Doesn't sound like you're at the Kop end of the Centenary there jon...??
tom... this one really has been done to death here and elsewhere, from move of the Annie Roaders from the Kop across the pitch in the late 1970s, to the loss of atmosphere in the mid 1980s to the influx of OOT's... the loss of the standing Kop... and it's affect on atmosphere, to ticket prices, loss of working class hard core fans, increase in corporate fans and the hushed silences that punctuate games like the Derby match last week...
...but we are where we are and at the end of the day the only solution is going to come from the fans. To which the simplest solution is a bit of practice. I'm sure any of the RAWK staff will be pleased to meet you (and any other forumites) in the Albert before the game to show you what I mean...
If you're game... ??