SecretSam

Zero legroom, terrible view (upper tier), cramped, horrendous concourses, crap WCs, catering, the lot. I'll take MK's ground, every time. Nothing they can do about the fans, it's about the facilities. Worst I've been to? The old Wembley, 2001ish. Worse than Trumpton.

So, basically, all grounds pre-the Taylor report?

My point about nostalgia was wider than just footie. Regarding Italian grounds, most of them are owned by the local authority, have running tracks, and aren't well maintained.

That's the only good thing about Kenilworth Rd, what a dump. Regarding location, some non-central are bad - Reading, for example - but MK Dons' ground is a doddle to get to by car.

And yet still 10,000 locked out...

News of Portsmouth's promotion, and comments about 'a proper ground' lead me to wonder: exactly what is a 'good ground' these days? There's still apparently a lot of love for old grounds, despite drawbacks (legroom, facilities, accessibility) because they are deemed to offer a better 'atmosphere'. Or maybe it's the classic British disease of nostalgia? For me, I like a ground where I can see, there's reasonable comfort (I'm paying solid money, so expect my 173cm frame to be accommodated), the loos are OK and the stands are tight to the pitch. I'm genuinely not bothered about standing at my age (55) unless the tickets are very cheap. What are your thoughts?

TBH, with Burnley near certainties for relegation to the Championship, I'd imagine he'll be playing for them next season, so this is all a bit academic. However, if not Twine, then whom, as a playmaker of this ilk?

Dynamic pricing - start tickets dirt cheap, every couple of days they go up a £1. Start them at £10. Guaranteed sell out. And let the Rotherham fans have cheap tickets, too, they've had a miserable season. And they live in Rotherham.

Dickie, Max. None of the others have really done enough.

THIS. 100%. I am sick of 'retro' crap, harking back to when we were slightly less rubbish. Let's bloody look forwards. AND NO HORRID COLLARS. Round neck, v-neck, just none of those pointless little wings.

And it's not even proper rugby up there, it's that weird touch rugby thing

Late to the party as usual...

I think this is key. With a number of key players potentially OOC in the summer, we need to invest solidly.

I don't buy the kits, so I can't comment on quality, but I must say the yellow kit looks cheap. However, I do like the current black kit.

Right, season's effectively over. Speculation on the new kit can begin. I'll start: red home jersey. Probably some purple knocking about in the change strips.

Just watched the highlights. Hyam's probably still screaming, or has had to be sedated.

The best thing about the floodlights on pylons was it made finding grounds a doddle. Usually they were visible for some distance. Back in the days before Google Maps, you really didn't want to be asking someone on the street where the ground was...

Welll, that was unexpected

His eyesight must have been pretty good

Typical

Frankly, it's a silly rule but I can sort of see the point. Having said that, there's plenty of stupid celebrations that don't involve shirt removal. I personally hate the baby cradling or 'football up the jersey' ones. And dance moves. And acrobatics. Mind you, I also couldn't stand Shearer's dull as shit one-armed salute

I just replied on the Pack thread, always liked him. Back on Palmer - there's a lot of competition in that part of the pitch; shame we don't have a similar situation in defence

Always liked him as a player, although he was a bit Marmite for many. Glad he's doing well, always was a class act IMHO

Explain Doku, who's a "running with the ball" type of player?

But that would give us momentum for next season...