Waffleflap Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 16 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said: Very smart . Quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 On 01/02/2021 at 22:20, bcfc01 said: £11m Rugby facility Was listening to a piece on 5Live the other night on Bristol Bears , and the statement was that they now have the best training facilies in Europe, and any player would love to come to Bristol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Isn't there an apostrophe missing from the name? Shouldn't it be "The Robins' High Performance Centre". As it is a high performance centre owned and used by numerous 'Robins'. Pretty drab name either way. Facilities look nice and shiny though. Wood cladding is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Rich Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Rovers would kill for that to be there actual stadium! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Alligator Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 Just looked at the videos on YouTube. Looks top class! Lets hope it can help produce the team that we all want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton_fan Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 You'd think that with this standard of facilities any coach whether football or rugby is going to want to come here. It must have been a deciding factor for NP and you would think it's going to raise the standard of recruitment for coaches and players in both sports. SL has certainly left his mark on sport in our area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad blit Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Am I missing something? I would have thought this subject would be at the very top with lots of City fans thankful that our Chairman has pumped a reported 40million into this state of the art training facility, which is going to really help push the club on and help develop players of all ages. At a time of financial uncertainty and many clubs looking at cutting costs to survive, we have a forward thinking progressive board who are actively trying to get our beloved club into the Promised Land, and for that I’m very grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Looks fantastic doesn’t it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 46 minutes ago, brad blit said: Am I missing something? I would have thought this subject would be at the very top with lots of City fans thankful that our Chairman has pumped a reported 40million into this state of the art training facility, which is going to really help push the club on and help develop players of all ages. At a time of financial uncertainty and many clubs looking at cutting costs to survive, we have a forward thinking progressive board who are actively trying to get our beloved club into the Promised Land, and for that I’m very grateful. For this they deserve huge credit and it's a massive step in the right direction........which makes the decision made on the appointment of our previous Manager so baffling. But that's done and we are in a position where we have this fantastic facility moving forwards and have a Manager who I think can finally move us towards where we want to be. Retaining him is the next issue for our Board to get right. If we end up with Michael Appleton or equivalent next season they may as well get the wrecking ball in on the training ground....................... (slight exaggeration but you get my point). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 When you look at the new training facilities, improvements made at Ashton Gate, and the work that is due to take place around the rest of the ground/area, you can't fault SL. The one stick that people (possibly rightly) had to beat him with, was that whilst we were doing all of this fantastic work behind the scenes with the infrastructure etc, we seemed quite happy to shop at Primark for staff (managers/coaches etc), whilst the Rugby club shopped at a higher calibre of shop. We do seem to have turned the corner with this now as well, and even if Pearson isn't the longterm answer (although that looks/sounds more and more encouraging by the day), then you would expect a similar, higher calibre man I'm charge of the club next - whenever that may be (or even whichever league we are in). With all of this, and the history of standing by the manager/coaches until there is no turning back, we are an extremely attractive outfit for someone looking from the outside. On the other side of the City (and this isn't actually meant as a dig believe it or not), you have a club playing in a stadium that pales in comparison to some non league grounds and facilities that wouldn't look out of place in the 60s or 70s. The training ground isn't much better, and their plans to build a new ground seem to be more ideas and hopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 14 hours ago, ExiledAjax said: Isn't there an apostrophe missing from the name? Shouldn't it be "The Robins' High Performance Centre". As it is a high performance centre owned and used by numerous 'Robins'. Pretty drab name either way. Facilities look nice and shiny though. Wood cladding is nice. I guess they are using Robins as a name for Bristol City FC as a whole. I'm not aware of any other clubs using this site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 34 minutes ago, billywedlock said: That looks a big step up in quality of club facilities. Previous managers and coaches have been asking for this for decades. So it is obviously important and great that the Academy also has a proper home .Cat 1 next ? Well done Mr L. Won't happen, at U23's level we'd need to keep the lads we loan out in house to be competitive in those games, whereas at Cat 2 level we can play a side that includes a mix of u23's and the better u18's and be a good side, allows the better 23's to be on loan at league clubs. Also the extra annual expenditure on the extra staff you need and other requirements to meet Cat 1 make it more expensive year on year to run. Being Cat 1 wouldn't mean our better players couldn't be pinched by other Cat 1 clubs, it just means they'd have to pay us more to take them and the sums still aren't staggering if a club was determined. If things appear to be good with the academy right now with players coming through why throw a potential spanner in the works by moving to Cat 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 It looks a great facility to be fair and it certainly now with the stadium redevelopment cements us firmly as an established Championship club with absolutely everything in place to get to the Premier league and not look stupid when we get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Looks great. The sort of thing that enhances our clubs marketability to incoming players too. Feels like the step up you need to become a 'big club'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Went past it this morning, it very quickly went from nearly finished to being in use! Just a bit of a landscaping going on but car park full of staff/players cars so presume handed over last week. Looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 On 01/02/2021 at 23:44, bcfc01 said: Man. City 200m. Leicester; Thanks for posting - very impressive. Do you (or anybody) know who was performing Bob Dylan’s ‘The times they are a changing’? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Both clubs, City and Bears, have top class training facilities, which in theory, should help both to achieve more. Add that to a shared modern stadium which reduces each club's financial outgoings, a superb pitch, how can either set of fans complain. Consider Bris at the Memorial and sharing training at Clifton RFC and City sharing with QEH, to what is now available. I believe there are a couple of differences between the two new facilities. Without searching back through previous articles, I think there is a type of pool at the rugby for aquatic recovery from injuries, so I would assume this can be used by both clubs. City now have to catch up with Bears on playing performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 2 minutes ago, cidered abroad said: Both clubs, City and Bears, have top class training facilities, which in theory, should help both to achieve more. Add that to a shared modern stadium which reduces each club's financial outgoings, a superb pitch, how can either set of fans complain. Consider Bris at the Memorial and sharing training at Clifton RFC and City sharing with QEH, to what is now available. I believe there are a couple of differences between the two new facilities. Without searching back through previous articles, I think there is a type of pool at the rugby for aquatic recovery from injuries, so I would assume this can be used by both clubs. City now have to catch up with Bears on playing performance. Going back 20 years ago we were sharing with Clifton College down by their cricket ground I think.. looking back at that to what we have now.. incredible progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.J.Thribb Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 5 minutes ago, TomF said: Going back 20 years ago we were sharing with Clifton College down by their cricket ground I think.. looking back at that to what we have now.. incredible progress. I remember thinking in 98 that Clifton College sports grounds were awesome for a training facility for what was a Division 2 club. Shows how far we’ve come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.J.Thribb Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Liking the detail here of old shirts painted on the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 23 minutes ago, Basil Fawlty said: Liking the detail here of old shirts painted on the wall. That’s Jon’s gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahanshahan Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 It looks fantastic, thank you to the Lansdown family for their incredible support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina's Rolls Royce Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 16 hours ago, ExiledAjax said: Isn't there an apostrophe missing from the name? Shouldn't it be "The Robins' High Performance Centre". 16 hours ago, BCFC Richard said: Rovers would kill for that to be there actual stadium! @ExiledAjax any chance you could have a word? PS Is there a question mark missing after your question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 16 minutes ago, billywedlock said: So what is the point of Cat 1 ? Does not appear to have any benefits. If its easily affordable then they often have the better facilities, more specialised staff, more training time with players through the age groups etc, you are playing a higher standard of football as well and you can use EPPP to pinch Cat 2/Cat 1 players if you want to. Its a balancing act of affordability of how much do you really need it, a club like ours appears to be bringing through players well atm so is it needed for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 34 minutes ago, billywedlock said: So what is the point of Cat 1 ? Does not appear to have any benefits. Stealing Cat 2/3 players for a pittance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banjo Red Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Now sort this team out please, huge job though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Island Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 Nice cladding, wonder if it’s larch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneCity Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 2 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Thanks for posting - very impressive. Do you (or anybody) know who was performing Bob Dylan’s ‘The times they are a changing’? https://youtu.be/MqYb16K1J28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 9 minutes ago, Wolf Island said: Nice cladding, wonder if it’s larch. Or pine , larch rivals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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