FlyingOwl Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 (edited) If a decent site could be found that could accomodate could transport links, plenty of parking etc...and we had the money to actually build a 'proper stadium'...then I'm all for it. But I do think we have a good thing with Hillsborough, but it's not a quick fix. We've got plans of doing something with the West Stand...it's probably going to be a home stand in years to come. I do think we need to buy more land. Chansiri and his minions do regular walks around the stadium & the stands so will be well aware of what needs sorting. But it can't be done over night. The big job of last summer was the pitch & scoreboard. Plus a bit of renovation of the executive areas. This summer, instead of 'pitch cam'...we might have 'concourse cam'....or 'stadium painting cam'. Something will be happening though, I'm sure of that. Edited December 31, 2015 by FlyingOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiffowl06 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 This is getting tiring. There is no need to move ground. Hillsborough can be renovated cheaper than the cost of a new stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longreach Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Build stadium mk near junction 35 of the m1 and it would be mega...coyld you imagine goin to home games with an away game atmos?..stadium mk even with just 21k inside wud be rocking...im sick of the flat souless expierience of home games That's down to the supporters (including you......) not the feckin' building you dilbert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 A bit too out of town for me mate. People make the atmosphere, if we moved our home support would sit in silence then blame the new stadium. Well maybe it would change if we moved. Part of the problem is the draconian stewarding at Hillsborough since the disaster, which isn't going to change all the while we're still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lincolnowl Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I'd love us to move from Hillsborough. It's a poo hole and no longer fit for purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General_Grievous Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 No move. Rebuild the West and make it a home end. Put aways in the corner and a chunk of the north. New roof on the kop and build some decent facilities behind it like a pub. Buy all these pots of land around the area and develop a top class training ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Where are these weeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grez Bez Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Is this the most boring thread on here? Moving is short sighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookone Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Move - I would love a new stadium which is fit for purpose and there are lots of very nice fields around Dore which would save me the inconvenience of having to jump in the car - perfick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I think most of us would prefer Hillsborough to be spruced up at both ends of ground. Could do lots of different style of stands at Leppings Lane end but there's little we could do with kop because there's not much space behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1Owl Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 When the stadium goes everything goes & I will never go again. Who would swap Hillsborough for a stadium in middle of an industrial estate. Not me. Refurb yes, we've started with new scoreboard but keep the history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 We've got a white elephant of a stadium. There are trees and weeds growing out of places where you wouldn't normally expect to see trees, and weeds. So let's sell it to Taylor Wimpey, or Barratts, or Currys/ PC World, put the £500,000 down as a deposit and build something fit for purpose, instead of wasting another £22million removing posts/columns and buying 400 tonnes of blue paint. Everyone is making progress with theirs (see link below) but short of bolting on a largely unnecessary extension to the South Stand at massive expense to the club, we've done nowt to ours in twenty-odd years. We've got holes in every corner of the ground, not exactly "enhancing" the atmosphere. We're on a river flood plain n'all, so it's only a matter of time before the Desso is covered in plop - again. So, we can rip up the new Desso and take it with us, as well as the shiny new big TV in the corner. That is reasonably portable on a big truck. We're all using cars and stuff now, instead of penny farthings and horse/carts, so we can get to pretty much any part of Sheffield in 15 minutes. Where could we relocate too? We're only the other side of the hill to the Don Valley, near to the M1 and 5 minutes from town, on the tram route, plus next to a railway line, etc... etc... http://www.footballgroundguide.com/about-the-author/developments.html Let the abuse - and arguments - begin. Happy New Year. No need to leave Hillsbro , just a little modernisation is all that is needed. . Its our home Simples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malkmus Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Out of interest, what new stadiums that we've visited do we think might be suitable for us to build? I've never actually been to it, but have driven past it, that's the new Eco stadium in Nice. I was very impressed by stadium MK the other week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevtheowl Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 We've got a white elephant of a stadium. There are trees and weeds growing out of places where you wouldn't normally expect to see trees, and weeds. So let's sell it to Taylor Wimpey, or Barratts, or Currys/ PC World, put the £500,000 down as a deposit and build something fit for purpose, instead of wasting another £22million removing posts/columns and buying 400 tonnes of blue paint. Everyone is making progress with theirs (see link below) but short of bolting on a largely unnecessary extension to the South Stand at massive expense to the club, we've done nowt to ours in twenty-odd years. We've got holes in every corner of the ground, not exactly "enhancing" the atmosphere. We're on a river flood plain n'all, so it's only a matter of time before the Desso is covered in plop - again. So, we can rip up the new Desso and take it with us, as well as the shiny new big TV in the corner. That is reasonably portable on a big truck. We're all using cars and stuff now, instead of penny farthings and horse/carts, so we can get to pretty much any part of Sheffield in 15 minutes. Where could we relocate too? We're only the other side of the hill to the Don Valley, near to the M1 and 5 minutes from town, on the tram route, plus next to a railway line, etc... etc... http://www.footballgroundguide.com/about-the-author/developments.html Let the abuse - and arguments - begin. Happy New Year. I think you should be posting this bollo**s on your own site, so you can debate it with your piggy little friends. If you've got any ? UTO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodytheowl Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 They are all wnk, Hillsborough is our home end of. Would help if we could fill this one first, but I'm sure everyone's ST holders on this thread, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Ah well in that case you won't need a season ticket. There's always loads of weirdos vacating their seats 10 minutes before time even when we're winning & playing entertaining football. So there's a big saving for you 😂😂😂Ha ha then I'd become a proper owlstalker. Don't go to matches but moan about what I heard on t'wireless 😕😕😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JohnFantham Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Having been to quite a few of these grounds on the outskirts of towns and Cities, I for one wouldn't move away from our ground.I loved visiting Newcastles ground this season in the centre and would be happy to build our ground up over the coming years similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueblood Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I genuinely don't understand this "Lego" / "flat pack" stuff. What is wrong with having a ground that has decent facilities and a good view from every seat? I also don't get the crap atmosphere nonsense becaue the atmosphere at Hillsborough is shocking most of the time. For me the key to a new ground is location. These out of town grounds that are surrounded by retail parks and perhaps one Brewers Fayre type pub just don't work. It's far from easy (probably does not even exist) but a location closer to the city centre (better still.....walking distance) with good public transport links would be great. I would love to have a few beers in the city then walk to and from the ground. What, you mean like that old ground we used to play in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WESTENDOWL Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Never build a stadium before a team. Golden rule Someone should have told Eric Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew_Owl Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 There isn't really anywhere else in Hillsborough that the stadium could go, so we'd have to move, but where to? No point in moving stay where we are and update the west stand ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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