This could be a great development. Hope it works out, only shame is that the away fans won't see the displays, but it's not for them, right?

Which evening is choir practice?

Personally love this - not an area that can be disrupted by a big away allocation either. How good will this be when we play Norwich at home next season in the Championship?

COYB

Music to my ears

I'm never too sure how happy I would be to have a massive flag waved in front of me for 90 mins But if this improves the atmosphere - DO IT
What happened to the party people in Portman Terrace anyway ?

All for it if it generates more atmosphere, shame it couldn't be lower north because I think that would be best place . COYB

I would love to have a proper terracing section. Not this safe standing rubbish. Terracing is very safe at modern, organised grounds. I'm afraid I'll never get my wish as people will always say terracing is not safe. Those that remember the 92 div 2 winning season will remember all the amazing atmospheres we had. I fear that day has passed.

Oh dear, LIBRARY CLOSED!

Aled Jones and Charlotte Church free season tickets?

Move the away fans to the north stand end of the cobbold, should create a bit of noise maybe lol

Is Ed Sheeran conductor?

Not sure about this, but I have to say that we, and indeed many other clubs in England, just haven't got the vocal support worked out. I'm always a bit disappointed with the volume at PR. The Sir Bobby is perhaps too much of a mixture of ages: some sing a lot, some don't at all, and some join in sometimes, but then it all peters out quite quickly. "Singers," "non-singers," and "sometimers," find themselves sitting next to each other. Also, sometimes different sections are trying to sing different songs at the same time. It would help if all those wishing to be very vocal could be together, but I'm not sure the Cobbold is the place. Surely, the traditional place is behind the goal? As for the quality or originality of the songs themselves, least said, but again, we are not alone in that. In fact every team has pretty much the same songs with minor name changes as appropriate. Finally, to see how it's really done, look to the continent. My experience in Sweden is that the singing is pretty much continual for the 90 minutes - but then they do not always have seating, which helps. In the European competitions when playing in the UK, the visiting supporters often put our home teams to shame. But then, they've had plenty of practice at home.

IMO the trial was not successful so surprised at this.

Seems to me a bit like the TV Studio floor guy walking round with a sign saying 'applaud'. Far too manufactured. Make the crowd atmosphere from the performances on the pitch.

I think all would agree that fans are more likely to be vocal if they are standing. There are executive boxes along the length of the Cobbold Stand the view from which is obscured by people standing so not sure how this would work - are they expected to sing sitting down or am I missing something?

For me, this should only be a temporary solution. We need a proper Kop and if we can build behind Sir Bobby Robson we should restructure / build that stand to be our kop. If we can't do that, we should sort out the Churchmans end and turn that into a Kop. It has to be behind one of the goals.

How the hell does waving a flag or lighting pretty coloured flares add to the atmosphere? These numpties have been watching too many youtube videos of equally stupid foreign fans, most of whom face the wrong way throughout the whole 90mins!!! Still, at least they're stuck in the corner out of the way where they won't be seen or heard !

A tacit admission that the North Stand lower is a lost cause.

This is a good idea 👍 it can only create a positive feeling and help lift the team. Vocal support is vital.

As a 9 and 10 year old kid I use to go and watch Stoke City (my local team back in the day). The atmosphere generated by the fans was electric and I am in no doubt that helped the team punch above its weight.

Then in the mid 1970's I had the chance to go and watch Ipswich at Portman Road (extended family lived in the Town). Watching Sir Bobby's team was a privilege and even as a youngster I recognised the style of football was something very special (and I have supported them ever since).

The only downside was the atmosphere generated within the ground. It was unbelievably quiet in comparison to that generated at the old Victoria Ground in Stoke 'on a wet Wednesday night'.

Personally think this is great. The atmosphere for the Plymouth home game was superb partly because Block A had Fortuna fans and other long-distance ITFC supporter branches in there, and for the Burnley game Blue Action were in there. It won't detract from the Sir Bobby Stand because that will always remain the most popular part of the ground and will always sing.

Ive no issue with this, but its a clear admission that the acoustics arent right currently.
As mentioned above, our ground is old "4 stand" affair and the sooner we get Cobbold stand redone and a roof on Magnus that "joins the stands up" the better. Old solid cantilevered structures without the translucence dont help the pitch either.
From what MA did at Ashton gate I'm sure PR will end up as a more inclusive "Area" sooner rather than later

West. Yes, ur missing something. Block A is im the upper tier, not the lower.

Well,if its blue action going up there, let's hope they're more vocal than they have been of late. Frankly, been the quietest area of the sir bobby robson lower for several games now.

Will they do requests?

Steve_ITFC_Sweden - You are spot on mate. I sit in the middle of section 6 a few rows behind Blue Action, I speak to one of the Blue Action boys regularly. There have been complaints from people around me about flag waving, mainly from middle aged to elderly fans but a few of the younger fans as well. I've said to the guy I know that the issue is that they are doing it during gameplay, any other time they probably wouldn't mind it, but some of them continue to wave flags during gameplay. We've had arguments and fights breakout over it to the point where I think they've now upset some fans and these fans probably refuse to join in when they start songs cos they're annoyed and frustrated with them. I agree with @pennblue that it needs to be turned into a proper support end, but unfortunately the older generation will refuse to move seats because they've sat there for years. I get where they're coming from but if they don't want to generate atmosphere they are bringing the rest down, people who do want to generate atmosphere can't get a ticket in the north so sit elsewhere. These other areas aren't populated enough with the vocal fans so no noise gets made elsewhere.

Worked well sitting in upper cobbold for the Burnley game so should still be good, and might find that more North Stand fans join in once they're not getting peeved off with flags in front of them during the game :)