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[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

Again, it just highlights how neglected the training ground had become.

 

Fucking "adequate", according to Penfold.

[54]

Fucking  

[nbthree3]

Obviously it's a stop-gap but sorely needed - had a look at the current plans we don't have a dedicated analysts room already? The new complex will be amazing having the women's team, first and academy all together on one site with everything you'd expect of a world class facility

[Geordie Ahmed]

5 minutes ago, WarrenBartonCentrePartin said:

Again, it just highlights how neglected the training ground had become.

 

Fucking "adequate", according to Penfold.

That comment of his about no player turning us down because of the training ground sums up how thick and short sighted that ownership/management was

 

 

Edited May 6, 2022 by Geordie Ahmed

[mouldy_uk]

2 minutes ago, 54 said:

Fucking  

Do you get the dirty water that they’ve bathed in?

 

Asking for a friend

 

[Manxst]

1 minute ago, mouldy_uk said:

Do you get the dirty water that they’ve bathed in?

 

Asking for a friend

 

Nope, but you do get the multiple sticking plasters they’ve been patched up with to make them ‘adequate’. 

[r0cafella]

We really have to commend the owners here. We know we are getting a new facility to match the best in the league but instead of waiting for it to be completed they decide to invest in the existing shithole.

[Guest]

https://idoxpublicaccess.northtyneside.gov.uk/online-applications/files/F8F5FB045E97C6CFD4568AC18E2DACCA/pdf/22_00749_FUL-DESIGN___ACCESS_STATEMENT-820890.pdf More detail about it in here

[nbthree3]

https://theathletic.com/news/newcastle-submit-plans-to-significantly-upgrade-benton-training-ground/FFn0ARonPtTx/?amp=1

 

The single storey extensions are set to add approximately 610 square metres to the footprint of the building, and the club hope they can be completed swiftly, perhaps even during the off-season.

It is anticipated that there will be minimal disruption for the playing squad and staff, though The Athletic understands that the idea of the first-team training at St James’ Park for the final couple of weeks of this season was floated, before being deemed unnecessary.

 

I assume the document you linked has all the quotes The Athletic are lifting 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, nbthree3 said:

https://theathletic.com/news/newcastle-submit-plans-to-significantly-upgrade-benton-training-ground/FFn0ARonPtTx/?amp=1

 

The single storey extensions are set to add approximately 610 square metres to the footprint of the building, and the club hope they can be completed swiftly, perhaps even during the off-season.

It is anticipated that there will be minimal disruption for the playing squad and staff, though The Athletic understands that the idea of the first-team training at St James’ Park for the final couple of weeks of this season was floated, before being deemed unnecessary.

 

I assume the document you linked has all the quotes The Athletic are lifting 

Yes it does, interesting that they don't think it's up to Championship standards. Fuck Ashley and co.

[Jackie Broon]

I suppose it's a pretty small scale job, but surprisingly low profile choice of architect.

[nbthree3]

9 minutes ago, Jack27 said:

Yes it does, interesting that they don't think it's up to Championship standards. Fuck Ashley and co.

Some of those existing interior pictures are woeful, the changing room one makes me laugh. The lounge area too and the presentation room looks cramped  

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, nbthree3 said:

Some of those existing interior pictures are woeful, the changing room one makes me laugh. The lounge area too and the presentation room looks cramped  

When I was reading through the planning doc I was just laughing at how bad it looks currently

 

 

Edited May 6, 2022 by Jack27

[Guest]

Hopefully they've signed KSS to design the new training ground (Spurs, Liverpool, Leicester, Brighton all chose them and they look superb) 

[54]

The current plans are actually hilariously hodgepodged  

 

[Jackie Broon]

1 minute ago, ManDoon said:

How do you mean?

 

Just surprising how little he seems to have done, from a quick google search, some mock-ups for L.R. Vicenza and small domestic extensions. I would have expected with the Reuben's and PIF's connections a big architecture firm or an experienced architect. There doesn't look to be anything wrong with the application but it's surprising that they have chosen someone with seemingly little experience, at least by his public profile, which architects will usually play up rather than down.

[ponsaelius]

Good lord some of the photos on that D&A statement. What a mess. 

[Johnny]

[madras]

1 minute ago, Johnny said:

Pandering to Brexit sympathies on the planning committee by getting  rid of the MEPs room.

[ponsaelius]

Exhilarating to see the world of local authority planning portals thrust into the mainstream 

[Whitley mag]

Waste of money no player has ever turned us down due to the facilities at Benton.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

Waste of money no player has ever turned us down due to the facilities at Benton.

Found Charnley’s burner account lads

[Anderson]

Looks like an impressive stop-gap solution, big improvement on current mess. Wonder if plan will be for the women's team to inherit it when we move on in a few year.

[Mike]

1 hour ago, mouldy_uk said:

Do you get the dirty water that they’ve bathed in?

 

Asking for a friend

 

 

It was probably the same water from the Allardyce years.

[Mike]

5 minutes ago, ManDoon said:

That is some grim mental picture. BSA unfiltered bollock water. 

 

Like .89 percent Carver spit by now.