Jackie Broon

I'd respectfully say you don't have a clue what you're talking about. People with the actual qualifications, knowledge and experience to assess these things have a very different view. As someone who is perhaps more qualified than most on this forum to give a view on this, it is a stunning example of Georgian architecture and of obvious significant heritage value. It has been a listed building since the 1950s and is Grade I listed, which puts it in the top 2.5% of significance of all listed buildings.

Digging down would only help if there is unnecessary space around the pitch or the pitch size can be reduced, there isn't and our pitch is already the minimum PL size, and safe standing doesn't increase capacity.

Happy oil day to our Saudi overlords, 84 years today since oil was first struck in Saudi Arabia.

On the opposite end of the spectrum I love the Milburn Level 7, bang in the middle. In some ways it's quite detached but walking out after climbing all of those stairs and seeing the whole stadium and city below you is awe inspiring.

Raises the same issues of building over the metro station and road as a Gallowgate extension would, which hopefully can be resolved.

Maybe, but I doubt it could in any worthwhile way, as it is the stand is about as low and shallow as it can practically be. A redesigned stand could possibly gain another 3-4 rows but would that be worth it?

You can't really make a stand transparent. Also, light isn't really the issue, although it could be past a certain point, the main issue with building up would be the increase in scale of it and the way that would visually dominate the setting of the listed buildings. Maybe NCC's planners / conservation officers would have a completely different view on it

The issue is that the scale of anything like that is just going to completely dominate the setting of Leazes Terrace and St. James Street. These views give a good impression of that: https://www.google.com/maps/@54.976243,-1.6210446,3a,75y,141.83h,102.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTgODrpa3fhJ6UTZt5I5MDw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@54.9760909,-1.619656,3a,75y,230.45h,104.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1somzVKBBD62U2eSyrxrUiNQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

He doesn't own it, he sold it on to developers, who then went into administration in December.

I think that impact on the setting of Leazes Terrace and impacts on St James Street become potentially showstopping issues before loss of light. The more I look at it the more I just can't see a way for any expansion of the East Stand. I think the Gallowgate is probably the only viable option, if it's structurally viable above the metro station and we can buy Strawberry Place back.

A few of them seem to be going with 'he's a broken man from his terrible experience at Newcastle'

An architect wouldn't know, the issues with Leazes Terrace / St James Street are planning / listed building issues. A conservation office / heritage consultant would be best placed to comment on the heritage impact issues and what could likely be done (other than Newcastle City Council, obviously).

You have absolutely zero idea what you are talking about. It's a Grade I listed building, that puts it in the top 2.5% of significance of all listed buildings. Let's have less of the Dunning-Kruger.

That has absolutely nothing to do with its heritage significance, also, only about half of it is student accommodation the rest is houses/flats.

No. Yes.

Of course they're going to say that. If they are looking for a return on their investment it will be in global sporting profile rather than financial. They're not going to be making any money out of NUFC.

Yeah, noticed that too and how they referred to improvements over the "Benitez era" when discussing Everton but it was "since Howe took over" when discussing our massive night and day improvement.

I'd love him to, but if we're playing well he won't use up a substitution early just for the sake of giving Bruno time on the pitch.

That only matters to the consortium and they're clearly not looking for a return on their investment, at least in the short-medium term.

Conversely, a loss would put us right back in the shit.

Match sharpness will become an issue for him soon, it's a month since he last played 90 minutes. The most time he's had on the pitch since his last Lyon match on 21st Jan was coming on in the 73rd minute in Brazil vs. Paraguay.

Same here, Norwich, Watford, and Brentford to go down with us in 13th on 40 points. Although, I might've been a bit too generous to Burnley, who I had in 11th Palace and Villa aren't out of the scrap either, both have tough run-ins and are in poor form.

Eh? You're the one who involved yourself in a discussion about covid vaccination.

There are loads of jobs that require people to pass a medical for employment. Other than the fact that it's his own choice to leave himself at 10x or higher risk of becoming severely ill with covid, and higher risk of passing on to his teammates, how is it different to not signing a Demba Ba because his knee could explode at any time?

Property developers work to relatively tight margins, like profits of 15% or less with relatively high risk. Most developers would be likely to be happy to sell a site at an equivalent profit rather than develop it.