Quote from: cdbearsfan on June 08, 2024, 01:47:00 PMThe people that want us to leave to go to somewhere with better transport links clearly live in a different West Midlands to the one that I've lived in all my life.The biggest problem is transport. Greater Birmingham (see what I did there) is the biggest city in Western Europe not to have a fully integrated underground or tram network. Central government has a blind spot when it comes to Birmingham. There's simply nowhere in this city where there's suitable transport links for a big arena. We can't even make our current stadium any bigger for the same reason. I'm not trying to restart the moving/staying debate god knows we've done that one to death I'm just reiterating the constraints they are working under to advance the development of our club to compete at the highest level. I went to Marseille for an England game and the Orange Velodrome is the best stadium I've ever been to. Marseille France's second city just like Birmingham is the UK's but the difference is the French government recognises this and has ploughed money into the infrastructure. It's a similar distance from the centre as we are and they have built a complete underground tunnel system for traffic to get to and from the stadium which links up to the city centre and to the main national road network. It's light years ahead of what we are stuck with.
The people that want us to leave to go to somewhere with better transport links clearly live in a different West Midlands to the one that I've lived in all my life.
It's debatable. But there is no way that Birmingham is Britain's second city.Unless that was just intended as another chocolate pun (Lyon/Lyon).
Quote from: The Edge on June 09, 2024, 11:41:30 AMQuote from: cdbearsfan on June 08, 2024, 01:47:00 PMThe people that want us to leave to go to somewhere with better transport links clearly live in a different West Midlands to the one that I've lived in all my life.The biggest problem is transport. Greater Birmingham (see what I did there) is the biggest city in Western Europe not to have a fully integrated underground or tram network. Central government has a blind spot when it comes to Birmingham. There's simply nowhere in this city where there's suitable transport links for a big arena. We can't even make our current stadium any bigger for the same reason. I'm not trying to restart the moving/staying debate god knows we've done that one to death I'm just reiterating the constraints they are working under to advance the development of our club to compete at the highest level. I went to Marseille for an England game and the Orange Velodrome is the best stadium I've ever been to. Marseille France's second city just like Birmingham is the UK's but the difference is the French government recognises this and has ploughed money into the infrastructure. It's a similar distance from the centre as we are and they have built a complete underground tunnel system for traffic to get to and from the stadium which links up to the city centre and to the main national road network. It's light years ahead of what we are stuck with.Sorry to be picky, mate, but Lyon is France’s second city.
FFS, can we get back to discussing the club please?
Quote from: Percy McCarthy on June 09, 2024, 03:36:32 PMFFS, can we get back to discussing the club please? Got to agree, they a few smarties on here
It's debatable. But there is no way that Birmingham is Britain's second city.Unless that was just intended as another chocolate pun (Lyon/Lion).
Quote from: cdbearsfan on June 09, 2024, 05:17:58 PMIt's debatable. But there is no way that Birmingham is Britain's second city.Unless that was just intended as another chocolate pun (Lyon/Lion).It's not debatable though. Birmingham is the UK's second city.
Which city has a bigger population than Birmingham? We aren't the second city.
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