Perhaps because safe standing has only become a real possibility over the last year or so. Previously it was dead in the water. After 10 years of hard and on-going work by the FSF
http://www.fsf.org.uk/campaigns/standing/ and fan groups from all over the country, safe standing is now a real possibility.
Apart from that, why are you picking fault or issue with what he has just said regarding safe standing and the stadium expansion? You should be pleased like all of us. No?
As you probably know, we’ve always been frustrated on here, well I have, that the stadium expansion has never been mentioned during his interviews. He was asked directly this time. Didn’t fudge the question. And answered it in detail, without giving too much away, which is his way.
That fact that Khaldoon has confirmed the stadium expansion ‘is happening’, that is enough for me. The alternative would have been him saying it wasn’t happening at all, or not for the foreseeable future.
PS. Over to the Etihad expansion thread. It’s off topic on here.