Spiderpig

The south enclosure wont exist if the Pod is demolished, so the temp changing rooms would be right in the midfle of the work site, hardly practical for the maybe 6 or 8 months to rebuild the pod.

Your last paragraph is the crucial one Dave, the chairman said in his latest youtube interview that going forward the club are hoping to maximise revenues by utilising the facilities 7 days a week for various uses. For me there are a host of reasons why this will not be possible at Fir park as it stands or an upgraded form given the limitations of the site, so the new stadium option for me is the only logical option, time will tell

I hope wherever he goes, he gets a good severance clause in his contract, get Ange postecoglus agent involved as he will get no time to develop things at an EPL club or especially the green uglies. We might offer less cash but the job security is better at Fir park.

Whats wrong with the McLean stand, thats probably the best of the 4 ?

Its irrelevant how long Fir Park has been there, the Cooper stand was meant to be a two tier structure until the residents of the houses behind it complained, so it was reduced in size. So you can be certain that any proposed development will be scrutenised line by line and there will be objections.

If he hits the 30 goal mark, that might mean we are champions, so i hope we get a lot more than 4 or 5 million.

Youve taken that too far.

You also have to consider where would all the fans currently seated in the POD move to? Loss of gate revenue, catering, hospitality etc, etc. So add in all these potential costs and issues to the demolition/ rebild costs and it would be a significant sum, which would have to be costed against the new stadium option as to which one would be the least intrusive and most financially attrative to the club.

Cant argue with that, we done it with Higdon, Bair and Miller, cashed in when their stock was high, and time proved it to be the right call, at least for the 1st two. Maswhanise is no different, hes a young developing player, already played at international level, so if an acceptable offer comes in ie over £6 million we will sell him, the same as we did with miller, with a good sell on clause.

Falkirk dont own the main stand its leased long term. They only own the other two stands, so i presume any non match day revenue goes to whatever organisation actually owns the stand, i think it was the local council at one point.

If Celtic and us both win this week its going to be very tight at the top, Hearts on 63, Celtic 58, Rangers 57 and Motherwell 56. Does being 7 points off the top in March finally qualify us as title contenders.

Hopefully for Motherwell and not Manchester Untd as i suggsted 😂

I see the luddites are out in force tonight, we have two srands at Fir park that are not fit for purpose by todays standards and expectations from the paying public, bolting seats to old terracing and having people pay to sit on seats in the pod stained with pigeon crap, every 2nd or 3rd one broken, turnstyles that were modern the last time we won the league, unsafe congestion in public areas etc and people are getting teary eyed and sentimental about it, aye ok then. Would you accept sub standard and or potentially unsafe conditions in a theatre, restaurant etc, football grounds are no different.

Im sure if a new stadium was built at the craig, upper crust would open a 2nd outlet, or would more infrastucture be required?

Given that the pod was built long before the complex planning, and environmental rules and regulations we have now, is it realistic to expect that the pod can be demolished and rebuilt to the same size and capacity on the same footprint. For me i dont think it can be, the cooper stand was halved in size due to residents objections as it was originaly supposed to be the same as the McLean stand. For me a refurb is not an option given its wooden construction, and the difficulties that creates with saftey regulations etc and im not convinced a total rebuild would be allowed under todays regulations etc.