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Post by therovers on Feb 15, 2016 20:55:53 GMT
I don't want Rovers home games to look like Elland Road tonight... So much empty space... If we're honest, UWE would be like that a lot  We make great noise from the Blackthorn when we want to. So what if other clubs think we have a sh!t ground!? We should enjoy & appreciate the mem for what it is. So the sh!t have got the ''new'' Trashton... Just means they've got a bigger, nicer looking library now! If the appeal comes to nothing, which it probably will, then we shouldn't be too down! UTG! |
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Post by midlandgas213 on Feb 15, 2016 21:08:28 GMT
Yes I agree to me the atmosphere at twerton was great as well I would much rather have a smaller stadium full rather than a bigger one half empty
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Post by paulpirate on Feb 15, 2016 21:09:14 GMT
Have you ever sat in the south stand,if you have you will know the blackthorn end isn't that loud it just sounds loud when your amongst it
A new ground would attract more fans,better players and investors and take the club forward
If Bournemouth can do it in their ground though with a bit of money can't see why we can't too,to get 22k every home game I think we would have to be in the premiership
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Post by gregsy on Feb 15, 2016 21:14:07 GMT
hmmmmm.....
the twerton rose tinted specs.... yes, I wear them too....
the reality is we will never have a ground where 3/4 of the fans are stood up in a shed to the side of the pitch again....
enjoy the memories....
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Post by bristolbluegas on Feb 15, 2016 21:31:01 GMT
Not this again. Like it or not Football is a business these days, without a decent stadium the club cannot progress. It's much more than the 90 minutes on the pitch every week.
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Post by gaseous on Feb 15, 2016 22:01:05 GMT
Have you ever sat in the south stand,if you have you will know the blackthorn end isn't that loud it just sounds loud when your amongst it A new ground would attract more fans,better players and investors and take the club forward If Bournemouth can do it in their ground though with a bit of money can't see why we can't too,to get 22k every home game I think we would have to be in the premiership Plymouth was the loudest I have heard it for a while, it seemed like the whole ground was singing, for a change. |
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Post by nolongernonleaguegas on Feb 15, 2016 22:03:23 GMT
Even when the Mem is rocking it still sounds average from the away end except a few ' goodnight irenes' the ground is to open and always will be
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Post by dinsdale on Feb 15, 2016 22:10:15 GMT
I don't want Rovers home games to look like Elland Road tonight... So much empty space... If we're honest, UWE would be like that a lot We make great noise from the Blackthorn when we want to. So what if other clubs think we have a sh!t ground!? We should enjoy & appreciate the mem for what it is. So the sh!t have got the ''new'' Trashton... Just means they've got a bigger, nicer looking library now! If the appeal comes to nothing, which it probably will, then we shouldn't be too down! UTG! We have to sell the mem we are £8-9m in debt |
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Post by Henbury Gas on Feb 16, 2016 6:25:09 GMT
Yes I agree to me the atmosphere at twerton was great as well I would much rather have a smaller stadium full rather than a bigger one half empty Twerton & The mem are the main cause of why this club is in the state it's in at the moment Both are complete sh*t tips and don't attract any new supporters only the old farts like me & you put up with crap facilities. Modern day family want something better than a dripping roof over their heads these days |
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Post by Severncider on Feb 16, 2016 8:05:25 GMT
Yes I agree to me the atmosphere at twerton was great as well I would much rather have a smaller stadium full rather than a bigger one half empty Twerton & The mem are the main cause of why this club is in the state it's in at the memoment Both are complete sh*t tips and don't attract any new supporters only the old farts like me & you put up with crap facilities. Modern day family want something better than a dripping roof over their heads these days Is it possible to buy a pasty or pie at The Mem during the game, under cover.
I think all the outlets are in the open and you get wet when it is raining. At all new stadiums I have been too, these facilities are within the covered are.
That's just one reason for new stadium. Why would someone visiting The Mem for the first time even begin to think that is acceptable.
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Post by paulpirate on Feb 16, 2016 8:10:55 GMT
Yes I think it is appalling,why should one queue up and get ones hair wet and secondly have a soggy pasty
Sack the board:(
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Post by therovers on Feb 16, 2016 8:51:08 GMT
Have you ever sat in the south stand,if you have you will know the blackthorn end isn't that loud it just sounds loud when your amongst it A new ground would attract more fans,better players and investors and take the club forward If Bournemouth can do it in their ground though with a bit of money can't see why we can't too,to get 22k every home game I think we would have to be in the premiership well rather than staying sat in the tent knocking the boys who are singing, why not get over to the Blackthorn and help make it louder!? UTG |
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Post by paulpirate on Feb 16, 2016 9:15:12 GMT
Have you ever sat in the south stand,if you have you will know the blackthorn end isn't that loud it just sounds loud when your amongst it A new ground would attract more fans,better players and investors and take the club forward If Bournemouth can do it in their ground though with a bit of money can't see why we can't too,to get 22k every home game I think we would have to be in the premiership well rather than staying sat in the tent knocking the boys who are singing, why not get over to the Blackthorn and help make it louder!? UTG i do stand in the blackthorn end,I used to take my son in south stand when he was young....ok? I can't see what difference it would make if I was in the the south stand anyway,I not fooking Pavarotti so it's not going to raise the decibels massively our kid  |
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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 16, 2016 9:22:15 GMT
The roof at Twerton was great except when it rained. The drainpipes didn't work properly and overflowed onto the crowd below. Near where I stood a small gap appeared in the crowd for the water to land.
Toilets were treated walls with a trough below, I avoided the food and it was an obstacle course just to get from the turnstiles to the Popular Side.
I loved it even in the dark days when few of us turned up but I wouldn't wish to repeat it today. Football is not as it was and expectations are much higher. If we don't change then we will lose yet another generation of so far unaligned fans.
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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 16, 2016 9:24:19 GMT
Have you ever sat in the south stand,if you have you will know the blackthorn end isn't that loud it just sounds loud when your amongst it A new ground would attract more fans,better players and investors and take the club forward If Bournemouth can do it in their ground though with a bit of money can't see why we can't too,to get 22k every home game I think we would have to be in the premiership well rather than staying sat in the tent knocking the boys who are singing, why not get over to the Blackthorn and help make it louder!? UTG Capacity is limited, it won't help the acoustics of the ground just because one more individual can hear better. |
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Post by therovers on Feb 16, 2016 9:43:26 GMT
well rather than staying sat in the tent knocking the boys who are singing, why not get over to the Blackthorn and help make it louder!? UTG Capacity is limited, it won't help the acoustics of the ground just because one more individual can hear better. eh? I'm saying rather than just saying ''the blackthorn isn't that loud from the sound stand'', get in the Blackthorn and sing with everyone else to help get the noise up, so that it does sound louder from the South Stand! I've heard it before over the years when I've stood in other areas of the ground for the odd game ''Cmon Blackthorn End, make more noise, you're supposed to be loud''.... Well how about making some noise yourself mate!! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2016 9:48:33 GMT
I am all for looking for a silver lining on the inevitable cloud that approaches... BUT, our ground is an absolute dump that I for one have no emotional connection with what so ever... To be frank.
It is quarter rugby ground, quarter cricket pavilion. quarter tennis stand and quarter old fashioned football terrace.
The place is a dump that is holding us as a club back.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Feb 16, 2016 9:54:47 GMT
Capacity is limited, it won't help the acoustics of the ground just because one more individual can hear better. eh? I'm saying rather than just saying ''the blackthorn isn't that loud from the sound stand'', get in the Blackthorn and sing with everyone else to help get the noise up, so that it does sound louder from the South Stand! I've heard it before over the years when I've stood in other areas of the ground for the odd game ''Cmon Blackthorn End, make more noise, you're supposed to be loud''.... Well how about making some noise yourself mate!! I think you may have the wrong end of the stick here. It's not the number of fans singing. You can have every fan possible making a noise in the north stand and it will still sound crap in the south stand. It's a question of acoustics, not a slight on the fans. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 16, 2016 9:55:42 GMT
The ground is too open, when I do get chance to go I stand opposite the tunnel and do join in but the noise doesn't carry that far from what I can tell. Maybe others can confirm either way.
Agree about other areas singing up rather than relying on one end.
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Post by paulpirate on Feb 16, 2016 10:02:32 GMT
Capacity is limited, it won't help the acoustics of the ground just because one more individual can hear better. eh? I'm saying rather than just saying ''the blackthorn isn't that loud from the sound stand'', get in the Blackthorn and sing with everyone else to help get the noise up, so that it does sound louder from the South Stand! I've heard it before over the years when I've stood in other areas of the ground for the odd game ''Cmon Blackthorn End, make more noise, you're supposed to be loud''.... Well how about making some noise yourself mate!! can you read? Just said I stand I blackthorn but been in south stand and can hardly hear anything,don't take it to heart mate maybe there was a northerly wind |
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