al_quaker wrote:don'tbuythesun wrote:No, it's not in freeview. Perhaps the hut might follow the new stand. I suppose in our financial situation we need to prioritise all the time. The new workflows, the information being shared here and the forum on 20th will hopefully lead to improvements. At the moment I think seats has it over pies. Long ago I used to watch south Liverpool play in a proper ground now they play in a field surrounded by a railing. We could have ended up there but we're discussing pies instead!
To be fair, I think everyone knows that seats/improving views is a much higher priority than anything else, pies included. But that's expensive, a long term project, and also up in the air with this sports hub proposal. But just because catering etc isn't the absolute number 1, it doesn't mean we/the club shouldn't be trying to improve the things it can improve quickly and relatively easily!
Aye, it's good to see the club engaged with this sort of thing. I'd have something covered at the other end as the next priority. Even if it starts small, and is expandable, and crucially is movable should we move elsewhere (which i think is very unlikely, to be honest). It might help with the atmosphere as well, whether it's away fans making some noise in it, or our lot going behind the goal.
Little bits can help the match day experience though, and can cost very little. Views are most important, but if other stuff helps floating fans enjoy their day, then they have to be a good thing. Having a welcoming bar that shows football with decent beer seems a good idea to me, especially if the club take even a small cut of it. Likewise, if people want better scran (personally as i say, i don't bother but clearly some do) then it's worth listening, even if we don't make a huge amount of money from them, but makes peoples day more enjoyable, thus making them more likely to come back.
While what away fans think is a relatively unimportant concern, it's not great if you look at things like ground review websites, and you see people bashing the club for amateur provisions and terrible views. Personally, i'd be thinking twice about going to a game if i knew all we were going to get was uncovered, hard standing and no access to facilities. There can't really be anywhere worse than what we offer in the division right now.