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Obviously not, but even in the Prem we were flirting with relegation most seasons. We’re a big Championship club with potential. Look at Leicester, won the Prem, was in Europa league and relegated in a short period of time. Again, the riches of the Prem come from TV rights, not ticket sales...

I was in the ‘promotion first’ camp but winning the FA Cup as a Championship team would be an achievement up there with Leicester winning the league. There’s always next year to have a go at promotion and an FA Cup winning team would be one of the favourites for promotion. Also, I fancy a...

That and Man U is a graveyard for good careers.

They were selling out 95% of the capacity of their stadium for the next 15 seasons. If we averaged 30-31,000+ attendances in the next 15 years then there’d be a reasonable argument to expand.

Why do you say that? Our highest average attendance in the Prem years was sub 21k. We’re we selling out of STs every year with a waiting list then? I’m glad we’ve got a facility that is Premiership quality as that is our current trajectory. That said, my early experiences of the RICOH was it...

They’re my favourites for 6th too but their run isn’t as easy as some make out. They could easily lose 3 of their next 5. A quick look at their form and they are quite streaky. They’ll go several games unbeaten and follow it up with 4-5 game winless streak. There’s hope they’ll shit the bed.

There’s isn't much disagreement here, is there? Historically, 25,000 would’ve suited us perfectly which is why the decision to leave HR in the first place wasn’t really necessary. Now we are knocking on the door of the Premiership as a successful Championship side, we’re beginning to tap into...

Are they? This last generation or two since their last win 2002 have been to as many semi finals as we have. It’s worth noting they were bested by Croatia - the same team Southgate was berated for losing to. Brazil’s 2022 were better than our 2018 squad and Croatia were worse in 2022 than in...

Great news! We better be signing some good players in the summer. I’ve spent more in the club shop than I have on my ST! 😂 I’d like to see a remake of the green and black Pony jersey too!

If this is our highest average attendance since before my mum was born and it’s still below 32.6k… we can hardly say that our current stadium is too small for us. I’m pretty sure counting all STHs as present is a relative new ‘innovation’ too. Take the FZ as an example - lots of empty seats all...

Which is the point, the optimistic view is that we’re entering a sunny period in a club’s history. Personally I believe we are but that’s not a reason to get ahead of ourselves. To say a 30,000 stadium is too small for us at this stage is just not the reality of the near 20 seasons we’ve been...

Historically, it has been. Your assumptions are based on continued success and whilst I hope you’re right… it’s not a guarantee. Completely agree that our potential is to fill a 35-40,000 seater stadium as a Prem team. A quick look at our historic attendances - this season is the outlier...

They are building a new stadium, as are Luton. These are projects that need long term justifications because they’re expensive. Everton is such as an example where the demand is there to expand and just how straining it is on a club. In relation to our situation, you’re probably getting a bit...

Yes because of success. 25,000 would’ve been too big for most seasons at the RICOH in the championship before we went down. You don’t want clubs to have massive stadia that they don’t need. We need less Darlingtons on the world - built a 25,500 stadium in L1 or L2 and ended up going bust. If...

No. You’d play Mbappe either RW or striker. Mbappe is likely to play up front with Rodrygo and Vini on either wing. Barca are in real trouble, they’re not dominating anything until they sort out their financials.

It’s 4,000 with only 500 seats. The Butts Park can fulfil that criteria if it weren’t for their synthetic pitch. 30,000 for the top league is arbitrary and why force clubs to build stadiums of a size not suited to their requirements. 30,000 is too big for us outside of the Prem - minus the odd...

Good point. But how long are unused supporter numbers kept online still? I have an ex-STH mate who supports Liverpool alongside his dad who have existing supporter numbers. I’d imagine there’d be Man U supporters in that boat. To give an idea, my sister has an existing supporter number which...

Mbappe has played on the right for France and PSG. Vini is better than Rodrygo and it’s not really close. The debate would be between Rodrygo or Haaland. In my view, I’d rather have Haaland of the two. I’d like to know how Salah isn’t in the conversation?

This forum loves an excuse to go into meltdown. It’s a friendly and both teams played weakened sides. The two obvious concerns for Would Real Madrid fans consider Rodrygo a better player than Vini? Absolutely not.

Depends, if they did that would they be able to guarantee all STHs, members and non-STHs with a lot priority points get tickets? Imagine if, for arguments sake, a bunch of Man U supporters willing to pay £150+ for a Wembley ticket could guarantee themselves a ticket by signing up for a match...