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From the shots below , we had room for the SS and Lansdown to expand. The Atyeo was already revamped to a point and the Dolman structure was already there. It allowed for the 2 new builds plus the work on the Dolman to be done and keep the stadium open. I'm no expert, but looking at their site , I imagine their ground would have to be flattened and built from scratch to maximise the space, which would be limited. Either turning it 90 degrees or at least centring it on the site. So they have to move for a year 18 months and pay rent and build a stadium which minimum cost is £1000 a seat. The only plus that the revamp has is all revenue would be for the club, UWE would have been a joint venture, but that's a hell of a lot of pies to recoup your £20m , sorry world class stadium so nearer £45m .

That would make perfect sense. The UWE and a world class athletics set up would be great for the region, and just the sort of thing that SL has been trying to do. With the added bonus of really pissing off the squatters and making Wael look anything but a billionaire .

Looked like it, hope he gets a long ban , scum. Just to point out, although I hate them I wouldn't cross the road to piss on one if he was on fire

This is what amazes me. If I were in his shoes, I'd have taken the 10 minutes to Google the owner/family/wealth and you wouldn't end up with ridiculous statements like that. I said some time ago, Wael looks like the Owner we've seen may times. Loves the adulation in the short term but are ultimately business men and will want to , if not turn a profit, break even. They seem to be doing just enough to placate fans , maybe potential buyers , with slight improvements (training ground is in Dwayne sports name I believe) but no real investment . After , what 18 months , what have the owners done? They weren't in a great position before he came in, and I keep hearing they are more stable but , there is a £10m debt against a ground that is only worth maybe £2m more. Their break even figure a few years ago was 9k , and they were loosing money week on week. As far as I can see it's all smoke and mirrors, anyone who moans about SL should spend time looking at this sort of ownership, which is by no means the worst around , and just take a minute.

Higgs mugged Wael off by dangling the 'still viable Sainsbury's deal' and Wael jumped at the chance of a free ground. I think he may have been trying to do the same thing, attempting to get his outlay back by selling it on while the ground was still a potential goer .

As I said earlier, Rotherham's build cost £20m and that is 12k ish? They are also very constricted by space , not saying it can't be done but I doubt it can be done for £8m.

Sainsbury's deal was worth £20m I believe , which was way, way above the value of the land for housing use. I think you may be close BS3, and that's if there are no other changes or cost against the ground. I would guess Wael would want to recoup all money spent on the club, he's a banker after all, I don't think he'll leave much behind. If he's looking for a way out, I wonder if the club is more valuable now. Maybe in a better positioning the League, but the shiny stadium prospect would have made a difference.

Rotherhams ground, all be it new build , cost £20 5 years ago. £8m sound like a new terrace. Anyway , for anyone who is staying to feel sorry for them, or a little sad. I make no apologies for reposting this, taken from Twitter, brought a smile to my Thursday.

Very rare (old school ) show of loyalty from both sides if I remember correctly . Hirerite were one of very few (only one?) that showed interest in sponsoring us in a time of need. As things picked up, the club showed a similar good will in sticking with them when bigger firms started to show interest. Wouldn't happen now-a-days .

Any truth in the rumour the Mickey Mouse has a Bristol R*vers watch ??

While part of me thinks there should be some privacy from 'Big Brother' , people have to realise that Anything you put on the internet is PUBLIC ! The things you write, opinions you express, and the lies you tell have consequences . It might make some people hold onto some thoughts instead of posting them on a forum , but the stupid gene is strong in some people and will overcome sense and reason.

Don't start bringing facts and logic into a conversation on THIS thread, unless it's gAss logic . I know there is a fair bit of crap spouted on here, and I ignore most of that, but I can't stay on that site for any length of time. It is delusion central.

and we wouldn't be doing that now , would we

I bought the world's worst thesaurus last week. Not only is it terrible, but it is terrible. My wife asked me to pass her lipstick, a bit distracted I accidentally gave her the glue. She's still not talking to me .

But do you know the answer, you didn't say

8 years at Exeter then picked up by Oxford when his contract ran out doesn't sound great, but good goal return from midfield to be fair. Not sure what the injury was kept him out for a while, don't care enough to check any further.

As I remember it, the Sainburys bid was always way over the housing value. They were relying on that extra income to fund the stadium, which was to be a joint venture with the UWE. When the first went tits up , Higgs played a blinder and offloaded to (and I may be being unfair) someone who saw an easy buck. They thought the court case was a cert , that ground was still a go-er and definitely didn't want a shared stadium as they wanted all relevant income, which to be fair does make sense from the clubs perspective and Dwayne Dibley's , sorry Sports. So here we are today. The land cannot be sold (as it was a gift we understand), the funding isn't available (well done Sainsbury's) , the owners don't want to share and the club are losing money at a rate that makes us look frugal . One thing to add ......

Change it to something Jones, you used to have loads of those Sometimes you really are no fun at all

Colouring in isn't bad though , stayed in the lines and everything

Just one thing to add. There has been a Bristol City longer than there has been a Bristol/bath/South Glos R*vers. 1899 they became BRFC while City became Bristol City in 1897 and joined the League in 1901, that 116 years of Football League for City. Across town they not made double figures yet, even allowing for a Div 5 they didn't join until 1920 before which I guess they would have been a pub side... nothing changes . copyright mind

I saw that, still trying to work out just what we have to be jealous about.

This is the perfect example of what I've said for a while, it all seems like an ego trip for him while the family hopes to make money. No emotional investment, second choice after all, and a Chelsea fan. My comparison to Michael Knighton was apt ( no not the Kit one ) , Knighton went on the pitch at Old Trafford doing keep upies , before the sale had gone through, just loved the attention. This bloke is the same , loves the limelight but has made no real improvement. Gone cap in hand for backing and looks like others have seen through the plans, wouldn't be surprised if he sells up, if he can find someone to pay his price. As an aside, didn't realise the a certain Mr Oyston was approached for backing when the original backers pulled out of buying ManUtd, now that could have been funny.

So Man Utd and L'pool are no bigger than us, they just have a better history, developed their stadiums and played at a higher level ...... Yep I get it , no difference

Get in, attendance figure is up to 50k now. Someone should start a sweep stake to guess when that figure will be higher than the capacity of Wembley,