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rumpo kid wrote:Went to have a look recently at Griffin Park as was working at the M4 roundabout just up the road..always try to get to the old grounds before they disappear forever..even went to Vetch. Have this sense something’s being lost.
Did alot in the 90s when the terraces were going..Kop, Shed, Highbury, West Ham etc( that new ground is the worst)
Anyway, wheres the new ground in relation to GP..
Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:13 pm
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Thu Feb 13, 2020 11:42 pm
A Quiet Monkfish wrote:Gaining an extra 4500 seats, sharing with Rugby, increase income from hospitality - all things the bean counters would have factored in.
What they wouldn't have considered is the consequences of moving from a tight, compact, homely ground, to a stadium on a industrial estate, plus the lack of intimacy that helps the home side so much..
Fri Feb 14, 2020 6:22 am
Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:36 am
wez1927 wrote:rumpo kid wrote:Went to have a look recently at Griffin Park as was working at the M4 roundabout just up the road..always try to get to the old grounds before they disappear forever..even went to Vetch. Have this sense something’s being lost.
Did alot in the 90s when the terraces were going..Kop, Shed, Highbury, West Ham etc( that new ground is the worst)
Anyway, wheres the new ground in relation to GP..
Next junction on the m4 about 500m away
Fri Feb 14, 2020 11:33 am
rumpo kid wrote:wez1927 wrote:rumpo kid wrote:Went to have a look recently at Griffin Park as was working at the M4 roundabout just up the road..always try to get to the old grounds before they disappear forever..even went to Vetch. Have this sense something’s being lost.
Did alot in the 90s when the terraces were going..Kop, Shed, Highbury, West Ham etc( that new ground is the worst)
Anyway, wheres the new ground in relation to GP..
Next junction on the m4 about 500m away
Ah, got it.. towards Gunnersbury.. cheers
Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:11 pm
Fri Feb 14, 2020 3:43 pm
DanielHuwLewis wrote:Jesus wept, those seats are horrendous. They trying to make the ground look fuller?
Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:00 pm
Fri Feb 14, 2020 7:12 pm
ealing_ayatollah wrote:Been taking my boy down Griffin Park this season as its a choice between QPR or Brentford in these parts with maybe Fulham as a third option and couldn't bring myself to take him down QPR or Fulham as I can't stand either club.
Fair play he's really got the bug this year and it reminds me very much of the first season me and my dad went down the City in the 92/93 season - where there's just a wicked buzz around the club and the boy genuinely expects them to win every game. Front line of Watkins, Mbuemo and Behnrama are some of the best in the division and they're playing a really nice brand of football, it's not quite Blake, Griffith and Dale vintage though!
It's just a really nice little club, with a friendly family vibe and to be fair and the new stadium is looking really good and with London Irish sharing with them, next season is a real chance there could be Premier League Rugby and potentially even Premier League football to watch.
Just hoping that we don't meet them in the playoffs. Hopefully, they can catch Leeds and go up autos we'll do it the hard way - preferably by beating Fulham in Wembley - that said if it has to be the other way round and we have to go on an unbeaten run till the end of the season to catch Leeds then I'll take that I guess!
Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:24 pm
TheCityFan1927 wrote:ealing_ayatollah wrote:Been taking my boy down Griffin Park this season as its a choice between QPR or Brentford in these parts with maybe Fulham as a third option and couldn't bring myself to take him down QPR or Fulham as I can't stand either club.
Fair play he's really got the bug this year and it reminds me very much of the first season me and my dad went down the City in the 92/93 season - where there's just a wicked buzz around the club and the boy genuinely expects them to win every game. Front line of Watkins, Mbuemo and Behnrama are some of the best in the division and they're playing a really nice brand of football, it's not quite Blake, Griffith and Dale vintage though!
It's just a really nice little club, with a friendly family vibe and to be fair and the new stadium is looking really good and with London Irish sharing with them, next season is a real chance there could be Premier League Rugby and potentially even Premier League football to watch.
Just hoping that we don't meet them in the playoffs. Hopefully, they can catch Leeds and go up autos we'll do it the hard way - preferably by beating Fulham in Wembley - that said if it has to be the other way round and we have to go on an unbeaten run till the end of the season to catch Leeds then I'll take that I guess!
Did you used to take your boy to little Kickers football at Drayton Manor High School on a Saturday morning, about 3 years ago? If it was you we have met.
Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:03 am
Sat Feb 15, 2020 8:33 am
Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:09 pm
Gaynor Straight wrote:DanielHuwLewis wrote:Jesus wept, those seats are horrendous. They trying to make the ground look fuller?
I like seats like that. More popular on the continent than here.
The corners look odd. Maybe it was due to planning restrictions but seems odd for the roof to slope down creating a really small corner stand.
Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:12 pm
ealing_ayatollah wrote:TheCityFan1927 wrote:ealing_ayatollah wrote:Been taking my boy down Griffin Park this season as its a choice between QPR or Brentford in these parts with maybe Fulham as a third option and couldn't bring myself to take him down QPR or Fulham as I can't stand either club.
Fair play he's really got the bug this year and it reminds me very much of the first season me and my dad went down the City in the 92/93 season - where there's just a wicked buzz around the club and the boy genuinely expects them to win every game. Front line of Watkins, Mbuemo and Behnrama are some of the best in the division and they're playing a really nice brand of football, it's not quite Blake, Griffith and Dale vintage though!
It's just a really nice little club, with a friendly family vibe and to be fair and the new stadium is looking really good and with London Irish sharing with them, next season is a real chance there could be Premier League Rugby and potentially even Premier League football to watch.
Just hoping that we don't meet them in the playoffs. Hopefully, they can catch Leeds and go up autos we'll do it the hard way - preferably by beating Fulham in Wembley - that said if it has to be the other way round and we have to go on an unbeaten run till the end of the season to catch Leeds then I'll take that I guess!
Did you used to take your boy to little Kickers football at Drayton Manor High School on a Saturday morning, about 3 years ago? If it was you we have met.
Yeah man that's me
How you keeping? How's your boy doing - still playing football?
Sun Feb 16, 2020 6:53 pm
MR BIRCHGROVE wrote:Good luck to Brentford, I would love to see them have a turn in the Premiership, so long as it's not at Cardiff's expense.
Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:16 pm
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Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:09 pm
BluebirdForever wrote:It reminds me a bit of Nottingham Forest’s ground, though I can’t quite put my finger on why.
I think they will go up this year. That Berhrama is quite the player