Old grounds often have/ had that feel. Always felt more intimidating. I remember the three or four times I’ve been Goodison, always felt like we were in a cauldron.
Yeah you know a stadium isn’t intimidating when every away fan loves going there. Same as when all the pundits say they like watching Spurs games, it’s usually because it’s comfortable and the away team fancy their chances. The new stadium wasn’t designed to give the home team any advantage.
The new stadium was supposedly built to be an atmospheric beast but we’ve only really seen that during moments of sheer joy/ excitement more so than just general vibe. The south stand was said to mimic the yellow wall of Dortmund but the fact you’re charging obscene prices you’re never gonna get enough of the type of working class fan who loves to sing and shout sitting amongst it. Don’t get me wrong it’s a lovely thing to look at, I think it’s the most aesthetically pleasing stadium in Europe to be fair but it just lacks that real homely stadium feel to me. WHL, just as most other old school grounds had something about them, hard to even explain but they just had “it”.
The new stadium had a very tough start to life that Levy can't be blamed for. Moving in before the end of a season was a mistake imo. I get why they did it but with hindsight, we know that 2018/19 was the last embers of Poch's first chapter and having the new stadium to look forward to from September could have been the 'pick me up' everyone (including the players and manager) needed after the crushing disappointment of the CL final. Then a few months later COVID hit and by the time that went away, the rot had well and truly set in and apart from a brief uptick under Conte, it's been a downward curve since we moved in. Until the stadium is associated with success and strength, the atmosphere will be flat. For the prices charged and the facilities on offer, people will turn up rightly expecting the last night of the proms, but for too long we've been delivering punch and Judy on Blackpool pier.
Despite an injury crisis, and some new blood needed to lift our spirits, another club is going to see him put on their shirt before we’ve even had the chance, despite waiting months.
Lol Spursy in it. I think Ange has shown he’s got zero intent on playing him though so I’d rather he gets out and plays.
If we can get him a loan to a London-based Championship team where he'll get regular football, then that's great. I very much doubt that he's up to speed to play Premier League football right now and we'll struggle to register him for Europe.
Spot on. Bringing in players at this stage won't make an iota of difference as they simply won't be up to speed in time. I think come the 7th of Feb there is every chance we'll be in the EL play-offs and out of both domestic cups.
There's a crackpot theory doing the rounds on r/coys claiming the reason we haven't signed anyone this month (we have) is because the club is spending the transfer budget buying up property around the stadium I really should check if it's the same poster repeating this claim, given I haven't seen it substantiated anywhere else
Mathys Tel has...told Bayern he wants out Don't suppose Alasdair Gold fancies sitting in a Bayern press conference with a Spurs shirt ready to hold up...?
Patrick Dorgu’s been given the here we go for a move to Utd. Had been linked a fair bit with us as a LB option. So we can cross him off the list now.
L'Equipe have linked us with Breel Embolo for €20m Any other players we were initially linked with in the Poch Era want to join...?
I mean I could have quoted Fichajes confirming my suspicions their rumours are fuelled by how short they are on meeting their rent every month by linking us to Nico Williams a day or two ago
