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We've no-one but ourselves to blame if the atmosphere is shite.
Disagree, the stadium acoustics are so bad that even if Leeds bought 50k away fans I could still hear my fart over them.
We've no-one but ourselves to blame if the atmosphere is shite.
The East Stand pricing is:
Adult £20 or £18 with membership
Over 65 £14 (£13 with membership)
Student/Young person £13 (£12)
So adult (with membership), Over 65 & student is cheaper in the East Stand than the "Town End". So credit to Oxford where it is due!
I guess U11s are £1 in our family stand. If you want an atmosphere in the East Stand you don't want it full of 5 year olds at £1.
Its the kids you need to get "hooked" early on so we need to improve the under 18/under 11 offer in my humble.
Most of us old folk got the bug by getting onto the LRT and experiencing the atmosphere, not by being stuck in a family stand with parents.
Mind you that was in the days of terracing and where people could group with their friends, family etc without "memberships" and allocated seats.
Disagree, the stadium acoustics are so bad that even if Leeds bought 50k away fans I could still hear my fart over them.
The acoustics aren't great by any means, but they don't really have that much to do with the atmosphere if we're honest.
with low roofed stands ( not the pointless upwardly sloping ones like those at the breeze block) please!That great gaping hole at one end says otherwise. Put it this way if you put a few speakers in the middle of the pitch in our stadium against a stadium like Rotherhams who would get the higher decibal reading in all 4 sides? Of course it will be the stadium that is compact, continuous all the way round that will get the higher reading. There is a reason why our away support sounds louder then our home support and the stadium (if you can call it that) is the reason. Get the new ground built and let's see.
Disagree, the stadium acoustics are so bad that even if Leeds bought 50k away fans I could still hear my fart over them.
That great gaping hole at one end says otherwise. Put it this way if you put a few speakers in the middle of the pitch in our stadium against a stadium like Rotherhams who would get the higher decibal reading in all 4 sides? Of course it will be the stadium that is compact, continuous all the way round that will get the higher reading. There is a reason why our away support sounds louder then our home support and the stadium (if you can call it that) is the reason. Get the new ground built and let's see.
I pray we are out of there in 2026. Do you agree?The limitations of the stadium are well documented and nothing will change the facts that we play in a cold, soulless, 3 sided stadium. Nothing will compare to those nights under the lights at the Manor when we could take on the world.
But whilst few and far between, the Kassam has had its fair share of magical moments. The Swindon game with Beano being sent off? Some of the early Friday night games in the conference? Swansea, Newcastle and the Wycombe promotion game under Appleton? Matty Taylor scoring against Man City? Holland and the last minute volley against Newcastle? All of which were incredible moments that brought everyone together and will live long in our memories.
As @m says, we are responsible for the atmosphere and it might not be brilliant every game but its not so bad that I'd avoid the place.
Of course I agree. But we've got an important 4 years or so before then and can't simply write them off because the stadium is crap. We've got plenty of big games this season to get the atmosphere going and drive the team on.I pray we are out of there in 2026. Do you agree?
Basically you either enjoy it or you don’t, I do but I’m not sure I’d travel hundreds of miles to every home game for it.Of course I agree. But we've got an important 4 years or so before then and can't simply write them off because the stadium is crap. We've got plenty of big games this season to get the atmosphere going and drive the team on.
Basically you either enjoy it or you don’t, I do but I’m not sure I’d travel hundreds of miles to every home game for it.
Maslow says that kid for a quid isn’t as economic as inviting a class of school football players.