Matthew Le God

They already have enough contracted players. They have a youth team and development squad to use.

Yarmouth isn't a city.

Yes, it does, it answers Tokyo-Saint's final question. It is also there for Flyer to tell me, what QPR will have that Staplewood doesn't have...?

Reports about the development as a whole 1) http://web3.newforest.gov.uk/images/planningimages/161300_21.pdf 2) http://web3.newforest.gov.uk/images/planningimages/162650_4.pdf Pavilion Ground Floor Plan http://web3.newforest.gov.uk/images/planningimages/161300_39.pdf Pavilion 1st Floor Plan http://web3.newforest.gov.uk/images/planningimages/161300_41.pdf Masterplan of site http://web3.newforest.gov.uk/images/planningimages/161300_5.pdf Landscaping Plan http://web3.newforest.gov.uk/images/planningimages/161300_7.pdf Security lodge plans http://web3.newforest.gov.uk/images/planningimages/161300_11.pdf Groundsman building http://web3.newforest.gov.uk/images/planningimages/161300_35.pdf 400 Seater Spectator Stand http://web3.newforest.gov.uk/images/planningimages/201138_25.pdf "Pre-academy" Buildings http://web3.newforest.gov.uk/images/planningimages/201138_27.pdf

There is a minimum standard to get category 1 status, it is possible for two clubs to reach the minimum but one to pass at a higher level. Just because clubs are category one it doesn't mean they are equal. Norwich and Stoke's training grounds aren't a match on what is being built at Staplewood. btw QPR haven't applied for category one status What is that claim based on? What will QPR have that Staplewood won't have?

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2885/europe/2012/07/25/3265477/agent-of-southampton-target-buttner-blasts-ridiculous

Commentary here... (use Saints Player login to listen) http://www.player.exetercityfc.co.uk/latest-news/article/2860893/date/20120725195600/page/0/name/AUDIO:-City-v-Saints Enjoy

Andy Robinson is in the video above Turkish. He is in the still photo before you click play.

Robinson has had a lot of injury problems. I doubt either of them will make the Saints first team as regulars.

A right back and central midfielder that have both come through our academy. Both have captained our under 18's.

Subs 12 Matt RICKARD 13 Chris JOHNS (GK) 14 Lloyd ISGROVE 15 Joe CURTIS 16 Bevis MUGABI 17 Jordan TURNBULL 18 Corby MOORE

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/celtic/9427210/Southampton-look-to-sign-Celtic-midfielder-Beram-Kayal.html Article also says we are still interested in Gary Hooper.

A few researchers are employees of the clubs they research. They have good access to a lot of information not publicly available, for example I read the initial EPPP document last summer. I don't really need to argue my point about Saints, the academy and Staplewood with them as they are already fully aware.

Do you not think Saints are fully aware of the kind of figures it would take to expand to 50k+? Despite that, they still consider such a plan worthy of continuing with and include on the season ticket DVD in its admittedly very early stages.

Stoke's facilities weren't great to start with and they are only spending a little over a third of what Saints are spending. http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/stoke-announce-6m-training-ground-expansion.html For them to label it "state of the art" is misleading.

As I said...

Wolves knocked down a stand in May 2011 and had spectators in the lower tier of the new stand watching Premier League games in September 2011. A lot of work can be done over a summer and Saints could keep the lower tier open throughout.

"State of the art" is an often misused term. Stoke's is far from the quality that Staplewood will be. Same with Swansea, and they won't even fully own it as it is a deal with the university.

Someone involved with the relatively minor changes this summer. Umm.. no. It is responses like this that put me off sharing things that may be of interest to some people on this forum. I'm guessing The Kraken and Turkish are getting uppity because as more and more info leaks of Cortese's plans for the club their views look to be wrong.

I asked the person that took those photos today in the opening post.

I changed my mind, so edited it before you had even responded. But then you don't think I'm capable of forming an opinion, let alone changing it.

The person that provided the information for the opening post says that the long term plan is for St Mary's to be expanded to 52,000 and would be done all in one go as it would work out cheaper.

Highlights of Pompey being thrashed 5-1 by Brighton last night... http://www.seagulls.co.uk/articles/20120725/video-albion-5-portsmouth-1_2264458_2860480/0,,10433~2860480~1,00.html Lots of arguing amongst themselves.

I said top 8, rather than top 2 or top 4 because Staplewood is to a very high spec that goes over and above many of the aspects of other top Premier League training grounds, but some are bigger. It is hard to rank the top 7/8 clubs. Man City are planning to spend an absolute fortune improving theirs, so they will soon be no.1 but the rest of the top training grounds could be argued which order they fall into. What I would say is that Staplewood will better than what Villa, Everton, Newcastle, West Ham, Sunderland, West Brom, Wigan, Norwich, Reading, Swansea, QPR, Stoke and Fulham have. Well if we go by those plans (and at the moment we just have 3 pictures so not alot to go on and Buttner saying their are plans for 50k) then only Man Utd, Man City, Arsenal and maybe Newcastle would have a better stadium in England. But it is obviously hard to tell seeing as all we have is those three pictures and no internal shots or spec of the expansion and changes.