To be fair, a lot of what is being asked (ripping up the seats, giving away tickets) is entirely unrealistic and it amazes me that fans still raise the same questions. However, some of the other questions about scheduling of matches and the overall match day management were IMO relevant questions. It'll be interesting to see how the club reacts.

This was the final fan response on the Facebook page. I love the unintentionally ironic use of the word "simply."



I'm surprised nobody at the club has pursued this strategy.

I do wonder if I'll wake up one day and the Doc will have had enough of the utter tripe some sections of the RL community are throwing at him, worryingly too some of the negativity from some of our own fans is just incredible.



The man saved the club from extinction, is buying us quality players and trying to secure the stadium for the club to secure a lengthy legacy so for Gods sake trust him or walk away with the negativity,

I do take issue with people who dismiss the notion of standing in the east stand as pie in the sky.



Would it really be a flight of fancy to swap this:







for:

Would never work that, those seats aren't blue

It makes a refreshing change for the club to not only listen to the fans, but also to show that they are acting on it.

There are obviously lots of issues that need to be resolved and I don't think we can expect these things to be rectified overnight.

The biggest issue you'd have, other than the cost of changing (and judging by the absence of finishing touches at the stadium it's clear that they're not keen on spending cash), is the fact that those 'seats' aren't the same as the ones currently present (no backrest etc). The fact that Sale have already sold season tickets (some on three year deals) for that stand does make it a non-starter I'd guess (certainly within that three year timeframe).



Perhaps if the Doc somehow manages to purchase the stadium you might have half a chance but I think it's a long shot.

I think there are more important things to fix before the seating/standing debate becomes the number one topic for change.

I agree.

As I don't use Twitter and Facebook I wasn't able to respond but I do hope the youngsters and their families are targetted.

As it may prove the club is adept at 'pinching' things from Castleford I quite like this idea

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They do have a backrest:

I might be wrong, but I'm sure I've heard of some stadiums in Germany having just normal seating areas, but where standing is expected - maybe 12 people for every 10 seats. Can see a health and safety issue if they had it over here though, the lock-away seats in the picture above would be the best.