Most of those 20% will only make one visit a year to Headingley.

They should stop moaning and just be grateful that we let them into our great city (after wiping their feet).

exactly, i dont see the argument. The stand will get replaced eventually. The first one was the eastern terrace as if i remember correctly they needed to get that done as wasnt there a problem with the old foundations? Might be wrong there. Plus with the income from Leeds Met meant we could get it up with little debt. Next step was the Southstand as we all knew. But then the world financial turmoil kicked in. However by the souds of it that will be getting replaced in the next few years. The next program I would have thought would then be the redevelopment of the main stand with the backing of YCCC. With these three sides done we will probably look at the western terrace. Probably get dug out and kept to a similar size as it is now albeit with a roof. I would expect something similar to that of the Carniege stand now but without the second tier. We dont really need anything underneath the stand so I dont see why they dont send the public footpath through it in a tunnel? Surely that would be acceptable.

Also with the new SS and Main stand could we not run the floodlighting down the flanks like at Elland Road and OT? This would mean we could get shut of the pylons and that would add a bit more on the capacity.

There isn't an argument. You're exactly right.

The thing is, we don't get our name "Whinos" for nothing. Some of our "fans" just have to find any possible smidgen of something to complain about.

Even if you'd think it was an announcement with no negatives at all (like, "We're getting a new screen!!!!"icon_wink.gif, don't underestimate the ability of people to find fault and whine.

It's quite a talent really.... watch;

Thread Title: Smith wins World winger of the year '11 with 44 tries!
Whino: How he managed to do that with that numpty as a centre God only knows.

Thread Title: Billy Slater joins Leeds and doesn't want paying!
Whino: Great, he gifts NZ the 4 nations and now we have to put up with him!

Thread Title: McF wins the lottery and is buying every SS.com member a new car!
Whino: I can't drive.
Whino 2: Mines arrived and it's red. I don't like red.

Thread Title: Leeds take revenge on Wire with a 84-4 Wembley Whitewash!
Whino: We really shouldn't have let that try in.
Whino 2: I know! And... my parking cost £35!!!



Try it! Go on... think of the most positive thing you can and start a thread. I give it 5 posts in before you've been creamed.

The South Stand is coming down at the end of next season... the old girl is on her last legs and a few of my fellow professionals would start to possibly lose some sleep if they were asked to give her another safety cert for yet another year!!!

I don't think there is a plan to replace the current floodlights with ones mounted on the stand roof, firstly because they are not as good because they lack the height and they are actually more costly to mount on a cantilever roof because you have more onerous serviceability limit states to meet (that means stopping them flapping around too much in the wind!). The current floodlights will have another 50 years in them easy!

This was all perfectly believable until this bit... McF hates the colour red!

Plus presumably McF would simply exchange the cars for cake.

Stadium looks like it could be a beauty.

Hence why he sent us lot a red one.

If I won the Euro Lottery I may stretch to cake for everyone, as for red cars for everyone, 'fraid not, the money, even by Euro Lottery standards is already spent, and here's a clue, I didn't spend any of it, in fact I didn't even see it hit the bank.

Tut! Selfish bas[it[/iard.

Ahhhh married life i hear yer!

Far too many trees and green stuff in this artist impression for Leeds.

Not keen on the big grey thing on the western terrace myself.

Wonder why they've done the artist's impression from behind the western terrace



In all seriousness, looks great. Should be some cracking little stadia knocking about in SL in 3 years time hopefully.

Looks like they are knocking the cricket ground down and replacing it with trees

And turning the cricket car park into a RL stadium





Is Headingley back up to full capacity for 2011?

no. it won't be until they knock down the south stand and re-build it

I'll have you know mr LS16 is a nice bloke.

Or they have moved all the students out of the escorts and made a lovely park

They'd better not put a roof on 'my' Western Terrace!!

I enjoy watching my football in the open elements - not like you nancy boys who insist on being all nice an cosy with your lardy-dar seats or roofs.

It's the Blue & Amber parasols outside the South Stand that make me chuckle!!

It'll be just like sitting by Lake Garda!

Except in the cold... looking at a row of terrace houses... surrounded by rugby fans... with p[ii[/iss poor food... listening to traffic... and with no lake.

But still!

You do it a bit of a dis service, you don't get students is wonderful and revealing fancy dress in lake garda!!!

The same ones lauding this folly will be the same ones slating the coaching team after a poor run of form.

I fail to see the correlation between people having a joke about a poor artistic drawing and slating the team

Quite