[St Charles Owl]

MS, just my thoughts but if the fisherman spends money on the team first, and we reach the promised land, then the stadium could be refurbished without much(if any) cost to the owner, which to my mind would be the best way of doing things, build a team and they will come ..orsomething like that anyway !!

While I agree that getting to the prem is a priority over refurbishing the stadium, the problem is you want those improvements in place when you are in the prem, rather than doing them while you are there!!  You are right, start challenging and the crowds will come, get promoted and they will definitely come in even greater numbers, but we have to be careful that we do not have parts of the ground closed when we get there, particularly as the law of averages states that we may only get one season up there first time around.  I think the physical improvements to the ground, rather than cosmetic ones, will happen during or after next season, if at all.  That way the goal for being in the prem in 2017/18 will see us there with an improved ground.  The cosmetic changes, such as a scoreboard, better facilities, plasma tvs etc can take place now, in the off season or during the season and I am sure they will be ongoing for sometime hopefully, but ripping down the Leppings Lane end will take longer than just a close season, so needs to be planned very carefully.