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This subject seems to have been done to death on here. Surely everyone knows by now that the position is that there isn't the money or likely to be the money to develop a new stadium in the foreseeable future. It's just not going to happen so it is hardly worth another thread going on about it again.

Quoted from ska face

It’s not going to be set on fire by children smoking electronic cigarettes, which is the point you made.

The stewards should be allowed to shove their electronic cigarettes right up their arses. Smoking them in the stadium is banned and I wouldn't want their foul smoke blowing my way.

Quoted from Roast Em Bobby

This subject seems to have been done to death on here. Surely everyone knows by now that the position is that there isn't the money or likely to be the money to develop a new stadium in the foreseeable future. It's just not going to happen so it is hardly worth another thread going on about it again.

I agree with this. However, how do we get sustainability without discussing the club's main asset, BP? To do it through selling players you need a constant flow of them to maintain the income needed. Whilst it is a good long term project it isn't going to happen overnight. So how will JS & AP get the sustainability wanted without having to dig in their pockets each year?

Quoted from Roast Em Bobby

This subject seems to have been done to death on here. Surely everyone knows by now that the position is that there isn't the money or likely to be the money to develop a new stadium in the foreseeable future. It's just not going to happen so it is hardly worth another thread going on about it again.

We've been excrement for 25 years now yet there's a thread after every game analysing it to a fine detail, highlighting what's going wrong and what needs changing.  Usually at least two threads between games with further detail of what we would do differently.  Then in the transfer windows we have huge threads about who we would want to sign and moaning about who we didn't sign.  

It hasn't changed anything though, we're still excrement.

Quoted from arryarryarry

The stewards should be allowed to shove their electronic cigarettes right up their arses.

Crikey!

Quoted from diehardmariner

We've been excrement for 25 years now yet there's a thread after every game analysing it to a fine detail, highlighting what's going wrong and what needs changing.  Usually at least two threads between games with further detail of what we would do differently.  Then in the transfer windows we have huge threads about who we would want to sign and moaning about who we didn't sign.  

It hasn't changed anything though, we're still excrement.

Of course it won’t change anything. No harm discussing stuff though .

Quoted from DB

I agree with this. However, how do we get sustainability without discussing the club's main asset, BP? To do it through selling players you need a constant flow of them to maintain the income needed. Whilst it is a good long term project it isn't going to happen overnight. So how will JS & AP get the sustainability wanted without having to dig in their pockets each year?

If they won't/can't keep funding it or find investment  , they will have to run to a sustainable margin possibly at a lower level . You could say  we have thrown a relatively large amount at the playing budget this season without success ; so you could argue : what was the point as it's effectively money down the drain .

There is another option which I doubt would go down well with fans after all the crap years . Trying to raise the money naturally for a new stadium , scrambling together as much as possible and Stockwood & Pettit propping up a shortfall - what would be the minimum?  30 million quid for a new stadium probably .

Hang around league 2 as long as possible , scooping up this new TV money for as long as possible and just build that up alongside an bottom end budget and within 10 years you would probably just about be able to do it ; however I doubt fans would tolerate the short term pain for long term gain option , with a likely stint in the NL (probably mid to bottom end) .

But a reasonable argument might be the last 20 years have been shite anyway without anything tangible coming out of it , what would another 10 matter with something at the end of the rainbow ?

Probably a bad idea , but a different idea .

Quoted from diehardmariner

We've been excrement for 25 years now yet there's a thread after every game analysing it to a fine detail, highlighting what's going wrong and what needs changing.  Usually at least two threads between games with further detail of what we would do differently.  Then in the transfer windows we have huge threads about who we would want to sign and moaning about who we didn't sign.  

It hasn't changed anything though, we're still excrement.

We're fans though. Fans is short for fanatics remember. We all think it's going to be different next time. There's also a thread every year discussing the odds of Grimsby winning the league or getting automatic promotion. The last time we got automatic promotion Princess Diana was alive and Google hadn't been founded. Doesn't stop everyone believing it's just a matter of months away.

B.P or not B.P..that is the question,  whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the urinals of the Pontoon ..or squander Stockwood and Petits fortune..

In the very first interviews they gave i am pretty sure they stated they already have an exit strategy.....they also fairly early ruled out moving from B.P...

They know its a weight around their neck, probably under estimated it in some respects...but I think they are pretty clear that they will repair and improve year on year ....even for 10 yrs (and i would doubt they see themselves here that long in all honesty) at current bills that might be £5m .....peanuts compared to a new ground which couldn't be delivered in that timescale anyway from current position.

They have already turned loans to shares....if only everyone did that eh?.....and are open about their intentions, I don't see any outlandish claims or promises from them to date.

I suspect they wish to help bring the club to a levelish trading position, possibly introducing new blood and money into the picture, improving off field facilities, ie the training ground and minor works at B.P before bowing out with possibly a large fan/ trust control element and community presence and whoever is passed the baton will get a club with an overhaul better health check than they bought.

Quoted from It Bites

Of course it won’t change anything. No harm discussing stuff though .

Exactly!