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Post by bluebiro on Mar 3, 2023 5:53:43 GMT
Went to the launch of Honiton's new floodlights this week.Major job with planning,grants,fund raising etc but the SW Peninsula league require it so it had to be done. Teignmouth,same league have been given two years to bring their set up to current standards having recently been promoted.Great to see these clubs getting on with it and little Beer Albion( club linesmen) have really gone to town with their new clubhouse,changing rooms and stand.Richard Walker heavily involved there. Surely our tent removal can't be THAT difficult?  what are beer doing with their old stand?any chance we could buy it off them? |
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Post by Colyton Gas on Mar 3, 2023 10:03:05 GMT
Went to the launch of Honiton's new floodlights this week.Major job with planning,grants,fund raising etc but the SW Peninsula league require it so it had to be done. Teignmouth,same league have been given two years to bring their set up to current standards having recently been promoted.Great to see these clubs getting on with it and little Beer Albion( club linesmen) have really gone to town with their new clubhouse,changing rooms and stand.Richard Walker heavily involved there. Surely our tent removal can't be THAT difficult? what are beer doing with their old stand?any chance we could buy it off them? |
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Post by percy on Mar 3, 2023 10:28:29 GMT
Chances of it being ready for start of season probably low. Not a huge problem except:
-Need to give away fans some seats and
-How long can SW stand remain in place during build (season tickets on sale for this stand)
Hopefully we hear something concrete (sorry) soon
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Post by Marshy on Mar 3, 2023 10:34:03 GMT
Chances of it being ready for start of season probably low. Not a huge problem except: -Need to give away fans some seats and -How long can SW stand remain in place during build (season tickets on sale for this stand) Hopefully we hear something concrete (sorry) soon During building? Not building I’m afraid more of a click and collect! |
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Post by percy on Mar 3, 2023 10:57:58 GMT
Chances of it being ready for start of season probably low. Not a huge problem except: -Need to give away fans some seats and -How long can SW stand remain in place during build (season tickets on sale for this stand) Hopefully we hear something concrete (sorry) soon During building? Not building I’m afraid more of a click and collect! *Erection |
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Post by Marshy on Mar 3, 2023 11:18:24 GMT
During building? Not building I’m afraid more of a click and collect! *Erection Pardon! 😱 |
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Mar 3, 2023 12:11:42 GMT
Surely not going to be caned already FFS. I’ve put a new crew together. The New South South West Stand Ultras. Loud and proud everywhere you go we go….unless it’s a school night or north of Cheltenham. They boys gone be disappointed init. Drum for sale. Hope you remembered to get a good supply of blankets, it can be a tad chilly down that end of the ground. |
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Post by Tilly's Thighs on Mar 3, 2023 12:13:17 GMT
Having watched some FA Cup football this week on TV, featuring teams we used to play against it's apparent we don't even register as an embarrassment any more. It's coming to pass that the Rosy cheeked tax exile could have been right in his comment about us all those years ago. Weal's a lovely bloke and done loads for the club and his instagram account but it looks like he's reached the end of this particular evolution. The club are crying out for someone with a can do attitude to get us into the later stages of the 20th Century Plenty of people were talking about us after the final day of last season.  |
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Post by baggins on Mar 3, 2023 12:37:57 GMT
Having watched some FA Cup football this week on TV, featuring teams we used to play against it's apparent we don't even register as an embarrassment any more. It's coming to pass that the Rosy cheeked tax exile could have been right in his comment about us all those years ago. Weal's a lovely bloke and done loads for the club and his instagram account but it looks like he's reached the end of this particular evolution. The club are crying out for someone with a can do attitude to get us into the later stages of the 20th Century What makes you think Wael has reached the end of this evolution? Because no news on a Stadium? |
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Post by Marshy on Mar 3, 2023 12:44:37 GMT
Having watched some FA Cup football this week on TV, featuring teams we used to play against it's apparent we don't even register as an embarrassment any more. It's coming to pass that the Rosy cheeked tax exile could have been right in his comment about us all those years ago. Weal's a lovely bloke and done loads for the club and his instagram account but it looks like he's reached the end of this particular evolution. The club are crying out for someone with a can do attitude to get us into the later stages of the 20th Century What makes you think Wael has reached the end of this evolution? Because no news on a Stadium? Ignore it, we wouldn’t even have a club now if it wasn’t for Wael. |
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Post by darkbluegas on Mar 3, 2023 13:16:53 GMT
Having watched some FA Cup football this week on TV, featuring teams we used to play against it's apparent we don't even register as an embarrassment any more. It's coming to pass that the Rosy cheeked tax exile could have been right in his comment about us all those years ago. Weal's a lovely bloke and done loads for the club and his instagram account but it looks like he's reached the end of this particular evolution. The club are crying out for someone with a can do attitude to get us into the later stages of the 20th Century Plenty of people were talking about us after the final day of last season. Eddie the Eagle and the Jamaican bobsleigh team weren't short of publicity, but hardly a force in their respective fields. I don't see any signs of us developing as a club under Wael whatsoever For all the talk we're pretty much where we were 6 years ago in a more dilapidated stadium |
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Post by darkbluegas on Mar 3, 2023 13:18:05 GMT
What makes you think Wael has reached the end of this evolution? Because no news on a Stadium? Ignore it, we wouldn’t even have a club now if it wasn’t for Wael. Not sure where the evidence of that is |
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Post by baggins on Mar 3, 2023 13:26:37 GMT
Plenty of people were talking about us after the final day of last season. Eddie the Eagle and the Jamaican bobsleigh team weren't short of publicity, but hardly a force in their respective fields. I don't see any signs of us developing as a club under Wael whatsoever For all the talk we're pretty much where we were 6 years ago in a more dilapidated stadium Apart from the £35 million debt he wrote off and the £1 million Training Ground, the £3 million he writes off every year, paying to keep the Club alive through Covid, Fans Zone, I think he also paid for several Club Coaches and fans tickets for cancelled away trips, yep, pretty much the same. |
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Post by darkbluegas on Mar 3, 2023 13:37:27 GMT
Eddie the Eagle and the Jamaican bobsleigh team weren't short of publicity, but hardly a force in their respective fields. I don't see any signs of us developing as a club under Wael whatsoever For all the talk we're pretty much where we were 6 years ago in a more dilapidated stadium Apart from the £35 million debt he wrote off and the £1 million Training Ground, the £3 million he writes off every year, paying to keep the Club alive through Covid, Fans Zone, yep, pretty much the same. How's that different from any other football league club.. it's hardly got us anywhere. Don't get me wrong he's a nice bloke but the standard of football is right back where he started. If I'm honest I haven't got a clue what the clubs objective is other than just about staying afloat. A lot of the money he's writing off is down to some bloody awful decision making and recruitment on his part. |
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Post by baggins on Mar 3, 2023 13:45:09 GMT
Apart from the £35 million debt he wrote off and the £1 million Training Ground, the £3 million he writes off every year, paying to keep the Club alive through Covid, Fans Zone, yep, pretty much the same. How's that different from any other football league club.. it's hardly got us anywhere. Don't get me wrong he's a nice bloke but the standard of football is right back where he started. If I'm honest I haven't got a clue what the clubs objective is other than just about staying afloat. A lot of the money he's writing off is down to some bloody awful decision making and recruitment on his part. No it's not, it's the cost of running a Football Club, and we should all thank Christ he's prepared to keep us afloat. Name one decision he's made that's cost us. As for standard of Football, I've enjoyed it for the last few Seasons. |
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Post by trevorgas on Mar 3, 2023 14:12:15 GMT
How's that different from any other football league club.. it's hardly got us anywhere. Don't get me wrong he's a nice bloke but the standard of football is right back where he started. If I'm honest I haven't got a clue what the clubs objective is other than just about staying afloat. A lot of the money he's writing off is down to some bloody awful decision making and recruitment on his part. No it's not, it's the cost of running a Football Club, and we should all thank Christ he's prepared to keep us afloat. Name one decision he's made that's cost us. As for standard of Football, I've enjoyed it for the last few Seasons. 200% right Bags,I'm amazed sometimes about how folk think our club stays afloat,breathtaking,!!! |
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Post by percy on Mar 3, 2023 14:14:09 GMT
Apart from the £35 million debt he wrote off and the £1 million Training Ground, the £3 million he writes off every year, paying to keep the Club alive through Covid, Fans Zone, yep, pretty much the same. How's that different from any other football league club.. it's hardly got us anywhere. Don't get me wrong he's a nice bloke but the standard of football is right back where he started. If I'm honest I haven't got a clue what the clubs objective is other than just about staying afloat. A lot of the money he's writing off is down to some bloody awful decision making and recruitment on his part. Cheer up. We are mid-table in L1 with plenty of big teams in the division with fans who expect even more. Staying afloat is more than some fans get. of course we are all ambitous, but unless you have the cash or know someone with it willing to lose millions, just enjoy it! He's improved things (except the stadium) and fans are mainly happy and watching and buying season tickets. |
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Post by darkbluegas on Mar 3, 2023 14:39:12 GMT
How's that different from any other football league club.. it's hardly got us anywhere. Don't get me wrong he's a nice bloke but the standard of football is right back where he started. If I'm honest I haven't got a clue what the clubs objective is other than just about staying afloat. A lot of the money he's writing off is down to some bloody awful decision making and recruitment on his part. No it's not, it's the cost of running a Football Club, and we should all thank Christ he's prepared to keep us afloat. Name one decision he's made that's cost us. As for standard of Football, I've enjoyed it for the last few Seasons. was it three managers we were paying at one time and two CEO'S. Some of the high level recruitment was shocking. How the hell he thought Garner and the bloke from Exeter was good recruitment God only knows. His deficiency in those areas ultimately cost him big time in losing players at significant times and in some cases huge cost. At the end of the day it's his money and his club, he can do what he wants with it and in fairness you rarely hear him whinge about it Other than still being in existence I don't get any indication the club has moved forward. I personally don't think he understands the embarrassment surrounding the clubs home ground and I think he's been too slow in doing something about that. |
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Post by baggins on Mar 3, 2023 14:52:16 GMT
No it's not, it's the cost of running a Football Club, and we should all thank Christ he's prepared to keep us afloat. Name one decision he's made that's cost us. As for standard of Football, I've enjoyed it for the last few Seasons. was it three managers we were paying at one time and two CEO'S. Some of the high level recruitment was shocking. How the hell he thought Garner and the bloke from Exeter was good recruitment God only knows. His deficiency in those areas ultimately cost him big time in losing players at significant times and in some cases huge cost. At the end of the day it's his money and his club, he can do what he wants with it and in fairness you rarely hear him whinge about it Other than still being in existence I don't get any indication the club has moved forward. I personally don't think he understands the embarrassment surrounding the clubs home ground and I think he's been too slow in doing something about that. You don't know what players he lost because of Managerial appointments, or do you? But other than keeping the Club going, by spending tens of millions, and ignoring my list of how he's spent it, other than announcing he's secured 10 acres of land and paying £60 mil on a new Stadium, he's still not done enough for you. |
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 3, 2023 14:52:27 GMT
How's that different from any other football league club.. it's hardly got us anywhere. Don't get me wrong he's a nice bloke but the standard of football is right back where he started. If I'm honest I haven't got a clue what the clubs objective is other than just about staying afloat. A lot of the money he's writing off is down to some bloody awful decision making and recruitment on his part. Cheer up. We are mid-table in L1 with plenty of big teams in the division with fans who expect even more. Staying afloat is more than some fans get. of course we are all ambitous, but unless you have the cash or know someone with it willing to lose millions, just enjoy it! He's improved things (except the stadium) and fans are mainly happy and watching and buying season tickets. Dark blue doesn’t need me to back him up, he can do that himself, but he is right. The bottom line is as it is in ‘16 with the exception of the training ground. People always use the “plenty of big teams in League 1” argument to stop us expecting any more than we’ve got. I suspect had we had that new ground we could have been one of those big clubs. Like others I like Wael and the things he’s done but the priority back in ‘16 was the new ground and it still is, just like it’s been for nearly 40 years. Come on percy “staying afloat” isn’t more than some fans get, most EFL clubs do that. The argument used by some about “spending someone else’s money” is also a tad disengenuous. I don’t think it’s a valid argument, if you haven’t got the money to waste then don’t get into it in the first place. It’s no good buying a club and then saying we haven’t got the money to do this or that. And that’s esp true of Wael given one of his first interviews after buying us when he said “finance wasn’t a problem,” clearly it is. Before others say I’m anti-Wael, I’m not, I love the things he’s done but it’s low-lying stuff compared to the new ground and for as long as that remains the case well stay in the lower leagues swapping between good and bad years of promotion and relegation. It’s the clear lack of a plan as to what to do. This new proposal re the South Stand could / should have been done years ago, that it’s being done now tells me that Wael is no further along with permanent plans now than he was back along. And I do just enjoy it as I’ve always done, even the Burton match and that first goal and I’m already looking forward to the FGR away match. But if Wael takes the applause when good things happen then he should also be criticised when important stuff doesn’t. UTG as always! |
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