Wandy

70,000 is the sweet spot. We'd fill that every week in an all-new stadium.

Most of them, IMO.

To me, that's simply because those fans haven't seen any viewable plan for an alternative stadium nearby to the SJP site. They are basically afraid of the unknown.

It's just one sample, but I noticed on this twitter feed that 67% of people voted for Option C. I know some on here won't agree, but I do think that this would be an accurate reflection of the opinion of the wider fanbase. https://x.com/NUFCFEED/status/1780329240782672359

Option C for me. Although we could design something better looking than that. I think the integration with Leazes Park looks fantastic too.

That’s the second time they have done a review on the visiting NUFC experience. On both occasions they said everything about it was great apart from the atmosphere, which they said was poor. Which is basically the exact same thing that us NUFC fans complain about.

Andy Cole is the best goal scorer I've ever seen in a black & white shirt. By your rating of Isak then Cole would be the best in the world if playing now.

I love wor Alex, and he's only going to get better, but he's not even better than Andy Cole, never mind Shearer.

Right. So you are unable to debate a point without resorting to jibes and sarcasm. Thanks for clearing that up.

Your post was snarky as fuck man. ..."apparently extending the ground means they have less ambition, har har har" ...well yeah, on the face of it that does sound ridiculous, but if you consider it in a wider context then going from considering building an entirely new stadium to a modest extension, then that can be seen as being less ambitious. Again though, the sarcasm in your post insinuated that I was just being a whingebag who was disenchanted with the ownership, which is actually far from the case. If all they do is extend the Gallowgate then they are still as good as any owners the club has ever had. But it would still be quite far from having elite ambitions IMO. And that is because over the last 30 months the goalposts have been moved, meaning the massive gap between NUFC and the cartel cant merely be bridged by a modest extension to the Gallowgate.

No, that’s just you twisting my words. I speculated that they may be scaling back their ambition from when they first arrived, that’s all. Your jibe insulated that I was accusing them of a lack of ambition entirely. I don’t think it’s outlandish to think that ‘the project” has a lot more obstacles than they originally anticipated and they might have less grandiose plans for us now. For what it’s worth, my problem with merely extending Level 7 has more to do with the fact that I don’t see it improving the matchday experience. More seats yes, but also more seats with crap views and also a diminished overall stadium atmosphere.

Another one that doesn’t know how to read.

Literally nobody said anything remotely close to that.

Which is why only adding a Gallowgate extension is such a concern. Extend Level 7, put standard seats in there (maybe making it a singing section) and then move people out of prime seats in the Gallowgate/Leazes & into the new Level 7 section, so that the vacated Gallowgate/Leazes seats can become corporate. Then watch goals on the TV being celebrated by people politely applauding, rather than mass hysteria....and everyone wondering what happened to NUFC's much-fabled support.

The bottom line is that the club's infrastructure needs something like a £2bn investment to become one of the elite. I imagine that a Gallowgate extension (together with an East Stand modification, which I would imagine they are also planning) would cost about £500m. It sounds already like they are just happy to be the 7th biggest club in the league if this extension rumour is true.