Bristol Rob Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 12 minutes ago, SirColinOfMansfield said: I thought that was their motto - "Bristol Rovers - operating with a reduced capacity since 1883" Suppose this is actually good news as the number locked out will now increase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seacider Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 I 've got a nasty feeling that the good folks of Almondsbury had better watch out - Gas bought that land - could they have something up their sleeve ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 16 minutes ago, Steve Watts said: What I heard was that Wally Al Qaeda doesn't want to rent the land the stadium is built on and so wants to buy the land for £2m (the alleged value, but this is likely using #GasLogic) and the UWE are asking £10m, which the slags are refusing to pay. I would half expect this "withdraw" to be part of the bargaining process to rob someone else of their land for a fraction of its worth. It's not like they haven't got form for this already, is it?!? I thought I had read, goodness knows how many pages ago, that UWE were not allowed to sell the land under the deal they signed with Hewlett Packard when they acquired the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miagsygas Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 10 hours ago, Swede said: You mean the one who values a player at £10M using gaslogic but meanwhile in the real world it's more like £300k. Yeah top manager that. Keep taking the tablets son. No, the manager that actually has some success on his resume. DC has said multiple times afterwards his expected to lose Taylor when he said it and attempted to create a bidding war, which ultimately failed because only one team bid for him. It's not really rocket science, unfortunately agents find it very easy to share contractual details. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 7 minutes ago, Tomarse said: Surely even he has more class than to walk out on them today..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 18 minutes ago, Steve Watts said: What I heard was that Wally Al Qaeda doesn't want to rent the land the stadium is built on and so wants to buy the land for £2m (the alleged value, but this is likely using #GasLogic) and the UWE are asking £10m, which the slags are refusing to pay. I would half expect this "withdraw" to be part of the bargaining process to rob someone else of their land for a fraction of its worth. It's not like they haven't got form for this already, is it?!? Think that's step too far as a negotiating tactic personally. On the eve of a new season, hastily rushed out statement when news broke, new charge on stadium, admitting they are walking away and all the fan pressure that should ordinarily bring, with naff all funds already invested... I think it's more black and white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 8 minutes ago, Tomarse said: If Carlsberg did Thursdays........... 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 1 minute ago, Chalkie said: I thought I had read, goodness knows how many pages ago, that UWE were not allowed to sell the land under the deal they signed with Hewlett Packard when they acquired the site. Even if so, they could have agreed (paid) HP to waive their rights to prevent a sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Tell you what if DC walks out today my sides will rip open 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 I'm actually starting to feel sorry for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 4 minutes ago, miagsygas said: No, the manager that actually has some success on his resume. DC has said multiple times afterwards his expected to lose Taylor when he said it and attempted to create a bidding war, which ultimately failed because only one team bid for him. It's not really rocket science, unfortunately agents find it very easy to share contractual details. Why would there have been a "bidding war" when he had a £300k buy out clause in his contract?! Idiot! You would never have got more than £300k, then it would have been the best offer made to MT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Has to be posted again..... 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardy Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 45 minutes ago, Tomarse said: UWE still hoping it goes ahead.. odd. Sounds like they are lining their ducks up legally to me. Can they they sue for some sort of breached contract - if nothing else but to recover their costs? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miagsygas Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Hi guys! Firstly, id ignore that above twitter account, it's the single biggest piece of nonsense since us getting a stadium. Secondly, I've got to be honest I'm quite pleased we aren't moving to UWE. It's definitely another thing for you to take the piss out of, granted, and the non match day revenue is of course needed if we ever really want to push on. That being said, I'm not sure I like the idea of a half full atmosphere void bowl with absolutely nothing good around it for before and after the game. I've been of the idea for a long time it wouldn't happen so nothing has changed in that respect for me. I can't really imagine anything substantial happening for a while. As for the rest of stuff with the Al Qadis pulling out, who knows? Even from day one i didn't believe in the billionaire hype, there are those that don't believe everything they read, that being said I do think he's improved some stuff off the pitch. If he leaves, we'll he was skint anyway. Honestly, nothing will ever really surprise my with this club. 1 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 2 minutes ago, miagsygas said: Hi guys! Firstly, id ignore that above twitter account, it's the single biggest piece of nonsense since us getting a stadium. Secondly, I've got to be honest I'm quite pleased we aren't moving to UWE. It's definitely another thing for you to take the piss out of, granted, and the non match day revenue is of course needed if we ever really want to push on. That being said, I'm not sure I like the idea of a half full atmosphere void bowl with absolutely nothing good around it for before and after the game. I've been of the idea for a long time it wouldn't happen so nothing has changed in that respect for me. I can't really imagine anything substantial happening for a while. As for the rest of stuff with the Al Qadis pulling out, who knows? Even from day one i didn't believe in the billionaire hype, there are those that don't believe everything they read, that being said I do think he's improved some stuff off the pitch. If he leaves, we'll he was skint anyway. Honestly, nothing will ever really surprise my with this club. What has he improved, off the pitch, that doesn't still leave you lagging behind almost every other club in the country..? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardy Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Just now, Bar BS3 said: What has he improved, off the pitch, that doesn't still leave you lagging behind almost every other club in the country..? The carpet & the curtains apparently?? 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRed Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 4 minutes ago, Cardy said: Sounds like they are lining their ducks up legally to me. Can they they sue for some sort of breached contract - if nothing else but to recover their costs? No, the contract was absolutely watertight 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miagsygas Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 3 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said: Why would there have been a "bidding war" when he had a £300k buy out clause in his contract?! Idiot! You would never have got more than £300k, then it would have been the best offer made to MT. The agent had leaked the clause after DC's statement. Obviously the hope was for other clubs not to realise there was a clause and bid over that price. They were caught between a rock and a hard place and tried to make the best out of the situation. It didn't work. But he's hardly going to announce after being asked if he was worried about losing Taylor that every club can have their pick for £300,000. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 11 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said: Why would there have been a "bidding war" when he had a £300k buy out clause in his contract?! Idiot! You would never have got more than £300k, then it would have been the best offer made to MT. He seems a reasonable poster in fairness. Bit harsh. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 3 minutes ago, miagsygas said: The agent had leaked the clause after DC's statement. Obviously the hope was for other clubs not to realise there was a clause and bid over that price. They were caught between a rock and a hard place and tried to make the best out of the situation. It didn't work. But he's hardly going to announce after being asked if he was worried about losing Taylor that every club can have their pick for £300,000. Gullible as ever! it was in the national press, months before we bid. It was no big secret! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 A lot of Rovers fans saying the UWE deal wasnt the best for the club anyway. I think they'll struggle to find a better deal to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Just now, Super said: He seems a reasonable poster in fairness. Bit harsh. He's as gullible and deluded as the rest of them! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miagsygas Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 1 minute ago, Bar BS3 said: What has he improved, off the pitch, that doesn't still leave you lagging behind almost every other club in the country..? We now have a development squad, which was completely nonexistent before. We have legitimate investment into the youth system, there are far, far more staff in and around the club. There is now actually a medical team, rather than just one person who runs on with a wet sponge, including the fitness staff and equipment that we never had before, the gps trackers etc. Whilst, as DC said, we are actually still behind where we should be, we genuinely were behind every club in at least league 1 level in infrastructure. Though these things may sound stupid, because they are things that should have happened anyways and do happen for clubs that actually have resources, these are things that I'm 99.9% sure wouldn't have happened under old Higgsy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 Are they building it with Lego? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevthered Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 19 minutes ago, glynriley said: If Carlsberg did Thursdays........... From their point of view it's best to get your bad news out in one day. No stadium today no manager tomorrow means two days of bad news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 1 minute ago, View from the Dolman said: Are they building it with Lego? So he has activated an exit clause even though nobody wants him?! ok then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miagsygas Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 1 minute ago, View from the Dolman said: Are they building it with Lego? I can honestly say this account somehow manages to surpass the "Keith chimp" account for baseless nonsense 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 1 minute ago, miagsygas said: We now have a development squad, which was completely nonexistent before. We have legitimate investment into the youth system, there are far, far more staff in and around the club. There is now actually a medical team, rather than just one person who runs on with a wet sponge, including the fitness staff and equipment that we never had before, the gps trackers etc. Whilst, as DC said, we are actually still behind where we should be, we genuinely were behind every club in at least league 1 level in infrastructure. Though these things may sound stupid, because they are things that should have happened anyways and do happen for clubs that actually have resources, these are things that I'm 99.9% sure wouldn't have happened under old Higgsy. As I said, improvements that aren't the bare minimum standard required by a football club. You can see why we find such humour in the well loved phrase "we're coming for you"..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 1 minute ago, Super said: So he has activated an exit clause even though nobody wants him?! ok then! I very much doubt he wont be of interest to a host of clubs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 3, 2017 Report Share Posted August 3, 2017 1 minute ago, kevthered said: From their point of view it's best to get your bad news out in one day. No stadium today no manager tomorrow means two days of bad news But usually, to gloss over bad news, they release plans of a new stadium project..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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