Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue
Well-Known Member
I don’t think there was a flood of people on SBT comparing the Old Telegraph Stand to the Dortmund wall... maybe a few optimistic teenagers on twitter that wrote to Dave Boddy, but that’s about it.
Being realistic, until we get regular home crowds of 18,000-20,000, the atmosphere is going to be hit and miss at the CBS. The only other way we could improve the atmosphere, that I can think of, would to be to move away fans into Block 16-12 and have home fans in the South stand.
There always seems to be lots of excuses as to why this can’t be done but if similar stadiums like at Leicester, Middlesbrough, Derby and Cardiff can do this, why can’t we at the CBS? Middlesbrough and Derby have both moved the away fans since their stadiums opened so it is possible.
From memory, (which might not be perfect) even with all stands open at the Ricoh from 2005-2011, the noise from the Telegraph Stand never travelled around the stadium and was inaudible to Away Fans and the old scoreboard corner.
A hardcore used to try and get an atmosphere going in the Telegraph in the first season or two at the Ricoh but ended up moving over to the scoreboard corner. Since then the telegraph only managed a couple of ‘Sky Blue Armys’ and 1/2 a PUSB each game and I expect that will be the same around this time. Not being negative just have to be realistic on atmosphere in a stadium that’s too big for us and separates the away fans from any home support. I think moving the away fans is our best option short term to generate an atmosphere but it doesn’t seem likely to ever happen.
. I have mentioned before, it's my own naivety but I can't get my head around it not being nearly sold out. No one has been to football (or been able to do near enough anything entertainment-wise) for 18 months. We've known it's Sunday 4.30 for a while. While some people obviously couldn't make that at the time, I am not anticipating it is *that* many. £30 talk? Not for me. Wembley cost far more than that, with the day out etc. I just don't get why there isn't a massive buzz about it. I can't wait. Anything short of 20k is baffling for me. I am sure that will incur the wrath of some posters but they will be the same ones moaning about not having enough budget blah blah blah. If we can't get 20k for the first game back in our home city, after 18 months of no football, in the division above, then frankly the City doesn't deserve a team with a competitive budget in the Championship.
