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Agreed, I love Foden as a player but he hasn’t translated that form into an England shirt yet. If Foden brings his Man City form into an England shirt, it’s no competition.

Sheaf for me. His absence really demonstrated this. Stepped up massively in his game and his leadership capabilities.

Behind Kane, he’s an our best player and I’m not sure why people would want him playing as an ‘8’ with more defensive capabilities. He’s better than Madison, Foden, Palmer and anyone else who’d play AM for England. Our defence is a weak point so as much criticism as Southgate gets for his...

We do have potential, I’ll never talk our club down. Realistically, you’d need the following things in place before we’d extend: - home supporters area extended and stadium reconfigured to make it permanent - all STs to sell out - a long waiting list for STs - all home games (including cup) to...

Based on facts. We don’t even sell out our 32.6k stadium in todays world. We have 19-19.5k ST holders and sold out a handful of games in since we moved to the CBS. People are getting a bit too carried away in the moment - no one was saying these things even 12 months ago.

There’s only been a handful of games where this was actually a problem. Any talk of a stadium extension is fanciful thinking until we reconfigure the away end to maximise the amount Cov fans in the home end. It’s only until then and we consistently sell this out over a long period of time (10+...

Let’s push our average attendances above 30,000 before we get delusions of grandeur. There’s a reason Villa, Forest, Wolves, WBA, Derby and Leicester haven’t extended.

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...