North Stand Construction Discussion

[philfodenswristsock]

Have they "stiched" the hybrid grass in yet?

 

[jimharri]

Have they "stiched" the hybrid grass in yet?

Good question. It looks very good from the drone footage.

 

[Coatigan]

The first 20 seconds of the video. :-)

The rest of the video is parts of SS Skies drone video we've seen before.

#lawsuit

 

[Coatigan]

Have they "stiched" the hybrid grass in yet?

Hard to say mate, can't see the top corner of the pitch.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

Complaint No4. ;-)

The pointing. (I can only assume it's meant to be like that?)

Left side of the stand and the hotel brickwork.

PS. A special mention to the guard dog in the van who did his job.
He's got a loud bark.

Fuck me it looks like the brickie has used a catapult.
It's not hard put one on top of two

 

[philfodenswristsock]

Good question. It looks very good from the drone footage.

It does. Lovely turfing, gone on lovely. But as had been hinted to me an ITK, its not the 'hybrid' grass we have played on for years. Its plain turf. I'm presuming SS or CP would've caught them "stiching" in the hybrid system. But, I was told I was talking BS so im probably wrong and my contact is just saying stuff for saying stuff sake.

 

[jrb]

#lawsuit

Coatigan's favourite subject, the sails. :-)

What do you think now?

 

[jimharri]

Coatigan's favourite subject, the sails. :-)

What do you think now?

Still not gone on them. But I'm sure the club or the architects don't give a toss what I think.

 

[jrb]

Fuck me it looks like the brickie has used a catapult.
It's not hard put one on top of two

Best post of the day.

I'm in stitches. :-)

 

[jrb]

Still not gone on them. But I'm sure the club or the architects don't give a toss what I think.

TBH I thought they looked better on the hotel than they did on the mock-up.

 

[jimharri]

Best post of the day.

I'm in stitches. :-)

But is the pitch?

;-)

 

[Coatigan]

Coatigan's favourite subject, the sails. :-)

What do you think now?

Think what I've always thought in fairness, that the horizontal panels are absolutely killing it. A a bit of a shame.

The fins themselves though, a big improvement on what was put up, the finish, the fixings, and the joints being moved from glass to solid. Had they managed to colour match the edges, would have had a winner. Plus let's not forget the huge improvement when they replaced the vertical spandrels with glazing rather than ppc.

Overall, will look good. Not as good as (imho) it could have, but also much better than it could have. And despite how it is sometimes made out, I had generally been fairly positive and hopeful about that.

Now they just need to not whistle! ;).

PS, my favourite subject was definitely the transfer mate.

 

[jrb]

The right claw, and the right side of the stand.

Roof walk access.

 

[jimharri]

The right claw, and the right side of the stand.

Roof walk access.

Excellent work. Just a pity that you didn't take more pics.


;-)

 

[Coatigan]

Still not gone on them. But I'm sure the club or the architects don't give a toss what I think.

If they had got the horizontal panels right, you would be! ;).

 

[Centurions]

The reason for the artificial turf is it stops the damage to the real turf as the mowers turn

Ha, I just presumed it was warming up on from the bench with no need for real grass.

 

[ssskies]

Just got back from the Etihad, very windy and Drake playing again at the Coop video here.

 

[GX Blue]

When is the women’s complex expected to be completed?

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Not going to happen. How can they join the top 2 tiers of the CB and E stands to the new single tier of the N stand?

Looks entirely possible from this pic.

 

[jrb]

Excellent work. Just a pity that you didn't take more pics.


;-)

After helping to sort out the 1894 banner and flag room for this season, which took 4 hours, taking pictures of the North stand inside the stadium, and the construction site outside the stadium, I was knackered, to be honest. :-/