Price of everything and value of nothing!

For those seated there (as I was for very many years) all the £££££ in the world will not compensate for not being able to watch the game from behind the goal. It's not everyone's favourite view of a match, but for many, it is simply the best there is, so £££s, seats in the new stand (down the long side of the pitch, remember) or even seats in the Director's box with free champagne for 2 years ain't gonna make no difference. There were groups there who had stood in the same place when it was terracing, moved back when the HOL was built, and generally knew most people around them. They had their own matchday 'atmosphere' but obviously, one of less value than peoplewho don't even wear team colours.

(And, NO, upper Hol or Sainsburys will not be the same either)

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

Great news but still people moan. I despair, I’m sure a certain proportion of the population actually enjoy complaining. Whatever solution the club came up with it’s obvious it was impossible to please everyone. Sometimes decision makers have to make what they deem the best solution for the majority and they don’t get the benefit of sitting on the fence or just voicing their opinion.

The club have made their decision and I highly doubt they’ll change it again. Instead of asking everyone in D-F and getting the answers they didn’t want, they may have decided to do it anyway rather than go round in circles and have more time to find some solutions to those who do actually want a certain number of decent view seats together for a few seasons and aren’t just creating more of a problem just because they think they can.

COYP

And there have been fans who go with different mates for years and grab any tickets there are.

The end decision would’ve been made based on the bigger picture, what everyone and the club and players get from an atmosphere that will no doubt be the best there is for a while before some more swaps might need to happen. All of those factors would be more crucial and worth doing than not doing to keep a few content compared to the majority.

COYP

For me, got to be the right decision.

From a comedy perspective, looking forward to at least one ‘hold out’ who resolutely refuses to get involved with the atmosphere spends the whole time trying to get everyone to sit down.

Vive le Roy!

It is a real shame for those who have to move. I can understand how muh history some fans have in those seats and I hope they get a real good deal out of it.

However, it is the best thing the club could have done, and I’m over the moon to hear our atmosphere is going to return. We were slowly turning into Arsenals and it was clearly effecting the players performances, so it’s going to improve results at home for sure.