The North Stand

[richtheholtender]

For a while under MON we were getting pretty consistent attendances over 40,000. And MON's brand of football wasn't much better than some of the stuff under Lambert. I think the support is there and if the home form continues to improve and you get a couple of really good players in I believe we could get to 43,000-45,000 each week. The club needs to give fans a reason to come back.



Hit the nail firmly oh the head.

[pooligan]

Agree with you about the legroom Pauliewalnuts ,i am 6 4 and sitting in the north stand is very uncomfortable to say the least .As for getting into the toilets at half time ,you need most of the break to get in and then out .

[PeterWithesShin]

I have to have an aisle seat as otherwise it would be too uncomfortable. Facilities is the main reason it will happen.

[Irish villain]

Some sort of rebuild would speak of our ambition and confidence. Even if just to improve facilities and bring us to 45,000 with possibility of further expansion to follow if success returns.

Need to get bums on the seats though.
Go build I say.

[Smirker]

Was in the North for Arsenal. Never again. I am 5ft9 and it was uncomfortable for me, took all of half time to get to the toilet and then back again.

It's got to go.



Ideally something like that and not this one:



Saying that anything is better than the current one.

[Villafirst]

Lerner needs to communicate with the fans and state his intentions for any future ground expansion. This continual silence is irritating.

[Smirker]

Lerner needs to communicate with the fans and state his intentions for any future ground expansion. This continual silence is irritating.

Couldn't agree more.

[Dave Clark Five]

Something must be going ahead behind the scenes. This is a huge project; much bigger than the original construction. It won't be finished in a close season.

[robbo1874]

Maybe the reason, is there are no current plans for re-development? I wouldn't expect him to make a statement saying we have no current plans to re-develop the north stand.

[robbo1874]

I think if we had kicked on under O'Neill and maybe cracked the top 4, we would have done it then. Don't think we need extra capacity in terms of seats, but more generous seating dimensions, circulation space and improved facilities would be welcome, from what I've seen on the few occasions I've been in the upper north.

[andrew08]

I think it will be rebuilt. It has the least contentious name (can't think of any former players/chairmen) so it could be sponsored. Randy and his team appear to be quite good at that side of things so it wouldn't surprise me if they attracted a sponsor to fund the rebuild.

[Clampy]

Lerner needs to communicate with the fans and state his intentions for any future ground expansion. This continual silence is irritating.

That's a bit melodramatic. What's irritating about it?

[mrastonvilla]

It does need updating, although there currently isn't the need for extra capacity at the ground. I think they might also wait and see how the safe standing initiative progresses over the next few years before committing to a new stand.

[curiousorange]

You may build a better team that sells out VP, justifying a new stand with bigger capacity, but there's no guarantee that team will still be together by the time it's done. If there's a need, the owners will have looked into it as a long-term venture independent of form on the pitch.

[andrew08]

The other thing is that a new stand is relatively cheap in footy terms. How much would a wrap around new stand cost? £15m? We do have a billionaire owner as well.