If i was you i wouldnt troll unless i wanted a permanent ban, be warned

He should indeed, especially as he commentator at Saints for local radio.

i dont see how that'd put him in the loop as such, just gets standard media info from saints

Sorry Simon, I hope you don't constitute the above as Trolling. It is most certainly not. If I were a Saints fan, I would be worried about starting the season at Langtree. If i were trolling, I would be saying "HA HA, no chance that's going to be ready", but I am not... this is serious, and I fail to see how anyone couldn't be worried, this late in the day, with such a catatrophic failure of the building.

As a person, I'd prefer nobody (Including Saints Fans) die, or be injured in the stadium through something that could've been prevented, and if preventing that means covering the first few games elsewhere, then so be it. If anyone finds this opinion wrong, or considers it trolling, they need to look at themselves very closely and consider where their priorities are.

all true, but calling Langtree park Poor in a previous post was a bit much.
Its not ideal, but it'll be sorted, Eamon will have parts of someone anatomy delivered on a platter, and all will be good in the world.

South west corner, a bit further south than last time.

gusts of upto 70mph are common place in the UK, all over the UK. It's a sustained speed that constitutes the actual wind speed and is what building's structual integrity is based upon.

Ok, so if there were 70mph gusts reported AT Langtree, and the roof seriously broke up, what would happen with an actual 70mph wind speed (also quite common in the UK now)... For a slight lift at 70mph, you could shrug and say "it's a 70mph gust", but not that amount of damage.

There IS a fault somewhere, there's Saints Fans all over here agreeing that there's a fault, everyone seems to be of the same opinion with exception yourself.

god forbid!

sorry, looks sarcastic. It's not. Just what the sport DOESNT need!

That's the bit you originally argued with and I subsequently advised you was confirmed by evidence on the news this evening. I don't disagree with what you are saying about the enormity of the problem. I was simply confirming that I had repeated information provided by those who measure the wind speeds; information you were questioning earlier.

At present the situation is very serious IMO. I cannot envison us being granted a health & safety certificate prior to the season starting. Had this second damage not occurred then we could have all rested in our beds believing it was just teething problems the first time. But now it quite clearly isn't. This could be very serious for the club and for our participation in the new season.

I'm just keeping everything crossed that it is either (a) shoddy workmanship or (b) an underestimation of the degree of fastening required for the roof cladding. If this is a structural or design problem then we are fooked.

The brand spanking new grandstand at Epsom Downs racecourse was.

Houses and shops up and down the country had roofs damaged and chimney stacks collapsed. Walls were even blown over. Take a look at some of the pics on the BBC website. Lots of properties were damaged throughout the UK today.

Local stadia are in very sheltered environments. Ours is very exposed on the south side. Maybe that wasn't considered to the degree that it should have been during the design or build phase? Who knows.