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Don't think it's anywhere near that. Google suggests about £33M, which is less than I thought. Don't think that's an awful lot more than Fenty. I found an interesting article about him, which has 2 interesting lines about GTFC/JF https://londonnewstime.com/who.....msby-town-fc/229830/
It wouldn’t exactly be a great business move to say anything other than positive things about another businessman in the media, especially one who he knew he would have to keep onside if the takeover was to go through (bearing in mind these comments were made last year, and negotiations had been ongoing for 18 months according to the previous regime). The consortium wasn’t common knowledge at that point so would have to be kept under wraps. I think the interviews after the takeover was completed and the one word answers and body language from JS and AP when questioned about a certain previous non chairman say far more. |
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I don’t know what language that last article was written in PP, but it certainly isn’t English as she is written as I learn from a book. Apps for the translating of language should not for the be trusted on his own make proper reading in target language.
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I don’t know what language that last article was written in PP, but it certainly isn’t English as she is written as I learn from a book. Apps for the translating of language should not for the be trusted on his own make proper reading in target language.
Surely you mean " taught from a book " or " learnt from a book " . Pedantic ? Of course ! |
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Surely you mean " taught from a book " or " learnt from a book " . Pedantic ? Of course !
Whoosh! 😆 |
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Surely you mean " taught from a book " or " learnt from a book " . Pedantic ? Of course !
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Redeveloping BP will cost more than building a new stadium, plus there's very little way to recover any costs from an enabling development or sponsorship. And the suggestion to spend £10M+ then think about binning that off if we get to the championship, is absurd. Although we'll unlikely get there in the next 20 years, so I guess it's a moot point.
Nothing like positive thinking, unless your brain is permanently negative! Even the last regime, tongue in cheek, mooted 5 years. For me with our current owners and management 10 years max (if that) before we're knocking on the door. Going up Staying up Going further |
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The last three days have been spent removing the manky and rusting fence in the corner where the fanzone is being located and replacing it with a new blockwork wall, which was decided upon when the council became involved. Originally, the fence was going to be left in situ and a new one put up in front of it.
The residents at the back of the area we've been working on are very pleased to be looking at something tidy for the first time in decades, instead of a rusting mismatch of corrugated iron, bits of wood and barbed wire.
I think the residents would be pleased to see something done with the rest of it, should it be decided to upgrade the existing stands, but don't underestimate how much work would be involved in redeveloping BP. You then are restricted to working with what you have in terms of space. The access needed for what is a major construction job would be challenging to say the least.
There has been countless contractors down there and at Cheapside, doing stuff that's needed doing for a long time, but when fans arrive for the first home game, apart from the obvious fanzone, the rest of the work will be largely unnoticed. Most efforts at the moment are aimed at improving facilities and conditions for the players for the coming season.
It would take a hell of a lot of time and money to bring BP into the 21st century and to my mind, it would be far simpler, quicker and probably cheaper to move to a new ground.
Excellent post Ginny, many people don't realise how work goes on before the last coat of paint is applied. |
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It wouldn’t exactly be a great business move to say anything other than positive things about another businessman in the media, especially one who he knew he would have to keep onside if the takeover was to go through (bearing in mind these comments were made last year, and negotiations had been ongoing for 18 months according to the previous regime). The consortium wasn’t common knowledge at that point so would have to be kept under wraps. I think the interviews after the takeover was completed and the one word answers and body language from JS and AP when questioned about a certain previous non chairman say far more.
If somebody asked me if I was interested in buying a football club and I didn't like what the current owner was doing, I'd just say the "no plans to do so part". Praising somebody in response to a question about his own intentions makes no sense. Also, if that interview was last year, which it reads like it was, then he'd been talking about investing in the club for over 2 years. Maybe talking about it breached the NDA, but it didn't stop them at every other opportunity. |
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If somebody asked me if I was interested in buying a football club and I didn't like what the current owner was doing, I'd just say the "no plans to do so part". Praising somebody in response to a question about his own intentions makes no sense. Also, if that interview was last year, which it reads like it was, then he'd been talking about investing in the club for over 2 years. Maybe talking about it breached the NDA, but it didn't stop them at every other opportunity.
I really don't know what your beef is with the new owners but you definitely have one it seems. I met Jason yesterday when he came to see the work being done on the ground. Very nice chap and the sort you warm to immediately. Of course, he could be a smiling assassin with an outward persona of affability, but that's not the impression I got, or others at the ground who have had more contact with him than I have. Maybe he's just the sort of person who would rather praise someone than criticize, even bearing in mind the fact he was negotiating to take over the business of the person he was bigging up. What is apparent is that he's a genuine fan, as was JF, but he's one who is, along with Andrew Pettit, putting a lot of time and money into the club. At the moment, I can't see any reason to doubt their intentions and for the first time in a long time, we are being positively proactive, instead of reactive. The team will be ready, the pitch will be ready, the training facilities will be ready, so it's time to forget the old regime and see what the new one brings. From what I have seen, it will be an upward trajectory. |
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