Saracens have firm footing to tackle the future as they prepare for move to state-of-the-art Allianz Park "Those are Watford colours," shouted Brits to Griffiths standing on the blue-fringed touchline. "No way," came the reply. Autumn leaves is the colouring. There is more than marketing gloss to this Saracens enterprise. They do not get everything right and they have been known to rile opposition clubs with their brazen ways. But this looks to be a well thought through initiative, inclusive as well as innovative. Of course, part of the reason for embracing the community is good PR. Planning applications get stuck for years if there is even a peep of local objection. The area is ripe for interaction. It is traditional Saracens north London turf, only a few miles from their old stamping ground of Southgate. There is a large Jewish population which is why there will be a kosher kitchen on site. You sense that there will be few regrets at leaving Watford's dilapidated Vicarage Road behind, their rented home at a cost of some £50,000 a game for the past 15 years. There are only two matches to go. Saracens are a well-backed club through long-term benefactor Nigel Wray allied to the South African consortium brought on board four and a half years ago. Losses, though, run at around £5 million a year. "If we'd stayed at Watford our future was really precarious," said Griffiths who checked out 50 sites before settling on Barnet Copthall. This gives us an opportunity to get to a break-even position. We're looking to create something that is unique here, unique in its reach into the community as well as unique in the quality of the match-day experience.  Fans will be able to order food from their seats on touchpads as well as summon their own action replays from a customised Saracens phone app. Pies with the Saracens logo encrusted in the pastry will be supplied by the Hampshire organic farm run by former Formula One driver Jody Scheckter. Wood cladding is being installed on the stands to suit the aesthetics of what is a greenbelt area. Shuttle buses will ferry fans from local tube and overland connection points. The club are looking for a return on their outlay. The £500,000 pitch pays for itself in seven years given that annual maintenance costs are only £18,000 compared to £85,000 on a turf equivalent. There will be always be some dissenters but the Saracens faithful appear to like what has been presented. Season ticket sales are already up by 30 per cent to over 4,000. At the top end of the range, Saracens "Tulip Club" (the flower first brought to Europe by the Saracens of many centuries ago) is a top-end corporate experience at £5,000 a season. Eighty of those 140 places have been sold, with 15 of 16 hospitality boxes also accounted for. All fine and dandy for the accountants. But will the pitch help make Saracens European champions? "You'd like to think home environments will be of benefit but as for the pitch itself, no one knows," said director of rugby Mark McCall, whose team has made best use of its nomadic experience, sitting second in the league despite having had six different home grounds this season. In normal situations, the training session would have been a mud-fest. "It's great to run on and we'll get a far more dynamic game," said scrum-half, Richard Wigglesworth. The ball rolls well on kicks and doesn't spike. Prop Matt Stevens was impressed even as he made his way down the muddied path. "With its wide open spaces it reminds me of my home ground at Kings Park in Durban," said South African-born Stevens. As the drizzle wrapped itself around like chill cling film, Stevens" remark appeared a flight of fancy. Even if it is true that Saracens" attacking game could do with the occasional flourish, the club themselves have never lacked imagination. The fruit of those fertile minds was there to see yesterday. And very fine it looks, too.