Building The Amex Yourself - Ridiculous Thread Alert

[Cheeky Monkey]

If you were thrown into the middle of a field at Falmer with all the required kit (including diggers, cranes plus instruction manuals), the architects' blueprints, a few hard hats, friends and family to help you and TB walked over and said "Right I'll give you ten years to do it, build me the Amex" how do you think you'd get on?

 

[Icy Gull]

You though the Titanic was a disaster? A stadium I built would have NO chance of staying up, I couldn't even build a short brick wall properly.

 

[strings]

It'd probably look something like this:

 

[Seagull on the wing]

It'd probably look something like this:

That's a good effort,but the pitch does not look too good though!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I'd SELL all of the materials and equipment and blow the proceeds on paying the transfer fee for as many clapped out Manchester United players as I could afford.

 

[34064 Fighter Command]

The real problem is the 'friends and family' bit........

After 5 years we'd probably still be surrounded by a muddy field, arguing about who wants to be Martin Perry - it would make an episode of 'The Apprentice' look like a management masterclass.

 

[beorhthelm]

as i have an engineer and an electrican in my family, along with many contacts in the building trade, i reckon i could build it pretty well. it would be about 10 years late, but it would be built.

 

[upthealbion1970]

Depends if the building materials could be swapped for Lego and meccano

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

Having only built patios, garden walls and other domestic stuff it's mind boggling but fun to think about how to tackle such a huge job as The Amex.

Would love to have a go on some of those big boys toys. I would probably spend most of day 1 looking for the keys to the JCB and drinking tea so would take longer to build it than the pyramids, ending up looking more like a half demolished Withdean than a shiny new Amex.

Sounds like a job for 'DIY SOS', and perhaps Tommy Walsh too - or maybe not, I think he is a Hammers fan.

 

[The Large One]

Something like this...

 

[Tooting Gull]

I'd have hired Martin Perry and then gone on holiday for 10 years.

 

[Braders]

It'd probably look something like this:

meh , I could knock something like that up in a day..

 

[bhafc99]

It would take us a few months I reckon. We'd build it to the same size as the blueprints, mind, so it'd be more suitable for Subbuteo, but hey – he never said anything about scale...

 

[Westdene Seagull]

I'd be on the phone to a certain gentleman in Swansea making him my friend as quickly as possible !

 

[lighthouse]

I'd SELL all of the materials and equipment and blow the proceeds on paying the transfer fee for as many clapped out Manchester United players as I could afford.

I thought that you would have prefered David Cameron - no?

Could be a good marketing idea for the club though. A lego style build your own Amex would be a great stocking filler for every young up and coming Albionite!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

How hard can it be?

 

[Hyperion]

Admire the seating plan and the well thought out sight lines. The revolutionary pitch looks stunning from the 19:01 club executive lounge

 

[Colossal Squid]

After about 20 minutes I'd be so frustrated I'd have jacked it all in and sold the land to Toys R Us

 

[34064 Fighter Command]

Right lads, one, two, three ........... LIFT!

There look, I told you making it out of prefab sections would work.......

OK Tone, we're bang on schedule, only got the pitch left to lay now.

 

[34064 Fighter Command]

I told you not to redesign the support arch...............