sylofox Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 So I take it the season after next we will start playing at the recock untill our ground is finished.
AndyElZorro Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 I think the tiniest of remote possibilities of us getting the world cup should either Russia or Qatar be stripped also must weigh on the owners minds. All WC stadia need a 40k minimum, and bringing ours to 42k would be a massive brand advertisement forKing Power should this ever happen. Therefore, increasing capacity now makes us the East Midlands favorite to host group games. At worst, should no WC come to England, then we will still have increased capacity for a hopefully long stay in the premier league.
4everfox Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 Wow, their ambition is exciting. The sooner they extend the capacity of the stadium the better. I, along with many I know have struggled to get tickets this season. I reckon we could fill a 42,000 seater in this league. If they want Asian players, please sign Honda.
Tielemans63 Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 I can tell you first hand that there is loads of potential for reaching fans in Northamptonshire. Especially so in North Northants. In Kettering and Corby town centre you'll always see a smattering of City shirts and having taught in both towns there's loads of kids who support Leicester but most of them don't get over to see them play. Corby in particular is a football mad town and the younger generation aren't quite so passionate about the Celtic / Rangers rivalry so there's some real scope there. In my experience, the further south you go in the County there seems to be no real affinity to any club although I meet more Villa fans than anyone else. Like I said though North Northants should be a target area for the club.
shailen Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 Ambition is all well and good but I hope we don't run before we can walk. We need to become an established PL club before we look to expand the stadium. The way the season went, we just about survived. We won't sell 30k in the championship and so expanding the stadium is not what we should be looking to do, especially with the possibility that we could be relegated next season. I'm not being pessimistic but just realistic. Portsmouth, Leeds and possibly QPR are examples of what could happen should be invest too much in an unsustainable way. As much as I love the owners, should they leave us with a massive debt from being over ambitious and us underachieving, it could leave us in a precarious position.
sylofox Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 Would expect a few comings and even a few goings if we get the right offers.
Gerard Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 The more Coventry decline, the more we'll pick up from places like Hinckley, Lutterworth and Nuneaton. Northamptonshire could also be a huge untapped resource as well given there's no massive club there, as could South Lincolnshire for the same reason. A Leicester City with a few successful years behind it could be a huge draw. Less of the Lutterworth *shakes fist at screen Lutterworth is already Leicester hardcore
Oxfordfox83 Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 Feck's sake, are we really discussing ways to 'expand the fanbase' and propagate growth?? Surely we're supposed to be banging the gong about bringing back the east stand cos even though it was shit you could get some noise going on and goad the away fans? I know money and success is nice, but is it all about bigger stadiums and ex Cov fans? Go and sit in the home end at Arsenal and see where that gets you-you might as well save £80 and watch it on TV...
sylofox Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 Ambition is all well and good but I hope we don't run before we can walk. We need to become an established PL club before we look to expand the stadium. The way the season went, we just about survived. We won't sell 30k in the championship and so expanding the stadium is not what we should be looking to do, especially with the possibility that we could be relegated next season. I'm not being pessimistic but just realistic. Portsmouth, Leeds and possibly QPR are examples of what could happen should be invest too much in an unsustainable way. As much as I love the owners, should they leave us with a massive debt from being over ambitious and us underachieving, it could leave us in a precarious position. I did not trust our owners for a long while always thought they were after a fast buck. But now I do and I really don't see them as the type to fvck off leaving us in the shite.
Wymsey Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 The thing is, the 'talk' of wanting this can't be promised unless our players have the same playing urgency that was seen in the last 7 games, consistently. Mike Ashley wants Newcastle to win trophies, before he goes, but that team has struggled with confidence and very nearly went down and is perhaps putting massive pressure on the players to perform at a high-standard.
Gerard Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 Ambition is all well and good but I hope we don't run before we can walk. We need to become an established PL club before we look to expand the stadium. The way the season went, we just about survived. We won't sell 30k in the championship and so expanding the stadium is not what we should be looking to do, especially with the possibility that we could be relegated next season. I'm not being pessimistic but just realistic. Portsmouth, Leeds and possibly QPR are examples of what could happen should be invest too much in an unsustainable way. As much as I love the owners, should they leave us with a massive debt from being over ambitious and us underachieving, it could leave us in a precarious position. Disagree. We need to plan now. FWIW I think we're as established as half of the PL league clubs already, I don't think we need to catch Sunderland, Newcastle, Villa, etc as we're already there. Those clubs aren't looking for a higher standard of player than what we are and they haven't got a better team or squad than us either. If it was up to me I'd build a new ground that holds 60,000. Build and they shall come providing the club offers football worth seeing.
theessexfox Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 Thought they were leaving us after the academy boys' antics?
Dan Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 Did we not have over 20k renew despite it looking like we were going down?
Izzy Posted 7 June 2015 Posted 7 June 2015 Less of the Lutterworth *shakes fist at screen Lutterworth is already Leicester hardcore Surely not the famous Gerard Molly of Lutterworth by any chance?
Hollism Posted 8 June 2015 Posted 8 June 2015 Did we not have over 20k renew despite it looking like we were going down? Think by the time that many had renewed we looked more likely to stay up than not, but we were nowhere near confirmed safety.
lestajigs Posted 8 June 2015 Posted 8 June 2015 Did anyone else notice the name of the writer of that article? Kittipong Thongsombat That is a ****ing incredible name. lol lol
Guest Cujek Posted 8 June 2015 Posted 8 June 2015 The more Coventry decline, the more we'll pick up from places like Hinckley, Lutterworth and Nuneaton. Northamptonshire could also be a huge untapped resource as well given there's no massive club there, as could South Lincolnshire for the same reason. A Leicester City with a few successful years behind it could be a huge draw. Hinckley is already LCFC, we will never have support fron Nuneaton.
dayday Posted 8 June 2015 Posted 8 June 2015 Ambition is all well and good but I hope we don't run before we can walk. We need to become an established PL club before we look to expand the stadium. The way the season went, we just about survived. We won't sell 30k in the championship and so expanding the stadium is not what we should be looking to do, especially with the possibility that we could be relegated next season. I'm not being pessimistic but just realistic. Portsmouth, Leeds and possibly QPR are examples of what could happen should be invest too much in an unsustainable way. As much as I love the owners, should they leave us with a massive debt from being over ambitious and us underachieving, it could leave us in a precarious position. They know what they are doing,and do you really think they will leave us in the shit,after already wiping out a big debt. As for the stadium increase why not,no point in standing still. If we go down just shut a stand like Villa do,it's no big deal.
Rich Fox Posted 8 June 2015 Posted 8 June 2015 Hinckley is already LCFC, we will never have support fron Nuneaton.[/quot I live in Atherstone just up road from Nuneaton and have supported us all my life. There are loads of City fans in Nuneaton, don't know whether it's just me but the only time I have trouble with Cov fans is in Hinckley there seems a lot there I don't know whether it's something to to with overspill from chaventry moving to Hinckley but its how I find it. Bizarrely had two neighbours who I hardly know knock my door and say they would come with me to games next season! They have never mentioned us before, had to point out getting tickets is a problem.
TOMBlcfc Posted 8 June 2015 Posted 8 June 2015 Has no one yet pointed out that it was Vichai interviewed and not Top? Very positive article though, makes me excitied just reading about it. Seems like the owners are in it for the long haul and look set on building the club up. One problem is the lack of asian talent atm so I don't know where we'd get someone good enough (excluding okazaki if he is to be believed regarding strikers). There is Honda but he's on a big wage if I remember correctly. But who knows, maybe there's some unknown, untapped gold in the J/K leagues
NewquayFox Posted 8 June 2015 Posted 8 June 2015 I remember going down the City in the 70s as a kid and seeing all the coaches parked down by the canal and they were from all over the county and Warwickshire, could be done again, who would have thought Forest could go on and win what they did with Cloughie..... Up the City.....
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 8 June 2015 Posted 8 June 2015 They know what they are doing,and do you really think they will leave us in the shit,after already wiping out a big debt. As for the stadium increase why not,no point in standing still. Good post
Babylon Posted 8 June 2015 Posted 8 June 2015 Ambition is all well and good but I hope we don't run before we can walk. We need to become an established PL club before we look to expand the stadium. The way the season went, we just about survived. We won't sell 30k in the championship and so expanding the stadium is not what we should be looking to do, especially with the possibility that we could be relegated next season. I'm not being pessimistic but just realistic. Portsmouth, Leeds and possibly QPR are examples of what could happen should be invest too much in an unsustainable way. As much as I love the owners, should they leave us with a massive debt from being over ambitious and us underachieving, it could leave us in a precarious position. We could get relegated at any time. Wigan were "established", so were Bolton, Newcastle, West Ham, Middlesborough, us a decade ago and a load of other teams. It can happen at any time with or without an expansion. As far as we know we currently have no debt other than the ground, which is owned by one of their companies anyway. IF we stay up next season the new premier league deal kicks in the year after and we're looking at a minimum of about £110m for finishing where we did this year. Some of that extra cash could easily be used on the stadium. The bigger the ground, the more fans we get in, the more money we can spend, the better the chance of attacking good players. Not only with the extra money, but with the ambition it would show. Putting an extra 10k on our ground would send out a massive statement of intent. Of course it needs to be done in a sensible way, but we've been doing it that way for a few years now.
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