Rich

I would guess that Sainsbury's have chosen that site because of it's proximity to one of their main competitors (Tesco Golden Hill). They will have a similar catchment area, plus the passing trade that two main roads give them. I would hassard a guess that it would be a more profitable site than Golden Hill, ultimately they'll plan to take customers from Tesco. Plus and this probably answers your question, they already have a store there.

At the final planning hearing for Sainsbury's at AG, one of the very highest order of our expert planners informed me that it was Tesco that paid for the traffic study, used by Basics (the opposition group), in their fight against Sainsbury's and the club. They just would not have been able to afford that study, without financial assistance from elsewhere.

You seem to be misunderstanding my post. I have never supported building a Sainsbury's at the Rugby Ground, I don't think it's needed, it will have a bigger negative impact on the local shops, it will make traffic worse but worse still, it will remove the memorial which was set in place for veterans of the first world war. Now then, there are some who will say that's hypocritical of me making those statements, given my history. This store is not replacing, relocating and increasing an existing store, it's not in a very good location regards roads and it's not unlocking anywhere near the level of investment in the local economy to warrant it's effect when compared to the one at AG. My main point is about the lack of anything ever coming to fruition and providing a lasting legacy for the citizens of Bristol, most proposals end in abject failure.

As a youngster in school, I used to look at the map on the back of my excersise book and make comparisons with other cities in the UK, I would also take an intersest in all major planning applications for the city and surrounding area. Over the years I've seen hundreds of things fail to come to fruition, or been lost when we already had them. For example here are just a few that spring to mind: Exhibition centre, lost. Grand prix boat racing ,lost. Shipwreck centre, lost. ATA metro, lost. numerous other transport schemes lost. Centre for the performing arts, lost. numerous arena plans down the drain. Ring road never completed. Stadiums held up/lost. International/ large swimming pool, 50 years to build. Ice rink lost. I'm sure there are many more. And that's not to mention our second/third/fourth rate sporting representatives. I love my city and will fight for it. I want my city to be better, I don't want a collective of mediocre things, which I admit do make for a very good city compared to others, I want top quality things for my city as well. Instead we get a Mayor who's doing his best for all the minority groups while ignoring the masses, a Mayor who's concentrating on stopping car use and bringing in a congestion charge, in some sort of attempt to quell those commuting into the city. Installing RPZs (paid parking zones). Instead of decent transport we have, the promotion of cycling, which might suit those in the flatlands of central Bristol but, does nothing for the people living within the boundaries up the hill and miles away, those who struggle to commute through or around the city because of the restrictions imposed on road use in the last decade and before. Not massively negative, just totally peed right off with it all.

Typical. You don't care where they go as long as it's not your back yard. I don't want them in my neighbourhood either, all they do is leave their rubbish around and lower the property values.

Sadly this is yet another example of the ineptitude of Bristol and Bristolians. We seem to lack so many things in my opinion. The nerve, desire, drive, ambition, to go that extra bit in getting what we want. We have leaders in business and local authority who are complacent, naieve, over confident, who constantly get held up in their plans because they don't have that hard edge needed to succeed. Our own Mr Lansdown has probably been swept along by his bullish partner to make their business what it is. The place is a backwater with a distant memory of past pioneers, we are living in a modern world with a slow moving apathetic city. Most of our more influential people are not from these parts as shown by those opposing any new proposal, and their extra drive wins the day. I sometimes wonder if we are an experiment taking place on how much shyte a local population will take before rising up, god knows the city has had enough kicks in the tabs, with funding for this or that being taken away right at the death. Because of our apathy, we've ended up with that prat in red trousers doing his best to close down the city. So until we're willing to go that extra bit for what we want, (I know I've tried) we'll get what we deserve, sweet FA. And with that sweet FA we'll have some extra green party activists who are going to be getting those extra jobs created by winning the green capital bid. Mark my words there'll be even more of them shortly, still a tiny minority but with more fight and desire than the locals.

Surely when selecting a kit there should be certain criteria to meet. Not in any particular order :- 1. It should look good, classy and better than the run of the mill chosen from stock patterns. 2. Be clearly visible to team mates, last seasons was questionable. 3. Be comfortable to wear. 4. Shirts that allow you to breath properly, (no tight necks). 5. Shorts that don't restrict movement. 6. It should make you look fit, fast, and skillful, I've always thought white socks make the feet look faster and Arsenals shirts make their chests look larger. It seems like lot's of decisions taken nowadays are, firstly down to cost, then how much profit they can make selling them on. Get the basics right first. To prove kit selection is related to success, take a look over the river, now you know why the gas are so shit.

Lee. Without a shaddow of a doubt,with his leadership ,tackling, electric pace, passing both long and short,heading, goal scoring/making . Now back to reality, no contest it's got to be Louis Carey,inspirational in all departments,the defence is exposed without him.

I know of three cidereds coming in from L.A.