Whitley mag

Relaxation in planning laws on the way just in time.

Man U have about 50k season ticket holders, Tottenham 45k, Arsenal 40k and Man City 40k. Going off their current capacities that’s the following percentage of season ticket holders. Man U 68% Spurs 73% Arsenal 67% City 75% If we’ve got 33k season tickets, might be slightly generous number, that’s us at 63% the lowest from that lot. Should we move into a new stadium housing 70k, if we didn’t take any new season ticket holders our percentage would dip to 47%. What should be taken into account with the above clubs and Liverpool is that bar City perhaps, they benefit massively from day trippers to boost match day sales. I think leaving our season ticket numbers at 47% would be a massive risk with such a big ground for the less attractive fixtures.

I suspect Eddie would have done things differently a couple of summers back if he’d been given the full picture re PSR. Last summer losing Anderson in particular will have been painful for all concerned, lessons have been learned and I’m confident under Mitchell where in good hands.

I think to counter act Arsenal’s height especially if Joelinton is out, he’ll be very tempted to play Schar, Botman and Burn.

Would not be surprised to see Burn back at LB on Wednesday and Trippier RB.

Bet talk of booking trains and hotels for Wembley has dried up last couple of home games.

Think Ashworth was right in dragging his feet on new contract, he’ll certainly not get any better with age as his physical attributes wane.

The subs are either like for like, or just a complete scattter gun approach. Willock has been piss poor for months, we needed more control Miley should have been the sub yesterday.

Sell sell sell he’s finished.

I’m sure this won’t be all pure profit and imagine he received a hefty signing on fee in the summer.

Need to add a dynamic, technical midfield player to the summer shopping list, the much lauded midfield 3 isn’t all that unfortunately.

If they’re not encroaching as much as those mock ups of a stadium suggested, possibly as The BrownBottle suggested they’re moving towards Barrack Road and just more in to the car park. Not sure it’ll be rotated, but might explain the wrap design if they’re still short on room towards Leazes Terrace possibly.

His first tweet with the outlines certainly confused the Twitter lot, not sure this bloke tweets regularly and seems clued up, don’t think he would make this up. This pic makes me wonder how they’re going to do it though, if they’re not encroaching this much ?

Suggests he has seen plans for new stadium and the new build isn’t as far in the park as what was shown on that YouTube video. If that’s the case we would need a temporary home whilst it’s built.

Waste of a flight for Levy what a shame.

If the finances don’t allow it though what does he do ? He’s reliant on Silverstone bringing in new deals, or are you saying you’re happy to sell Tonali, or Isak at this point to fund 3 players coming in, bearing in mind one will need to be a replacement ?

Seagulls taking their revenge on mackens.

Think Dibling might be one that goes before we get a chance in the summer, whether he’s worth 50 plus is another thing, but definitely someone I think Howe would have liked to work with.

Spot on Mitchell has been dealt these cards and not much he can do currently, bar bring in some youth players.

The company named in Hopes article did the Anfield redevelopment, was inside the main stand during the summer for a concert and it’s very nice, walked through the new Anfield Road End to get out and that seemed very basic on the inside and dull. Think their main stand does look alright from outside though, but St James is such a hotch potch of materials not sure what would look good.

Amazing how dated even that looks now.

Not saying a wrap is my favourite option but the top end ones, not the Le Havre one will be the standard if that’s the route they go.

The previous Castle Leazes stadium had a San Siro look, with a structure across the roof to resemble the Tyne Bridge. Of all the wrap stadiums the Bernabau looks the best, but think that’s because they’ve kept the old steep seated structure inside the stadium, it’s a good example of old and new, something I thought they might try in a redevelopment of St James to accommodate the East Stand limitations. If I was saying unique in this country I would go for a large single tier stand behind one goal, make it the biggest in Europe and all rail seating. Then behind one goal frame a view of the city with a glass window, such as the Atlanta and Minnesota NFL stadiums. The stands need to be steep and close to the pitch, hopefully more aesthetically pleasing from the outside than Spurs stadium, the large window would ensure that.

No the ownership shot their load early and brought in top drawer players en masse, they decided to turbo charge the club after takeover instead of building slowly. We’ll undoubtedly see a more measured approach going forward, but I believe they’ll only sell if they think a player such as Bruno has peaked, otherwise they’ll hope to add to the core, once this 3 year PSR cycle which included the initial big spend drops off. The only problem we might encounter is giving Isak a wage befitting of a 150 million player and staying within the new 70% limit if that gets approved. The last 3 windows and certain players like Almiron and Wilson dropping off the wage bill will give us room to invest this summer.