The Infrastructure Projects

[Sniffer Dog (Admin)]

Nothing is guaranteed in life but you can make decisions which improve the probability of outcomes. The changing picture as a result of P&S is going to even more equalize league position with income. The owner is ambitious for the club and I share that. Do we want to be a yo yo club at best or do we want to be a force in English football. Do we want to be like a Preston North End or more like a Spurs or Villa. Do we want to say we were once contenders or still be. We did win the European Cup twice in living memory.

This is what i keep getting at.

How does a new stadium guarantee that we will be a force in English football? We are a million miles behind Manchester City, Manchester Unitrd, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle and Tottenham etc. There is no magic wand with a new stadium. We could just as easily fall out of the PL than suddenly become a force. 

It will be on the pitch that will make us a top side again not a new stadium. You don't get any points for building a new ground, points are earned out on the pitch.

It doesn't of course but it does increase the chance with better resources for wages etc.

Can you really see us getting top 6 ever with the current setup?

With the current setup no but leaving the setup like it currently is is not an option so that doesn't matter. 

I think another 15K seats in our present location though gives us just as good a chance as moving into a brand new stadium.

Ok but that isn't on the table is it? The original plans had between 5 and 10k didn't they? Everything that has gone on since does seem to imply that those plans aren't viable otherwise we'd have already progressed them? Perhaps the flats weren't possible? Or is it simply we're trying to think bigger? The original plans did seem a little too good to be true.

Like I stated earlier today in this thread I heard that we are now exploring the possiblity of increasing the CG by a further 15K.