Yes.

or to put it another way...

You? Be overly sceptical? NEVERRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

It's an act of the rugby gods...no seriously the winds where bad but not as bad as some we've had recently..more on the way it seems.

According to the chairman the club opted to keep the capacity at 18,000 and go for a higher spec stadium so I would imagine that you are being overly skeptical. I'm sure the company who constructed the roof will be more than concerned to find out exactly what has happened and thoroughly check the roof to ensure it does not happen a third time.


I can assure you that at 7.35am today they certainly were.

We aren't the only ones to have suffered wind damage to a new roof. Epsom racecourse has suffered the same fate only that one sounds worse as reports are stating that half the roof has actually blown off. I think ours folded back and exposed the fibreglass underlay which then blew all over the place.

It is interesting (in a low level way anyway) that the bit of roof that peeled back during the last lot of howling gales has remained in place this time. That leads me to speculate how much of this is down to either shoddy workmanship or underestimating the degree of fastening the aluminium sheeting requires.

I imagine the stadium is under guarantee and we won't have to cover the cost of the repairs.

We're lucky it's happened now and not during the season, we have time to fix the problem and ensure it doesn't happen again. Let's hope the cladding will also help with the wind resistance, theres alot of open gaps at the back right now.

Saints doing it on cheap, don't be silly

A cost of £25m doesn't suggest we did it on the cheap.

The cost of £25m has nothing to do with it and dont prove we've not done it on the cheap.

Speculating it is down to the roof construction company doesn't help the situation any & without any shred of evidence one might want to be careful until facts are borne out. Exceptional conditions, slight design flaws or combination of many other factors all might have contributed to create the situation. It's a shame but rather now than when a match was on so it's a blessing indisguise tbh.

To be honest, that wind was not exceptional, it weather that a brand new £25m stadium should have no problem. Other buildings in the area didn't have the problem.

The fact this is the second problem weve had with the roof is worrying. I just hope we don't have this problem every time high winds come and hope it don't effect the safety certificate that we going for.

I honestly can't see the Widnes game being on, the roof will need to be assessed and then repaired but firstly we need it looking At and with the wind still being strong, nobody can get up to look.

It had crossed my mind...