FlyingOwl Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) EIS wasn't it? Not that embarrassing when you consider the facilities and sports people that go there. Think the point is that a professional sports team of our size should have adequate facilities for our players to train in. Palmer went to that gym to use the spinning bikes. Something our club should have. I've been in the gym at the training ground and it's shocking. It's just a large shed portacabin thing....few weights, resistance machines...couple of treadmills and an old radio. Definitely not enough equipment for the whole first team (or even half the first team) to use at once....not big enough for half of the first team to fit into comfortably either. In the 'main building' there's a small physio room, a changing area (there may have been two actually), a meeting room and a dining hall. Then next to the building is a small media centre...another portakabin. The point is that we're not expecting a training ground the size of Man City's. But the club deserves better. It's a good thing we've got money & that the name Sheffield Wednesday carries a bit of weight, otherwise we'd attract no bugger. Our stadium is only just being dragged into the 21st century and our training ground is abysmal. This is where these players are expected to work...to better themselves....to take the club as high as possible. Edited July 28, 2015 by FlyingOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darra Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 IIRC Man City's training ground has an 18k seater ground as part of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrodie2002 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 IIRC Man City's training ground has an 18k seater ground as part of it Man city can justify having a training facility like that We can't... I'd be happy with a few modern outdoor pitches, a couple of all weather pitches (4g) and a decent gym & rehab facility... Bare minimum for a championship team is say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingOwl Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Man city can justify having a training facility like that We can't... I'd be happy with a few modern outdoor pitches, a couple of all weather pitches (4g) and a decent gym & rehab facility... Bare minimum for a championship team is say This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 At least that wouldn't cost much. Cheecky bugger Your right though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppers Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Reading have just moved facilities and the buildings look great and only cost £360k. It would not cost huge amounts to improve the facilities to include proper offices, meeting rooms, changing rooms, etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abrodie2002 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Reading have just moved facilities and the buildings look great and only cost £360k. It would not cost huge amounts to improve the facilities to include proper offices, meeting rooms, changing rooms, etc.. It'd probably be cheaper to buy a new plot of land and develop it from scratch than to upgrade the current one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daavies; Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 It's a necessary investment in my opinion. Better facilities must attract better players. I'm so happy to see our club being brought into the modern era finally though. One step at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Mk Dons are looking at moving their training ground out of the city as its not deemed adequate. Its better than Middlewood Road at the moment It isn't better than Middlewood Rd - their training ground is shocking with zero facilities - its in a public park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mrbluesky Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I wonder if we're going to have an 18 page slanging match about the training ground? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Think the point is that a professional sports team of our size should have adequate facilities for our players to train in. Palmer went to that gym to use the spinning bikes. Something our club should have. I've been in the gym at the training ground and it's shocking. It's just a large shed portacabin thing....few weights, resistance machines...couple of treadmills and an old radio. Definitely not enough equipment for the whole first team (or even half the first team) to use at once....not big enough for half of the first team to fit into comfortably either. In the 'main building' there's a small physio room, a changing area (there may have been two actually), a meeting room and a dining hall. Then next to the building is a small media centre...another portakabin. The point is that we're not expecting a training ground the size of Man City's. But the club deserves better. It's a good thing we've got money & that the name Sheffield Wednesday carries a bit of weight, otherwise we'd attract no bugger. Our stadium is only just being dragged into the 21st century and our training ground is abysmal. This is where these players are expected to work...to better themselves....to take the club as high as possible. A - we haven't had the money to spend on it til now. B - EIS is a cracking facility, used by froch, ennis and a lot of professional athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartman Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Not sure if it's still the case but a few years ago the club had a deal with the gym accross the road, certainly when it was 'Fitness First' anyway, bit embarrassing as has been said as this is generally something that happens with non-league clubs Sodge apparently had amnesia which would explain his quick decline in form, when challenged about parking in disabled bays at the gym he needed clarification on who he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 What happened to the plans for the back of the dog track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtawnyowl Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 The fact that the dog track is owned by a Mr D Allen probably explains why there has been no progress on any plans there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 At least that wouldn't cost much. Ouch! Burn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinno Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) What happened to the plans for the back of the dog track?The project near the dog track was Swfc football in the community not Swfc academy Up to now they haven't raised enough funding to proceed with the project Edited July 29, 2015 by dinno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingOwl Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 A - we haven't had the money to spend on it til now. B - EIS is a cracking facility, used by froch, ennis and a lot of professional athletes. Yes. EIS is used regularly by individual athletes. Can bet you that we're the only championship team that does not have a fully functioning gym of our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Reading have just moved facilities and the buildings look great and only cost £360k. It would not cost huge amounts to improve the facilities to include proper offices, meeting rooms, changing rooms, etc.. Now if that would have cost £350k, Milan would have been all over that like a tramp on chips. We don't know what Mr C's "£350k - no more, no less!" limit is yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 IIRC Man City's training ground has an 18k seater ground as part of it And it also has a bigger Capacity than Toytowns's NYS and Donkey's Keepmoat Stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) Yes. EIS is used regularly by individual athletes. Can bet you that we're the only championship team that does not have a fully functioning gym of our own. The EIS is quoted to have world class facilities; it made (and still makes) financial sense to use it. People talk about a club like ours "not having spinning facilities/classes and such" (to paraphrase) but what financial sense wouldn't make to install such facilities and employ someone when there are gyms providing such classes/facilities at Hillsborough Leisure centre and Fitness First - both around a mile (probably less) from our training ground. It would cost an arm and a leg to set up massive gyms at Middlewood Road. We should set up an appropriately sized and equipped gym in a modern building that can be expanded and then utilise EIS for the time being. To compare us with Man City is ridiculous. Edited July 29, 2015 by shandypants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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