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View bexleydave's Profile bexleydave Flag Barnehurst 03 Sep 18 9.31am Send a Private Message to bexleydave Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add bexleydave as a friend

Originally posted by AdventureEagle

Everyone can see that the HF moving could be beneficial, but in order to make it happen, a lot of things need to work perfectly (people moving of their own volition, etc). It is a complex negotiation and those take time. The club have recognised that but the HF have not, and appear to have watched too much Suits for their own good. Harvey Spector may have given them more leverage before they walked away from the table. They need to come back and work with the club on a long term solution. This is what everyone wants, and the sooner they come back, the better for all.

No amount of "negotiation" will get round the issue that currently, they can't stand behind the goal because of the knock-on effect on the whole of the stand. Even if the 100 people in the seats they want to move to were agreeable, it simply couldn't happen at this point in time, and that should have been obvious to the club. I do wonder if there's a bit of 'emperor's new clothes' with Palace; if Parish likes it, everyone else says "good idea boss", no matter how impractical it is in practise.

 


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View becky's Profile becky Flag over the moon 03 Sep 18 10.08am Send a Private Message to becky Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add becky as a friend

Originally posted by bexleydave

I'd expect that quite a lot of season ticket holders will want to move when the new stand is completed. That should have been the club's response to the request, not to go through a 'thinking about it' exercise, when it clearly couldn't happen for multiple reasons.

A lot of people keep saying that ST holders will want to move when the new stand is built, but why would they? I remember when the Holmesdale closed for the stand to be built, I moved to the Arthur and hated every minute that I spent there. The joy of getting back to a seat behind the goal (actually more or less where I always stood on the terrace) was indescribable. In this I am not alone - I think a good number of people who sit behind the goal do so because they like the view of the pitch from that angle and won't change it just because there's a new stand.

 


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View Bangell's Profile Bangell Flag Oxford 03 Sep 18 10.09am Send a Private Message to Bangell Add Bangell as a friend

The HF feel they were promised the move by the club. I'd like to hear exactly what the club said - if they did make a promise, then they f***ed up; if they only said they'd look into it, and came back with the unfortunate news that existing ST holders wouldn't move, then the HF have thrown an unwarranted hissy fit.

 

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View SamCPFC17's Profile SamCPFC17 Flag Croydon 03 Sep 18 10.16am Send a Private Message to SamCPFC17 Add SamCPFC17 as a friend

Originally posted by Bangell

The HF feel they were promised the move by the club. I'd like to hear exactly what the club said - if they did make a promise, then they f***ed up; if they only said they'd look into it, and came back with the unfortunate news that existing ST holders wouldn't move, then the HF have thrown an unwarranted hissy fit.

This.

 

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View bexleydave's Profile bexleydave Flag Barnehurst 03 Sep 18 10.34am Send a Private Message to bexleydave Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add bexleydave as a friend

Originally posted by becky

A lot of people keep saying that ST holders will want to move when the new stand is built, but why would they? I remember when the Holmesdale closed for the stand to be built, I moved to the Arthur and hated every minute that I spent there. The joy of getting back to a seat behind the goal (actually more or less where I always stood on the terrace) was indescribable. In this I am not alone - I think a good number of people who sit behind the goal do so because they like the view of the pitch from that angle and won't change it just because there's a new stand.


You may well be right Becky, maybe very few, if any, will want to move to the new stand if they're happy where they are. In two years time we may know what the government will do about safe standing, if anything, and that might help to inform any decision.

 


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View eagleman13's Profile eagleman13 Flag On The Road To Hell & Alicante 03 Sep 18 10.39am Send a Private Message to eagleman13 Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add eagleman13 as a friend

Here ya go, bit more(old?) news.

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View dorking's Profile dorking Flag 03 Sep 18 10.57am Send a Private Message to dorking Add dorking as a friend

Just quotes from the club statement.

HF maintain their silence and with every passing game the call for the club to do something about the stand-off will get louder from other fans.

 

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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 03 Sep 18 11.13am Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Originally posted by becky

A lot of people keep saying that ST holders will want to move when the new stand is built, but why would they? I remember when the Holmesdale closed for the stand to be built, I moved to the Arthur and hated every minute that I spent there. The joy of getting back to a seat behind the goal (actually more or less where I always stood on the terrace) was indescribable. In this I am not alone - I think a good number of people who sit behind the goal do so because they like the view of the pitch from that angle and won't change it just because there's a new stand.

Probably true in some cases but there’ll be more options to move to or the club to offer. If the HF are still willing to carry on at that time then a lot of sitters will want to go elsewhere anyway and you’ll get not only Holmesdale fans coming over to the centre to cause that but also Arfur standers as well.

 


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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 03 Sep 18 11.15am Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

If the club are stating they could do something if 100 E blockers volunteered to leave, why didn’t they do anything along those lines in the first place.

 


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View Willo's Profile Willo Flag South coast - west of Brighton. 03 Sep 18 11.16am Send a Private Message to Willo Add Willo as a friend

Originally posted by dorking

Just quotes from the club statement.

HF maintain their silence and with every passing game the call for the club to do something about the stand-off will get louder from other fans.

Just enquiring as to whether you have any suggestions ?
Move loyal season-ticket holders out of their seats ?
There certainly would be a lot of "Loud" from these supporters !

 

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View Lyons550's Profile Lyons550 Flag Shirley 03 Sep 18 11.17am Send a Private Message to Lyons550 Add Lyons550 as a friend

Originally posted by becky

A lot of people keep saying that ST holders will want to move when the new stand is built, but why would they? I remember when the Holmesdale closed for the stand to be built, I moved to the Arthur and hated every minute that I spent there. The joy of getting back to a seat behind the goal (actually more or less where I always stood on the terrace) was indescribable. In this I am not alone - I think a good number of people who sit behind the goal do so because they like the view of the pitch from that angle and won't change it just because there's a new stand.


I certainly will be

 


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View Midlands Eagle's Profile Midlands Eagle Flag 03 Sep 18 11.18am Send a Private Message to Midlands Eagle Add Midlands Eagle as a friend

Originally posted by dorking

HF maintain their silence

That's hardly surprising as they can't say anything that would show themselves in a good light

 

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