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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 18, 2024 18:55:53 GMT
I shall be glad when the whole thing is settled and completed. What a polava! Polava? It hasn't even got going yet! |
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 18, 2024 19:03:22 GMT
And you will be told, when the club decide it's time, and not because you keep asking the same thing over and over again........like a child! (or the annoying twat in the pub) I know full well that I will learn about the plans when the club decides Iām allowed to know - they have complete control over that. Doesnāt mean I have to stay quiet about not liking the way itās being rolled out and not voice my opinion on an open forum. I couldnāt give a stuff whether you find it annoying that some fans may want to know what our future holds whilst you are happy to sit and wait - I donāt disrespect any fan that holds that position fwiw. Perhaps the club now intends releasing details via this newly setup Instagram account? š¤· www.instagram.com/thememstadium?igsh=dGUzdHNwZ2xya3lm |
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Post by gascloud on Jul 18, 2024 20:41:56 GMT
I know full well that I will learn about the plans when the club decides Iām allowed to know - they have complete control over that. Doesnāt mean I have to stay quiet about not liking the way itās being rolled out and not voice my opinion on an open forum.Ā I couldnāt give a stuff whether you find it annoying that some fans may want to know what our future holds whilst you are happy to sit and wait - I donāt disrespect any fan that holds that position fwiw.Ā Perhaps the club now intends releasing details via this newly setup Instagram account? š¤· www.instagram.com/thememstadium?igsh=dGUzdHNwZ2xya3lmLet I know if any thing appears. It better be massiveš |
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Post by Gasshole on Jul 18, 2024 21:46:00 GMT
Let I know if any thing appears. It better be massiveš Oh itās going to be big Fella. Youāll be able to smell it from the moon, with all those students. |
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Post by Kipper on Jul 19, 2024 6:12:33 GMT
The Mem will still look a third-rate stadium!
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Post by stuart1974 on Jul 19, 2024 6:54:25 GMT
The Mem will still look a third-rate stadium! Big improvement then. š |
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Post by singupgas on Jul 19, 2024 11:44:13 GMT
The mem was recently voted one of the worse ground out of 72.
Can only get better. Maybe that's why we have gone from wanting to extend the East stand, to something that sound like it should be much more impressive.
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Post by keygas on Jul 19, 2024 12:03:00 GMT
The Mem will still look a third-rate stadium! Big improvement then. š Imagine if Bristol Rugby hadnāt have got into financial difficulties years ago, we could still be playing at Twerton, so allowing for the Memās quirkiness & short comings, it could have been worse. |
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Post by amgas on Jul 19, 2024 12:47:20 GMT
In fairness we don't know what is being proposed and if it is anything better than something being tacked on to the existing structure - could be some student blocks in the car park and a bodged up ground for all we know ..... :-)
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Post by chewbacca on Jul 19, 2024 12:55:12 GMT
Big improvement then. š Imagine if Bristol Rugby hadnāt have got into financial difficulties years ago, we could still be playing at Twerton, so allowing for the Memās quirkiness & short comings, it could have been worse. It could also be a lot better. Maddening how some folk are so cuckolded by useless owner after useless owner. |
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Post by Colyton Gas on Jul 19, 2024 14:35:31 GMT
 78 now.In my lifetime.New North Stand at EASTVILLE (Supporters club I think paid for it) New cover over the Thatcher's Terrace at the Mem,and now the South Stand- which still isn't finished!!! Always thought that when Macclesfield were in the EFL,their ground was even worse than ours but theirs is looking quite smart now. |
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Post by gascloud on Jul 19, 2024 20:06:37 GMT
View Attachment78 now.In my lifetime.New North Stand at EASTVILLE (Supporters club I think paid for it) New cover over the Thatcher's Terrace at the Mem,and now the South Stand- which still isn't finished!!! Always thought that when Macclesfield were in the EFL,their ground was even worse than ours but theirs is looking quite smart now. That stands been there years. I sat in it 20 years ago when we played there. Nice facility that. |
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Post by Gasshole on Jul 19, 2024 21:58:47 GMT
Well Iām excited to be even thinking about plans. Our Stadium now looks a lot better than itās ever done, and I believe in a few years time this will be the case again.
#getting things done. šš¼šš¼šš¼
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 19, 2024 22:04:17 GMT
Big improvement then. š Imagine if Bristol Rugby hadnāt have got into financial difficulties years ago, we could still be playing at Twerton, so allowing for the Memās quirkiness & short comings, it could have been worse. Youāre probably right but there is an alternative view. If we had remained in Bath then perhaps owners may have come in and realised that a new ground had to be found. Perhaps the councils would have been more sympathetic and more prepared to help. Because we had the Mem, owners have been able to avoid the need to provide a new ground. The Mem being constantly there gave owners a way out from doing anything positive. It was always their fall back position, a kind of default. They were able to adopt a two-faced attitude āwe need a new ground but until we get one weāve got the Mem.ā Now Iām not saying it would have been better not to have the Mem, Iām just saying that had we been at Bath then circumstances may have been different and the reaction from authorities and possible owners may have been different from that weāve seen. It doesnāt always follow that the history would have been similar. These owners arenāt perfect Iām sure but at least they appear to be more determined to go down the route of Mem development and appear to be following some kind of plan. UTG! |
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Post by aghast on Jul 19, 2024 22:20:56 GMT
Imagine if Bristol Rugby hadnāt have got into financial difficulties years ago, we could still be playing at Twerton, so allowing for the Memās quirkiness & short comings, it could have been worse. Youāre probably right but there is an alternative view. If we had remained in Bath then perhaps owners may have come in and realised that a new ground had to be found. Perhaps the councils would have been more sympathetic and more prepared to help. Because we had the Mem, owners have been able to avoid the need to provide a new ground. The Mem being constantly there gave owners a way out from doing anything positive. It was always their fall back position, a kind of default. They were able to adopt a two-faced attitude āwe need a new ground but until we get one weāve got the Mem.āĀ Now Iām not saying it would have been better not to have the Mem, Iām just saying that had we been at Bath then circumstances may have been different and the reaction from authorities and possible owners may have been different from that weāve seen. It doesnāt always follow that the history would have been similar. These owners arenāt perfect Iām sure but at least they appear to be more determined to go down the route of Mem development and appear to be following some kind of plan.Ā UTG! Yes I agree absolutely. The Mem has always been an asset and a liability. Great to have it but it's led to a lack of urgency in finding a new stadium or rebuilding the existing one. As each stadium plan has fallen through, there seems to be years of inactivity because it's not vital we move or redevelop. That is of course true to an extent but it's led us to be drifting way, way behind most other clubs. |
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Post by pipes on Jul 21, 2024 18:00:57 GMT
In fairness we don't know what is being proposed and if it is anything better than something being tacked on to the existing structure - could be some student blocks in the car park and a bodged up ground for all we know ..... :-) That would be horrific |
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Post by phillistine on Jul 21, 2024 18:46:28 GMT
Youāre probably right but there is an alternative view. If we had remained in Bath then perhaps owners may have come in and realised that a new ground had to be found. Perhaps the councils would have been more sympathetic and more prepared to help. Because we had the Mem, owners have been able to avoid the need to provide a new ground. The Mem being constantly there gave owners a way out from doing anything positive. It was always their fall back position, a kind of default. They were able to adopt a two-faced attitude āwe need a new ground but until we get one weāve got the Mem.ā Now Iām not saying it would have been better not to have the Mem, Iām just saying that had we been at Bath then circumstances may have been different and the reaction from authorities and possible owners may have been different from that weāve seen. It doesnāt always follow that the history would have been similar. These owners arenāt perfect Iām sure but at least they appear to be more determined to go down the route of Mem development and appear to be following some kind of plan. UTG! Yes I agree absolutely. The Mem has always been an asset and a liability. Great to have it but it's led to a lack of urgency in finding a new stadium or rebuilding the existing one. As each stadium plan has fallen through, there seems to be years of inactivity because it's not vital we move or redevelop. That is of course true to an extent but it's led us to be drifting way, way behind most other clubs. Rovers had been at Twerton for too long and Geoff Dunford knew that if we didnt get back to Bristol soon then it would never happen. The Bristol authorities were quite happy to see us in Bath as we were out of their hair and bringing us back to the Mem kept Bristol Rovers going . The Rugby Club wanted the Football League funding to improve the safety standards at the Mem and they could only get if if Rovers were 50% owners and that is the sole reason that the deal was done. The peppercorn deal was put in place simply because the Rugby club were aware of Rovers financial situation and wanted their stadium back if Rovers went under. The fact that it went the other way was a complete surprise and so Rovers actually ended up owning the Memorial stadium without much capital outlay. How anyone could believe that such a deal was bad for the Rovers escapes me completely. Surely the trip to Twerton just a week or so ago makes you realise how far we have come since then. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 21, 2024 20:47:34 GMT
Warehamgas has clearly spent too long in Dorset if he feels BCC would have ever had any interest in helping us return to Bristol, given they did zero all the time we were playing in Bath, and also did nothing to try and stop the Stadium Company forcing us to leave Eastville.
If we hadn't managed to move to the Mem you do wonder where we'd be now, as I doubt the Dunford's ever had the finances to pay for a new ground in Bristol/S Glos.
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Post by chewbacca on Jul 21, 2024 20:55:20 GMT
I enjoy reminding myself at times when Tommy Gulag knocked through a bar he claimed āNo club bar Tottenham has improved its facilities more this yearā. Accrington had built a new stand.
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 21, 2024 21:03:55 GMT
Imagine if Bristol Rugby hadnāt have got into financial difficulties years ago, we could still be playing at Twerton, so allowing for the Memās quirkiness & short comings, it could have been worse. If we had remained in Bath then perhaps owners may have come in and realised that a new ground had to be found. Perhaps the councils would have been more sympathetic and more prepared to help. Because we had the Mem, owners have been able to avoid the need to provide a new ground. The Mem being constantly there gave owners a way out from doing anything positive. It was always their fall back position, a kind of default. They were able to adopt a two-faced attitude āwe need a new ground but until we get one weāve got the Mem.ā Now Iām not saying it would have been better not to have the Mem, Iām just saying that had we been at Bath then circumstances may have been different and the reaction from authorities and possible owners may have been different from that weāve seen. It doesnāt always follow that the history would have been similar. These owners arenāt perfect Iām sure but at least they appear to be more determined to go down the route of Mem development and appear to be following some kind of plan. UTG! Dear phillistine and Topper, Always best to read the whole post. Phillistine: āHow anyone could believe that such a deal was bad for the Rovers escapes me completely.ā Then itās good I probably agree. And I canāt read anywhere in my post that I said it was a bad thing. Can either of you? But alternative views do exist. Or are we not allowed to suggest such a thing. And Topper, people who support us are allowed to live outside of Bristol, irrespective of how long. It does happen. š regards, warehamgas |
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