The Constant Rabbit

So if MM doesn't sell up the stadium - CK walks - Derby are liquidated?

That about right?

8 hours ago, ExiledAjax said:

comprise a sports and convention centre, a hotel, 125 residential units, office accommodation, retail, gym, club museum, multi-storey car park, public realm improvements and landscaping, new internal access routes, new and improved vehicular and pedestrian accesses and infrastructure and other associated works and improvements on land west of Ashton Gate Stadium.

"How will Lansdown make money out of Bristol Sport"

That's for all the ostriches that couldn't work it out before.

He couldn't do it when WE owned the stadium.

He spent £220 million over 20 yrs......

How much will he get back in rental income from a 330 day per year convention centre, car-park, offices and SELLING 125 homes PLUS all the houses and 2 other hotels,shops etc going up on old dirt cheap brown land in the near future.

Plus AG and the 3 sports 'franchises'.....

Not to mention the apartments and existing offices that have already lined his pockets.

You'll be saying his clean water project in Africa (Botswana) - that came with a drilling licence - just 'happened' to find oil and gemstones by accident..........

Good old Uncle Steve - selfless benefactor don't you know.

Sooner the Lansdowns leave, the better.

"My Money, My Club"

Tinpot as it is - our media team could learn a lesson or two from this about how to use social media. 

Fair play to their media guy - apparently its one guy who is still a teenager?

Uh-Oh

Scunthorpe allege their goalkeeper was punched by Rovers fans during the pitch invasion.

If the FA / EFL catch that on camera........

https://www.bristolworld.com/sport/football/bristol-rovers/bristol-rovers-reported-to-the-fa-over-pitch-invasion-and-Scunthorpe-united-goalkeeper-incident-3685066

Got to be more to this than reported.

I can believe it happened - but for seven months of separate change rooms for players of different skin colours - no way does this happen in 2022 without this being flagged at the first occasion.

If so, there will be more heads than Yems to roll, that's for sure.

Segregated changing rooms - for the love of god, this is Crawley, not Alabama.

Disgraceful.

Sorry to ask a thick question - and I have to say, the knowledge of some on here is amazing - so thanks for the info.

Also to Derby Ram for being so calm about the situation of his beloved club

My question @Mr Popodopolous @Hxj @Derby_Ram How much is CK worth (as in free funds to actually spend - not assets like buildings etc to sell for funds or borrow against) - actual money to spend on DCFC?

I read somewhere (and I can't remember where hence the question) that it was somewhere around £60 million?

Surely that is nowhere near enough to pay debts, wages, and sign new players, let alone rent and day to day costs?

Second question (sorry) - if CK falls through AND MA doesn't swoop in at the last second to 'save the day' - what is the outcome?

Is it liquidation, starting in L1 with a huge points deduction or further relegation to L2?

Lastly - if CK fails to find funds - when does this all stop - when is the day a final decision is made?

Thanks very much.

PS: I hope things work out for Derby Fans - I remember us in 82 - I would not wish that on my worst enemy.

3 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Unsure which thread to put it in but some excellent news.

https://www.buryfcss.co.uk/bury-back/

Just donated a tenner.

Great to see Bury back from the damage the charlatan Steve dale caused.

Hopefully they can be placed as near the EFL as possible. National League North perhaps?

This is what happens if you cross Mark Ashton........

7 from 10 (realistically 9) - The gas have the worst GD (bar Tranmere, who seem to have hit the wall)

6 points and some kind results (Exeter play Port Vale and Northampton, Port Vale play Newport and Exeter, Mansfield play Salford and Forest Green!!) - and it's autos.

4 points mean 100% play-offs

3 points mean Swindon and Sutton can go past them.

It is however completely in their own hands. A loss at Rochdale would not surprise - Dale have only lost 1 out of the last 16 home games.

Then already relegated Scunthorpe await at home........perhaps Sir Colin should be calling their kit-man and tell them to leave their strips at home and borrow Rovers away clobber.....

Tell you what Rovers v Swindon will be proper old-skool in the play-offs. All days off cancelled for Wiltshire, A+S and Sth Wales constabularies I'd reckon - potential for huge problems.

But looking at the fixtures Port Vale, Mansfield and Northampton have, the auto's are still a silly chance.  All comes down to Rovers winning both, and Northampton v Barrow (who are safe from the drop)

What an end to the season.

On 26/04/2022 at 03:31, Mr Sno said:

Yiadom is very physical and direct, proper athlete.....can't think of a full back we've had in his mould tbh. A pearson type for sure.

Yeah, but what does TAFKARMLF think? 

Enquiring minds want to know.

3 hours ago, !james said:

 

 

 

I don't know why some posters are getting salty with @Miah Dennehy and @In the Net

They are 2 very decent posters - other gasheads on here not so much, so not sure why people are suddenly having a pop at them.

I enjoy their contributions, and know others do as well.

Lets not stoop to gaschat levels, eh lads?

I remember they weren't very sanitary.

Pee running down the corridor, fag smoke so thick you couldn't see the doors, windows missing and enough booze to float an ocean liner.

I doubt things would be the same nowadays.

I still maintain British rail ran them to get their old stock destroyed by football hooligans and claim them on insurance, rather than scrap them!

Great days, never to be seen again!

They are playing great football, and if they go up, it will be well deserved, especially after a poor start.

And it doesn't affect us in the slightest.

We will still be a division above, with a manager finally righting the ship, and steering us in the upward direction.

Rovers will never make the championship - they simply don't have the financial backing, infrastructure or fanbase.

League One (or Championship 2 as they like to call it) is their pinnacle - the Everest of their abilities. The only way is down.

Us? Well, if our delinquent owner finally decides to let someone run HIS club correctly, or sells to someone who will - then the Prem is our goal.

So fair play to the gas if they go up, because to us, they are simply a little club who play in the same City, and will be 'forever in our shadow'

10 hours ago, Tafkarmlf said:

Reeto off out, lot better from us, decent game second half. 

 

Fingers crossed we nick the win 

10 hours ago, Mr Sno said:

Oh Nakhi 

Keep

I'd also hope that NP would work very closely with Taylor Moore in the off-season, just to see if NP can turn Moore's career around.

He can play - but is a confidence player. If NP can instill some, it would go a long long way to solving a few on and off field problems.

I rate Taylor Moore - there is a championship quality player in there.

7 hours ago, Mr Sno said:

3 points with 4 games left isn't huge, no matter which way you look at it.

Hello TAFKARMLF

"It's my money and my club"

2 hours ago, And Its Smith said:

So many fans misunderstand their roles 

Thank god you are here Dave to constantly correct us at every opportunity. 

14 hours ago, Akira said:

@Silvio Dante exactly, but now I'll call it out. 

 

Invasion of privacy?

No no, just don't see why people push an agenda for X amount of time, then change their name, pushing same agenda, as make it out like 'wow, there's now loads calling for X person's head', trying to drum up whatever narrative they're trying to push. 

And you're a liar regarding name change/new account and have been called out on it previously, so let's not go down that road, or is it pure coincidence your letters stand for 'The artist formerly known as Ralph milnes left foot'? 

If you've got an opinion, great! Stick by your guns (and username) and own it, and when challenged, that's when a debate can be had. But if you get called out on it because you've had a vendetta against our current manager, because of us signing a player, which has triggered past experiences, then that needs to be owned aswell (and for the record, I wasn't happy with the signing either but I didn't want the manager to be ousted because of it). Since that signing, he can do no right, even when we win in some people's eyes.. 

 

And she lives in Australia, so you know, there's that too.

1 hour ago, Monkeh said:

Lansdown needs to sell 50% of the club, we need more voices on the board,

Having a echo chamber that we currently have is the problem, we need fresh ideas at board level

Ain't happening any time soon.

Prospective buyers are 'reconsidering' their interest in UK football, I'm led to believe. World financial / political turmoil isn't helping. The UK cost of living leaves very little for discretionary spending - IE - going to the Football and associated spending.

We may be stuck with them for one or two more years more than planned.

Fair play to the club: