'Thanks' for the sarky reply. I wasn't actually advocating we followed Rushden's business model in any way was I? Just pointing out that their stadium could have easily had the capacity increased! Or isn't that on the briefing sheet you've been given by your handlers?
West Ham, Sunderland and Man City are cup games - you cannot build a stadium on the basis that we will draw teams like that in cups every year or get far enough in those competitions to do so. It could have easily been teams with a much smaller travelling support - or away matches rather than home!
I will be interested to see how your prediction of 10k + crowds for those league matches you've listed pans out.
Last time we played MK Dons - 7,600
Last time we played Portsmouth - 8,200
But even so, let's assume you are right, and the stadium is easily, predictably full for eight league matches. How much bigger would you build a stadium to cater for those games? 3,000 bigger? 10,000 bigger?