Another new stadium

[OyinbO]

Barnet heading back to Underhill https://www.barnetfc.com/chairmans-statement

[Orient_Man_And_Boy]

I applaud the inclusion of the MUGAs.

[Monkey Boy]

Well that says it all, it can be achieved and I’m willing to bet that in a few years there be above us like Brighton and Brentford are

[Proposition Joe]

Well that says it all, it can be achieved and I’m willing to be that in a few years there be above us like Brighton and Brentford are

With their 6-8000 capacity stadium?

[Monkey Boy]

Well that says it all, it can be achieved and I’m willing to be that in a few years there be above us like Brighton and Brentford are

With their 6-8000 capacity stadium?

So what at least there being positive.

[BoniO]

Well that says it all, it can be achieved and I’m willing to be that in a few years there be above us like Brighton and Brentford are

With their 6-8000 capacity stadium?

So what at least there being positive.

As opposed to you.

[Long slender neck]

Embarrassing graphics, looks like it was made in Windows 95.

[Story of O]

Well that says it all, it can be achieved and I’m willing to be that in a few years there be above us like Brighton and Brentford are

With their 6-8000 capacity stadium?

So what at least there being positive.

You moan about our 9000 stadium, but applaud them for having a smaller stadium.

[The Reverend]

Funnily enough I thought that Barnet’s stadium was one of the better ones in the conference during our stint down there.

[OyinbO]

Funnily enough I thought that Barnet’s stadium was one of the better ones in the conference during our stint down there.

Not a lot of fun around there though, is there?

[Mistadobalina]

Key point here

' I undertook to fund the full cost of construction so that we could progress without any funding delays.'

Fair play to the owner but that's a hell of an ask for someone to sink that much cash in something they'll never get a return on. And am cynical enough to question whether that's the no stings attached statement it sounds like.

[Dunners]

"6,000 – 8,000 capacity stadium"

That's quite a margin at that scale. There's nothing in the article to explain why it may be limited to just 6,000, or have enough space to host 8,000. Or is it 6,000 with the option to upgrade to 8,000 at future expense?

[RedDwarf 1881]

Well that says it all, it can be achieved and I’m willing to be that in a few years there be above us like Brighton and Brentford are

With their 6-8000 capacity stadium?

I would imagine it could be expanded if they get success .

[Loyal_Supporter]

Well that says it all, it can be achieved and I’m willing to bet that in a few years there be above us like Brighton and Brentford are

You obviously have the money to build the 17k stadium we want...why dont you pay for it?

[OyinbO]

Key point here

' I undertook to fund the full cost of construction so that we could progress without any funding delays.'

Fair play to the owner but that's a hell of an ask for someone to sink that much cash in something they'll never get a return on. And am cynical enough to question whether that's the no stings attached statement it sounds like.

Kleanthous has form for playing silly buggers. That's how they ended up in Harrow in the first place.

[Still's Carenae]

Embarrassing graphics, looks like it was made in Windows 95.

And I thought it was lego

[Monkey Boy]

Well that says it all, it can be achieved and I’m willing to bet that in a few years there be above us like Brighton and Brentford are

You obviously have the money to build the 17k stadium we want...why dont you pay for it?

Why don’t you do one idiot.

[Give it to Jabo]

I understand why wrap-around stadiums are the norm, but I am becoming nostalgic for gaps in the corner; at least they give one a sense of where one is geographically.

[BiggsyMalone]

Orient need to stop being obsessed with Brentford and follow Luton’s example

[Hoover Attack]

I understand why wrap-around stadiums are the norm, but I am becoming nostalgic for gaps in the corner; at least they give one a sense of where one is geographically.

And somewhere to stick some flats.

[OyinbO]

Orient need to stop being obsessed with Brentford and follow Luton’s example

they're also building a new stadium

[Story of O]

But still got where they are in their current one

[BiggsyMalone]

Orient need to stop being obsessed with Brentford and follow Luton’s example

they're also building a new stadium

They are. They also got into the Premier League without having the new stadium.

[Mistadobalina]

As did Brentford essentially. They opened their ground in the same COVID season as they got promoted, meaning no match day income from it until they went up.

Luton is a more realistic model in the sense that it isn't as dependent on niche recruitment and owner patented data analytics.

[OyinbO]

Orient need to stop being obsessed with Brentford and follow Luton’s example

they're also building a new stadium

They are. They also got into the Premier League without having the new stadium.

but - we don't know if they can stay there without a new one. And they got there in the full knowledge that a new one was coming - making it much easier to attract investment. The Brentford v Luton difference is really only one of timing, and quite a narrow one at that. That's not to say it mightn't make a big difference in the end.