31-05-2024, 09:28 AM
(31-05-2024, 08:08 AM)DR Forest Wrote: I don’t think Toton is a complete red herring SM- we may end up with training and maybe conference facilities there.
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Taking a step back, isn’t it convenient all this tit for tat has been a useful litmus test for both the club and the council (Even if not originally by design)?
Remember, the fans are ‘customers’ of both and I think it’s focused minds on both sides by forcing the issue to be dealt with.
Then, I just think about the end game here.
Fact- popular opinion and (costs aside) the best location for all is to stay where we are;
Fact- nothing is guaranteed but to have any realistic chance of competing at the very top level we need to develop the stadium and commercial revenue.
Fact- to do both these, we need better infrastructure (eg car parks and roads as well as physical seats) and this needs more space.
Now both parties seem to accept the will of the people they just might actually work together to make it happen.
I don’t want to move but for me, having the income to compete trumps the romance of staying put IF a resolution at NG2 can’t be found.
I too recall those European nights as a little boy; and whilst some, who may not have witnessed those moments on the field, cling to the connective tissue that is the world famous CG, I can tell them that such moments on the pitch far far outweigh any feel-good factor walking over Trent bridge admiring the river.
I want more great days before I’m gone; we hope to stay but if the best chance of experiencing those days again means moving, then so be it.
That sums it for me too.

