The club has dealt with this very badly and have compounded this at every stage.

Firstly having said No to the HF they should have stuck to this (right or wrong) and not back tracked as this now means all such decisions are reversible.

The club then failed to consult fans about a singing section, Did Season ticket holders want one? If they did how many wanted to be part of it? and then where should it be. In my view it is the size of the demand that determines this position.

The club seems to have decided this based on the demands of the loudest pressure groups.

If the club had carried out the survey and found out the vast majority of fans wanted the singing section, and that 400 people wanted to take part in it then they could have moved forward. People would still had to move but at least then there would be the argument that it was a democratic decision.

As other people have said the current solution carries a very real possibility of that part of ground being closed on safety grounds. This also has a knock on to taking part in safe standing trials (which will be done by individual club risk assessments) CPFC will have to prove that they have managed this in new area whereas in Block B this was essentially proven - most safe standing trials will be in corners. The Club has an active planning application for new stand and this can now be re-opened dues to these changes.

The other point that has been made is compensation and packages for those being moved. The actual detail on these from club seem sketchy at best. The suggestion has been made on here of a free season ticket for next season. How would that be funded? We seem very close to FPP rules so any perceived reduction in income is unlikely to be popular with club.

The whole situation is a mess

Yeh agreed there. Parish has ballsed this up from the get go, but then what do we expect from the man who hired FDB.

The club is run with a total lack of joined up thinking in many, many areas.

Both sides of this debacle have not covered themselves in glory, but putting everything aside, the HF do hold some power over Mr Parish, and they also got lucky with our home form earlier this year. Parish should have thought about it, spoken to the stakeholders and then made a decision and stuck to it - that is what leadership is all about. Instead everyone was kept in the dark, half decisions were made, then reversed....total schoolboy stuff, much like most of our transfer windows.

I hope everyone directly impacted can just move on and put this in the rear view mirror by the time next season comes around.

One thing unites everyone which is we all love this club and we want the most success on the pitch possible.

This thread size must be getting near that legendary one on Wayne Hennessey.

Regardless of the roundabout way its come about, If Parish didn't think it had massive benefit, it wouldn't be happening.

Nobody, including the man himself, has said he does (as far as i'm aware). Yes it appears to be badly orchestrated etc etc etc.........but there's no doubt that ultimately this is a good move for OUR club.

The way its going, we will be the first club in the Championship with a silly singing section. It will totally irrelevant and nobody will be interested.