Oakwell Developments

First sentence - me paraphrasing Flatman. Sentence - Merde Tete's flimsy conclusion.

 

Big west stand with loads of Office space for hire/ storage space.

 

They were all slagging it off on here... "Arrs standing up going to do owt for atmosphere" They try it and......

 

I’m intrigued to see how such things pan out. The council own the lot now. And so I’ve more faith in them delivering and improving the assets.

We’ll see.

But, the suggested improvements are fluff to me. I’m one of those who knows for a fact that a new West Stand would be a real sign of forward thinking, of intent, actual progress. Costly to implement, but 10000000% an earner as time goes on. As well as being a positive outside of financial parameters.

Time will tell.

 

Wouldn't say Connell & Phillips are mediocre

 

I'll ask you. Who should pay for it. ?. If the council. Would the ratepayers kick up a fuss. If the club. With a 30yr lease it may be a disaster for em. If it became a white elephant..A way could possibly be to incorporate a hotel seeing as Barnsley is lacking in that dept..apparently. But who would benefit from the income. ?.
You know as well as anybody. Are the facilities already in place used to their full potential. ?. For me that has to be the first goal.

 

West Stand if it was a car.

 

Personally and only my opinion I'm not fussed how the West stand looks and what opposing fans think, I do think some of our fans are more interested in aesthetics than the squad.
Yes it needs something doing but we're not in a position to

(A) fill the ground to have a need to use it
(B) The cost Vs a payback period
(C) wouldn't want to see cuts to the academy or playing side to fund it.
(D) how much more commercial revenue would it drive (1 boxing match a season isn't great)
(E) Atmosphere could be worse having 10k fans spread even more.

Just think our focus should be getting out of this league, being able to build season on season with a secure sustainable club.
Do we need additional revenues and commercial activities? Yes but not at further huge outlay.

 

I would be willing to contribute to the cost of a new west stand. Obviously I’m not talking about chucking many thousands of pounds at the thing, but if there was a fundraising effort then I would gladly chip in. What better legacy to leave than helping drag your club out of the dark ages and improve its image?

 

Positive exposure on 'and finally' news articles around the world. Hugely reduced police costs because it is physically impossible to cause aggro when a dog is wagging its tail. Summert warm to cling to on those freezing winter matches. A guide dog for the ref. It needs to happen.

 

Oakwell doesn’t belong to BFC remember.

That’s what makes the future interesting.

 

A) Why does filling the ground matter with regards to the west stand? It's not fit for purpose.
B & C) it's the council's ground, they don't contribute to the squad.
D) l think it would be much more than 1 boxing match a season.
E) the atmosphere is lost due to how low the west stand is, it's half the size of the rest of the stands and the noise travels over it.

 

(A) if we're not filling the ground its pretty pointless at thus moment in time

(B&C) point taken but the council wouldn't do it without some return on investment from the club

(D) you'd probably empty a good portion of the East stand, live games would show more red seats, if any fans from the ponty were lost then you'd definitely hear lower atmosphere levels, having a higher roof/new stand but spreading fans out wouldn't increase noise