Ahhhh married life i hear yer!

Far too many trees and green stuff in this artist impression for Leeds.

Not keen on the big grey thing on the western terrace myself.

Wonder why they've done the artist's impression from behind the western terrace



In all seriousness, looks great. Should be some cracking little stadia knocking about in SL in 3 years time hopefully.

Looks like they are knocking the cricket ground down and replacing it with trees

And turning the cricket car park into a RL stadium





Is Headingley back up to full capacity for 2011?

no. it won't be until they knock down the south stand and re-build it

I'll have you know mr LS16 is a nice bloke.

Or they have moved all the students out of the escorts and made a lovely park

They'd better not put a roof on 'my' Western Terrace!!

I enjoy watching my football in the open elements - not like you nancy boys who insist on being all nice an cosy with your lardy-dar seats or roofs.

It's the Blue & Amber parasols outside the South Stand that make me chuckle!!

It'll be just like sitting by Lake Garda!

Except in the cold... looking at a row of terrace houses... surrounded by rugby fans... with p[ii[/iss poor food... listening to traffic... and with no lake.

But still!

You do it a bit of a dis service, you don't get students is wonderful and revealing fancy dress in lake garda!!!

The same ones lauding this folly will be the same ones slating the coaching team after a poor run of form.

I fail to see the correlation between people having a joke about a poor artistic drawing and slating the team

Quite

How would you know?

Because you failed in your initial response to me.

Re read the title of the thread then rethink your answer. Don't bother coming back if you fail to understand my post.

TIA

The pitch being one.

Totally agree!

I'd comment on the state of your pitch but every time I go to Odsal I forget my binoculars so I've only ever really seen it from a distance. I'm sure the people that can make out the pitch from where they stand think it's a good one... anybody know the water carrier or a steward so we can find out??

Wow, you are a big man. If this new coaching set up ends up being a success, and the new TV screen is brilliant, what [iwill[/i you do?!

You thought it worthwhile to even buy a season ticket this year?!

It won't be. We could win the treble and Biff would still find fault somewhere. I wouldn't bother trying mate. Save yourself the energy.

Just going back to the Big Screen.

I can't see it confirmed anywhere but does the Big Screen replace any need for sky's one when required?

If so could this be a part reason why Leeds are down to be on Sky so often?

I questioned whether there is payback on the screen earlier in this thread, and nobody came back with an answer. But maybe the payback is Sky? Do we still get fees for when team on Sky at home, or is it part of the Sky deal? If we do then more times on Sky will make big chunk paybacks on the screen, and therefore been the 1st to do it in the comp could be a big benefit to the club.

I may be wrong but i'm sure the regular season games are bought as a package by SKY and the money spread evenly between the 14 teams.
When the play-offs start that's when the individual clubs get more tv money iirc.

I am unsure on it, and you could be right, but that would be poor negotiating from the RFL bearing in mind that Football gets massive sums for the rights, then massive sums to show the game. But not surprising from the RFL.

I seem to remember GH moaning a few times a couple of years back about changing games and the loss of corporates because of it. But did say they do get compensated by the tv fee for the game.

If they did get match fees aswell then like I said having fixed dates for Sky now and Leeds been on a lot can only be good for payback on the screen.

Of course all that assuming that this screen would replace the Sky one, which I still don't know if that is the case?

Advertising.

Millions and millions to be made in advertising.

It is purely how ITV makes it's money
It is how Newspapers make the majority of their money (the price they charge for the actual paper covers very little) they sell adverts first, then fill the spaces with News stories.
It is how Facebook has made it's creator one of the youngest ever billionaires.

Part of the overall package that Leeds Rugby Ltd. can now offer is



and that is a direct result of the screen.

There are more "indirect" results too. For example... the screen improves the match day experience for fans, meaning gradually attendances could rise (if like the Mrs moans that she can't see so stopped coming, but she can see the screen so comes again) meaning the line above can be increased to 17,000 people every two weeks, meaning they can charge more for adverts.

Another example of indirect income is that they could show historic matches, or maybe a particular football match (Euros or something important) that might be on during the preceding hour or so to kick off (as Warrington did with the Germany match!) Meaning people would get to the ground earlier, increasing food & drink sales (which have a ridiculously high mark up as it is).

Another... they could also advertise their own stuff like they do with the banner on the website promoting the new leisure wear range... "POP OVER TO THE CLUB SHOP NOW!" so people have a wander over to the shop and get a new hoody. Again, more income.

They all only seem like bits but it's all a result of having the screen.