06-03-2017, 22:03
Up until now I have always argued against ground expansion but I feel it is essential now. I also think it is an ideal chance for us to do so. We are, at present, the only PL club in a region of 3m people where you can watch live premier league football.
West Ham, Tottenham and Chelsea all have plans for greater capacity. It looks like Brighton, Newcastle and Leeds might come up, all of whom have bigger gates than we do. I would like to see us expand the ground by up to 10000 seats. I agree we can do something on pricing or, alternatively, for example offer season tickets at a discount if they take up the option to buy a second full-priced ticket. This might seem far-fetched but I am open to alternative ideas.
We have to raise the profile of WBA sooner or later if we wish to become a permanent fixture in the Premier League. We are a smallish club by Premier League standards, punching way above our weight. It would be easy to fall into the championship by replacing good players with lesser ones and follow the example of Villa.
Of course, growing the club does not guarantee our future. However I believe it gives us a better chance to compete for bigger, better players. We have a chance to become the biggest club in the region, bigger than Villa, bigger than Wolves.
Like everyone on this forum I love this club and could not be prouder of it and what it has recently achieved in reaching 8th place when just 15 years ago we were so close to League 1. We have to show the world at large that we are in this division to stay.
West Ham, Tottenham and Chelsea all have plans for greater capacity. It looks like Brighton, Newcastle and Leeds might come up, all of whom have bigger gates than we do. I would like to see us expand the ground by up to 10000 seats. I agree we can do something on pricing or, alternatively, for example offer season tickets at a discount if they take up the option to buy a second full-priced ticket. This might seem far-fetched but I am open to alternative ideas.
We have to raise the profile of WBA sooner or later if we wish to become a permanent fixture in the Premier League. We are a smallish club by Premier League standards, punching way above our weight. It would be easy to fall into the championship by replacing good players with lesser ones and follow the example of Villa.
Of course, growing the club does not guarantee our future. However I believe it gives us a better chance to compete for bigger, better players. We have a chance to become the biggest club in the region, bigger than Villa, bigger than Wolves.
Like everyone on this forum I love this club and could not be prouder of it and what it has recently achieved in reaching 8th place when just 15 years ago we were so close to League 1. We have to show the world at large that we are in this division to stay.