Seagrave Training Centre - Construction updates 2

[FoyleFox]

Bloomin' marvellous that.

 

A lot of what's incomplete looks to be landscaping & paving etc rather than buildings and construction.

[chapero82]

13 minutes ago, FoyleFox said:

Bloomin' marvellous that.

 

A lot of what's incomplete looks to be landscaping & paving etc rather than buildings and construction.

I wonder how much of the internal stuff has been done inside the buildings 

[davieG]

5 hours ago, Fox in the North said:

Postiviteeeeee

 

 

The Merc liked your post   

 

 https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-training-ground--4501058 -  posted @ 17:47, 9 SEP 2020

[Fox in the North]

18 minutes ago, davieG said:

The Merc liked your post   

 

 https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-training-ground--4501058 -  posted @ 17:47, 9 SEP 2020

Can’t see it for some reason 

[davieG]

5 minutes ago, Fox in the North said:

Can’t see it for some reason 

Ha Ha! they've removed it, was just an article posted @17.45 with the same video you posted so they obviously got it from here. 

 

Perhaps LCFC have asked them to remove it.

[Fox seen in Norwich]

5 hours ago, Spudulike said:

Do we know when this was filmed? Could be weeks ago. 

First 5 secs of the vid has the date 09/09/20 so I reckon it was today 

[TeamRocket]

10 hours ago, Fox in the North said:

Postiviteeeeee

 

 

Looks nice the training ground.

 

R.I.P James Dawkins 🙁

[st albans fox]

Did rodgers say that we should be in there by the end of the season’ ??????!!!!!!!

[jonthefox]

On 09/09/2020 at 12:28, Fox in the North said:

Postiviteeeeee

 

 

Why do these videos always have to include seizure inducing music.

[SheppyFox]

Fantastic isn’t it.

[baldeagle]

Just looks to get bigger and bigger 

[urban.spaceman]

This seems to be the right thread. Anyone have any updates on Fofana?

[BKLFox]

@ttfn bringIng your comment over 

I’m not sure that’s true for everyone. Some people will want to work in a fancy google office, some people would rather be paid an extra few quid and work somewhere else perfectly nice. (And yes I’ve been in a google office and was very impressed...not sure it would sway me if somewhere else had a more interesting project/more money on offer).

 

Isn’t the point being made that it is obviously preferable to the current set up but that the impact of having a top-of-the-range training ground is actually pretty intangible and that with hindsight the money might have been better allocated to a very thin looking playing squad.

 

That training ground is not going to look too clever if the form from the last 22 games of last season carries into this season because we’ve not been able to change up the playing squad sufficiently.

 

What I would say is that it is a moot point, the club obviously thought it was a good investment at the time. Covid has made a lot of ambitious projects look a bit of an overstretch, LCFC wouldn’t be alone in that (Spurs stadium a case in point but at least Levy can point to it being tangibly income generating in a “normal” environment).

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Ok fully agree a lot of people would rather a few more £ in the pocket granted but where I’m going with the facilities is that it’s another string to snare them, listen we can’t compete with the Chelsea, Manchester clubs, Liverpool types regardless of training facilities if a player wants to play for them they will go....but this training ground will pull us away from the rest of the clubs and most abroad even if the other club offered a few dollars, would a player go to an Everton type for 5-10k more but not have the day to day facilities we can offer that can help make them a better player?

Using Spurs stadium isn’t the same, that was a total mess as I say a player will only be there once a week for a few hours, it’s training grounds that need to be the wow.

 

As for investment, this facility will be serving the club for 20+ years the 3 players that the 100m could buy will be here for 3-4yrs before going and then you may not see a return on them So yes a better long term investment, hitting the nail there ‘long term’ we are building a future why spunk 100m on a short term fix?

 

[Fox in the North]

2 hours ago, BKLFox said:

@ttfn bringIng your comment over 

I’m not sure that’s true for everyone. Some people will want to work in a fancy google office, some people would rather be paid an extra few quid and work somewhere else perfectly nice. (And yes I’ve been in a google office and was very impressed...not sure it would sway me if somewhere else had a more interesting project/more money on offer).

 

Isn’t the point being made that it is obviously preferable to the current set up but that the impact of having a top-of-the-range training ground is actually pretty intangible and that with hindsight the money might have been better allocated to a very thin looking playing squad.

 

That training ground is not going to look too clever if the form from the last 22 games of last season carries into this season because we’ve not been able to change up the playing squad sufficiently.

 

What I would say is that it is a moot point, the club obviously thought it was a good investment at the time. Covid has made a lot of ambitious projects look a bit of an overstretch, LCFC wouldn’t be alone in that (Spurs stadium a case in point but at least Levy can point to it being tangibly income generating in a “normal” environment).

****************************************

Ok fully agree a lot of people would rather a few more £ in the pocket granted but where I’m going with the facilities is that it’s another string to snare them, listen we can’t compete with the Chelsea, Manchester clubs, Liverpool types regardless of training facilities if a player wants to play for them they will go....but this training ground will pull us away from the rest of the clubs and most abroad even if the other club offered a few dollars, would a player go to an Everton type for 5-10k more but not have the day to day facilities we can offer that can help make them a better player?

Using Spurs stadium isn’t the same, that was a total mess as I say a player will only be there once a week for a few hours, it’s training grounds that need to be the wow.

 

As for investment, this facility will be serving the club for 20+ years the 3 players that the 100m could buy will be here for 3-4yrs before going and then you may not see a return on them So yes a better long term investment, hitting the nail there ‘long term’ we are building a future why spunk 100m on a short term fix?

 

Exactly, Bournemouth fans are gutted they never invested in a training ground (the one they had permission for seems to have stalled) and not expanded or moved to a new stadium. They tried to invest in their team and it fell through. 

[Ecdysiast]

Jesus, that's magnificent. What a facility!

Who wouldn't want to go to work there?

Great work to all concerned especially the club.

[Fox in the North]

More photos courtesy of the ETFE company Architen Landrell 

 

In the bottom right corner of the second photo you can see the indoor pitch is nearly done 

Edited 17 September 2020 by Fox in the North

[Spudulike]

Anyone been past the killer junction lately? Any roadworks going on? 

Edited 17 September 2020 by Spudulike
Can't spell

[LestaAl]

7 hours ago, Spudulike said:

Anyone been past the killer junction lately? Any roadworks going on? 

Not as far I could see yesterday 

[Ecdysiast]

On 09/09/2020 at 15:46, Babylon said:

Making sure the pitches are properly drained and not going to flood is such a basic thing, I can't believe for a moment they've all flooded. 

 

One area unexpectedly near something that's not finished yet, maybe. Entire pitches... no. 

"WAP" ... Someone accidently caught sight of Madders in just his rucksack.....

[UHDrive]

Some pics from inside the indoor training centre and the players rooms/views. 👍👊

[UHDrive]

Some pics from inside the indoor training centre and the players rooms/views. 👍👊

[UHDrive]

Some pics from inside the indoor training centre and the players rooms/views. 👍👊

[Chrysalis]

On 12/09/2020 at 10:18, jonthefox said:

Why do these videos always have to include seizure inducing music.

The music really doesnt fit, I dont know what goes on with these social media teams.

[AKCJ]

Love it when this thread gets updated.

 

The club is in such a good place. Great stadium, great owners, great squad, great manager and we're about to have a ****ing class training ground.

 

MASSIVE

[Spudulike]

The pyramids were built quicker than this place.