Re: First impressions of watching a game @ Barton........any : Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:21 pm  

Think someone needs to look at installing better sticks as despite there being very little wind yesterday they were all over the place, they looked not to be a solid construction.
Was very impressed inside in general and thought that the security staff seemed genuinely helpful, but do think the scoreboard needs to be much bigger.

A friend pointed something out that when say Warrington, Wigan or any of the other big teams come the North stand is not going to be anywhere near big enough for them, where will the balance of the supports go??

Re: First impressions of watching a game @ Barton........any : Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:19 pm  

Michigan red wrote:

Think someone needs to look at installing better sticks as despite there being very little wind yesterday they were all over the place, they looked not to be a solid construction.

The same could be said of the main floodlights.......!!

Re: First impressions of watching a game @ Barton........any : Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:30 pm  

13 wrote:

The same could be said of the main floodlights.......!!

No I disagree the floodlights look good, think you mean when there was the issue with them going out, that was a genuine hiccuough and exactly why they have these ramp up games in the first place.

Re: First impressions of watching a game @ Barton........any : Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:54 pm  

I thought it was great! You can see they will add extra tiers to the other stands if they extend it! With regards to the scoreboard, they are putting a screen in the corner that will show replays so presume that will also show the score!

Re: First impressions of watching a game @ Barton........any : Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:21 pm  

Got the bus from the willows, great till we got to the traffic lights at the Unicorn pub, took about 20 minutes if not longer, to get past the motorway roundabout, once past it was smooth to the ground.
The problem if we get big gates, traffic coming of the motorway will cause a jam on Liverpool road, possibly need traffic lights at the roundabout
Was sat in the west stand got cold and moved to the south stand out of the wind. stood at the back but not high enough. good banter in there. Everything O.K except for the performance on the field, same old same.
See the Trialists were Vievers and Howath, but no better than what we already have, should be signing better than what we have.
I have a season ticket and have bought a ticket for the Wigan game but I think I'll miss the Halifax game

Re: First impressions of watching a game @ Barton........any : Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:31 pm  

KMT wrote:

I thought it was great! You can see they will add extra tiers to the other stands if they extend it! With regards to the scoreboard, they are putting a screen in the corner that will show replays so presume that will also show the score!

Are they? I know that's where the screen will go for Sky games, but I didn't know there was going to be a permanent screen.

Re: First impressions of watching a game @ Barton........any : Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:45 pm  

Yeah apparently so, think traffic situation will improve once that area gets done up. Fingers crossed. Was delighted on my way out to see a Leigh fan in a 4x4 try and take a short cut and que jump only to get stuck in a mound of dirt. Brilliant those 4x4's aren't they. Nothing like karma!

Re: First impressions of watching a game @ Barton........any : Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:30 pm  

Michigan red wrote:

A friend pointed something out that when say Warrington, Wigan or any of the other big teams come the North stand is not going to be anywhere near big enough for them, where will the balance of the supports go??

Each terrace is supposed to hold 2500. I'm not convinced. They look about half the size of the stand that we usually go in at Warrington.

Re: First impressions of watching a game @ Barton........any : Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:33 pm  

Iain wrote:

Each terrace is supposed to hold 2500. I'm not convinced. They look about half the size of the stand that we usually go in at Warrington.

We were discussing this at the game yesterday and I can't see either terrace holding much more than 2,000. I'd fully expect Wigan/Saints/Warrington to get half of the East Stand as well to take it up to a c4,000 allocation, which is quite possible for their first visit etc.

Re: First impressions of watching a game @ Barton........any : Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:37 pm  

Leyther_Matt wrote:

We were discussing this at the game yesterday and I can't see either terrace holding much more than 2,000. I'd fully expect Wigan/Saints/Warrington to get half of the East Stand as well to take it up to a c4,000 allocation, which is quite possible for their first visit etc.

What is the capacity of the terrace at LSV?

Also, what's the concourse like in our North Stand? Is it a single open concourse at that end (and were they stopping you lot from standing on teh back step too?)?