this board will attend come rain or shine, cladding or not. However they are the same people who turned up at Knowsley road taking their health in their own hands every time the ball was kicked into the asbestos roofing.

What people are really concerned are about those extra fans the stadium has attracted and whether we can keep them or build on them. If no one says anything about cladding then it would be a fair call for the board to assume it is not an issue and therefore not a priority for next years spending.

If they plan to still install cladding, but there is no cash, simple, they could just say we have spent what we can this year in terms of the stadium. x-millions and although cladding is on a list of to do jobs, it will be next year or the year after before enough revenue has been made by the stadium to pay for this. We the board are letting our wallets have a well deserved breather after 10 continual years of losses. It's now time for the ground to pay back some of those loans and shareholdings and when that has been done we can start to look at the final cladding.

I'd be more than happy with that as an answer from the club, if people are not happy with that, then maybe we can have a fan whip around 'Bradford styleee' and see if we can stump up the cash.

It's the lack of an answer which frustrates as peoples expectations are raised with promises of cladding pre good friday, that then seam to be left hanging, if the club said we think cladding would make no difference to the wind or the puddles then fair enough at least it's an answer.

In true typical saints style they was just praying this problem will go away.

As I've posted in this thread, the is a chance of permanent damage to the floor slab and also it's a health & saftey issue.

I shall bow to your greater building expertise on this. I can only go from what was mentioned in the press and then nothing there after. But if you know your stuff (which you tend to do) then it could be a big insurance job at best, or a big bill at worst.

I'd be very surprised if a insurance company would pay up as its built as its saints fault that the rain is getting in and it's not as if they don't know about the problem.

A Air-entrained concrete mix should be use for concrete slabs that are exposed to water and cold conditions.

Totally agree, blown out of all proportion. Some people have a hobby of whinging that is the real issue.

Can,t beleive all this moaning about our great "wetted" stadium. We all know its only a temporary problem, its not going to rain every friday game, if it rains dress up for the occaison. I think the new stadium has made some fans and players soft, its not as if the water is going to turn into ice or the concourses have a 1 in 4 slope, toughen up.
I should imagine installing cladding is not a quick job, we could end up attending games with scaffolding hanging about, which might be worse with regards to health and safety issues.
We,ve only got about 5 or 6 home games left, just hang on in there you unhappy ones.

Tell that to the bar staff, especially on the days when their hands were red with cold and they were shivering.

boo hoo. they have a job, plenty of people have to work when its cold

However, if they were employed as indoor bar staff they would be within their legal rights to walk out if the temperature fell to a certain level.

Oh, and outdoor workers are generally allowed to dress for the occasion. The bar staff at LP are not.

I agree with saintsfan on this, it needs sorting and to be honest should have been sorted by now.

Not only is it accident waiting to happen but it's putting future non saints games at risk of not being played at Langtree park which isn't cost effective for the club.

If its raining for the exiles game and the fans are getting set and walking thru puddles then I'd guess some will complain, if they complain to the RFL and it's proven then the RFL are not going to hold events there again.

Personally im fine in the south stand and took the decision to go in the south stand from someone at the club and he also told me to sit near the back to avoid getting wet.

If left open I can't imagine what the interior of the stadium will look like after a few years of rain and snow.

I am that soldier.

I didn't go to KR for the very reason that not only was it a dump but and a wet, cold and insanitary dump. (Aye but it was our dump.......).

As you say, if they have run out of money, then I can accept it if they need to put it off for a while but if they have no intention of doing anything, I'll continue to miss the odd game like Friday when the weather is poor.