Quote from: The Edge on Today at 08:47:25 PM

Knocking the whole thing down and building a big brand new stand would be proper balls out. Keeping the central core of a stand that's widely regarded as unfit for purpose just feels a bit Doug.

All that is being retained of the existing stand is the concrete frame. A team of professional consultants have clearly advised that this is fit for purpose, or they wouldn’t be re-using it. There are definitely some compromises in re-using this, in terms of restrictions on layout, how it connects to its neighbours, and capacity, but presumably these are all outweighed by the benefits in terms of not having to divert below ground utilities, build period, and presumably cost. Getting to the higher capacity faster also allows the club to test demand I. A way they can’t at the moment,

Are the concrete steps that the seats are currently fitted to being retained? I hope not because that means the legroom isn't going to be improved. That's the second biggest complaint about the NS. The first is the tiny concourses but that's going to be addressed.

127 was brought in because of Leeds.

Again totally unnecessary. As Bielsa said "what's the problem?"

Is a player rolling on the floor feigning injury trying to buy a penalty “acting in the upmost good faith”?

EFL Regulation 3.4, which requires clubs to act towards each other with the utmost good faith; and

EFL Regulation 127, which prohibits any club from observing, or attempting to observe, another club's training session within 72 hours of a scheduled match between the two clubs.

Thanks. Unnecessary regulations no wonder Bielsa shook his head in disbelief.

Quote from: BoVillan esq on Today at 07:44:23 PM

My main point is we need changes we need to freshen up the squad, this group of players have run their course.

We’d need to be careful and avoid change for changes sake.  Take Liverpool, win the league, cherry pick the best from the rest, and become a worse team.  …Or Chelsea generally.  Pretty sure I’ve seen data boffins also making the link that too many transfers/big transfer are detrimental (I’ll have a quick google but doubt I’ll find anything).

That's definitely a thing, someone did a youtube video with the stats a while back and they worked out that the optimum number of summer signings is 3-4 (and 1-2 in Jan) from what I remember, it holds up across multiple leagues as well. I know it's been some time though because one of the people they criticised was Bruce who has always had a habit of making too many signings. Stick to that, and bring through a handful of kids and yu should always be able to maintain a squad age of around 26, which is about what most clubs aim for (in England at least).