: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:53 pm  

Ski wrote:

I agree, to be honest. It is just a nice venue, of European build. It isn't the same hotbed of sporting passion that the old girl was.

I would also agree. It doesn't have the magic of the old Wembley.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:46 am  

Another fergie rant.. :

oi alex,
you had nearlytwo and half hours to score a bleedin goal.
could be something to do with the team you picked.

your out and you know it,preasures on..

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:50 am  

Ski wrote:

I agree, to be honest. It is just a nice venue, of European build. It isn't the same hotbed of sporting passion that the old girl was.

Murphy's Magic wrote:

I would also agree. It doesn't have the magic of the old Wembley.

Surely the magic of the old Wembley was in large part down to its history. We used to venerate it because of the amazing events that had taken place there over the years.

No brand new stadium can hope to compete with that, but given some time the new Wembley will begin to wield some of that aura that comes only from tradition. It will also help if the Club England seats are given over to the public once the ten years (or whatever the lease term was) are up, as that half empty strip does detract from the atmosphere a little.

I think it's a beautiful stadium.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:44 am  

I love the new wembley, people bleet on about it being pants, but the rose tinted glasses are on. The veiws are better now, as is all the services like bars, food and even parking.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:30 am  

It's certainly better than that soulless hole better known as Twickenham.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:49 am  

Ski wrote:

I agree, to be honest. It is just a nice venue, of European build. It isn't the same hotbed of sporting passion that the old girl was.

but there is not a stinking sea of mickey that the old one had, and you are not 30 miles from the pitch in an uncomfortable seat with a limited view, even in the best seats.

The old stadium was a joke and quite rightly has been destroyed.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:50 am  

Saint Simon wrote:

I love the new wembley, people bleet on about it being pants, but the rose tinted glasses are on. The veiws are better now, as is all the services like bars, food and even parking.

every single thing about the new Wembley is superior to the old one. There is not one thing that I would change back to.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:36 am  

Rogues Gallery wrote:

It's certainly better than that soulless hole better known as Twickenham.

THis is true.

Wembley > Twickenham.
But for me, Cardiff > Wembley.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:43 am  

Saint_Jen wrote:

THis is true.

Wembley > Twickenham.
But for me, Cardiff > Wembley.

I'd agree with that

Cardiff > Wembley > Odsall > Twickenham

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:04 am  

Wembley > Cardiff only slightly.

Wembley is a fantastic stadium and is 100% better than the old Wembley for everything other than the nostalgia/history factor.

Cardiff is great also.

Twickenham is poor. We go every year so ended up in the Huddersfield end. It was without a doubt the worst atmosphere at a final i've ever been to.