There’s also the club statement on Facebook with people arguing underneath. I haven’t read it but there’s E block fans refusing to move due to years there and years their dad was standing there etc etc.

From reading the HF statement, it looks like their gripe is that although Parish didn’t promise to definitively incorporate this safe standing/central area, he promise to at least consult those who currently reside within block E. That doesn’t seem to have been the case, no official steps were taken to “sound out” whether or not it could be done in the first instance. If parish has just been playing lip service, then the HF have every right to be frustrated if the opportunity never ever arose in the first instance by parish neglecting to ask the current block E ticket holders.

What if 100 or so of them were fine with switching? And we had the HF in place on our first game under the lights with Liverpool, and to drive us on against Southampton? Different results? Maybe... Better atmosphere ... absolutely, and I’d have enjoyed myself a hell of a lot more in any event.

He should apologise and ask them if they'll come back in return for

*designated singing areas in all 4 stands from the 2019-20 season onwards
*no automatic seat renewals ever again -- season ticket holders, after a certain date, can book for a new season in what is an effectively empty stadium
*large block bookings become permitted, if the spaces are available

the automatic seat renewal thing is the worst possible thing for atmosphere

Why are so many banging on about the Club ‘breaking promises ‘?

From everything I’ve seen on forums, Facebook, Twitter etc all they ever said was it was a good idea to try and create a singing section & they’d look into it. Ok, communication seems to have been poor but what ‘promises ‘ have been broken?

There is an answer, probably several, to the issue but moving E isn’t one of them. Not until the development work is done or safe standing permitted anyway.

It’s almost as if folk look for reasons to slag the Club off that aren’t there which makes th HF & their supporters look unnecessarily childish.