New Stadium Rumour

Quoted from Bigdog

What's worse is that they have said something. Blamed lack of political will for their own failure re Peaks Parkway. That'll get the discussions re East Marsh off to a positive and congenial start then..

Agreed.  What I meant was say something of substance.  

Well Freeman street is obviously the only game in town now so they had better get behind it. They should come out with something positive and throw their weight behind it ASAP.

Quoted from diehardmariner

The silence is making them look a combination of stupid and arrogant.

And that would be so so unfair wouldn’t it  

Another nail in the GTFC coffin. Nothing club, going nowhere.

Mediocre, relegation football, in a cold dilapidated ground. Think it's time to find something more entertaining and rewarding to do on a Saturday afternoon. Nigh on 2 decades of sh1te is long enough.

Well done to all involved.

Quoted from diehardmariner

I use this example all the time but look at Accrington.  Definitely not a new club, definitely not rolling in finances.  Just well run.

Fair point diehard.

Quoted from ginnywings

Another nail in the GTFC coffin. Nothing club, going nowhere.

Mediocre, relegation football, in a cold dilapidated ground. Think it's time to find something more entertaining and rewarding to do on a Saturday afternoon. Nigh on 2 decades of sh1te is long enough.

Well done to all involved.

The fans are the only good thing about the club.. And apparently we are spoilt..

Quoted from ginnywings

Another nail in the GTFC coffin. Nothing club, going nowhere.

Mediocre, relegation football, in a cold dilapidated ground. Think it's time to find something more entertaining and rewarding to do on a Saturday afternoon. Nigh on 2 decades of sh1te is long enough.

Well done to all involved.

Come on, Ginny. Don’t give up so quickly. If we make the third round of the FA Cup for the next 20 years we might be able to upgrade Cheapside by adding another portacabin.

Having had the morning to think on this, my mood has changed somewhat.

I'm still pleased that Peaks Parkway has fallen off the radar.  It was a stupid idea in a location that no-one really wanted, I would be confident in saying that most support for it was because of the belief that it was there or nowhere.  I'm still pleased that redevelopment of the East Marsh/Freeman Street area is gathering momentum.  I firmly believe regenerating that area will do so much for the wider NE Lincs region.

But I'm now fuming at the clubs attitude to this.  Just dismissing the failure of the project down to a lack of political will is quite simply trying to steer away from the fact that it was a bad idea with an even worse plan for execution.

To try and hide it in the middle of the announcement regards club accounts and ongoing investment in Blundell Park makes it even worse. Why is it we are only getting any sort of announcement now, considering that the investment in BP has happened over the summer months? Why does the club feel we're so unimportant we don't need to know something so crucial?

It is you who progressed with this idea, John.  It is you who wanted to get into bed with Extreme, a company with no credentials for delivery.  It's you who have sat at the top of the table and failed to come to a working agreement with numerous councils.   It's you who failed in your role as custodian of this club, our club not yours.  It's you who is holding this club back when it is chomping at the bit to push forward.  

It is time for you to go.  Publicly name your terms and give others the opportunity to move this club forward.  The lines around making sure it's appropriate investment don't wash.  You have failed to secure any real investment in the club during your tenure, you have proceeded to send this club into an ongoing decline so what makes you qualified to determine who leads the club?  

Go, just go before you do any more damage.

Smokers arms has been sold and opened up apparently the Mariners is following suit in preparation for the football trade created by the new stadium or in the hope of a new stadium ?

Quoted from Bigdog

What's worse is that they have said something. Blamed lack of political will for their own failure re Peaks Parkway. That'll get the discussions re East Marsh off to a positive and congenial start then..

You read it wrong-try harder next time.