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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2016 13:21:17 GMT
Well the Trojan horse, Oh sorry Trojan dog has successfully started another thread on the UWE. Strange he or she has not posted about our team or recent matches etc etc. Come on mods knock this on the head before another 30 pages of pure speculation follow!
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Post by gregsy on Nov 2, 2016 13:34:17 GMT
Well the Trojan horse, Oh sorry Trojan dog has successfully started another thread on the UWE. Strange he or she has not posted about our team or recent matches etc etc. Come on mods knock this on the head before another 30 pages of pure speculation follow! come off it Dave, you know full well that all the other uwe threads are full of true facts from reliable sources....
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Post by trojandog on Nov 2, 2016 14:58:29 GMT
I'm not quite sure what bidefordgas is insinuating, but I was born in Eastville, went to my first match in 1961 aged five, went to Greenbank School and in the 1950s the Rovers trainer was my grandmother's lodger! I don't see how my recent discovery of gaschat should make me a suspicious character or my views less valid than anyone elses.
Re the UWE, this is likely to be the biggest event in the club's history so why should fans be discouraged from talking about it? I can't see that it does any harm. No-one is forced to read the thread.
The point I was making is that if we get promotion, the clock will start ticking.
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Post by chippenhamgas on Nov 2, 2016 15:28:38 GMT
The clock is ticking now, the club can't progress any further without the uwe, we are about to hit a brick wall. After xmas we will be turning fans away.
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 2, 2016 15:46:30 GMT
Do we really need another thread when there's already a v. similar one running on this subject, we all know Wael was waiting a feasibility study and, if it has now arrived, then it only arrived in the last week or so, it also seems from the Guardian article the UWE aren't the easiest to deal with (was it them rather than Wael/investors demanding the report?). Sooner or later it will be now or never for the UWE, hopefully, it'll be the latter by the turn of the year as, if we allow an 18 months build, work really needs to start early next year.
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Post by gasincider on Nov 2, 2016 15:52:17 GMT
It's just a bit disappointing that at the q&a there were a lot of positive vibes about the uwe which now seem to have gone flat. A two week feasibility study has drifted into 8. There doesn't seem to be any urgency with the project and urgency is indeed necessary. We can hardly get any more fans into the mem and we aren't even into a proper promotion race yet, the club on the field is moving a lot faster than off it. The importance of uwe is growing by the week, if it isn't delivered we risk losing clarke, taylor etc and all the goodwill that has been built amongst the support base in the last eight months. The feasibility report has been with the club for over a week now, so it isn't drifting. Our new owners have only been in situ since February for god sake. If you were going to spend £40-£50m on a new stadium, I think you might take a bit of time over it. The reality is that the whole project has been reviewed in its entirety at a remarkably fast rate. I've known some taking well over a calendar year, so the reality is that as this report has now been received, and they are not cheap either, the whole thing has now been reviewed in well under a year so if we have to wait a little longer so be it. There is is no point rushing into it now after we've waited for 40 years unless we know it is totally viable. That is what the feasibility study is all about.
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Post by chippenhamgas on Nov 2, 2016 15:56:10 GMT
It's just a bit disappointing that at the q&a there were a lot of positive vibes about the uwe which now seem to have gone flat. A two week feasibility study has drifted into 8. There doesn't seem to be any urgency with the project and urgency is indeed necessary. We can hardly get any more fans into the mem and we aren't even into a proper promotion race yet, the club on the field is moving a lot faster than off it. The importance of uwe is growing by the week, if it isn't delivered we risk losing clarke, taylor etc and all the goodwill that has been built amongst the support base in the last eight months. The reasibility report has been with the club for over a week now, so it isn't drifting. Our new owners have only been in situ since February for god sake. If you were going to spend £40-£50m on a new stadium, I think you might take a bit of time over it. The reality is that the whole project has been reviewed in its entirety at a remarkably fast rate. I've known some taking well over a calendar year, so the reality is that as this report has now been received, and they are not cheap either, the whole thing has now been reviewed in well under a year so if we have to wait a little longer so be it. There is is no point rushing into it now after we've waited for 40 years unless we know it is totally viable. That is what the feasibility study is all about. It isn't viable to stay at the mem for another five years, if we want our on the field progress to continue.
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Post by gasincider on Nov 2, 2016 16:21:50 GMT
Wouldn't disagree with that Chippenhamgas, but if the project isn't viable then no one will put up the money. It's the reality of life I'm afraid. As it happens, I think we will be getting a favourable outcome hopefully by year end if not sooner.
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Post by Congas on Nov 2, 2016 16:25:07 GMT
There are plenty of temporary stands at sporting venues. We have two already, so of course we would be allowed two more, if they were safe, which obviously they would be! It's more to do with seats per turnstiles/toilets/stewards etc. To be honest it would be extremely hard for us to fit 2 more temporary stands in. Aren't there temporary scaffolding stands available that would fit behind the dribuild end terraces?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2016 16:29:54 GMT
I'm not quite sure what bidefordgas is insinuating, but I was born in Eastville, went to my first match in 1961 aged five, went to Greenbank School and in the 1950s the Rovers trainer was my grandmother's lodger! I don't see how my recent discovery of gaschat should make me a suspicious character or my views less valid than anyone elses. Re the UWE, this is likely to be the biggest event in the club's history so why should fans be discouraged from talking about it? I can't see that it does any harm. No-one is forced to read the thread. The point I was making is that if we get promotion, the clock will start ticking. Sorry for doubting your pedigree, apologies for the pun. Would encourage you to read active threads already on here about the UWE etc. Plenty of forumers in the know, along with lots of interesting speculation.Nothing better for a bedtime read and will send you to sleep in no time.
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Post by garystash on Nov 2, 2016 16:35:40 GMT
Wouldn't disagree with that Chippenhamgas, but if the project isn't viable then no one will put up the money. It's the reality of life I'm afraid. As it happens, I think we will be getting a favourable outcome hopefully by year end if not sooner. It seems the UWE Governors meet every year in the the last week of November. If we are waiting for their agreement on something, it won't be agreed until this meeting. I would hope we should hear something soon after, so early December.
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Post by trojandog on Nov 2, 2016 17:04:23 GMT
Thanks bidefordgas, will do. BTW and way off topic - what's the best board to try and track down old mates? I was a Tote-ender in the 70s but joined the Army and lost touch. Not lived in Bristol since 77.
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Post by peterparker on Nov 2, 2016 17:13:36 GMT
did no one read the Guardian interview. Ernst and Young are finalising the feasibility study
“A new stadium has to be built. We cannot be sustainable if we stay at the Memorial,” Qadi says. “But we inherited this situation and we did find some issues which we had to address, and it takes time because UWE are a public institution; it’s not a private company where the CEO can say: ‘Let’s get rid of this condition.’ We hired Ernst & Young, they’re doing the feasibility study and they should be done very soon, so it’s a gradual process. But if we want to succeed, a new stadium has to happen.”
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Post by gasincider on Nov 2, 2016 17:22:43 GMT
The interview with the Guardian was not done on the day. Wael has been in Jordan since the day after MK Dons. He told me he was flying out the following day in a conversation he had with a few of us as we were walking out after the match.
Not to mention that Steve Hamer confirmed receipt of the report to a friend of mine at Cheltenham. I actually heard him say it.
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Post by gregsy on Nov 2, 2016 17:35:57 GMT
whey hey, it has actually developed into a new thread on the subject....
yippie....
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Post by althepirate on Nov 2, 2016 18:17:58 GMT
Its boring on Radio Bristol and the Gas family are not together. Half time on the pitch would be good
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Nov 2, 2016 18:24:01 GMT
Maybe they could start a new thread on here to announce it.
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 2, 2016 18:24:22 GMT
That was my suggestion before Saturday's MK game but I doubt that's going to happen as Rovers & the UWE will want a press conference in front of the local media, plus hopefully they'll be an announcement before our next home game anyway.
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Post by mehewmagic on Nov 2, 2016 18:28:17 GMT
If it's going to happen there will likely be an announcement very soon because building has to start by Jan or planning permission will need to be renewed. If we get promoted to the championship at the Mem I think two temporary stands, one above the away enclosure the other above the home terrace on the other side of the stand on the same side will at least give us a capacity of close to 15,000 enabling us to boost the regular support base ahead of a move. are you sure? PP is for 5years, and Jan will be 4 years it is in my memory because it was granted the day my son was born - 16.1.2013. - it was one hell of a hard labour - they even ran out of milk for my tea at one point!! BTW - I think the actual official permission was given later - whether that extra time can potentially be used i'm not sure.
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Post by mehewmagic on Nov 2, 2016 18:35:46 GMT
Maybe they could start a new thread on here to announce it. and hopefully double it up with saying Lines is crap at corners <iframe style="height: 360px;"> </iframe>
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