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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 19:23:40 GMT
Went to see Depeche Mode there two weeks ago and was great for a gig. One minor complaint was egression from seats was very congested and can see why it kicks off occasionally even between bad tempered cocker-knees supporting the same side. Did they do Enjoy the Silence? Yes Joe good amount of the new album and all the anthems. Never disappoint mate |
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Post by RichJonesy on Jun 17, 2017 0:36:57 GMT
The question really is have a virtually free stadium and extra income and put up with the occasional athletics over run or don't have the tax payers subsidised extra profits. which would you chose?? West Ham only have one home game in August and that is v Southampton on weekend 19th August Maybe they could change that game to an away one at St Marys and reverse the fixtures? ( too simple an idea?) Maybe it's been sorted This athletics event has been scheduled many months ago - a bit of forward planning should be possible from the powers that be and the club?????? The virtually free stadium would be my choice, regardless of the capacity. Arrangements for fans segregation and transport should have been better and need improving What will happen when Spurs play West Ham? Will one match count as a home game for Spurs and vice versa? To simple an idea I'm afraid. I remember this article from a few years ago, I didn't know how much work went into football fixtures but it depends on where bournemouth are playing that week, and also the London clubs, and also Norwich it would seem. www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/06/secrets_of_the_fixture_compute.html |
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Post by kustokie on Jun 17, 2017 1:21:02 GMT
A 60,000 seater stadium in Stoke-on-Trent would have upwards of 25,000 empty seats most of the time. Even more if it was such a poorly designed stadium for football as West Ham's stadium is. What I do envy West Ham for is the ridiculously low cost of the stadium to them. They pay a peppercorn rent which includes most of the staffing needed to operate the stadium - and the council taxpayers and business ratepayers of London pick up the rest of the bill - and all so the stadium can stage a couple of athletics meetings a year. A disgraceful deal for the taxpayers and for the other teams in the Premier League. Always good to have the option to fill 60 thousand seats though and it gives them a immense platform they could build from, not saying we'd fill it but id rather a 60k stadium than a 28k stadium that's for sure. Even when the Bet 365 is full, the fans make less than half the noise they used to. It would be like a morgue if the present 30,000 sat in a much larger stadium with a capacity of 60,000. Even when we had 2/3 standing in the Stoke End, the Boothen End and the paddocks in the old Victoria Ground, we rarely attracted more than 30,000. It make no sense. Besides, there's not enough parking already. |
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Post by wapiti on Jun 17, 2017 4:45:01 GMT
Its a crap football stadium and does this mean every time an athletics meeting is organised that their fixtures are messed about? They've not thought this through properly have they? They only hold athletics meetings at the stadium in the summer close season. But the time taken to get the stadium converted back to football use means that there is some doubt as to whether they can ever play a home game in August. Let's be honest the scheme makes no sense in footballing terms or in terms of giving athletics a PERMANENT home to be proud of. The Spurs plan was much more sensible. They wanted to demolish the Olympic Stadium build a new one from scratch AND pay for a new athletics stadium holding 30K. That would have been great for the fans of both Althetics and football and would have cost the authorities far less as most of the capital costs would have been paid by Spurs. Not Boris Johnson's finest hour methinks!  Weren't West Ham and Spurs in competition with each other for the Olympic Stadium? Looking at Spurs' new stadium design, I think they won. |
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Post by essexstokey on Jun 17, 2017 5:25:19 GMT
Just looked at the title again this morning and thought that's good that's an easy three points for us then  |
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Post by TinkerT on Jun 17, 2017 5:57:10 GMT
Always good to have the option to fill 60 thousand seats though and it gives them a immense platform they could build from, not saying we'd fill it but id rather a 60k stadium than a 28k stadium that's for sure. Even when the Bet 365 is full, the fans make less than half the noise they used to. It would be like a morgue if the present 30,000 sat in a much larger stadium with a capacity of 60,000. Even when we had 2/3 standing in the Stoke End, the Boothen End and the paddocks in the old Victoria Ground, we rarely attracted more than 30,000. It make no sense. Besides, there's not enough parking already. How many fucking times do i have to explain myself? I NEVER said we would fill 60k, i said its given west ham a massive platform to kick on and of take a 60k stadium over our 28k one. Jesus wept. |
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Post by cobhamstokey on Jun 17, 2017 7:30:38 GMT
I'm surprised that they don't get a fine for not being able to fullfill their fixtures
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Post by stayingupfor Sexualchocolate on Jun 17, 2017 8:39:06 GMT
I'm surprised that they don't get a fine for not being able to fullfill their fixtures They won't, they won the world cup |
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Post by Birchesheadpotter on Jun 17, 2017 9:10:11 GMT
Even when the Bet 365 is full, the fans make less than half the noise they used to. It would be like a morgue if the present 30,000 sat in a much larger stadium with a capacity of 60,000. Even when we had 2/3 standing in the Stoke End, the Boothen End and the paddocks in the old Victoria Ground, we rarely attracted more than 30,000. It make no sense. Besides, there's not enough parking already. How many fucking times do i have to explain myself? I NEVER said we would fill 60k, i said its given west ham a massive platform to kick on and of take a 60k stadium over our 28k one. Jesus wept. I imagine explaining why having more seats, regardless of its inherent problems, is a "massive platform/huge stepping stone". It might help others understand your opinion. |
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