The biggest problem for Parish is as far as I can see he has little leverage over the council. Whilst they'd be foolish to not get behind such an exciting plan, it's by no means a foregone conclusion.

From what I understand, Steve Parish explored options of moving grounds and this was impossible due to other local councils and finance.

It's tough to apply pressure on the person opposite at the table when you have very little alternatives to the grand plan, Croydon will know this and so will Sainsburys. It must be said, one of my initial thoughts after admiring the beauty of the design, was that there seemed to be a whole lot of space surrounding the ground that's seemingly appeared from thin air.

I think everyone can agree we all wanna see this go through, but blindly putting your fingers in your ears to the potential pitfalls and shouting down any who still have some skepticism doesn't remove the realities of the situation.

The biggest problem for Parish is as far as I can see he has little leverage over the council. Whilst they'd be foolish to not get behind such an exciting plan, it's by no means a foregone conclusion.

From what I understand, Steve Parish explored options of moving grounds and this was impossible due to other local councils and finance.

It's tough to apply pressure on the person opposite at the table when you have very little alternatives to the grand plan, Croydon will know this and so will Sainsburys. It must be said, one of my initial thoughts after admiring the beauty of the design, was that there seemed to be a whole lot of space surrounding the ground that's seemingly appeared from thin air.

I think everyone can agree we all wanna see this go through, but blindly putting your fingers in your ears to the potential pitfalls and shouting down any who still have some skepticism doesn't remove the realities of the situation.

I just hope that he wouldn't be that stupid. One would think that surely he wouldn't stage such an announcement unless it was near guaranteed deliverable, that's what I'm clinging onto. But Parish by nature is a chancer, his skill set epitomises risk taking and going for broke. Probably not a bad facet in the advertising game, but not all that sensible in football at the top level, especially in the sub context of multi million pound infrastcuture investment.

Fingers crossed.

Edited by Mstrobez (05 Dec 2017 1.29pm)

I just hope that he wouldn't be that stupid. One would think that surely he wouldn't stage such an announcement unless it was near guaranteed deliverable, that's what I'm clinging onto. But Parish by nature is a chancer, his skill set epitomises risk taking and going for broke. Probably not a bad facet in the advertising game, but not all that sensible in football at the top level, especially in the sub context of multi million pound infrastcuture investment.

Fingers crossed.

Edited by Mstrobez (05 Dec 2017 1.29pm)

At some point you might realise that this is clearly a case of piling the pressure on Sainsburys and the council with nothing guaranteed to happen. I think the council will come round, with some objections from locals along the way. But it's foolish to think Sainsburys are going to crumble under a new stadium presentation. The plans are buildings on land they own and they've publicly claimed they haven't been made aware of it. All we know is that Parish said a while back they wanted a high price for a slither of car park.

You can lap it all up. I'll celebrate when it's all been agreed, and currently absolutely nothing has.

Sainsburys are quoted in the Advertiser saying they're unaware of any of this and you can rest assured it's not going to be as easy as some small local business or a factory coincidentally burning down one night.

Let's hope this happens but Parish said we'll be doing it if relegated next season so that might hint he anticipates a long road ahead and not a smooth one that's as guaranteed as you hope.