Re: Langtree Parks magnificent pitch : Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:53 pm  

steve wrote:

I'm not making anything up.

You are a coward who hides behind a keyboard, who has neither the courage to stand up nor the intelligence to realise that you are beaten.

And the stadium wasnt a disgrace on Friday just as it hasnt been on every occasion I have been this year. It is the BEST THING to happen to this club in many years. if you can't see that, then I'm very sorry.

You are ridiculous.

Re: Cladding : Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:56 pm  

I'm sure a good majority of people on this board will attend come rain or shine, cladding or not. However they are the same people who turned up at Knowsley road taking their health in their own hands every time the ball was kicked into the asbestos roofing.

What people are really concerned are about those extra fans the stadium has attracted and whether we can keep them or build on them. If no one says anything about cladding then it would be a fair call for the board to assume it is not an issue and therefore not a priority for next years spending.

If they plan to still install cladding, but there is no cash, simple, they could just say we have spent what we can this year in terms of the stadium. x-millions and although cladding is on a list of to do jobs, it will be next year or the year after before enough revenue has been made by the stadium to pay for this. We the board are letting our wallets have a well deserved breather after 10 continual years of losses. It's now time for the ground to pay back some of those loans and shareholdings and when that has been done we can start to look at the final cladding.

I'd be more than happy with that as an answer from the club, if people are not happy with that, then maybe we can have a fan whip around 'Bradford styleee' and see if we can stump up the cash.

It's the lack of an answer which frustrates as peoples expectations are raised with promises of cladding pre good friday, that then seam to be left hanging, if the club said we think cladding would make no difference to the wind or the puddles then fair enough at least it's an answer.

Re: Cladding : Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:00 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

I'm sure a good majority of people on this board will attend come rain or shine, cladding or not. However they are the same people who turned up at Knowsley road taking their health in their own hands every time the ball was kicked into the asbestos roofing.

What people are really concerned are about those extra fans the stadium has attracted and whether we can keep them or build on them. If no one says anything about cladding then it would be a fair call for the board to assume it is not an issue and therefore not a priority for next years spending.

If they plan to still install cladding, but there is no cash, simple, they could just say we have spent what we can this year in terms of the stadium. x-millions and although cladding is on a list of to do jobs, it will be next year or the year after before enough revenue has been made by the stadium to pay for this. We the board are letting our wallets have a well deserved breather after 10 continual years of losses. It's now time for the ground to pay back some of those loans and shareholdings and when that has been done we can start to look at the final cladding.

I'd be more than happy with that as an answer from the club, if people are not happy with that, then maybe we can have a fan whip around 'Bradford styleee' and see if we can stump up the cash.

It's the lack of an answer which frustrates as peoples expectations are raised with promises of cladding pre good friday, that then seam to be left hanging, if the club said we think cladding would make no difference to the wind or the puddles then fair enough at least it's an answer.

In true typical saints style they was just praying this problem will go away.

As I've posted in this thread, the is a chance of permanent damage to the floor slab and also it's a health & saftey issue.

Re: Cladding : Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:10 pm  

St pete wrote:

In true typical saints style they was just praying this problem will go away.

As I've posted in this thread, the is a chance of permanent damage to the floor slab and also it's a health & saftey issue.

I shall bow to your greater building expertise on this. I can only go from what was mentioned in the press and then nothing there after. But if you know your stuff (which you tend to do) then it could be a big insurance job at best, or a big bill at worst.

Re: Cladding : Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:28 pm  

bewareshadows wrote:

I shall bow to your greater building expertise on this. I can only go from what was mentioned in the press and then nothing there after. But if you know your stuff (which you tend to do) then it could be a big insurance job at best, or a big bill at worst.

I'd be very surprised if a insurance company would pay up as its built as its saints fault that the rain is getting in and it's not as if they don't know about the problem.

A Air-entrained concrete mix should be use for concrete slabs that are exposed to water and cold conditions.

Re: Langtree Parks magnificent pitch : Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:13 pm  

steve wrote:

I'm not making anything up.

You are a coward who hides behind a keyboard, who has neither the courage to stand up nor the intelligence to realise that you are beaten.

And the stadium wasnt a disgrace on Friday just as it hasnt been on every occasion I have been this year. It is the BEST THING to happen to this club in many years. if you can't see that, then I'm very sorry.

Totally agree, blown out of all proportion. Some people have a hobby of whinging that is the real issue.

Re: Langtree Parks magnificent pitch : Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:41 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

:lol:

You are ridiculous.

And you are PATHETIC

Re: Langtree Parks magnificent pitch : Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:53 pm  

Div wrote:

Totally agree, blown out of all proportion. Some people have a hobby of whinging that is the real issue.

Re: Cladding : Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:54 pm  

Can,t beleive all this moaning about our great "wetted" stadium. We all know its only a temporary problem, its not going to rain every friday game, if it rains dress up for the occaison. I think the new stadium has made some fans and players soft, its not as if the water is going to turn into ice or the concourses have a 1 in 4 slope, toughen up.
I should imagine installing cladding is not a quick job, we could end up attending games with scaffolding hanging about, which might be worse with regards to health and safety issues.
We,ve only got about 5 or 6 home games left, just hang on in there you unhappy ones.

Re: Cladding : Sun Jun 10, 2012 4:56 pm  

Judder Man wrote:

toughen up.

Tell that to the bar staff, especially on the days when their hands were red with cold and they were shivering.