Rooster wrote:
Litter, damage to property, noise etc are serious problems but something that UR will have great problems doing anything about that is up to individual punters, residents and the police. It is a very ignorant disrespectfull behaviour for anyone to chuck litter into someones garden, park in private access and create a general racket outside someones house at any time of day.
Yes there will be trucks etc in and out of the site during construction, but it will be during work hours when even Mole is at work as is illlustrated by their problem of coming home and car ticketed.
After all that though Ulster Rugby should be trying to assit to iron out some of these problems and be talking to the residents.
Not something that UR can do anything about directly. But it is incumbent on all of us who want to continue to watch Rugby at ravenhill to realise that damage to property and a lack of respect for the residents in the area reflect badly on us all and could well convince a planning committee not to grant permission for further development.
UR need to be seen to be doing whatever they can in setting the tone of tolerance and respect for the wishes of the residents to ensure a harmonious relationship which results in a re-developed Ravenhill. And we as fans need to ensure that nothing we do endangers that relationship.
I know we're always very proud of our reaction to bigots and racists within the ground, making our feelings felt and stamping out bad behaviour within Ravenhill itself. But do we do the same to ensure that our fellow fans behave themselves on the way to and from the ground?
Yes you can argue that the residents should have been aware of the potential risks when they moved into the area but nevertheless we should respect their property and personal space and we should all be vocal in our condemnation of inconsiderate and disrespectful behaviour from OUR fellow fans.