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Yep, you're spot on. Our support back then was much bigger than the crowd sizes suggested. I hope you agree with me though that it was pleasantly surprising how big the attendances remained and number of STH renewals under Hyyppia and the beginning of Oscar's tenure. I think the stadium plays a...

I agree. We know that the Amex has enough pull to keep attracting a lot of fairweather fans, our attendances around the Hyypia era proved that where crowds dropped from 27k to 25k. And this was the point the Leicester fan was making. Our ground still felt pretty full with 25,000 but add an extra...

Agreed but if that's what it costs, then that must be the going rate for it. I think I remember reading that the cost of steel shot through the roof around 2008-09.

Even worse at Boro. I went up there for a Christmas game where there the crowd was 18,000. Seeing about 80 fans behind a goal and empty stand all around them was like something from the 80s. This might not be a popular view with either Palace or Brighton fans but I reckon we have about the...

I remember people asking the same thing about the Amex when Huddersfield's cost £40-odd million and Reading £50m. I'm guessing that major building works in a residential area brings with it additional costs, same with redevelopment.

Last time I went to Notts County, the away end was still open terrace and at the other side of the ground behind the goal was just that Soviet-style brick wall monstrosity looming over everyone.

Looking at it, I reckon a capacity of 34,000 is 2-3000 too much. At some point Palace, like Brighton will get relegated from the Premier League, gates will drop and then those extra seats stick out like a sore thumb. I remember chatting to a few Leicester fans a few years ago when we were in the...

Glad to hear it. And it won't be the first ground looking a bit of a mess from the outside. There's loads of clubs from Peterborough and Orient right up to Old Trafford and Anfield.

I love the Amex because it's our home but nothing beats a stadium in the middle of a residential area. There's history and character even if the ground is a dump...Luton, Watford, your place(!), I love seeing floodlights above houses walking to a ground. There's pubs too. Surely you'd prefer to...