New Stadium Rumour

This option would;

limit potential profit for the club from any enabling developments
limit potential profit for landowners who would be selling to enable PP to go ahead (there are rumours about close connections with the current land owners and certain members of our board)
limit future profit for the club as we would probably not be able to pocket all income
probably wouldnt allow for 2m worth of loans to be recouped

That is why JF doesnt want to get involved...and i can understand that, i really can. Being a tenant only in such a scheme is a vulnerable position to be in. ........however........when you dont have a pot to p1ss in because you havnt got the money to do it yourself and you have proved for over 20yrs you cant do it yourself .... then maybe it is time to swallow a bit of pride, act with dignity and at least look at the potential gift horse....even if not fully in the mouth yet.

C'mon JF ....What if we promise to name any new approach road  Fenty Way ?  

Quoted from Maringer

I seem to remember reading somewhere that it was the idiocy of the 'bedroom tax' that did for the flats? Might be mistaken but I thought that the additional bedroom in the flats made them too expensive for many.

The flats were fcked....needed too much investment to bring them fully upto standards as opposed to the potential payback given their limited life expectancy. Not viable.

If John Fenty had any balls he’d give up his safe seat in Humberston  and New Waltham and stand for election in the East Marsh or West Marsh. Never happen..why? Because he’s not what he thinks he is. He’s a power crazy egotistical plonker who can’t stand anyone who doesn’t do/say/agree with his thoughts and opinions. He’s running the club into the ground week by week, shattering its long term reputation, the supporters have been treat like crap, any opportunity of progression has come and gone. He’s all about his own status, always has been - always will be. A new ground won’t happen under his tenure as he wants full control, and adulation thereafter. He needs to wake up and smell the coffee - that lot down the A46 have left us standing - not only off the pitch but mainly off it.  

I can see where Fenty is coming from regarding the flats I thought they were an iconic part of the landscape giving serving much need accommodation. Anyone slagging the flats off as a place to live is just a snob. I’ve been in many many of the flats and some of them were very well looked after, I even went in one that was interior designed and was beautiful inside. There were some were you would wipe your feet on the out but that speaks more about the people than the actual flats. And as for the views anywhere from 9 floors up were amazing the kind of view you’d pay a few hundred thousand for at the point in Cleethorpes at least.

Don’t get me wrong I’m all for the demolishment if it means quality re-generation because I’d hate to see the flats replaced with loads of these cheap social housing new builds.

Quoted from Grim74

I can see where Fenty is coming from regarding the flats I thought they were an iconic part of the landscape giving serving much need accommodation. Anyone slagging the flats off as a place to live is just a snob. I’ve been in many many of the flats and some of them were very well looked after, I even went in one that was interior designed and was beautiful inside. There were some were you would wipe your feet on the out but that speaks more about the people than the actual flats. And as for the views anywhere from 9 floors up were amazing the kind of view you’d pay a few hundred thousand for at the point in Cleethorpes at least.

Don’t get me wrong I’m all for the demolishment if it means quality re-generation because I’d hate to see the flats replaced with loads of these cheap social housing new builds.

Quite literally a Grenfell waiting to happen. It wasnt that long ago that the flats were considered for external cladding as a solution to fight just one of the problems the flats had..damp/condensation.  Having been in and worked in just about every single one of those flats i agree they were a decent size, decent layout and the majority were well kept inside, Nelson Hse as an old folks block with carpets throughout and communal lounges was a decent concept and loved by those living there.
However the lack of gardens and single bedroom sizes to half the flats meant that the demand was limited, restrictions on letting policy were also lifted and eventually the standard of tenant went downhill making some of the blocks pretty much drug ghetto's.

Quoted from marinerjase

If John Fenty had any balls he’d give up his safe seat in Humberston  and New Waltham and stand for election in the East Marsh or West Marsh. Never happen..why? Because he’s not what he thinks he is. He’s a power crazy egotistical plonker who can’t stand anyone who doesn’t do/say/agree with his thoughts and opinions. He’s running the club into the ground week by week, shattering its long term reputation, the supporters have been treat like crap, any opportunity of progression has come and gone. He’s all about his own status, always has been - always will be. A new ground won’t happen under his tenure as he wants full control, and adulation thereafter. He needs to wake up and smell the coffee - that lot down the A46 have left us standing - not only off the pitch but mainly off it.  

Thats my post of the week!

Took the kids to the indoor skate park yesterday and the owner was telling me that they’d had some one in all ready,  asking them to sign a petition against a future football stadium. Got to be a Lib Dem with shares in the pea bung!

Surely the pea bung along with all the other drinkeries and eateries in the area will make a mint on match days.

I might be wrong but I’d of thought that the pea bung was one of the few businesses that already does well down there. It always looks busy at the weekend anyway and the times I’ve been over the last year I’ve always had to wait for a table.

Good read from Nigel Lowther with regards to this on the telegraph website.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s.....verybody-2034491.amp