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Still Proud
14-10-2007, 12:45
I know I have to visit the New Wembley to really pass full judgement but i just can't take to it at the mo.
Yesterday 10 mins before the final whistle, after Motty and Lawro had already apologised for the "paid loadsamoney so they're entitled not have to watch the game" prawn brigade the stadium started to empty.
Contrast the huge swathes of empty red seats at full-time with the 52,000 jocks still in place dancing and singing well after the ref had called time at Hampden and it speaks volumes about what is happening to our game.
Over-priced seats occupied by fairweather fans and corporates (experience seekers) who would rather grab an extra 15 mins at the bar or get off early to beat the traffic. Wembley just doesn't have the same feel to it. I know we were expected to beat them and hard it wrapped up on the half hour but still doesn't effect it that much.
From the TV Wembley has the feel of an oversized Premier League ground and not the presence of an international Sports arena that say the Stade De France has.
Can't help but feel disappointed at the £800m outcome!
The game was won at HT and it was never going to be the most exciting fixture on the planet. 86000 attendance suggests the pricing is not too high. If England had been playing the Jocks yesterday the place would have been buzzing.
SaleWolf
14-10-2007, 13:19
I agree with the original post. Ok, i've not been to Wembley yet but the place seems to have no soul. Just look at Hampden yesterday, the stands are close to the pitch, its not populated by the prawn sandwich brigade and the players are a hell of a lot more in touch with the fans.
Wembley is yet another flat-pack stadium of this generation. They could have done so much more with it but instead the FA decided to go for the cash and prioritise the best seating for the toffs and the corporates and fleece the genuine supporter with disgraceful catering and merchandise prices.
derbyrameater
14-10-2007, 13:27
86000 attendance suggests the pricing is not too high.
86000 tickets sold does not equate to 86000 being there..
86000 tickets sold does not equate to 86000 being there..
That's irrelevent because Wembley cant sell tickets/packages on the proviso you turn up. They dont care as long as they claw back the mammoth cost of building it.
Never been, but i think it's a fantastic stadium and that is the general concensus. I quite like the Azteca in Mexico but i would hazard a guess getting a burger or having a wee wee would be far more a pleasant experience at Wembley. It's the game, the atmosphere that counts and we haven't had a decent draw there yet have we. FA Cup Finals are zzzzzzzzzz
Scott.Cooper
14-10-2007, 13:51
Have been to Wembley for every England game and whilst the prices are a little high; but no more than you would expect in this day for an International at one of the best stadiums on the planet, it's the queues to get back into Wembley Park station people leave early for.
I never leave early for Wolves games, but do for England, purely because a couple of minutes can be the difference between arriving back in the midlands at 7:30 as opposed to 8:30.
Needless to say if the game was exciting and not done and dusted, I would stay until the very end.
Uncle Festa
14-10-2007, 14:10
Its built in the wrong place. Wembley is a $$$$$$$ to get to and from. When I lived in London, it used to take me longer to get home than it would to have got back to Wolverhampton after watching England. One mammoth $$$$ up by building it in the same location.
can never understand why people leave early or arrive late at football matches. many times games are decided in the last minutes of a game. several people around me leave early at the molineux, surely if you support a team whatever the score, you stay. it takes me 6 hours travelling to get to and from home games but ive never left early, not even for night games when i get home at about 1 to 1.30am, and still manage to be at work the next day. im no spring chicken either at 59.
Lupo Italiano
14-10-2007, 16:26
can never understand why people leave early or arrive late at football matches.
Neither can I, its like walking out of a cliffhanger movie before finding out the ending.
Last week's game against Coventry was a prime example of why it is wise to stay until the final whistle. For me, 'beating the traffic' is no good reason for missing the conclusion of a game.
The only time I had a phase of leaving early was during the dark days of the Hoddle era when it was alls I could do to drag myself to the games as I had become so disillusioned with watching the Wolves.
Thankfully I've long since recovered now!
howlin wolf
14-10-2007, 16:44
The prime reason for leaving early at wembley is purely and simply the appalling transport arrangements.To get caught up in the tube crowd is not to be reccommended.
Munro Munro
14-10-2007, 17:55
What gets my goat about the new Wembley is the ring of prawn sandwich brigade who addmitedly have paid a lot of money for their veiw but do not grace us with there prescence for some games and games they are at they prefere to be out of sight at the bar. The play off final Baggies v Derby the real fans could not get in yet we saw this red ring of emptyness draining the atmosphere around the ground. Its another sign of how football is so removed now from the everyday punter
I agree with the original post. Ok, i've not been to Wembley yet but the place seems to have no soul. Just look at Hampden yesterday, the stands are close to the pitch, its not populated by the prawn sandwich brigade and the players are a hell of a lot more in touch with the fans.
Wembley is yet another flat-pack stadium of this generation. They could have done so much more with it but instead the FA decided to go for the cash and prioritise the best seating for the toffs and the corporates and fleece the genuine supporter with disgraceful catering and merchandise prices.
how can you say hampden is close to the pitch, its like the old wembley behind the goals.
new wembley is surprisingly close to the pitch when you are actually there, looks further away on tv.
what people have said about the corporate forces ruining the game is spot on though
Salop Wolf
14-10-2007, 18:58
it is a very average stadium, albeit a rather large one
cooper_J
14-10-2007, 19:48
If you haven't been then you can't really pass judgement.
As Scott said, leaving early makers your life so much easier, you'd be mad not to.
My only gripe with Wembley is that it is in Wembley - you'll never be able to touch Cardiff for the pubs/facilities available in the City centre there.
Lupo Italiano
14-10-2007, 19:53
My only gripe with Wembley
Wembley is an awful suburb of London
Hatch End Wolf
14-10-2007, 19:59
The old Wembley was a dump in a bog. The new Wembley is a rather nice looking stadium.........in a bog!
Believe me, I used to live in Wembley before I moved out to one of London's "leafy suburbs" and whenever I pass through the God forsaken hell-hole I'm very pleased.
On the other hand, if and when the Wolves get to Wemberley, it's only a few stops on the rattler from here!
Lupo Italiano
14-10-2007, 20:02
I had only been to Wembley in the dark before I went there in March during daylight hours... its definately better in the dark!
wanderer24
14-10-2007, 22:15
old wembley, new wembley. same difference - $$$$ atmosphere.
Munich_Wolf
14-10-2007, 22:33
The game was won at HT and it was never going to be the most exciting fixture on the planet. 86000 attendance suggests the pricing is not too high. If England had been playing the Jocks yesterday the place would have been buzzing.
We played Germany there and the atmosphere was Sunday League-esque. Friendly or not it's crap
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