General Wolves News

[Doctor Doog]

nice article from Johnny Phillips


https://www.shropshirestar.com/spor...-nuno-thinking-is-reaping-rewards-for-wolves/

Some poor editing though - Hennessey apparently played in front of the back four and some confusion between Latin and Swedish with "magnus opus"

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Not often I say this, but there were some really interesting posts on the dark side this week. IF we knocked the ground down and started again, but rotated the pitch to be directly north/south on the same spot, you could actually fit Old Trafford or The Emirates (minus the carparks and huge concourses) into the footprint we have available. Photo shopped from google maps at the identical scale, and both grounds would actually fit with a bit to spare.

 

[PuntsWolf]

We don't need that much capacity.

We literally just need a new Steve bull stand, maybe the corner properly filled at the south bank end +/- adding a tiny bit at the top.

 

[pr0sl0]

There’s also a decent amount of capacity to be gained easily just from not having new stands so far from the pitch.

It’s nice to fantasise about Molineux becoming as big Camp Nou, but a lot of the suggestions I’ve read seem motivated by either residual antipathy to the old owner (“we need to knock down the new North Bank and do it again my way, not Morgan’s way!”) or an understandable expectation of betrayal by new owners (harking back to the old Bhatti plan to turn Molineux into a casino and hotel - which might also be why I keep seeing people suggest doing that as well, making the stadium into basically a mall, for some weird reason).

Doesn’t make sense to move it elsewhere, or even move the footprint White Hart Lane-style, imo. Plenty of space where it is already. (Also, didn’t the footprint get offset a bit when the Hayward-era stands were built?)

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

It was offset slightly towards Stafford Road as the old Waterloo Road literally backed onto the pavement.

I would argue that if Fosun have the ambition that we like to dream they do, then a 50k capacity is more than acceptable.

If the same footprint can take a 60k and a near 80k, then the point is there is plenty of space on our current footprint as long as it is used wisely

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Important not to get too carried away, we did only get 22k against Bristol City three weeks ago or so.

Different times of course but we never really had 50k averages even in our heyday and when Molineux was huge - we'd go week by week 50k, 21k, 32k, 50k, 19k etc etc. Lot of fickle bastards out there

I want the Steve Bull doing because it's no longer really fit for purpose.

 

[sycophantia]

For me the Steve Bull stand is fine for facilities, I don't need much, don't much care how shiny it is, its got ok loos, snacks and drinks which is all I require.....however it is really old now so probably needs replacing from a future health and safety point of view. Also as has been said its too far away from the pitch

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I understand that, but my point is that doing the Steve Bull with the ground aligned as is, will effectively limit the maximum we can get unless we shut Waterloo Road, or paid for a tunnel. Therefore, the best value option is actually turning the pitch to use the footprint fully.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Didn't the new North Bank get built more towards the Steve Bull to further shift things that way as the redevelopment continued?

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[Keef]

Wouldn't turning the pitch involve completely shutting the ground,and Having to go somewhere else in the meantime? Don't know where we'd play home games if that happened

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Not particularly no.

The point is the pitch angle in comparison to how Waterloo Road runs now.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Wouldn't turning the pitch involve completely shutting the ground,and Having to go somewhere else in the meantime? Don't know where we'd play home games if that happened

As I briefly mentioned in the week, the Ricoh would probably be the only viable choice if we paid Wasps enough and they booted Cov out (that might happen anyway).

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Wouldn't turning the pitch involve completely shutting the ground,and Having to go somewhere else in the meantime? Don't know where we'd play home games if that happened

Yes it definitely would. Just my interpretation of the comments about "using the footprint"

I would imagine we would be ground sharing with someone (probably Villa)

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Can't see the OB being overly happy with allowing 30k+ of our lot into Aston once a fortnight.

Whereas the Ricoh is in the middle of nowhere, so who cares.

 

[leedswolf]

Didn't the new North Bank get built more towards the Steve Bull to further shift things that way as the redevelopment continued?

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Yep.

 

[Penk Wolf]

Anyone else seen the Derek Parkin tribute video? I don't know whether that's a poor joke in it or whether Steve daly is really being a dick,and stroppy too

Yes, and he was pretty funny too - well it had the room in laughter anyway.

 

[Alan]

Assuming that Fosun's goal is to make the club a more or less perennial Champions League fixture, isn't there a minimum capacity required by UEFA for that competition?

 

[Keef]

Yes, and he was pretty funny too - well it had the room in laughter anyway.

So it was a joke then? Just not a very good one

 

[Tony Towner]

Piece of piss for anyone over 35, full house for me.
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/wolves-quiz-can-you-name-8940147

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Assuming that Fosun's goal is to make the club a more or less perennial Champions League fixture, isn't there a minimum capacity required by UEFA for that competition?

They have a minimum standard for stadia. We are well in excess of that already. As for capacity, plenty of clubs qualify and have grounds with below <20,000 seats. Just to pick a random example, Sparta Prague.