It’s not that bad a stadium to be honest and it generates a good atmosphere.
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Bradley, who was appointed CEO in January, has been focused on relocating the team to a new stadium, with Brewery Field one of three potential options alongside St Helen's in Swansea and The Gnoll in Neath. While a decision is yet to be reached, he already knows that the move away from the Swansea.com Stadium is the correct one with his thinking somewhat confirmed by Saturday's win.
Will this reduce the Jacks income ?
It’s not that bad a stadium to be honest and it generates a good atmosphere.
Pretty sure it's council owned isn't it?
Bridgend would be silly to be the new location, as too near Cardiff...
They should play in Neath or Llanelli.
Codswallop.
Some of our crowds in our Warnock promotion season weren't great. Didn't stop us winning promotion. Rubbish crowds didn't stop us winning promotion from the old Division 4 at Ninian Park.
I will agree that the atmosphere is awful at home games, though. It's been pretty abysmal when we've nearly sold out for the defeats at home to Swansea.
I have yet to hear an ex-player/pundit say that it's up to the fans to generate an atmosphere. They'll all say it's up to the players to start at a high tempo and get the fans behind them.
I also think that we've got a new generation of fans who don't chant that much during games, regardless of how well or poorly we play. How many new chants do we hear at home games? When was the last time we had a chant that stuck for several games? I can't remember one. I don't think this is just a Cardiff City thing, either. I notice it a lot when I watch football on TV that fans don't tend to sing and chant as they did 20 years ago.
So, no I don't think a half empty, quiet stadium makes too much of a difference. I reckon there's far more that affects our home form and it ain't to do with the fans.
You have said that a couple of times Eric. I was watching the Forest - Spurs game on Sunday and the commentator (and co commentator) said a few times that Spurs needed their crowd to lift them. It is not uncommon.
That said, I agree the responsibility for the atmosphere rests mainly with the team on the pitch.
I've heard commentators say that, but they're not ex players.
I would agree that there might be times in a game where fans need to give their team a lift. We've seen it with Wales and singing of the national anthem in particular. That certainly doesn't happen with Cardiff City (and probably lots of other club sides). I think, in our case, it's nothing to do with a half empty stadium, but the feeling of "here we go again".
I wasn't at the Ipswich game due to illness. I wonder if the atmosphere was better then?
I wasn't at the Ipswich game due to illness. I wonder if the atmosphere was better then?
From the 93rd to the 99th minute, it was ecstatic
So 20k not singing or chanting in a 26k stadium would be better than 20k not singing or chanting in a 32k stadium? This is going to take some working out.....
Similarly, what about the days when Ninian Park could create quite a racket when it wasn't even half full?
I had season tickets for me and the kids for the ospreys when they first went to the liberty and there were some great nights atmosphere especially in the European cup but the TV timings ruined most attendances as it varied so much but it was a depressing place with really low attendances - much better to share it between stradey and the gnoll in my humble opinion - better experience and better atmosphere
As for our place - far too big for us and the size of our club regardless of the odd sell out when in the prem or promotion championship games but atmosphere is created by the entertainment and the example i would use would be the reading game when promoted under Warnock - my memory of that was that it was a dreadful game and very little atmosphere until news started to filter through that Fulham were losing
Been some great atmospheres in the new stadium and some terrible ones and the same at ninian park regardless of the crowd size - one advantage ninian had was terracing which I feel adds something to watching football that all seaters or standing by seats doesn't offer
Neath is the obvious choice and it may help the club survive.
If the arrest at the Wrexham game the other day is anything to go by then our limited repertoire of uninventive chants is about to get a whole lot slimmer, almost certainly without replacement.