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"Is there any point in Arsenal getting a new staduim?"

Considering they cant even fill up half of the millenium staduim! :P :D

You're saying that Anfield is home to over 30,000 Scousers, yet they're moving into a new ground at Stanley Park in a couple of years. I don't think that their board share the idea. good on you, I hate seeing teams moving, destroys their heritage.

Highbury holds 38,000- which is around average for the Premiership, seeing that Old Trafford holds 68,000 and Loftus Park holds 18,000. It's enough, but the dodgy pitch is a plague.

Aside from that fact that it's tiny compared to the size of every-other stadium in the Premiership, there isn't really all that much wrong with Arsénal playing their home games at Highbury.

There pitch is also (I'm pretty sure) the narrowest one in the Premiership - and I've seen this work to their advantage on many occasions in home games, forcing other sides to play narrowly - like them - with no real width or breathing space.

When they (eventually) moves grounds, they'll probably start losing more games at home! :D


And anyway, Highbury has become a real "home" to Arsénal fans over the years - just like Anfield is to the Scouse, and Old Trafford to United - and no Arsénal fan would really like to imagine their side playing elsewhere - not even at Wembley (...except in Cup-Finals).


But they DO need to sort something out quickly - before their team really begins to fall-apart and destroy their reputation.
I don't see them winning ANYTHING this season - let alone mounting a serious Title challenge! This project's just taking up too much money, and they seriously need to improve on key areas in their team.

But free transfers of second-string internationals just are not the answer.

§niper wrote:

> Shush already, no need for chelski fans to comment ofnother teams cos
> they are scandalous crap.

i actually don't mind arsenal. i can just see things going very wrong....

Ashburton Grove is a stupid project- it's losing Arsenal a lot of money. Hold on, that's a good thing, if like me, you hate Arsenal.

But it would be a good ground, worthy of hosting England games.

Heh, obviously a lot of the glory hunter's that joined the Arsenal Brigade last season have flown nest, im just surprised that Sniper hasn't gone yet.... ;)

§niper wrote:
> Ashley wrote:
> i thought that this afternoon, if this season is poor and lets face
> it
> there is quite a high chance of that, as they are unbelievably poor
> at
> the back, with the exception of sol, they could see the most
> ridiculous collapse ever. Finish 3rd this season and lose viera at
> the
> end, the next season they'd be lucky to make the CL, and a tsadium
> debt tearing them apart and doubt over whether they could actually
> fill it, there is every chance they could be the next
> leeds........... but worse off
>
>> Shush already, no need for chelski fans to comment ofnother teams cos
>> they are scandalous crap.

i agree with sniper. no-one wants to hear your biased shat about your enemy.

as for the stadium matter. arsenal have been to so many cardiff games, it was a crappy, meaningless game, that no-one ever remembers, wales is a long way away just to see that (never the less it was just a little bit strange). if ashburton grove was built then important premiership games would pack out, champions league games the same. i think that arsenal have the longest or second longest list for season tickets. trust me. if it was built we would get near enough capacity everytime.

Ashley wrote:
> i thought that this afternoon, if this season is poor and lets face it
> there is quite a high chance of that, as they are unbelievably poor at
> the back, with the exception of sol, they could see the most
> ridiculous collapse ever. Finish 3rd this season and lose viera at the
> end, the next season they'd be lucky to make the CL, and a tsadium
> debt tearing them apart and doubt over whether they could actually
> fill it, there is every chance they could be the next
> leeds........... but worse off

Shush already, no need for chelski fans to comment ofnother teams cos they are scandalous crap.

Ashley wrote:
> you still on your old msn ortega?

Yup, i just dont sign in that much on it.

Hold up, i'll sign in now

you still on your old msn ortega?

i thought that this afternoon, if this season is poor and lets face it there is quite a high chance of that, as they are unbelievably poor at the back, with the exception of sol, they could see the most ridiculous collapse ever. Finish 3rd this season and lose viera at the end, the next season they'd be lucky to make the CL, and a tsadium debt tearing them apart and doubt over whether they could actually fill it, there is every chance they could be the next leeds........... but worse off