I have tried to like the new place but it is not a great match day experience. The parking is naff, there is no atmosphere. The worst aspect for me is the kiosk, yes one kiosk open against Bradford. I took three newbies for that game. One of the guys went to get the beers at 15mins to kick off. He turned up after 15 minutes gone. it is a joke, I can't imagine they will come again. The Sale fans will be shocked to find there isn't a proper bar.

Give me the Willows any day of the week. I could park, go to a pub and have a 5min walk to the ground. I could use decent toilet facilities in the club house. The atmosphere was great at times. With hindsight we should have stayed at the Willows and developed the site.

I totaly agree.Can someone please explain to me again why the Willows couldnt be developed?? Surely we could have done up the North stand , left the clubhouse there, and then developed the other 2 stands.

I suppose redeveloping the Willows would have a lot of plus points compared paying rent in a new stadium, but if we ever want to be successful under the current ownership, we need to be attracting new fans. The Willows was never going to attract many new fans, wheras a shiny new stadium would (in theory), and also be more attractive to any potential investors or buyers in the future. The lack of atmosphere is a common trait of modern stadia sadly - but a few more finishing touches would help greatly, and it wouldn't even be that expensive. Plus the addition of a fan bar maybe.

Would the club or SMC ever consider letting the fans decorate the concourses, if anybody was willing to donate maybe an old signed shirt or something, have them in frames on the walls etc. And if the Sale fans aren't too pleased, they could do theirs in the North stand and have that as their home end.

Build it and they will come! Where are the people on here now who swallowed that BS.

I'm not sure anyone bought that to be honest.

We are not short of things to moan about but IMO the one thing we have to be positive about is the ground (even though it's not finished). All we need now is a competitive team and strong off-field administration. Feel free to moan about that.

Oh they did and there were plenty of them commenting about it on this very forum!



Why?

Because IMO it's a good ground. It needs finishing for sure but it has all the makings of a good base for us.

In what capacity?