Expansion

[Bakewell Blue]

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image posted by the trust on facebook.

That looks great, a massive improvement, well done to the club = positive.

Some of the bickering and sniping on here is unbelievable, I think we need the season to start so that we can all stop falling out = negative.

[_bluebird_]

Considering the work that been done the pitch is looking very good

[barrow-mike]

You don't need fences or warning signs just a bit of common sense

I didn't make the statement but if you're trying to be clever, look at the photos he took and please explain the danger!, bye the way you do need fences and signs or we as a club would have been fined Thank you for your attempt at being smug

Your very welcome

[tictactoe]

Driving past today, I personally think the two new stands look a bit out of place and look what they are, something added on because they have to be. I don’t like them. However, I do appreciate that we have done what we can with what we have.

[Etsjb]

Think of them as a stop-gap, at the end of the day they are temporary hopefully until we become more stable in the EFL and perhaps have a lucrative cup run and the coffers swell. They are there to meet EFL regulations, a tick box exercise if you like. The first positive is that they make that side look 100% better than the mud mounds of last season at the old TBrady yard, secondly, they can be removed easily when the times comes for a permanent structure.

Just roll with it, progression is progression and we’ve come a long way. We’re on the up!

*EDIT* forgot to state the added income for the club as a 3rd positive.

[jaycarter]

newstands.jpg

image posted by the trust on facebook.

I hope their putting something between the two sections otherwise its going to be wet round those areas water running down the floodlight pole.

[bluessupporter]

I hope their putting something between the two sections otherwise its going to be wet round those areas water running down the floodlight pole.

No different to now. If you look the two aisles lead to the gates, so there has to be gaps.

[bluebird90]

On one hand it gets the job done and meets requirements. On the other, they look terrible. We’ll soon be calling it the 50 shades of blue stadium. Maybe that’s why Wards often sponsor us.

[Wintergreen]

It is what it is and we are in the best shape we have been in so far this century. This is a golden era - make sure to enjoy it.

[pjdaly]

On one hand it gets the job done and meets requirements. On the other, they look terrible. We’ll soon be calling it the 50 shades of blue stadium. Maybe that’s why Wards often sponsor us.

Terrible? Really? That's a very strong word to use. I agree that the photo we are given on the previous page might not suggest we can tick the box marked "perfection" but I would definitely want to emphasise the positives here. For that reason, instead of "terrible" I would prefer to use the word "remarkable" . . . remarkable compared to the bomb-site of a ground in early 1972, remarkable to see such progress when we think that it is still less than 10 years ago that we seemed to be heading for oblivion after losing 0-6 at home to Gainsborough Trinity, remarkable when we look back to just the end of last season when we had very limited viewing provision from those two areas of the ground. Remarkable effort. Well done to all concerned.

[McMark]

On one hand it gets the job done and meets requirements. On the other, they look terrible. We’ll soon be calling it the 50 shades of blue stadium. Maybe that’s why Wards often sponsor us.

Terrible? Really? That's a very strong word to use. I agree that the photo we are given on the previous page might not suggest we can tick the box marked "perfection" but I would definitely want to emphasise the positives here. For that reason, instead of "terrible" I would prefer to use the word "remarkable" . . . remarkable compared to the bomb-site of a ground in early 1972, remarkable to see such progress when we think that it is still less than 10 years ago that we seemed to be heading for oblivion after losing 0-6 at home to Gainsborough Trinity, remarkable when we look back to just the end of last season when we had very limited viewing provision from those two areas of the ground. Remarkable effort. Well done to all concerned.

Terribly well put PJ

[Suffolk Blue]

Well said Paul. I suppose opinion does depend on your perspective and relationship with the club, In effect the only way you could meet everybody’s expectations is to demolish the existing facilities and do a complete rebuild. And we know why that won’t happen any time soon.

Like you I remember the crumbling mess that we were left with post speedway followed by the decades of neglect. HS actually is looking like a proper venue once again and for all its design issues and perceived defects. I actually find it astonishing to be able to say that.

[Bombadel]

People who think it looks terrible probably get on the plastic fan bus to old Trafford / Anfield and are used to some of the richest clubs in the world. As per previous post , it’s remarkable for little old Barrow how far we’ve come in such a short time, credit to the owners for forking out, even from the top of cemetery hill it looks much more like a stadium now than a ground.

[Hadrian]

No different to now. If you look the two aisles lead to the gates, so there has to be gaps.

jaycarter may be referring to gaps in the roof coverings of the two new wing stands, which may or may not be complete at the time of the photo.

Rather than looking at photos for negatives, I concur with pjdaly and others that the look of the ground is improved significantly and applaud the work of those who have brought this project to its current stage. I look forward to seeing it 'in the flesh', as it were, next weekend.

[spirit of 1990]

On one hand it gets the job done and meets requirements. On the other, they look terrible. We’ll soon be calling it the 50 shades of blue stadium. Maybe that’s why Wards often sponsor us.

Terrible? Really? That's a very strong word to use. I agree that the photo we are given on the previous page might not suggest we can tick the box marked "perfection" but I would definitely want to emphasise the positives here. For that reason, instead of "terrible" I would prefer to use the word "remarkable" . . . remarkable compared to the bomb-site of a ground in early 1972, remarkable to see such progress when we think that it is still less than 10 years ago that we seemed to be heading for oblivion after losing 0-6 at home to Gainsborough Trinity, remarkable when we look back to just the end of last season when we had very limited viewing provision from those two areas of the ground. Remarkable effort. Well done to all concerned.

Total sense - as always Paul.

People could pick faults all day long but at the end of the day HS is (was) a ground built to suit a totally different era. Add on to that the lack of virtually any sort of investment and you have to sit back and have the utmost respect for what the owners have done…time, hassle and obviously, money.