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Hussain Al-Saeed outlines plans for Bristol Rovers infrastructure in first public interview - Bristol Live (bristolpost.co.uk) So the next "Messiah" speaks and what does he say? Well actually nothing really.... Apart from the fact that Rover's fans need to be patient and there is lots of things outside of their control, there was no promises of extra finance, merely that they need to improve the non-existent Academy and poor Training facilities. Anybody thinking they've now got a Kuwaiti Billionaire to go along with the Jordanian one is going to be a bit disappointed. Oh, and as for the Fruit Market, they're "Talking". Brilliant, good luck with all of that. ?

The biggest con for me of that era was the Liverpool home game in the cup. 1-1 and then the floodlights "failed". The game was obviously abandoned, but good old Les made everyone pay again to come back for a replay, that also finished in a draw., rather than let everybody back for free. Can't quite remember what happened in the replay at Ainfield???.

How often in the last few seasons though has 2 months turned into 3 or 4? Certainly the case with Naismith and TC at the start of the year. There can be no guarantees of course on the timing of their returns. To sell an injured player for £25m on that basis is a good negotiation from my point of view. Amazed that Bournemouth didn't pause it, after they apparently missed the severity of Antoine's shin injury from the medical in Jan.

Yep, just watched that. Can't help feeling that caused us to push the sell button a bit. A couple of months, can easily turn into longer. He certainly wouldn't have been available for Millwall tomorrow (like NP said he probably would of). Sounds like it was a good time for all parties to get a deal done. For me, the Scott saga has been a bit of an unnecessary saga this summer. Luckily we have another 3 weeks to address any perceived areas of improvement in the team now.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-rovers-put-big-screen-8462938 My mistake it was LinkedIn apparently. Sure it was on FB as well. Great quote by Gorringe at the bottom of the article there. "In his final programme notes of the season before their fixture against Bolton, CEO Tom Gorringe wrote: “Given the schedule we have contingency plans in place should any delays occur. We will also be working with planning, building regs and our Safety Advisory Group (SAG) to ensure the project runs as smoothly as possible and is signed off for supporter usage at the earliest opportunity.” The SAG worked out well didn't it?

Wasn't David Bright the guy trying to flog your TV/Scoreboard on Facebook earlier this summer?

Whilst Tanner is "Ok" at RB. We all know that McCrorie was bought to be first choice there. Who knows what "Bacterial infection" means? It could be something quite small, or something like glandular fever (which would take months to get over). With that in mind and unless there is any more information forthcoming from the club at some stage, I would certainly look at the RB position as one we need to strengthen in. At present, we are once again lopsided in our attacking endeavours and for all our strengths on the left flank, any attack down the right seems to peter out (generally due to the default GT's backward pass). As a defender I like Tanner, but he does get a nosebleed if he goes past the half way line.

Good choice, their "Academy " is a complete cluster. If they devoted any money/effort they could pick up talent from the Gloucstershire area, and a load of the BIC boys. They don't seem to be bothered though.

Is your daughter's godfather's son a scouser who has also played for Fleetwood? If not, then he's got no chance of any game time. ?

Decent in the air, a bit like Bryan at times. Not sure I see him as a CB though, very left footed. I started a topic on him after the Cheltenham game about how good he was. Carried that into tonight, albeit against L1 opposition again.

Max wasn't great again tonight was he? Came and then went back and got his positioning wrong for their equaliser. Then in the second half kicked the ball directly to their player who played it to an Oxford player who had an abysmal effort. Signs for me in last 2 games, that there's been no improvement since last season.

Does anybody get a feeling that the new guy is a banking mate of Waels and not really from any wealth or influence? A week has gone by and no plans for the future have been shared. We still know absolutely nothing about the guy and he just looks the whole time as he's being chaperoned around the place. He seems to have no-one with him apart from Wael and his own son? It's all a bit bizarre....

True, it might also be the case that I believe he lives in Long Ashton and fancied walking down to see a game at a club he played at for 4 years though of course.

I must admit I did think about talking to him. But respected his privacy of course.?

Yep, and he continued to walk into Long Ashton passed him by the turn off. I can tell you now it was him. Who knows, it's only a walk down from Long Ashton.

Walking back to Long Ashton Park and ride, Kalas was walking behind us with his girlfriend. He was at the game, so who knows what will happen next week?

Probably the same injury that forced Knight to pull out of that Derby friendly then?

After seeing Araoye this pre-season. We certainly have a potential first teamer looking to integrate into the league squad now. Maybe that's had an impact over the decision making around Kalas and what we are willing to offer him?

Does it say on their application that they have actually used any planning consultants in making the proposal? Or was it the case, allied to the "Have you got some free unpaid time to do our Electrics, plumbing, maintenance etc in the ground campaign" . I'm sure that if they had used a professional company, they would have outlined timescales of such a project within the planning process. I can't believe that they are trying to say as a club "problems not of the club's making".

Exactly what "mitigating circumstances " are they on about? They royally f##ked up, by demolishing the existing stand(s)/gazebos and thought they could just do what they want by building a new one straight away. That's not "mitigation ", that's just plain awful mis-management.

Yep he was massive in L2 for them, wasn't he? When they were in the bottom 2 after 3 months. That season was basically the Anderson show from when he appeared in Jan. 6 months later he was playing in the Prem. Is there some unwritten rule for the Gas (Possibly the "Tilson" rule) that they can't pay over £321k for player?

Rob, as per my previous response to @petehinton The whole area is changing and becoming a student quarter for the University (Old Sorting office next to BTM). If they were looking at the whole site to build the stadium on, then maybe it might work, but they're not. They're getting a corner plot apparently alongside more residential and businesses. "Conygar’s plans are said to include a large-scale housing and urban development containing hotels, restaurants and other leisure facilities. Should negotiations with Rovers prove successful, Bristol Live understands there is a provision for a stadium with an initial capacity in the region of 17,000-20,000 with options to expand." The whole proposal just reads like "Put this in, put that in. Let's just keep our options open on anything and everything". The only option missing seems to be a new ice rink ?. Have they seen the size of that plot? It's not he biggest in the least. Then there is the issue of the financing of the stadium itself. Which reads like Rovers getting conned by some sort of Nigerian General or Spanish Lottery type scam.

@petehinton I work on Feeder Road. The bottle necks around there are only going to get worse when the new University of Bristol Campus is built right next to where they want to build this stadium. Allied to the 3000 other student flats they are building opposite the nightclub on the corner of Cattle market Road and Feeder Road and the whole place will have to be pedestrianised soon. The Gas are looking at the site now. Unfortunately in the next 2 years current redevelopment around Temple Meads that is being built at present (let alone a company that hasn't even put in a planning proposal) will completely change the dynamics of the area. There is a reason the Arena didn't end up there after all. The site itself will be worth so much more money to Congyer for housing. You just know Rovers are going to get pushed out at some stage.

I think the thing for me about Wrexham is that they have to keep moving forward to remain attractive to the Social media crowd. So far they've been able to do that in the NL and I'm sure next season they will provide further entertainment. The difference for me will be L1 and the possibility of a mid table finish. How is that sold to the masses? They would need to keep reinventing themselves somehow to remain relevant. The biggest draw for Wrexham is their online presence, as the town itself is a nightmare to get to and not a lot going on either. The entertainment value is their for next season, but thereafter they will be a limit to what can be achieved in my opinion.