The newspage for the old client has a handcrafted layout every week, kind of a shame to throw that out. Also I dislike the transition into the backgroundimage:
these forum topic links:
catch my eye faster then the images of the news page for instance. I think it is also questionable to put them there bc they will have to be maintained. Threads get outdated etc.
Also the online player search window does not belong there imo. Just takes up space/ attention and is redundante cause of chat feature.
I would suggest to copy the original newspage and mb add the forum window below.