Amex Photos from this morning including Managers view and players tunnel !!

[Psychobilly freakout]

Oh my days I was lucky enough to be on site again.....

Pitch is ready....

 

[Brighton till i die]

lovely jubbley!!!

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

I got to sit in The Gus Chair, also a little know fact our chairs are slightly tilted forward so our players feet touch the ground and the away players seats are slightly higher so when they look over at our bench area we look bigger !!!

 

[kalinski]

I got to sit in The Gus Chair, also a little know fact our chairs are slightly tilted forward so our players feet touch the ground and the away players seats are slightly higher so when they look over at our bench area we look bigger !!!

i love things like this - we seem to have gone for similar psychological tricks for the away dressing room. Found this about Arsenal's...

Firstly, the Arsenal room has a lucky horse shoe shape, where as the away team gets the edgy atmosphere of a square. In the centre of the away changing room is a very tall work bench so disrupt communication across the room. What’s more, the Arsenal changing room has a special non-slip flooring to prevent accidents, but the away team have to suffer a shiny, plastic surface! These subliminal features all combine to indicate Arsenal’s superiority and are just one intelligent part of the stadium’s grand design.

 

[Scoffers]

i love things like this - we seem to have gone for similar psychological tricks for the away dressing room. Found this about Arsenal's...

Firstly, the Arsenal room has a lucky horse shoe shape, where as the away team gets the edgy atmosphere of a square. In the centre of the away changing room is a very tall work bench so disrupt communication across the room. What’s more, the Arsenal changing room has a special non-slip flooring to prevent accidents, but the away team have to suffer a shiny, plastic surface! These subliminal features all combine to indicate Arsenal’s superiority and are just one intelligent part of the stadium’s grand design.

Hasnt done them much good though, has it. Not won a trophy in how many years?

 

[Bozza]

i love things like this - we seem to have gone for similar psychological tricks for the away dressing room. Found this about Arsenal's...

Firstly, the Arsenal room has a lucky horse shoe shape, where as the away team gets the edgy atmosphere of a square. In the centre of the away changing room is a very tall work bench so disrupt communication across the room. What’s more, the Arsenal changing room has a special non-slip flooring to prevent accidents, but the away team have to suffer a shiny, plastic surface! These subliminal features all combine to indicate Arsenal’s superiority and are just one intelligent part of the stadium’s grand design.

The dressing rooms are EXACTLY like that and it was one of the things that surprised me.

The away dressing rooms just have a few rubbish benches - there doesn't seem to be enough for a whole team to sit down - and some lockers.

Despite this, however, apparently our away dressing room is somewhat nicer than we have to put up with at other grounds.

 

[Nickols4]

I LOVE the blue border around the pitch. Class.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

I LOVE the blue border around the pitch. Class.

It is very sticky and like the stuff in kids playgrounds

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

I got to sit in The Gus Chair, also a little know fact our chairs are slightly tilted forward so our players feet touch the ground and the away players seats are slightly higher so when they look over at our bench area we look bigger !!!

Who on earth told you that!?

 

[Twinkle Toes]

I like the way they've cheekily made the pitch 10 yards longer by sticking the goals in on the edge of the playground surround.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Who on earth told you that!?

pm sent fella

 

[mcshane in the 79th]

Thanks Mr Freakout.

Are the goals going to be equal distance from the pitch? What I mean is it wouldn't surprise me to hear now that the goal in front of the away end is further away from the seats so as to lessen the impact the away fans goading my have on our keeper!

 

[WallyBanana]

i love things like this - we seem to have gone for similar psychological tricks for the away dressing room. Found this about Arsenal's...

Firstly, the Arsenal room has a lucky horse shoe shape, where as the away team gets the edgy atmosphere of a square. In the centre of the away changing room is a very tall work bench so disrupt communication across the room. What’s more, the Arsenal changing room has a special non-slip flooring to prevent accidents, but the away team have to suffer a shiny, plastic surface! These subliminal features all combine to indicate Arsenal’s superiority and are just one intelligent part of the stadium’s grand design.

I was lucky enough to see it on Tuesday.....poor quality picture I know....was using my phone!

 

[Birdie Boy]

I got to sit in The Gus Chair, also a little know fact our chairs are slightly tilted forward so our players feet touch the ground and the away players seats are slightly higher so when they look over at our bench area we look bigger !!!

Is it me or does anyone else think that if the away seats are higher, they will look bigger (taller) not the other way around?

 

[Cadiz Seagull]

There's no penalty spot marked out. Are we not going to bother with penalties this season?

 

[magoo]

Is it me or does anyone else think that if the away seats are higher, they will look bigger (taller) not the other way around?

I think the fact that our players feet are on the ground and their's aren't will give the illusion ours players are bigger lol.

 

[Birdie Boy]

I think the fact that our players feet are on the ground and their's aren't will give the illusion ours players are bigger lol.

Lol, didn't think of that... Although, if I was looking over at the other bench, I wouldn't be looking down at their feet unless it was to see if they have the latest Total 90's on!

 

[Drumstick]

There's no penalty spot marked out. Are we not going to bother with penalties this season?

There was last night at least at the north end.

 

[SurreySeagulls]

I remember a story from the first Adams tenure. During periods of cold weather he would always ask for the windows in the away changing rooms to left wide open so the room would be freezing for when they arrived and would take ages to warm up so their bodies would not be warm enough and therefore more suspect to get an injury etc.

These kind of tricks are played the length and breadth of the country

 

[magoo]

Lol, didn't think of that... Although, if I was looking over at the other bench, I wouldn't be looking down at their feet unless it was to see if they have the latest Total 90's on!

It's unconscious though innit. You don't understand why but they look bigger. They should have made the away seats slightly larger too to make them feel smaller.