The best ground I've ever been to

[Cardiff fan]

Hi all, Cardiff fan here. For me, last night was worth the eight hour journey just to see your new ground up close. I was expecting it to be similar to Leicester's or even the Cardiff stadium, how very wrong I was. It was fantastic. The exterior was pretty much exquisite but the inside was something else. I loved the way it seemed to hold atmosphere, especially for the first ten minutes, I can imagine if the ground was full for a bigger game that it would be deafening.

I've never liked our new ground, it just seems to have no personality to it, its the definition of a 'flat pack' new stadium, and I'd always thought that's just the way new stadiums are these days. 'The AMEX' completely crushed that theory for me. I loved the way the singing 'bounced off' the rest of the stadium creating an effect that sounded incredible from where I was, It also had a personality to it, that many like ours lack.

I was disappointed with our support last night, not in terms of numbers but we didn't really add to the atmosphere. The tickets were a bit expensive I thought, but it was definitely worth it as far as I'm concerned. As for the game I thought you were the better team over the 90, but we probably had the two best chances through Helguson and Velikonja. Your wingers were very threatening throughout, and had you brought on Vicente a bit earlier I think you would have nicked it. CMS' work-rate was very impressive as well. I think we'll both be up there come the end of the season, If I had one criticism of your play it would be that you don't seem to be that clinical upfront? Correct me if I'm wrong.

All in all a very enjoyable trip and I was pleased with the point at a difficult place to go. Good luck for the rest of the season (apart from against us) you seem to be a well run club. Top fans, top ground, top manager, Friendly stewards

P.S Very nice cheerleaders, much nicer than Palaces'

 

[HantsSeagull]

Thank you. You can come again!

 

[martyn20]

Thanks mate

 

[shaolinpunk]

Glad you enjoyed it.

Out of interest, where do you stand on the red shirt debacle?

 

[Craig4004]

Good to see posts like this. Long may it continue! Thanks!

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Thanks Cardiff fan. Great comments.

 

[brightonmark1234]

thank you for that and we need a forward to score the goals and take the pressure off cms and glad you had a good time and like the ground

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

I remember visiting cardiff arms park in the late 70's and thought it was amazing

it had it's own unique identity,something some new stadiums lack

i might be being bias here,but i think the amex has that also

 

[Monkey Man]

Nice assessment - glad you enjoyed the visit. Brighton could easily have been saddled with a flatpack stadium but a combination of factors conspired to make the design imaginative and better equipped than we would have believed during our dark days.

Cardiff gave a good account of themselves and I suspect will do well this season. But it's a very tight league, again.

 

[RowXintheNorth]

Great post, didn't go myself as away on holiday.I'm looking forward to returning on Sat.

 

[blue'n'white]

Hi all, Cardiff fan here. For me, last night was worth the eight hour journey just to see your new ground up close. I was expecting it to be similar to Leicester's or even the Cardiff stadium, how very wrong I was. It was fantastic. The exterior was pretty much exquisite but the inside was something else. I loved the way it seemed to hold atmosphere, especially for the first ten minutes, I can imagine if the ground was full for a bigger game that it would be deafening.

I've never liked our new ground, it just seems to have no personality to it, its the definition of a 'flat pack' new stadium, and I'd always thought that's just the way new stadiums are these days. 'The AMEX' completely crushed that theory for me. I loved the way the singing 'bounced off' the rest of the stadium creating an effect that sounded incredible from where I was, It also had a personality to it, that many like ours lack.

I was disappointed with our support last night, not in terms of numbers but we didn't really add to the atmosphere. The tickets were a bit expensive I thought, but it was definitely worth it as far as I'm concerned. As for the game I thought you were the better team over the 90, but we probably had the two best chances through Helguson and Velikonja. Your wingers were very threatening throughout, and had you brought on Vicente a bit earlier I think you would have nicked it. CMS' work-rate was very impressive as well. I think we'll both be up there come the end of the season, If I had one criticism of your play it would be that you don't seem to be that clinical upfront? Correct me if I'm wrong.

All in all a very enjoyable trip and I was pleased with the point at a difficult place to go. Good luck for the rest of the season (apart from against us) you seem to be a well run club. Top fans, top ground, top manager, Friendly stewards

P.S Very nice cheerleaders, much nicer than Palaces'

Thank you - it's good to hear that other fans like our ground !
Oh and yes you're quite right about us not being terribly clinical up front - hopefully to be addressed sooner rather than later.
You, on the other hand, have Mr Bellamy who (love him or loathe him) looks dangerous every time he gets the ball. Personally I'm not a fan but you can't deny his quality - if he was in the side that you support you'd love him
Good luck for the rest of the season (obviously except against us)

 

[Sheebo]

Hi all, Cardiff fan here. For me, last night was worth the eight hour journey just to see your new ground up close. I was expecting it to be similar to Leicester's or even the Cardiff stadium, how very wrong I was. It was fantastic. The exterior was pretty much exquisite but the inside was something else. I loved the way it seemed to hold atmosphere, especially for the first ten minutes, I can imagine if the ground was full for a bigger game that it would be deafening.

I've never liked our new ground, it just seems to have no personality to it, its the definition of a 'flat pack' new stadium, and I'd always thought that's just the way new stadiums are these days. 'The AMEX' completely crushed that theory for me. I loved the way the singing 'bounced off' the rest of the stadium creating an effect that sounded incredible from where I was, It also had a personality to it, that many like ours lack.

I was disappointed with our support last night, not in terms of numbers but we didn't really add to the atmosphere. The tickets were a bit expensive I thought, but it was definitely worth it as far as I'm concerned. As for the game I thought you were the better team over the 90, but we probably had the two best chances through Helguson and Velikonja. Your wingers were very threatening throughout, and had you brought on Vicente a bit earlier I think you would have nicked it. CMS' work-rate was very impressive as well. I think we'll both be up there come the end of the season, If I had one criticism of your play it would be that you don't seem to be that clinical upfront? Correct me if I'm wrong.

All in all a very enjoyable trip and I was pleased with the point at a difficult place to go. Good luck for the rest of the season (apart from against us) you seem to be a well run club. Top fans, top ground, top manager, Friendly stewards

P.S Very nice cheerleaders, much nicer than Palaces'

Thanks! Incidentally I hope you read the reposrts on your ground / stewards etc when we played you at your place last season - All BHA saying similar thing to you!

Really impressed with your team. What i'd give to have a player like Whittingham to play alongside Vicente...!

 

[Cardiff fan]

Glad you enjoyed it.

Out of interest, where do you stand on the red shirt debacle?

Thanks for the replies, to be honest its been a very long, stressful summer for most concerned with our club. Personally its not the red that's worrying, its the fact that the owner of our club has been able to make these drastic changes, and no-one has any power to stop him. I hope for football's sake that this is a one off, otherwise football is in trouble more than ever before. For me I'm against the red, but it won't stop me supporting my football club

 

[rocker959]

Thank you Cardiff fan great comments , much appreciated.

 

[LukeOwen]

Great post! Glad you enjoyed your time down here.

 

[Gonzo]

Love you too x x x

 

[algie]

Cheers Redbird for the comments. Work is continuing on the Amex until next year. The final capacity will be 30,750.

 

[Braders]

The best (ok maybe not in terms of looks but setup) was Ninian Park , proper football ground that.

 

[Cardiff fan]

Cheers Redbird for the comments. Work is continuing on the Amex until next year. The fial capacity will be 30,750.

Please don't call us 'Redbirds' though, whatever they are

 

[Cardiff fan]

The best (ok maybe not in terms of looks but setup) was Ninian Park , proper football ground that.

I agree, If we could combine the atmosphere and personality of Ninian park with the CCS we'd have one hell of a ground!