Barrs Court Red

56 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

So another gun jumped? "Next week" was 2 weeks ago and the silence is deafening. Maybe it will be announced as a Xmas present?

I know, I know, Wael of Fortune says "these things take time", but even the most loyal Gasheads must be starting to feel like those people who follow cult leaders into caves on the promise of the world ending tomorrow?

It’s not a gun jumped, so much as it’s not really in Al Fraudys hands to do anything.  He’s not driving this, it’s a consortium and the stadium is only a piece of it. 
 

It’s certainly been coming, and has been for a few years. Long before people got wind of it, as I guess you’d expect. 
 

I’m genuinely fascinated by how this will play out. 

10 minutes ago, weeble said:

Actually Marvin considered Temple Meads unsuitable, the planners who gave it permission and the intended arena operators (one of the world’s largest) did not. Marvin’s friends YTL, are building the arena in Bristol, if only by about 50m or so. 

Yeah, convenient for them that they found some gullible sap that could help them repurpose  a dilapidated but listed building AND get tens of millions of taxpayers cash spent on making it accessible. 
 

Biggest question that needs asking, is did discussions on the Fruit Market site began before or after the decision was made to write off the money spent on arena island, and if before, did it factor in the decision to abandon the city centre arena. 

How fascinating it would be if someone in Bristol with some time on their hands submitted  a FOI request for details of all formal and non-formal meetings and correspondence involving the deputy mayor, mayor and officials from Rovers, from say, 2016 onward.  
 

Anyone remember why the supporters trust was established?  I do - because the woeful management of the owner at the time.

Gold Star for anyone who can name who the owner was at the time…

1 minute ago, BigAl&Toby said:

Simples.

He’s the ****** ultimately responsible for this ******* mess. Never mind ultimate beneficial owner.

I couldn’t care less how much money he’s “invested” or written off.

He’s the ****** at the top of the tree.

He’s the ****** who allowed Ashton to make an absolute ******* mess of our club.

He’s the ****** who failed to invest at the right time when we had momentum.

He’s the ****** who was at the helm with his hand on the tiller when other ******* buffoons were appointed - remember club legend Tinnion standing in the dug out at Swansea?

He’s the ****** who now owns the ******* lot. The lot. Ashton Gate. What was once a club asset is now his. And all that can be seen around it. And we laugh at the Rovers not owning their ground……

He’s the ****** who promised to make us proud. Who’s feeling proud tonight? Not me.

Time to open thine eyes. As long as Lansdown stays were going nowhere. Abso*******lutely nowhere.

We’re his plaything. We’re ******* doomed.

I thin your a **** but this is absolutely spot on. 

9 minutes ago, Redandproud said:

WHY Lansdown, he doesn't pick it he team, he wrote off  a £10m debt with Bristol City, 

And all that debt is due to HIS decisions.

Mr “I won’t spent my money for other peoples enjoyment” back when we were in league 1, struggling due to HIS woeful choices of manager. 
 

Let’s not forget the reason we got relegated from the Championship the first time was because he decided to absolutely ravage spending, only to then ramp it back up following relegation- all because HE decided to give his son the job as CEO, one he was massively out of his depth in- and yet here we are, in the same scenario 10 years later. 

Up the Bears. Solid defence against a strong Worcester side with flashes of brilliance creeping back into the to Bristol forward play. 
 

Tom Whiteley with a debut try that out Uren to shame. 
 

page turned? Maybe.  With the injured players to return things are looking up. 

Lansdown first.  

10,000 season tickets sold. Phenomenal vindication of the rebrand, and the whole approach that the club has taken.

Nicks hunt for the spawning ground of the plastic chair leads him to wild scrub land on the outskirts of Bristol.  "The chairs will be mine" he said, with a sinister laugh"

“I found out yesterday for the first time that we only have 3,416 seats here, and the way we are going that isn’t enough to accommodate the following we are gathering."

How on earth can the chairman not know how many seats a football club has?  SURELY that's a huge part in financial planning when setting prices.  Unbelievable.  

27 minutes ago, Kodjias Wrist said:

Their forum is too cringey to read tbh. I seen a post once saying other fans around the country were traumatised to see the gas go down....Yeah fkin right. I literally have no Idea where they pull these delusions from.

I can't read it either. It just seems to be a collection of morons - the other sag forum seemed to inherit the more eloquent posters.

20 hours ago, MichaelRobartes said:

How are Bristol set for scrum halves? I see Strings is leaving Sale, not sure if he's going to play on but would certainly be worth a look based on what I've seen of him this season.

The policy of signing older "names" has been proven to have been a failure.  Bristol seem to have learnt from this, so I would be disappointed if we go for Stringer, even though the guy has been a fantastic player.

I'd love to fly a drone over the Minimal on a match day playing "mind the gap" on a loop - the meltdown would be apocalyptic.

MIND THE GAP

11 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

Here's a indication of how my afternoon is going..

So I listen to twentyman and lansdown and get angry. 

The wife then points out to me that our 9 month old has something in his mouth. Worried he's eaten something he shouldn't have, I fish a white substance out of his mouth and taste it to make sure it's not harmful...

Yep... baby sick. 

What white substance do you normally have lying around 

40 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

I'm assuming they've found a way around the 'you cannot buy the land' issue then? That land was 'gifted' by Hewlett Packard IIRC but couldn't be sold. Is that right?

I don't know. Maybe they've decided not press on without land ownership, maybe they've acquired the land in principle.

7 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

To coincide with their failure to get in the play offs..? 

Thats not like them, to gloss over negative things with announcements about a new ground. 

 

Apparently quite the kerfuffle yesterday, with the Chairmans office and its surrounds sealed off as the negotiations got the critical stage. 

Something with substance will soon be announced, but as ever, the devil will be in the detail.

17 minutes ago, Ska Junkie said:

Good or bad for them BCR?

Good. 

They may well be an announcement in the next week or so  

Ah April, the time of year where work on UWE is rumoured imminent before the annual "before the autumn" announcement is made not long after.

3 hours ago, Super said:

football and rugby?!

I need to negotiate the former with she who must be obeyed

My season tickets been renewed 

given that Jersey beat LI - perhaps the play offs aren't as clear cut as everyone assumes (as we are painfully aware). 

12 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Agree with that.

Bristol will miss out as the ground is way too small.

Unless it's played at Ashton Gate....