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11 Nov 2015 17:30:16
I find the talk about the seating capacity at the Olympic stadium very confusing. Admittedly I know that figures tent to be rounded up/down. The capacity has for some time been mentioned as 54,000.In an interview recently Karren Brady mentioned the possibility of an extra 12000 seats-66,000 . Meanwhile I have seen an attendance figure of 55,925 for the recent Argentina/South Africa 3rd place Rugby match i. e. nearly 2,000 more than the much published figure. In one of his recent posts IronMike mentioned 65,000 and the very exciting figure of 72,000.I am at a loss. If anyone can give me some definitive help I would be very grateful.
1.) 12 Nov 2015 08:37:30
When the stadium was originally constructed, it held a tad over 80,000, on conversion to a football stadium, it was felt, at that time that that type of attendance. Would be unlikely, and different sets of criteria, for football were to be used anyway, the stadium was re figured for 54,000. With corperate and all other boxes filled could reach 56,000, there are large spaces blanked off now, some of this could be removed at a future date to west hams cost only, making, 66,000 further work again at west hams cost only could conceivably see further alterations, making it just about possible to get to the 72,000 mark, Personally, I think the take is this, IF we are a success at the stadium. and there is huge demand, an extension to 66,000 is quite likely, wether or not the further extension will be done is another matter, as the seats would be so high, it may not be appropriate, , we shall have to wait and see IRONMIKE.
27 Aug 2015 00:45:23
9m Euros~£6.3
02 Apr 2015 19:28:21
To the two Daves and Karren-
Gus Poyet - er No,Niet,Never and Not.
22 Feb 2015 18:06:18
Well said as always IRONMIKE.The great danger, as I have said before, is in the haste to'get rid' of Sam the situation is made worse.The team that played (great) today was, arguably, our best eleven.It contained six different players compared to last year and so, to state the obvious, the team is better because it contains better players!! Hopefully that trend will continue .Until the club can attract a manager of the calibre of, say, Ancelloti I think the people in charge have to think very carefully about ditching Sam.A week ago IRONMIKE alluded to lots of scouting and pre-contract work going on and I was hoping that you would give an insight into that work as we all want the sort of improvement you mention in your post.
18 Feb 2015 10:19:03
These are very exciting times for West Ham but not everybody seems to recognise the possibilities. Thank goodness for Ironmike his posts are fantastic and I always read them with anticipation.The latest comment about the new stadium should be read by every supporter and the player analysis given here is superb.Without wishing to be in any way alarmist the only cloud on the horizon is, clearly,! the manager going forward. If there is no-one 'better' than Sam then I hope that they will stick with him.If however someone of a higher quality is willing to come then so be it.The things that are worrying are firstly choosing somebody without input from someone within the game. Unfortunately the owners have previous as far as this is concerned. As Tony Cottee said anybody inside the game (and a lot of us outside) would have have said not to appoint Avram Grant.Do they now have that input? Secondly I hope that the owners do not pander to the likes of the car park mob and appoint someone to appease the wild romantic notions of some supporters.The likes of Bilic, Howe etc. who have no record in the premier league and Dyche and god help us Di Canio (who's record shows he is not good enough).Mike's point about the new stadium shows where we are heading, not before time, and some supporters seem to be frightened by it.We as a club need to think big and the most important job in the whole club is the manager so likewise. I read somewhere that Benitez would want £6 mill. per year so that he would be a non starter.That attitude is pathetic.If a manager like that could get you into the top six then the Sky money would more than support his wages-nevermind the topfour.What are we frightened of?, we seem to have a collective inferiority complex.As I said above I hope that the board get the managerial appointment right.It is crucial.
{Ed001's Note - Rafa would, I am sure, accept less to return to English football. He would be more interested in the budget being provided to build a competitive team than his wages.}