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Post by chippenhamgas on May 25, 2016 21:09:05 GMT
Someone is going to look a twat if he stays. No I'm not. I have always, always voiced strong support for DC. I'm disappointed that he hasn't put this to bed by saying he doesn't want to leave. I believe he owes us a couple more seasons then see where we are. If he stays I will be overjoyed. If he leaves then I stand by my earlier post. And don't come out with the old " if another employer offered you twice the money you'd be off" routine because football is entirely different proposition where emotional attachment to a football club is what it is all about. think i kind of agree with you, feel a little bit like we've been played by dc, and almost now want him to leave, if he opts to stay now it will clearly be his second choice, would have liked him to have come out publically yesterday and killed the story stone dead. Hard to believe his reaction three weeks ago are compatible with his almost indifference to us by his silence at the moment. Came very close to the sack during the september in the conference season and very lucky to keep his job after we went down, would certainly not even be a league manager now if we'd sacked him. We are now in a position of having our summer completely disrupted by this, i don't think it's any coincidence that only Mildenhall has signed a new contract.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 24, 2016 18:33:13 GMT
Rest assured they will never have this problem with Johnson!
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 24, 2016 6:53:53 GMT
Apparently he's off up there to talk to them today.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 23, 2016 18:36:36 GMT
If i was dc i would now be seeking assurances about backing for a promotion bid next season and timescales for the new stadium from the new owners. They are about to face their first test, is this really a new brfc or will the same thing that always happens happen again?
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 23, 2016 16:05:09 GMT
I think we are about to find out how much our new owners mean business.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 22, 2016 21:40:29 GMT
The long and the short of it is if progress with the stadium doesn't happen in the next 6 months then questions will start to be asked, especially if uwe ends up not happening and we have to start looking for another site which we all know in Bristol will take at least five years to get to a building situation. Undercarriage and landing light talk just won't cut it then!
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 22, 2016 18:08:33 GMT
I don't think any new board anywhere has ever taken over a club that went on to win promotion within three months before. To that extent the new owners have been very lucky, although it could be argued that the stability created off the field was a contributory factor. From here on in things get a little more tricky for them, as much as wael wants to play down his wealth we all know they are in a different league to higgs and co and if we aren't competitive in the market this summer and the uwe isnt started by xmas the first rumbles of discontent will start.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 22, 2016 12:01:15 GMT
Maybe it's an indication of our new owners' ambitions for us that they don't feel promotion to the league we've spent the majority of our existence playing in warrants an open top bus tour. Who knows what the future holds, we are in unchartered waters, but i'm pretty sure there wouldn't have been anything to celebrate without the takeover as our promotion challenge would have capitulated in the aftermath of the appeal defeat and subsequent speculation of financial implosion.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 19, 2016 19:13:25 GMT
These prices will hold until the end of June so six weeks still to go! If taylor stays and we make a couple of quality signings i think we'll get close to 6k.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 19, 2016 18:29:50 GMT
I think we will be approaching 6k come August. The numbers released so far don't include seat season ticket holders who haven't renewed yet but have their seats reserved till the end of June. That would push it up to close to 5k. Bear in mind the facilities we offer are vastly inferior to most clubs. We must be the only club in the football league who sell open terrace season tickets to home fans. Also doubt the club would want to sell more than 6k when only 10k of the capacity is for home fans. I expect us to sell around 5500 which whilst not being spectacular is pretty respectable for league one in a stadium that isn't really fit for purpose. The figure includes seats, the club confirmed that on Twitter, anything over 5k would be brilliant considering in the conference, some crowds barely got above 5900 Yes seats that have been sold, but season ticket holders in dribuild and west stands get until end of June to renew their existing seats so we can't put them back on sale till then. Currently i don't think there are season tickets available for West and dribuild seats even though they may have not all been taken yet.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 19, 2016 17:56:42 GMT
Totally agree with you.....all I hear is the great potential / fan base we have, and I would suggest that anything less than 6k by the start of the season will be poor. Given that 30k would have spent a fair chunk of money on a day out to Wembley etc, would have hoped that more could make the effort. We were averaging less than 6,000 in the Conference initially, so I think expecting to turn all those into season ticket holder is expecting too much, as it would be a near 50% increase in s/t sales? Anything over 5,000 will be a good effort in my view, but now s/t have gone up in price fans may well now be waiting until nearer the start of the new season before buying their s/t's. until the club announce a deadline for the current prices there is no incentive to buy, may as well keep your money till nearer the time, especially with terrace tickets.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 19, 2016 17:52:30 GMT
I think we will be approaching 6k come August. The numbers released so far don't include seat season ticket holders who haven't renewed yet but have their seats reserved till the end of June. That would push it up to close to 5k. Bear in mind the facilities we offer are vastly inferior to most clubs. We must be the only club in the football league who sell open terrace season tickets to home fans. Also doubt the club would want to sell more than 6k when only 10k of the capacity is for home fans. I expect us to sell around 5500 which whilst not being spectacular is pretty respectable for league one in a stadium that isn't really fit for purpose.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 18, 2016 15:45:02 GMT
Really hard to see why oxford are shorter odds than us. Accordingly to their chairman they are losing 2.4m per season and will have to continue to sell players whilst they are tenants at the kassam.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 18, 2016 8:27:01 GMT
And who is to say we don't have an ace up our sleeves in the form of a new site to really pile the pressure on. One of the duties of these new very professional board members is surely to find an alternative site in south glos. or be offered one by South Glos I'm sure at the very least conversations have taken place. Our new owners will definitely have a plan B or will be working on one simultaneously. If we get news in the next 6 months that they aren't proceeding with uwe i wouldn't be surprised to see a new scheme on different land announced at the same time. I'm willing to bet we have identified a number of sites and i'm sure uwe have been informed.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 18, 2016 8:09:23 GMT
Topper, whilst you are right to an extent with regard to investors re leasehold land, remember the lease is for 120 years, not 999 or whatever. With regard to the £10 m to buy the freehold, remember, if we own it outright, we can sell the naming rights to anyone we want, and with all the extra funding that entails. As it stands UWE said we could have the land to build on in exchange for calling the stadium The UWE. Then they upped the price by an additional £3m. It is much better to own the freehold, then you are not restricted in any way. This whole issue is what caught the new owners out when they found out. If we proceed with the UWE site, the structure will remain as is, but I agree I believe that the additional seats in the roof of the original design will go ahead as it is cheaper to do it at the outset, and no additional planning will be required, putting the capacity up to approx 27,000. What would be in it for the UWE if we get the freehold? They would still be allowed to use it for next to nothing on non match days without having had to build the thing. Sad as it is, if we cannot get a sensible agreement with UWE, then I feel we have to say thanks but no thanks. Why should we build it and get insufficient funds back to sustain the club? This is what happens when one party KNOW they have the other party over a barrel. Thankfully, that is no longer the case. We are almost in a 'who blinks first' scenario here. UWE know if we walk away, it will take us years to find another site. However, we know that South Gloucs desperately want a stadium on that site, and we are the only ones likely to put one there. Who dares wins. And who is to say we don't have an ace up our sleeves in the form of a new site to really pile the pressure on. One of the duties of these new very professional board members is surely to find an alternative site in south glos.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 17, 2016 11:04:03 GMT
Apparently we have run out of season ticket books and are waiting for more to be printed! Gotta be over 5k now.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 17, 2016 10:53:05 GMT
Don't hold your breathe Now that the season is over, starting to think about this more. 2 great seasons on the pitch, the takeover this season, hopefully we can receive some positive news on this and maybe even start building during the summer! Don't think we'll start building this year. Pretty sure we will be putting in another application which will take 6 months. My money is on March.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 15, 2016 16:11:11 GMT
Proper club with a history, too many of these tinpot manufactured clubs in the league these days, we don't need another. The very same tin pot club the mighty Bristol Rovers were playing the season before last and beat to reach Wembley Yes indeed, in a league we should never have been in.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 15, 2016 15:58:53 GMT
Proper club with a history, too many of these tinpot manufactured clubs in the league these days, we don't need another.
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Post by chippenhamgas on May 15, 2016 11:50:31 GMT
It's not a daft suggestion, there are a lot of similarities between us and brighton and once the uwe is built i expect us follow a similar path to them. The teds are trying to convince themselves we are the brfc of old and will be no threat to them. This is completely different entity now, even we don't know what we could be dealing with!
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