15-05-2024, 06:50 PM
(15-05-2024, 05:36 PM)Username Wrote: ^agreed
Anyone advocating Toton should look at the Brighton match day experience, it’s an utter S**t show logistically and the only way to get a pint is to be in the ground for overpriced flat beer.
The atmosphere at these newer larger grounds is not the same. I am sure WHam fans 30,000 at upton park had a better atmosphere than the London Stadium and the same with City fans comparing the Etihad with Maine Road but i am sure they would equally not turn the clock back and those stadiums were not even designed for football. I went to Tottenham this season and thought the stadium was superb. Those clubs moved or built new stadiums to increase their revenues, partly by monopolising all the match day hospitality in the area. The question is do we want to do that and become a force in the premier league or remain a middling club flitting between premier league and championship at best. Maranakis is ambitious he doesn’t want the latter and most supporters don’t. The potential is there and he is prepared to invest to achieve it. The future is multi use stadiums and we need to be part of it and unfortunately the City ground site is not big enough to achieve it. Trent Bridge is similar. Not long ago it was one of the largest cricket grounds in the country but others have expanded and new out of town grounds like Southampton have been built which are pushing the top international matches slowly away. We rarely get an ashes test now because other stadiums are bigger. Time to move on and progress. Toton is a brilliant opportunity for the football club to grow.