There were doubts as to club 's ability to sell out the new stadium on a regular basis .
That 54,000 was an optimistic amount , games would be played that were only half full and that attending them would be akin to going to the highbury library .
There were doubts as to club 's ability to sell out the new stadium on a regular basis and that 54,000 was an optimistic amount , games would be played that were only half full and that attending them would be akin to going to the highbury library .