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althepirate Club Legend 4 minutes ago RoverDrive and gasandelectricitylike this Quote Great news, thank you, Wael done indeed! Bristol City we're coming for you that didn’t take long!!

What a time to be a Gashead, debt free tonight and a multi million new stadium development being announced next week, not sure life can get better than this, we jut need to convince Matty Taylor we can offer him better prospects than Oxford and it will have been a perfect summer.

Tell that to Ska Junkie not me

Quite. The family think it’s time to sell up he thinks it’s time to go all in. They cannot both be right.

Such a lucrative investment opportunity coming up and yet his family want no part in it. Interesting. Selling up? Can't see him clearing that much debt out of the goodness of his heart.

Yep I got absolutely soaked but I love running in the rain, in the summer at least, my waterproof headphones came today too, just in time!

This makes me think a tiny bit of you is worried

It's the hope that kills you.

Obvious gas is obvious. Nothings changed, still in hold of the land/ground, has invested the bare minimum of his own money, as he's (relatively) skint.

Another false dawn on it's way. Will look forward to watching it all crumble as per usual.

Honestly it’s kind of fair *****, whether or not it will end like the sags are dreaming is one thing but wiping off all their debt, especially since some on here including me thought that that debt could’ve bankrupted them in future years, is kind of just fair enough wally

It is £65 million but rovers aren't paying that. Maybe tweet the mayor's head of office supporting rovers fan. Council have brokered the deal for fruit market and will be partners going forward.

Basically he's cleared the debt off and bought out his own family for one reason. The fruit market deal has been signed he will redo the benefits of memorial stadium being sold to Bristol city council for affordable housing etc. Watch this space.

Near the dogs home! Nice

Animal - Pearl Jam

I don’t get how you can make yourself run if you don’t enjoy it. Speaking personally here, but it’s when I don’t enjoy it I don’t do it. When I see improvements and hit milestones the energy is great. I know before I even leave the house if it will be a good run or not purely but the way I am feeling. As mentioned above, the Mrs is getting into the couch to 5k and running was the last thing she ever thought she would be. She was hating it as it is obviously a struggle making a start but in less than two weeks, with slight improvements each time, when we finished the most recent run a few days ago she actually said at the end of it... ‘I enjoyed that’. I honestly couldn’t believe it. Never thought I would hear those words coming from her mouth after a run!

Did my furthest run in many years today (still only just over 10k ) and whilst it's good for my fitness, definitely not getting any enjoyment out of it. It's just so boring! Appreciate that this opinion won't go down well in this thread

I would expect that to be the case. Though we must remember that the council currently receives rental income from those tenants (not fruit market), so that sets the value, rather than it just being industrial land with no buildings. The council will also need to find a different depot to replace the one adjacent to the fruit market. It's all about displacement and costs incurred due to the displacement. It should not result in the council having to pay more for a replacement venue, than it currently does. Of course, it might be argued that the council revenue would go up because of the developments. If that were the case, they could do it anyway, without the income generated from a stadium, especially as there's already a stadium producing income, in Horfield. It's a minefield of scenarios and pure speculation. I do want and expect to see the council acting for all residents of Bristol though, not just a tiny percentage of less than 2%.

First run in decent rain for ages today. God I’ve missed that!

How could you ever feel 'at home'. You don't know how that feels.

I walk my dog there every day and dozens more do the same. The whole area needs to be registered as a village green. And for anyone who is worried about the dog shit, it will be a lot worse if ever the Sags get their grubby 6 fingered hands on it.

Thanks, I am aware that the council own lots of this land, also the yard adjoining the fruit market on Albert Rd where the bin and recycling wagons currently reside. Obviously if this were to go ahead and land was sold/transferred or leased to new owners, the public would expect the council to obtain market values for whatever land and buildings were disposed of. If the land and buildings disposed of meant that new land and buildings had to be found, that would be at market value and as such must be at no extra cost to the local authority. As I stated previously, land deals relating to the AV deal between BCFC and the council, were carried out using existing valuations ie: for unused allotments, also for the East End car park which had a 90 year lease on it, valued as a car park and remaining a car park. It could and was argued that the council themselves could have obtained PP for housing on the allotment site and increased it's value for the residents of Bristol. The same argument applies to any land transferred/sold or leased surrounding the fruit market in central Bristol, where the land values are considerably higher.

Nailed it I reckon Rich, which is why there should be a challenge, referral to the Omsbudsman or maybe an injunction from a wealthy person with an interest in how public assets are used.. Plenty of professional folk with locus standi living in Paintworks and Totterdown so watch this space. When you consider the Council has all that former arena land to develop, one should ak why this is all of a sudden a priority.....

That'll be a consortium Purchasing that site, leasing or buying at a below market rate all the adjoining council sites. Putting forward initial plans for apartments and a hotel with profits aimed at building a stadium. Obviously those profits will be made from the procurement of council owned (public owned) land. If the land is acquired initially, they'll be able to proceed with the stadium using loans against the publicly owned (at present) land values. Effectively I can see the council land transferred to the consortium ownership, to be enable BRFC to compete with the nasty billionaire owned franchise, that is BCFC. Aided and abetted by Marvelous Marvin and his gas chums on the council. Pure guesswork and conjecture mind.

It won't cost that much...

A rich man living in essex decided that he wanted to throw a party and invited all of his buddies and neighbours. He also invited Dai, the only welshman in the posh neighbourhood.. He held the party around the pool in the grounds of his mansion. Everyone was having a good time drinking, dancing, eating prawns, oysters, steaks from the BBQ and flirting. At the height of the party, the host said, 'I have a 15ft man-eating crocodile in my pool and I'll give a million quid to anyone who has the balls to jump in.' The words were barely out of his mouth when there was a loud splash and everyone turned around and saw Dai in the pool fighting the croc, jabbing the croc in the eyes with his thumbs, throwing punches, doing all kinds of stuff like head butts and chokeholds, biting the croc on the tail and flipping the croc through the air like some kind of Judo Instructor. The water was churning and splashing everywhere. Both Dai and the croc were screaming and raising hell. Finally Dai strangled the croc and let it float to the top like a dead goldfish then slowly climbed out of the pool. Everybody was just staring at him in disbelief. The host says, 'Well, Dai, I reckon I owe you a million pounds, 'Nah, you're all right butt, I don't want it,' says Dai The rich man said, 'Man, I have to give you something. You won the bet. How about half a million quid then?' 'No thanks... I don't want it,' answers Dai. The host said, 'Come on, I insist on giving you something. That was amazing. How about a new Porsche and a Rolex and some stock options?' Again, Dai said "No." Confused, the rich man asked, 'Well then what do you want? Dai said, 'I want the bastard who pushed me in!!.