I WAS at the Macron Stadium last weekend for the first time since Bolton Wanderers’ new big screen was installed. I’ve got to say, I’m not a fan.

For those not in the picture (see what I’ve done there?) Whites have installed a new big screen — but in a break from the norm, the screen is in portrait format, similar to a huge smartphone rather than a big television.

This is all well and good for displaying the team, the time, the score and match statistics — but when it comes to highlights, the results (much like our form so far this season) are mixed at best.

Match action is either confined to a small landscape rectangle in the centre of the screen or zoomed in cropping off half of the picture — it just doesn’t work for highlights.

What do you do when you watch videos on your phone? You turn it on its side so you get a proper picture — but clearly this isn’t possible when your phone is 20ft tall and weighs a tonne.

When Whites introduced the screen for the game against Wolves they said it was a first in European football.

They said they were “breaking from tradition” and that the screen features a new vertical layout offering fans “a whole new perspective on the conventional match day experience”. You can say that again — conventional it is not.

And I’m not the only disgruntled supporter. The people sat around me in were saying the same thing about the screen — and the reaction on Twitter has been similarly negative.

A quick search of ‘BWFC screen’ online brings up comments like ‘When’s the other half of the screen being delivered?’ and ‘We could have bought a new striker with £800,000’.

Some of the other Tweets are not printable in a family newspaper — but suffice to say fans are basically saying there’s a reason why this screen is the only one in Europe.

Some people have mentioned the cost of the screen — especially given our lack of transfer funds at the moment.

However, this is clearly a money maker for the club, bringing in a lot of advertising revenue.

I'm certainly not against that, especially if the money is used to get Whites back to the Premier League.

But surely a way can be found to deliver a decent big screen for highlights as well as making some much-needed dosh? Is it too late to just turn the screen through 90 degrees?

More people will look at the screen if the match action is watchable — so surely that means a better product for advertisers and more revenue? That would be a win-win — something we all are hoping for on and off the pitch.