Well, 'we're' going to have to face up to the idea of sorting the Kop out at some point. The current approved version is really just an extension at the back. So it fails to address two of the issues which most of us on this forum agree on,
1. Poor sight lines to the pitch, (too shallow a slope so people have to stand up to watch play in the penalty area at the Shoreham Street end, corners etc.
2. Related problem of legroom that is so limited as to be painful for most of us of average height.
3. Slow egress from the Kop due to congestion - too few exits; maybe not by law, but too few for comfort ? (moot point?)
Problems that it DOES address ....
4. The posts that hold the roof up & obstruct the view are to be removed.
5. Bigger capacity
6. Refreshment and toilet facities are to be brought inside - not like an outside privy which many terraced houses had and our terraces still do.
So someone has to bite the bullet, I suspect like many on here think, it must be a complete rebuild - to extend at the back while keeping the Kop more or less intact is merely to postpone the inevitable with the risk that the Kop in 20 years time may well resemble Hillsborough inasmuch as it will be completely outmoded - just look at Spurs's new Kop above.
Also, I would have thought it is logical to assume, that he lack of legroom implies that the seating plan is too dense for comfort (cf. ®yanair etc.) & that if the the kop were to be rebuilt to modern space standards, the capacity per unit area would drop, therefore, more clever use of space throughout the ground would have to be thought about ..... for me, such strategy would have to look at possibly slightly resiting and rebuilding the John Street stand ..... is that a bridge too far ?
I mean fancy putting seats in behind a brick wall ............ restricted view more like no view.
