GiGi Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 52 minutes ago, jimmy boo said: It'll be a long while until you get a sniff at your usual St Mirren hand me downs. Aye they'd need to actually build something big enough to be useful. The WDE is magnum sized compared to any wee structure over the road. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 2 hours ago, madton said: I take it you weren't at the playoff game then? Fully covered view for away fans now from the cowshed! Sorry was meaning the uncovered seating bit - I sat in the Main Stand and Stood in the Cowshed the last twice I was there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 17 minutes ago, GiGi said: Aye they'd need to actually build something big enough to be useful. The WDE is magnum sized compared to any wee structure over the road. It's in roughly the same state as the Magnum as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 5 hours ago, Dunning1874 said: We do have a roof to put on but there are no plans to do so. As away fans can now go in the Cowshed as well as the main stand I assume it's even further away from happening now. Would it not make more sense to use it to cover the home end anyway? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) We don't need to cover or seat any ends of the ground, nor would we want to. The 6k seat stadium criteria in which the WDE would have been turned into a stand are no longer in place. The only significant changes to Cappielow will be as a result of some form of major external investment, probably a new stand on Sinclair Street with office space and other facilities. Given large parts of the riverside between Port Glasgow and the ground are already office buildings I can't see that idea ever getting off the ground though. Edited July 28, 2017 by vikingTON -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton in Shawlands Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 The steel from st Mirren is not suitable for the Sinclair St end &, wasn't big enough for the WDE. It needed @ the top 6 rows removed to fit according to the planning application at the time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolph Hucker Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 5 hours ago, jimmy boo said: It'll be a long while until you get a sniff at your usual St Mirren hand me downs. can smell you right now, as it happens. -5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Putting a roof on that would fucking ruin it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton in Shawlands Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 That ones lost me. Unless it's used for sunbathing, a roof reflects & contains the noise of the crowd back in and adds to the atmosphere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonsilitis Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Away fans will, for the most part, be accommodated in the West end of the Cowshed. Bigger games will get the full WDE plus the bit of the cowshed. Welcome the first home league game of the season! Electronic turnstiles are apparently working now but being used partially for this Saturday's game! -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 2 hours ago, Ton in Shawlands said: The steel from st Mirren is not suitable for the Sinclair St end &, wasn't big enough for the WDE. It needed @ the top 6 rows removed to fit according to the planning application at the time. That's what happens when you buy football stands on Gumtree, I guess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 That ones lost me. Unless it's used for sunbathing, a roof reflects & contains the noise of the crowd back in and adds to the atmosphere. If it's good enough for the Nou Camp to not have a roof then it's probably good enough for the grandest old ground in Scottish football. Give it fifty years and we'll be looking at a UNESCO heritage site as it's already one of the ten oldest grounds in the history of the game. Adding a shan, all-seater stand to an old ground like Starks' Park would completely ruin the stadium. Better acoustics for 150 bumpkins simply isn't worth that. Electronic turnstiles are apparently working now but being used partially for this Saturday's game! Partially = not properly working, because the club has failed to deliver the required season/fan cards for the system to work for the vast majority of customers. Nor does the online ticketing site function correctly to buy tickets online for supposedly available games such as Edinburgh City tomorrow or the spoon-burners in a fortnight. For you to try and slither on here given your failure to address all the issues highlighted on the club forum - a site where you were happy to puff up some non-existent achievements just before things went royally tits-up - sums you up really. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Barcelona are adding a roof. Just saying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Barcelona can shut their Basque pus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 3 hours ago, Coventry Saint said: Barcelona are adding a roof. Just saying. Dunno where they're getting the money tbh/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 14 hours ago, Rudolph Hucker said: can smell you right now, as it happens. Bet you a signed tenner he smells of roses Dunco! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 14 hours ago, Tonsilitis said: Away fans will, for the most part, be accommodated in the West end of the Cowshed. Bigger games will get the full WDE plus the bit of the cowshed. Welcome the first home league game of the season! Electronic turnstiles are apparently working now but being used partially for this Saturday's game! THOSE THINGS TAKE TIME! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Team in Angus Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Whats your early thoughts on Robert Thomson was a great player for us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 15 minutes ago, Best Team in Angus said: Whats your early thoughts on Robert Thomson was a great player for us. Yesterday was the first time I'd seen him in a ton shirt and I was impressed. He's good in the air and with the ball at his feet. Also seems to have decent pace as well and isn't afraid to get stuck in. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 9 hours ago, Mr.Blue said: Yesterday was the first time I'd seen him in a ton shirt and I was impressed. He's good in the air and with the ball at his feet. Also seems to have decent pace as well and isn't afraid to get stuck in. I knew you weren't talking about Harkins. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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