Barrs Court Red

18 minutes ago, 22A said:

They're trying to move on;

http://gaschat.co.uk/thread/6392/forget-shamesburys

 

That made me chuckle, thanks for sharing. The "world class" description of UWE had me chuckling, along with the "our time is coming" line that's been trotted out yearly for the last 16 years.

Amazing scenes.

14 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Anyone able to give a summary of what Toni the till has been saying here:

 

Not much, other than they're meeting financiers in London today and there is a plan B but can't go in public domain.

41 minutes ago, Weezord said:

Yeah, completely the same... same owner, same chairman, same ex-chief executive of Wembley on board.

Obviously with those slight twists. But yeah, this is the same.

Ah yes, the Chelsea fan owner who wanted to buy Gillingham, the Chairman who left Swansea before they were good, the Wembley guy who was sacked- I'm sure they have your best interests at heart. And that my friend is where it's all the same - you lap it all up and assume everything your told is correct.

2 minutes ago, Weezord said:

Came to OTIB first for the stadium appeal update, so thanks guys.

Just a quick one though:

Rovers have said that the outcome of their court case with Sainsbury's is "no longer relevant"

Remember that time you all went to Cheltenham to view your temporary home....or when you were told that there was a watertight contract?

Yeah, this is the same.

29 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

Is that a guess?

Ye of little faith

And the full time whistle has blown. Sainsburys win.

Like a certain play off game vs Northampton in the 90s, the stadium at UWE isn't quite as nailed on as some would think....

It's raining, the game will be off. 

Funnily enough had to drive through Banjo last night, didn't get shot at and didn't see any obvious signs of exploding phone boxes.

My Facebook has gone quiet of Rovers posts in the last hour  there's been a steady decrease as the penny dropped that the saviour wasn't as minted as first thought.

Lovely

20 minutes ago, Whitestsadhat said:

Sad, sad, sad! 26 fkn hypocritical pages on Rovers.  Lots of people on here really need to get a life!

Cry me a river.

I can't find the scene before where the circus owner laughs at someone wanting to buy from him....

But it seems this isn't far from the scenes today:

1 minute ago, Nibor said:

Better still from what I vaguely recall their chances of getting a category 2 academy will be greatly reduced by the fact that there already is one in Bristol. 

Fantastic, I wonder if Higgs kept that little gem to himself while negotiating.

so am I right in saying untill they get a cat 2 academy, we can pick up any good prospects for peanuts?

7 minutes ago, Iron Man said:

According to the sell out franchise we're "gutted" http://gaschat.co.uk/thread/5985/sh-gutted-pantsdowns

Wowzers, I know OTIB can have its moments but.....they don't seem the brightest.

I just hope comicle Ali becomes spokesman.

18 minutes ago, Esmond Million's Bung said:

Just to be clear, this is investment and not a takeover, that's certainly the way I read it or in short the best way Higgs has found to protect his investment and to soften the blow of losing the Sainsbury's decision once more.

It's a full takeover.

I bet Higgs can't believe his luck, along with the others. 

It's a takeover, not an investment.

Tomorrow......

This is what I referred to further up the thread. Announcement next week and UWE work will start at latest by April.

However the timing seems off to me, as surely no deal would be done untill the court case is over, as that will affect the club value (for better or worse) massively.

There's nothing wrong with a corporate structure. There's nothing wrong with deciding that your corporate structure is centred around 5 pillars, or 4 or even 1. 

The 5 pillars that City decided on were met with derision because they were 1) overplayed 2) coincided with a very bad time. 

SL has remedied the first problem, by removing Jnr from being in such a public position. From being a rigid framework constantly being the reason behind every decision, flexibility was shown under Cotts in terms of the approach, this also helped.

As for the second point, many of the culture changes behind the scenes have already been implemented, so it won't seem such a massive change right in the middle of a huge relegation battle.

3 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

My sources suggest BRFC aren't exactly confident about winning this appeal.

I'm told there will be bigger news either way.

1 hour ago, swampy said:

I for one - a City fan since 63 - genuinely hope to see the two Bristol teams in the same division next season.  City have been so arrogant with their new ground, Bristol Sports Franchise, Bristol Academy Ladies being re-branded as Bristol City .. Then on the forum we had 'Non League Bristol Rovers' followed by 'Basement Bristol Rovers' .. next season will be??  There is so much pathetic stuff on here .. I would far rather see half of Bristol wearing blue and white quarters than the numbskulls with their Premiershit shirts on.  

**** off to Taunton or Trowbridge, wherever it was you claimed you would now be watching football.

Utter belter.

i was told that the due diligence threw up huge inconsistencies.

Time will tell.