Twinport53 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 I like Benton, but for the nostalgia. Sometimes when you see it on SSN etc the main reception building looks like campsite or caravan park entrance. Butlins would be proud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 I like Benton, but for the nostalgia. Sometimes when you see it on SSN etc the main reception building looks like campsite or caravan park entrance. Butlins would be proud. If we were to be able to get a load of land further outside the city, say towards Hexham or Morpeth then we should take it up. You look at the site at Benton and it is a fairly decent size, but you look at the size of the training grounds other clubs are building and they are bigger and better. At Benton we could possibly build a small stadium (5k-7k capacity, 10k max) and we could rebuilt the actual training ground if the current one was taken down. Apart from that though there is no more room to expand further. If the club was serious about having a better academy, backing the women’s team etc then we will need a bigger complex. Selling the current training ground would bring the club in a bit of money as well. Houses round there would cost a fortune, could also throw up some student housing for the nurses studying at the university at the Heaton end of the complex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 I like Benton, but for the nostalgia. Sometimes when you see it on SSN etc the main reception building looks like campsite or caravan park entrance. Butlins would be proud. If we were to be able to get a load of land further outside the city, say towards Hexham or Morpeth then we should take it up. You look at those site at Benton and it is a fairly decent size, but you look at the size of the training grounds other clubs are building and they are bigger and better. At Benton we could possibly build a small stadium (5k-7k capacity, 10k max) and we could rebuilt the actual training ground if the current one was taken down. Apart from that though there is no more room to expand further. If the club was serious about having a better academy, backing the women’s team etc then we will need a bigger complex. Selling the current training ground would bring the club in a bit of money as well. Houses round there would cost a fortun, could also throw up some student housing for the nurses studying at the university at the Heaton end of the complex. They had a chance to buy land, but the farmer sold it for housing development instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 Rafa had said the club to show the ambition he wants need to improve the training facilities. Everyone is so fixated on the transfer kitty and have been ignoring this, but suspect this may be the bigger sticking point. If they won't upgrade the training facilities they aren't looking for any long term improvement and a clear sign to Rafa there will be no progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Fair play to West Ham. A cracking appointment and a much better one than I would have expected from them. Thought they'd go for another run of the mill mediocre manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Pellegrini is going to be on £10m pa allegedly. Third highest in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Can see him being an expensive flop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Can see him being an expensive flop. Could go either way, he could equally have the kind of impact Payet did. Wouldn’t mind him here, but those wages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Thought this was about Yaya Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Life at Derby must be pretty shit if Stoke is a step up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 That is such a Stoke appointment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Rowett loves the midlands Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Probably counts as a safe pair of hands in the championship but thought they may go more ambitious in desperation to get them back up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Surprised at that, actually a decent appointment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Really weak appointment IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Goint to the Emeryates Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Always felt they would go down the ex-player route. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Probably a better appointment than Arteta at this stage, but surely they could have done better? Carlo for example, even Pellegrini would have been a top appointment? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Good mates with Arsehe is Emery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Apparently they haven't a big transfer kitty this summer after spunking it all on aubemayang, would maybe have stopped Ancelotti. While Pellegrini did well at City for a while, I am not at all impressed with him buggering off to China. Sorry but if you want to retire fine, but shows maybe not hungry enough tbh. Maybe being harsh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I don't rate Emery at all, for reasons i've mentioned many times over. Will prove to be a bad choice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Awful appointment. Only knows how to play one way and will never compromise. Probably one of the biggest frauds in football considering the jobs he’s getting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 They’re giving out shirt numbers when they don’t even have a manager. Cech #1, Bellerin #2, Elneny #4. Dead team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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