Big Ern As far as fans making noise..couldn't care less. The clubs ability to attract intellectually challenged fans that sing the same boring sings every week has no bearing on the clubs success....well lack of it at the moment. Probably says something favorable about the demographic of the area that we don't have many of these fans.
As far as criticising the Madstad, then this is a stadium named best sub 25,000 capacity stadium in Europe a few years back. Would take the madstad over vicarage road any day, and even though Elm Park had a certain sentimental attachment, I dread to think where we would be as a club if we were still there. Think jealousy actually comes into it when fans criticise new stadiums.
I think a big part of it is the location, especially for the away fan who just drives in from the M4, straight into the car park.
And also, when it is subdued at the Madejski, it really is subdued. There's little enthusiasm around the place currently, and you don't get the impression many go in expectation of an enjoyable game. It doesn't really make for a great atmosphere.
Saying that I prefer silence to that dreadful "...and that's the way I like it, like it..." song they kept singing.
