Give it a while when the initial novelty wears off for the plastic fans and we can all start singing 'our ground's too big for you'
Those in glass houses...
A half empty valley has around 13,500 empty seats and still has fans close enough to the pitch to make themselves heard. A half empty taxpayers stadium will have 30,000 empty seats and fans that are miles away from the pitch and some shit views of the game judging by that last photo.
Thanks Jacob for your spot-on match report, but as you were sitting in the journo's bit above the posh boxes you may have missed out on the 'atmosphere' in the 'Kop' end, that is new East stand so I will devote my comments to the Olympic Stadium experience (sorry 'The London Stadium', forgot where I was for a moment).
Entered the Olympic Park from west via the normality of Bow. A twenty minute walk to the stadium (its not really a 'ground') from the nearest decent pub, but thats ok as who would want to loiter in a vast warehouse to drink frothy crap beer anyway drink - in fact as a Euro night no alcohol allowed in the stadium, who knew that) to enter IKEA land, sorry the Queen Elizabeth park. The definite pluses are the quality of the toilets, and the number of them , particularly noteworthy are the equal number of mens and womens. Thats the end of the pluses. My season ticket is Band 2, which means its the second most expensive, but the distance from the pitch means that its like watching a game of Subuteo from the end of the living room. I was expecting to be able to at least see the numbers on the players backs, but hell. At that distance it really easy to get distracted from the play, and it may be different when Tottenham play here, but I doubt it given the second major distraction, the 'new supporters'.
Now, I do appreciate that opening the new stadium has meant many, many, many more people can now watch a live game who were not able to do so previously because of the limited capacity of the Boleyn, but have a bit of respect for traditions. Don't sit there with your phone on permenantly catching up with whatever, do try and sing a bit, do at least say a few sensible things about the game or if not shut up (no Andy Carroll is not the best striker in the Universe, nor indeed Hackney Wick), please do not leave the game 15 minutes before it finishes to catch upon late night shopping at the Westfield, and please don't sit in front of me for the rest of the season with your brand new replica shirt (I have never seen this proportion of replica shirts at a game, even at Chelsea!). Its not their fault, they Know not what they are doing. Despite having watched WHU for forty-five years, a point was reached at 70 minutes in when I seriously contemplated never coming back again. Now i know what those die-hard Gunners must feel when they experience Drayton Park (sorry the 'Emirates') week in, week out. There was absolutely no atmosphere tonight, despite Slavin Bilic's best attempts to talk it up. The bond between players and supporters that so marked out Upton Park has gone, never to return, despite Mark Noble's best attempts at tracking down and tackling everything that moved.
Thanks Jacob for your spot-on match report, but as you were sitting in the journo's bit above the posh boxes you may have missed out on the 'atmosphere' in the 'Kop' end, that is new East stand so I will devote my comments to the Olympic Stadium experience (sorry 'The London Stadium', forgot where I was for a moment).
Entered the Olympic Park from west via the normality of Bow. A twenty minute walk to the stadium (its not really a 'ground') from the nearest decent pub, but thats ok as who would want to loiter in a vast warehouse to drink frothy crap beer anyway drink - in fact as a Euro night no alcohol allowed in the stadium, who knew that) to enter IKEA land, sorry the Queen Elizabeth park. The definite pluses are the quality of the toilets, and the number of them , particularly noteworthy are the equal number of mens and womens. Thats the end of the pluses. My season ticket is Band 2, which means its the second most expensive, but the distance from the pitch means that its like watching a game of Subuteo from the end of the living room. I was expecting to be able to at least see the numbers on the players backs, but hell. At that distance it really easy to get distracted from the play, and it may be different when Tottenham play here, but I doubt it given the second major distraction, the 'new supporters'.
Now, I do appreciate that opening the new stadium has meant many, many, many more people can now watch a live game who were not able to do so previously because of the limited capacity of the Boleyn, but have a bit of respect for traditions. Don't sit there with your phone on permenantly catching up with whatever, do try and sing a bit, do at least say a few sensible things about the game or if not shut up (no Andy Carroll is not the best striker in the Universe, nor indeed Hackney Wick), please do not leave the game 15 minutes before it finishes to catch upon late night shopping at the Westfield, and please don't sit in front of me for the rest of the season with your brand new replica shirt (I have never seen this proportion of replica shirts at a game, even at Chelsea!). Its not their fault, they Know not what they are doing. Despite having watched WHU for forty-five years, a point was reached at 70 minutes in when I seriously contemplated never coming back again. Now i know what those die-hard Gunners must feel when they experience Drayton Park (sorry the 'Emirates') week in, week out. There was absolutely no atmosphere tonight, despite Slavin Bilic's best attempts to talk it up. The bond between players and supporters that so marked out Upton Park has gone, never to return, despite Mark Noble's best attempts at tracking down and tackling everything that moved.
Wait til they start losing as well...how long is that contract ?
Hahahahaahhaha bunch of pricks, really hope the whole fucking thing blows up in their faces, but only after Upton Park has been redeveloped into housing, so they're stuck in that shithouse stadium for 100 years with no fans as they'd get a better view on a Kodi stream back at their houses in Basildon.
It is quite apparent to me that this whole plan was conceived and carried out by the Gold and Sullivan for money.
In time they will probably sort out the teething problems but it does have to be said that the 'price' of a free stadium is often higher than is initially thought.
Thanks Jacob for your spot-on match report, but as you were sitting in the journo's bit above the posh boxes you may have missed out on the 'atmosphere' in the 'Kop' end, that is new East stand so I will devote my comments to the Olympic Stadium experience (sorry 'The London Stadium', forgot where I was for a moment).
Entered the Olympic Park from west via the normality of Bow. A twenty minute walk to the stadium (its not really a 'ground') from the nearest decent pub, but thats ok as who would want to loiter in a vast warehouse to drink frothy crap beer anyway drink - in fact as a Euro night no alcohol allowed in the stadium, who knew that) to enter IKEA land, sorry the Queen Elizabeth park. The definite pluses are the quality of the toilets, and the number of them , particularly noteworthy are the equal number of mens and womens. Thats the end of the pluses. My season ticket is Band 2, which means its the second most expensive, but the distance from the pitch means that its like watching a game of Subuteo from the end of the living room. I was expecting to be able to at least see the numbers on the players backs, but hell. At that distance it really easy to get distracted from the play, and it may be different when Tottenham play here, but I doubt it given the second major distraction, the 'new supporters'.
Now, I do appreciate that opening the new stadium has meant many, many, many more people can now watch a live game who were not able to do so previously because of the limited capacity of the Boleyn, but have a bit of respect for traditions. Don't sit there with your phone on permenantly catching up with whatever, do try and sing a bit, do at least say a few sensible things about the game or if not shut up (no Andy Carroll is not the best striker in the Universe, nor indeed Hackney Wick), please do not leave the game 15 minutes before it finishes to catch upon late night shopping at the Westfield, and please don't sit in front of me for the rest of the season with your brand new replica shirt (I have never seen this proportion of replica shirts at a game, even at Chelsea!). Its not their fault, they Know not what they are doing. Despite having watched WHU for forty-five years, a point was reached at 70 minutes in when I seriously contemplated never coming back again. Now i know what those die-hard Gunners must feel when they experience Drayton Park (sorry the 'Emirates') week in, week out. There was absolutely no atmosphere tonight, despite Slavin Bilic's best attempts to talk it up. The bond between players and supporters that so marked out Upton Park has gone, never to return, despite Mark Noble's best attempts at tracking down and tackling everything that moved.
This is one of the many reasons why we should always keep the Valley. Sounds awful.
Hahahahaahhaha bunch of pricks, really hope the whole fucking thing blows up in their faces, but only after Upton Park has been redeveloped into housing, so they're stuck in that shithouse stadium for 100 years with no fans as they'd get a better view on a Kodi stream back at their houses in Basildon.
Really don't think most normal West Ham fans wanted to move away particularly not to where they have.
Hahahahaahhaha bunch of pricks, really hope the whole fucking thing blows up in their faces, but only after Upton Park has been redeveloped into housing, so they're stuck in that shithouse stadium for 100 years with no fans as they'd get a better view on a Kodi stream back at their houses in Basildon.
Really don't think most normal West Ham fans wanted to move away particularly not to where they have.
You'd be surprised RCT. Know quite a few proper West Ham fans who are made up to be going there. Told them they will regret it eventually.
Never had a problem with West Ham or their supporters. Just hate that feckin club now and all they stand for today, corruption, greed and gimmickry. Now that of course is my problem and nobody else's and I am sure no-one apart from me, gives a flying feck of my opinion, but what a complete feckin sham. Another slice of working class culture sacrificed, when will we learn?
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Reduced capacity for first game
The ground is okay but not a patch on The Emirates.
Sadly unlike West Ham, that means we'd have to repair the glass ourselves.
Thanks Jacob for your spot-on match report, but as you were sitting in the journo's bit above the posh boxes you may have missed out on the 'atmosphere' in the 'Kop' end, that is new East stand so I will devote my comments to the Olympic Stadium experience (sorry 'The London Stadium', forgot where I was for a moment).
Entered the Olympic Park from west via the normality of Bow. A twenty minute walk to the stadium (its not really a 'ground') from the nearest decent pub, but thats ok as who would want to loiter in a vast warehouse to drink frothy crap beer anyway drink - in fact as a Euro night no alcohol allowed in the stadium, who knew that) to enter IKEA land, sorry the Queen Elizabeth park. The definite pluses are the quality of the toilets, and the number of them , particularly noteworthy are the equal number of mens and womens. Thats the end of the pluses. My season ticket is Band 2, which means its the second most expensive, but the distance from the pitch means that its like watching a game of Subuteo from the end of the living room. I was expecting to be able to at least see the numbers on the players backs, but hell. At that distance it really easy to get distracted from the play, and it may be different when Tottenham play here, but I doubt it given the second major distraction, the 'new supporters'.
Now, I do appreciate that opening the new stadium has meant many, many, many more people can now watch a live game who were not able to do so previously because of the limited capacity of the Boleyn, but have a bit of respect for traditions. Don't sit there with your phone on permenantly catching up with whatever, do try and sing a bit, do at least say a few sensible things about the game or if not shut up (no Andy Carroll is not the best striker in the Universe, nor indeed Hackney Wick), please do not leave the game 15 minutes before it finishes to catch upon late night shopping at the Westfield, and please don't sit in front of me for the rest of the season with your brand new replica shirt (I have never seen this proportion of replica shirts at a game, even at Chelsea!). Its not their fault, they Know not what they are doing. Despite having watched WHU for forty-five years, a point was reached at 70 minutes in when I seriously contemplated never coming back again. Now i know what those die-hard Gunners must feel when they experience Drayton Park (sorry the 'Emirates') week in, week out. There was absolutely no atmosphere tonight, despite Slavin Bilic's best attempts to talk it up. The bond between players and supporters that so marked out Upton Park has gone, never to return, despite Mark Noble's best attempts at tracking down and tackling everything that moved.
In time they will probably sort out the teething problems but it does have to be said that the 'price' of a free stadium is often higher than is initially thought.
The main gripes were lack of atmosphere and poor view. In his words 'you can build a nice house, but it doesn't make it a home.'