There were plenty of poor atmosphere games at HR as well. I agree with Mr T (I pity the fool who doesn't agree with..he!) in that the problem is we've had a crap team since moving to The Ricoh. To some extent, it's top flight football we're missing.
I do love The Ricoh, and if we were in the Prem with bigger gates it would give us a much greater platform for sustainable success than HR ever could. At the moment, it's just associated with failure..great memories such as Strachan being booed against Grimsby, Adams cupping his hand to his ear at the fans after we booed the Andrews sub and he scored, the Watford end-of-season debacle under Coleman, the dire Winless Winter of Hoofball under Aidy..the only really cracking atmosphere's I can recall are the cup games against top flight teams, QPR in the first game there, and the odd league game where we upset the odds (Notts F afew years back). That just can't compete with beating Villa, Man U and Chelsea.
If anything the atmosphere this year has been miles better than in previous years, despite the falling gates. The protests and anti-SISU chants have contributed to that.
But what I don't like is the fact that there is a distinction between the company that owns the ground and us. The customer service standards and attitude of staff selling refreshments are particularly lacking; I seem to be served by a different person every game, and the impression that they just get in agency staff who don't give a crap is inescapeable.
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