If I remember rightly one of the reasons for completing the stadium in the way we did was it was cheaper than doing it in a number of stages, I'm not sure how you would go about building the training ground/academy in stages though? The buildings would still have had to be built and the land...
It worked in league 1 but in the Championship it was only after January last year that it started to kick on and produce better football and results but even then it failed at the important time, That's why I don't get people moaning about Oscar when he's only had just over half a season in the...