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Unfortunately open away ends are the flip side to the nostalgia of traditional stadia.

Oldham's Boundary Park. I went twice in the eighties. Horrid stadium, dump of a town, always raining (open away end), we often lost and you have to go through Oldam to get there. Thinking about watching us lose 2-0 away to them on a very cold and wet day in December still makes me shudder. Then they make the audacious move of installing the very early version of a plastic pitch. I am happy to admit that I have no problem with the fact that while we are planning a trip to Manchester United, they are limbering up to take on Maidenhead United.

Mmmm. Think of how bad the New Den is and double it.

Quite right. It would be enough to burst an aneurysm for most people.

Quite right. Our fall has been about our club's poor decisions and management. We should still be able to stand tall and fight back without being patronised. .

Could it possible that we get a manager who's philosophy is a quick transition, with the forwards playing mostly on the front foot? Jamie would surely bag 10+ goals in that system and I'd be desperate to see the game where he hit number 200. I know that it's a lot to ask but I can dream

That is one heck of a counter punch 👊

Bring on a dramatic introduction of..... Tony Pulis. Yay! No? OK then.

That is pretty much the point that I was making.

Out. Why, oh why won't we employ someone who won't make changes to the system even we are in free fall. So sad to see.

He definitely went for his pocket. I was in the home stand and their fans saw it alongside Enzo's reaction to it.

I sat amongst the Hull fans today. I loved how parents were pointing out Vards to their kids. He inspired a mix of fear and obvious respect from them. I was in the upper tier and there was none of the venom he gets from fans behind the goal. I was a little surprised at how amused people around me were when our fans gave it the ' Jamie Vardy, he's won more than you' response to the 'grass' crap.

I was in the top tier opposite our fans today. Our support was good and at times impressive. The Hull fans were really up for this one but they only got anything going at the very start and after their goals (hilarious that Vards had no respect for that 🤣). We had good volume and we came out on top throughout, barring a couple of their signature songs. A very new experience for me sat amongst their lot.

I was there, watching from the family enclosure because like you said, the Shrewsbury fans had been given pen 2. When the third and fourth goals went in for us and after all that had happened; I went so crazy that I was sqealing with joy. I was 15 years old and had seen nothing like it. I was exhausted after watching that game.

Walshie wheeling away after the second goal during the silence of the rams. Matt Elliott heading in during the 2000 League Cup final.

Ward must be getting a tad worried that he might not be regaining his no 1 spot.

Good points. Unfortunately this seems to be the way clubs operate. The devil in me wants there to be a candour policy so that statements are made to season ticket holders and members. It'll never happen though.

Or.... After having a 'monumental cock up' review, meeting, we have decided that, after much consideration that the club will be advertising for an accountant.

KPFC/LCFC policy: get everyone frantic over a mythical transfer, move more players out then sign no-one and release a statement that no signings will be made until yet more are shifted.

Don't, just don't. Within a year it will be painted King Power and have a statue of Rudkin and Whelan snogging in the arch.

That's a statue right there. (Just wishful thinking).

Ward didn't quite understand that giving attackers 'the eyes' doesn't work if you are a goalie.

Something that still irks me is that the club bombarded the fans with communications and incentives to go to matches when we were crap. I went to the entire run in when we were relegated to league one and again when we were bouncing straight back. Never mind a cold night in Stoke, try a cold night in Hartlepool! All this whilst I lived in the high North Midlands. I had been buying gold family memberships but stopped when I moved even further away. I did not see a single incident of crowd trouble despite the fact that we took very good numbers to the likes of Hereford, Cheltenham and Carlisle. When we were winning the league and being a real pain in the arse to the Super League contenders it all stopped and loads of fans who had supported them in the dark days missed out on tickets to those during our glory days. As the saying goes, "it is what it is," but I did think a little bit that those fans could at least have been given a chance to somehow get rewarded with the odd opportunity to see an anticipated game. The Club do have the records of who got tickets during those few dark seasons and helped get us back up. Ps. Of course I'm not asking for anything now, i'm, just making the point.

It's because of the view from the opposite corner.