Hello Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 3 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Quite. Plus there's the small matter of FFP. I think UWE will get built though, which will obviously help things. I did always say you had a backup plan on that front They could always do what Fleetwood owner does. Stick an office in the UWE and pay a nice office rent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 9 minutes ago, Miahdennehy said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Come on all, it's easy to see what is happening here. Rovers have heard from the court that they have lost the appeal, so they go and release a made up story to the press to stop any uproar. It's obvious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 It's a takeover, not an investment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I have visions of a press conference with some sort of fake sheik talking with an implausible middle eastern accent of his plans for Rovers, and then Scooby Doo style, Darryl running up and ripping of the disguise exclaiming 'Nick! It was you all along' followed by NH mumbling 'and I would've gotten away with it if it wasn't for you pesky kids!' 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 21 minutes ago, Kim_il_sung said: Lets face the truth here.. If this goes through then the UWE stadium will be built with the full 21,000 capacity and they could become a serious threat to us in no time. Hopefully this is the wake up call we need to get our own act together. Wake up call? We're 2/3rds of the way through a stadium redevelopment which will take the capacity up to 27,000 - when they've not even broken ground on a much smaller stadium and we're two leagues higher than them with not much likelihood of that gap changing. What wake up call do we need? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 87 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 4 minutes ago, cityloyal473 said: Wake up call? We're 2/3rds of the way through a stadium redevelopment which will take the capacity up to 27,000 - when they've not even broken ground on a much smaller stadium and we're two leagues higher than them with not much likelihood of that gap changing. What wake up call do we need? Quite right, if we are measuring our success on how Rovers are doing, we will never make the prem. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Miahdennehy said: Jordanian- does this mean we are being taken over by a bunch of Katie Price lookalikes? A bunch of tits, maybe ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I hope RED is a lucky Jordanian Colour ! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Monkeh said: well well well, If true they are about to become everything they hate about us, always in our shadow always hypocrites, Who thinks that this will go through and this family are only doing this to get hold of the land for development, putting rovers in the postion of chester, Darlington and wimbledon of years gone by?, I wait with baited breath You couldn't make it up could you. Continually been berated by them "duke of Guernsey" etc. etc., and now...... You just know they're going to be turning up with tea towels on their heads tomorrow. But, they wont be selling out. oh no. They wouldn't dream of it. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 If true, has this all come about due to that seemingly ridiculous article/advert a Rovers' supporting journalist had published in a Middle Eastern newspaper extolling their 'virtues' and absurdly saying what a fantastic club they'd be to take over? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Reading the comment section on the Bristol Post the sags don't seem best pleased.. a minority I'm sure as the moronic majority on twitter as such will be saying A CHANGE IS COMING SHITEDS UTG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS3_RED Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 (edited) Love this quote by topman on their forum And this is what football has sadly come to throughout the leagues Clubs not run like a business - income not meeting expenditure and only surviving due to football rights pay outs / premier league / football league subsidies etc so because of the wrong structure in the sport virtually all clubs needing a money man to carry on / bail out The sport is littered with people who have no real affiliation to the club and supporters and merely see it as their investment / play thing I blame the Premier League / sky (even though I am a subscriber) for most of the problems So if and it is a big if we 'suffer' a takeover how are we ever going to face City fans whom the majority of us have mocked re Mr S L? We would not be in need of this if we had the right people in charge of the club for the last 15/ 20 years imo - other smaller clubs cope why cant we? We have a huge fan base in comparable terms / enough revenue streams - I despair with football as a whole Much as it pains me to say it would be a good thing if a substantial number of clubs went of out business completely to bring people to their senses Edited February 19, 2016 by BS3_RED 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 35 minutes ago, Red Army 87 said: Quite right, if we are measuring our success on how Rovers are doing, we will never make the prem. This quote should be pinned to the top of the board , never a truer word .... ummm words. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Apparently some presser at around half one As a Gashead, i am wary and interested and excited I have never been one to knock SL. This is the world of football now. Your struggles for want of a better word and the demands to stay in the championship require money even for the lowest spending clubs with wages and transfer seemingly increasing all the time. I for one hipe this is a positive for us and for you guys as well. I would rather see both clubs battling each other in the championship or Prem than what we have had for too long 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howey_ducky Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 They invest a few quid and get the stadium built in Glos, then they use the mem land to build a fancy hotel, reap the profits from the hotel and lose whatever small amount of interest they had in the Gas, sell the stadium back to the UWE and the Gas find themselves playing at Twerton in 2020/21? Fingers crossed the gift will get the money to keep on giving for a few years to come yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 6 minutes ago, howey_ducky said: They invest a few quid and get the stadium built in Glos, then they use the mem land to build a fancy hotel, reap the profits from the hotel and lose whatever small amount of interest they had in the Gas, sell the stadium back to the UWE and the Gas find themselves playing at Twerton in 2020/21? Fingers crossed the gift will get the money to keep on giving for a few years to come yet. Fancy hotel in Horfield? Good luck with that 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 If Rovers want to let people with no interest in Football into their club then good luck to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderup Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I appreciate all the FFP limitations but could this loosen the purse strings at our place a bit? I assume this will build the UWE but having a few quid doesn't always work eh? We are still on a good place so no problem here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, cityloyal473 said: Wake up call? We're 2/3rds of the way through a stadium redevelopment which will take the capacity up to 27,000 - when they've not even broken ground on a much smaller stadium and we're two leagues higher than them with not much likelihood of that gap changing. What wake up call do we need? We have been poorly run behind the scenes for years, and have always found ourselves falling back to League 1 after poor decision making with player signings and managerial appointments. What I'm saying is that if these noises coming from the Blue Few turn out to be true and they build their stadium and start investing, it could give us a push to finally get things sorted behind the scenes after years of turmoil. It could be a real positive thing for us. I think that's a fair enough comment? Edited February 19, 2016 by Kim_il_sung Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted February 19, 2016 Admin Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 3 hours ago, SirColinOfMansfield said: Several members of the family are expected to be present at the club's annual Valentine's Ball tomorrow night after taking in Rovers' League Two game against Morecambe at the Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon. They certainly live life in the fast lane ! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 1 minute ago, Kim_il_sung said: We have been poorly run behind the scenes for years, and have always found ourselves falling back to League 1 after poor decision making with player signings and managerial appointments. What I'm saying is that a strong Rovers that might start gaining ground on us could give us a push to finally get things sorted behind the scenes after years of turmoil. I think that's a fair enough comment? I'd wager that they're more poorly run behind the scenes than we are. This is a club that didn't even budget for relegation when it had been on the cards for years). The whole Sainsbury's farce, the Cheltenham farce, Twerton etc etc. There is a long, long way to go before they gain on us. They'll be at the Mem for at least 3 more years - we'd could be out of sight by then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamite Red Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I hope they get the UWE, they can become another club with a souless identikit bowl stadium in the middle of a estate of office blocks. Anyone for a pint at Nandos? Keep your plastic modern football. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I really don't give a shit what they do as long as the keep up their comedy gold, Lets just see the recent records of foreign take overs for a minute shall we, Blackburn steady midtable prem side to a lower table championship side thanks to the take over Forest a lower championship side to a mid table championship side who have spunked millions Watford a success because the previous board had the clubs best interests at heart Bournmouth see watford Portsmouth went bankrupt and into freefall Leeds just a mess of a club So its a mixed bag (just the clubs i can think of), If the gas board have the clubs best interests at heart and done their due diligence then it will be a good thing, but I can't see piggs doing that, he's out to get his investment back and no more, and I believe these investors (If true) are only after a land grab and don't give a shit about the gas, Interesting times ahead and I hope the continue to make me laugh without going under no matter how much I hate them 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Dawe Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Headlines in Sheffield, September 2013: Prince Abdullah vows to bankroll Sheffield Utd back into the Premier League Sheffield Utd investment is "game-changing" - Co owner Kevin McCabe says I paid £1 for half of Sheffield Utd says Saudi Prince. You can be sure I will invest over the next two years..... Etc, etc, blah blah blah. Meanwhile, two and a half years on, Sheff Utd get ready to welcome Port Vale to Bramall Lane once again tomorrow. This, a club with 32,000 seats and 20,000 regular fans already. And a history of top flight football. Etc etc Mind, on the other hand, there's Bournemouth....this could go either way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, Hello said: Dont you have a billionaire owner anyway? Miah is a Gashead. 59 minutes ago, Hello said: I have never been one to knock SL. This is the world of football now, I think we'll be hearing this a lot from Gasheads over the coming weeks. I predict a massive U turn in Rovers fans opinions regarding rich owners, money in football and what constitutes being a 'plastic' football club or the 'plaything' of a rich Sugardaddy. They probably won't be so interested in who pays tax where either. Welcome to the real World Gasheads but I'd much rather have Lansdown. Edited February 19, 2016 by Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 sellout 1. When an artist conforms to the way record labels, managers, etc see them to make money through commercial success and generally not the original fan base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Dawe Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Bristol City - The People's Club! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CITYAREREDANDWHITE Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 None of the current board staying. Yikes. Sounds a bit dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonL Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I reckon this news will give most gasheads the HUMP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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