The Infrastructure Projects

[Salvatore Matrecano]

The reality is we will never be able to make the CG what we really want it to be - a big enough stadium 40-50k with all the amenities on site to generate a lot of cash for 365 days.

It’s not just the current fans, it’s also about the legacy for supporters over the next 50 yrs.
I would want my young lad who loves Forest to have the opportunity to experience the success I have seen.

It’s not right to just make do with half baked improvements.

If moving helps sustain our chances of success, then it is the right thing to do for future generations.

I agree.

Yet to inform those who currently can’t take a step back to see it, I would ask the club and council to show us what ‘the freehold’ on offer is so we/the club can all see together whether it’s feasible or not.
How big is the footprint on offer? 
Is a sideways stadium BS or something the current chairman has swept under the carpet because of a possible conflict of interest?
Would the plot allow both a bigger stadium and the leisure facilities required? 
A Forest hotel?
How many and how much profit from apartments and what slice would the council want?
Do the numbers add up?
Maybe Toton can be the training ground/conference venue nearer the motorway and CG the leisure complex?

I guess with the backdrop of tit for tat press statements from club and council, I’m asking for transparency so the fan base can all make a fully informed decision.

Yes agree

We probably won’t ever see the numbers but just want evidence the club has explored every option and isn’t making a decision because Benoy gets a convenient profit, or because of a friendly handshake between Rishi and EM to use the HS2 site to get around political embarrassment or that the council and planning restrictions on the current site really don’t work.

The u turn hasn’t been fully explained other than trying to pin blame on others for a decision to move. Some wont like it regardless but want Forest to least try to have a grown up discussion.