Sheffield Wednesday Rumours Archive June 13 2014

13 Jun 2014 16:51:11
I don't think we are missing out on anybody. I think it's all going on behind the scenes but can't be finalized or made public until the new owner is officially confirmed by the powers that be.

Everyone seems worried about us not signing up every Tom, Dick and Harry who's suddenly out of contract. With Mammadov's millions, I don't think he's particularly bothered about other people's cast-offs! Right now he's probably weighing up the pros and cons on the managerial front. Once that's been decided (to make sure the man in charge gets the people HE wants), he'll probably open up the cheque book and make generous offers to the clubs involved (both national and international). I wouldn't be at all surprised to find a few more foreigners on our wage bill given the new owners knowledge of foreign leagues. Exciting times. patience everybody. UTO!

Even though we supposed to have new owner, we will still get nothing, get ready for league 1

You think he has just paid 40 million for a club to see them sink to the pub league? I smell bacon!

Mind the gap blunt it's getting bigger.

Supposed to have a new owner?. Oink oink, go home blunt

Mexowl, you say Mammadov will get a new manager to buy the players he wants, that is not his style. Mammadov likes to finance the club but not interfere too much with the team. He has stated before in the french press that by his own admission he doesn't know enough about football to start picking players and leaves that to people who are more competent. As long as they don't go mad on the prices they pay all he cares about is getting the team to the top

Where am I supposed to have said that? News to me!

13 Jun 2014 09:23:42
A little further down the line, a new stadium would be nice. Time to leave Hillsborough, the past and all the negativity behind.

Question is where would it be sited, we need around 40,000 because if in Premier league you would get well over 30,000 for several games and evenue is important.

We can get 38,000 in now and hard to see them reducing size which would reduce potential revenue.

Can see positives but location is a problem.

Not sure about that. The last 10 -15 yrs have been dire yes but we've had some good times there. I for one like the ground - could do with some / a lot of money spending on it but I like it where it is and the history that goes with it. I hate these grounds that are way outside the city or part of a 'commercial enterprise centre', much prefer to get in amongst the houses, struggle to park, spend hours trying to get away from the ground etc ;-), its all part of the experience.

Cant leave Hillsborough! Just needs updating, quite simple really, and then if we did start doing well and got back into the prem we would just need to extend it and make it bigger cus inoe it would be a sell out virtually every week

Some of you are hard to fathom at times, new Chairman not even got official approval yet and you spending his money on ground!
Way, way down on list of to-dos surely?

Do we really need to extend it AND make it bigger?i say we just extend it and save the making it bigger money

What planet are you on? Why would the new owner spend multi millions on a new stadium the same size as the one we have? Especially when we already have a good ground that needs the minimal of investment in it. Building a soul less wrap around stadium with no history or character. I would expect our attendances, in the prem, to be averaging around 28-30 000, as they were before. Yes the big games will sell out but the current stadium is plenty big enough. Our current ground is an Architectural Gem and is the only football ground featured in nicholas pevsner's architectural guide to England for the North Stand, which is an amazing feat of Engineering, likewise the South Stand was designed by Archibald Leitch the first notable football stadium Architect. Being situated next to Hillsborough Park ensures that Hillsborough will always be Sheffields world cup venue as it is ideal for fanzones. Then there's the small matter of history such as the boxing day massacre. Finally - how much money do you think this guy has? Also what negativity are you talking about. Hillsborough isn't even in that bad shape just a new scoreboard and a bit of tarting up. The training ground could do with upgrading to match other academies, but we are lucky to have such a good historical ground with nearby training facilities.

Should we make it bigger and not extend it then?. save money that way.

I think filling in the two gaps at either side of the south stand in a 2014 contempory style, maybe new seats on the north and just tarting it up generally. One easy way to make it look more modern from the outside is changing the cladding on the kop - which is a modern stand. This is a big area and changing that faded basic blue corrugated claddding. Just look at the impact cladding has had on the bullring in birmingham or even the allianz stadium germany. The allianz stadium changes colour. In the winter olympics the ice hockey arena acted at a giant plasma screen Imagine that on halifax road - a giant billboard!. Either way joining the gaps would put us around the 40k mark, which is enough, and there are plenty of ways of marrying the old traditional unique aspects of the ground with a modern contemporary 2014 architecture to symbolise a new era. If I was to redevelop any area it would be the west stand. I don't think it works well as an away end as it is difficult to split the top tier from the bottom without fans annoying each other. This would have to be done respectfully for obvious reasons, but could also be part of the joining together phase with the south stand. A new press box would go in the corner. A decent Architect would have a field day with the redevelopment of hillsborough. They ought to put it out to open tender and see what ideas come back. Hillsborough is definitely the place to be though.

Did you at any point consider that extending and making bigger are the same thing?

Of course Brighton, but didn't think there was any point pulling you up on it as I thought it was a mistake. Surely it wasn't a joke? Anyway returning to my original point its unlikely that the new guy will spend his money on the ground, if so there is very little to do to bring it up to speed - and if he wanted to invest in the ground there is plenty of scope for improvement without leaving Hillsborough.

Yeah it was a terrible error of judgement on my part. let's get back to your compelling vision for the future of hillsborough

I've done Brighton. Think i've bored you all enough for one thread!

Brighton, get yer tongue out of your cheek man :-P. You make I larf!