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Post by Feeling The Blues on Apr 21, 2017 18:18:27 GMT
Have read the Evening post story and for the life of me can not see why the club legal team would contact the Chimp. What the club need to do is contact all their supporters ASAP and tell us what is going on. As far as I am concerned they have had plenty of time to reach a deal with UWE. Any further delay will just encourage more rumour mongering and I would suggest gasheads have been very patient over this issue and deserve an honest update on the present state of play. Bang on Bideford. More than a year is plenty of time to sort this out. It's hard not to think that the current owners are stringing us along treating us like mugs no better than Higgs did. An update is needed, and an honest one at that! I thought these owners were progressive. I'm all for evolution not revolution but at the pace these guys are moving it will be many month before they even speak to us again and probably many years before there is any movement on a fit for purpose stadium. That's if they are still here for much longer of course!
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Post by yategas78 on Apr 21, 2017 18:22:51 GMT
The Club must update us one way or the other now now wait till after the Millwall game Dam disgrace
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 18:24:25 GMT
Do I smell a conspiracy here and his stated aim of effectively obliterating BRFC?
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Post by yategas78 on Apr 21, 2017 18:34:27 GMT
You would have thought he had enough to do with his under performing Franchise 1982 lthe Rosey Faced Tax dodging bastard!!
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Post by singupgas on Apr 21, 2017 18:36:47 GMT
Slimey Steve. Horrible lady garden. ]
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Post by singupgas on Apr 21, 2017 18:44:32 GMT
use was announced like 5 years ago now. UWE have known the ins and outs of the deal from day one, our current board at least 14 months. There is only a couple months left now until it is dead for good, if nothing is announced. The feasibility report was only obtained 3(?) months ago so to say the current board knew the score 14 months ago is nonsense. It will be dead if nothing is announced but very much alive if something is announced. I imagine when it bought the club they covered what the deal would be with uwe. right now it's not looking to feasible is it really. UWE are now taking us for ride. They do not need to sell, universities have loads of money ploughed into them each year. We have taken so long now to come to an agreement hard to believe that a deal will be done unless we pay the price that is being asked of us.
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Post by yategas78 on Apr 21, 2017 18:47:45 GMT
It has been dead in the water for months in my humble opinion but there must be a plan B otherwise DC would have been off wouldn't he?!
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Post by Nortongashead on Apr 21, 2017 18:47:47 GMT
The storm clouds seem to be gathering. The silence is deafening whilst our partners in this venture jump into bed with the dark side. Although business deals are confidential, the supporters of this club deserve at least a genuine update. Hamer and co need to realise we are on their side.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 19:03:24 GMT
As regards Mr Lansdowns honoury degree. Surely we all know that Universities up and down the country hand out these plastic degrees to the most unlikely individuals from popstars to activists in all sorts of areas. I think a few people on here are getting a bit carried away about this particular individual and reading far more into it than it really is. The last thing we all want to do is to give our owners a Sainburyesque type excuse for why we could not build the UWE by all jumping on the bandwagon and blaming Mr Lansdown as the reason why the UWE is doomed. As far as I am concerned with this news story appearing today, hot on the heels of our owners refusing to answer the local rags question about the UWE situation, the time has now come when our Chairman or indeed our owner needs to update the loyal fanbase of our great club as to what is happening to the UWE stadium plan. Lets face it, they are quite prepared to issue statements about record season ticket sales, our wonderful home and away support etc etc, but not do us the courtesy of some news on the present situation. After all the landing lights have been on and the wheels down for twelve months now according to the Chairman and with my limited knowledge of aeronautical facts, there is not a plane on the planet that can stay airborne for that long without running out of fuel. Please BRFC GIVE US AN UPDATE?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 19:25:40 GMT
I don't think it's necessarily about getting carried away with SL it's more about looking at all the peripheral issues that seem to be coming into play with regards to this whole saga. There are some people that are quite comfortable to let things just drift along and wait until hopefully something positive MAY be announced before August. There are many that aren't - this is our club - we have been through enough sh$t over the last few years - we were all filled with hope and anticipation over a year ago - since then the one thing regarding news that is fundamental to the long term sustainability and future of our club, UWE is being kept from us. We see our so called partner - making progress with our arch rivals on partnerships. Human nature prevails - all this can do is ultimately create even more unrest. Hopefully the unrest now being shown on this forum will be a catalyst for the wider fan base to start demanding some answers to what the hell is going on. Enough of the Bullsh$t SH it's now time to start releasing news - good or bad.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Apr 21, 2017 19:31:46 GMT
I don't think it's necessarily about getting carried away with SL it's more about looking at all the peripheral issues that seem to be coming into play with regards to this whole saga. There are some people that are quite comfortable to let things just drift along and wait until hopefully something positive MAY be announced before August. There are many that aren't - this is our club - we have been through enough sh$t over the last few years - we were all filled with hope and anticipation over a year ago - since then the one thing regarding news that is fundamental to the long term sustainability and future of our club, UWE is being kept from us. We see our so called partner - making progress with our arch rivals on partnerships. Human nature prevails - all this can do is ultimately create even more unrest. Hopefully the unrest now being shown on this forum will be a catalyst for the wider fan base to start demanding some answers to what the hell is going on. Enough of the Bullsh$t SH it's now time to start releasing news - good or bad. Agreed. We are being treated like Dam idiots now. If it's dead, it's dead. We've coped with worse. They need to just be honest now.
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Post by justin blue on Apr 21, 2017 19:35:58 GMT
As regards Mr Lansdowns honoury degree. Surely we all know that Universities up and down the country hand out these plastic degrees to the most unlikely individuals from popstars to activists in all sorts of areas. I think a few people on here are getting a bit carried away about this particular individual and reading far more into it than it really is. The last thing we all want to do is to give our owners a Sainburyesque type excuse for why we could not build the UWE by all jumping on the bandwagon and blaming Mr Lansdown as the reason why the UWE is doomed. As far as I am concerned with this news story appearing today, hot on the heels of our owners refusing to answer the local rags question about the UWE situation, the time has now come when our Chairman or indeed our owner needs to update the loyal fanbase of our great club as to what is happening to the UWE stadium plan. Lets face it, they are quite prepared to issue statements about record season ticket sales, our wonderful home and away support etc etc, but not do us the courtesy of some news on the present situation. After all the landing lights have been on and the wheels down for twelve months now according to the Chairman and with my limited knowledge of aeronautical facts, there is not a plane on the planet that can stay airborne for that long without running out of fuel. Please BRFC GIVE US AN UPDATE? What this does show is that the delay in getting this stadium built has led to a missed oppertunity.
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Post by aghast on Apr 21, 2017 19:45:24 GMT
I think it's all off and they are finalising Plan B before announcing the (good/bad) news.
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Post by Topper Gas on Apr 21, 2017 19:47:59 GMT
Posters on this thread really need to get a grip of themselves why's the UWE suddenly dead in the water today when it wasn't yesterday, just because Keith the Clown has tweeted more nonsense today?
Do you think the ALQ's were really going to spend a £1m+ buying the training ground at Almondsbury if they felt the UWE wasn't going to go ahead, if it wasn't they could have just strung along for a few more months and then said both projects were feasible.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 19:58:00 GMT
Reading through this thread ...
1. Feels like Hamer has the same amount of disrespect for the fan base as the previous Board which is sad .... he still doesn't get it. 2. All the moaning from Gas heads isn't going to speed anything up ...we should know this club moves at its own pace. 3. Bristol Evening Post has plummeted to even darker depths quoting the buffoon Keith Chimp.... unbelievable but true. 4. Someone must know who this attention seeking fool above is and they need to have a word ...he is damaging the club.
Should close this thread down now and start afresh when the facts start to present themselves ... people spouting on the back of wild speculation really hurts credibility. If it happens it happens, concentrate on what we can affect .... not what we as fans can't.
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Post by lympstonegas on Apr 21, 2017 20:00:58 GMT
Yes but that article was written July 23 2012 so why are we concerned now
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Post by Quartermaster on Apr 21, 2017 20:04:48 GMT
Have read the Evening post story and for the life of me can not see why the club legal team would contact the Chimp. What the club need to do is contact all their supporters ASAP and tell us what is going on. As far as I am concerned they have had plenty of time to reach a deal with UWE. Any further delay will just encourage more rumour mongering and I would suggest gasheads have been very patient over this issue and deserve an honest update on the present state of play. Bang on Bideford. More than a year is plenty of time to sort this out. It's hard not to think that the current owners are stringing us along treating us like mugs no better than Higgs did. An update is needed, and an honest one at that! I thought these owners were progressive. I'm all for evolution not revolution but at the pace these guys are moving it will be many month before they even speak to us again and probably many years before there is any movement on a fit for purpose stadium. That's if they are still here for much longer of course! Evolution not revolution is the perfect motto for our club. Evolution began with the origin of life millions of years ago and continues to this day. Everything suggests it will carry on millions of years into the future. I see many parallels to the UWE timeline.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2017 20:07:35 GMT
Posters on this thread really need to get a grip of themselves why's the UWE suddenly dead in the water today when it wasn't yesterday, just because Keith the Clown has tweeted more nonsense today? Do you think the ALQ's were really going to spend a £1m+ buying the training ground at Almondsbury if they felt the UWE wasn't going to go ahead, if it wasn't they could have just strung along for a few more months and then said both projects were feasible. I certainly have not said the UWE is dead in the water. I would like to think I have always been one of the most patient posters for want of a better word on the UWE topic. Having said that and with the continuing wall of silence on the matter from our owners it has taken more than a Chimp tweet[ by the way I am not on twitter] to rouse me from the impasse that is the UWE ongoing saga. As regards the training ground, my understanding was that it cost us £250k, don't crucify me if I am wrong on this. Call me an old cynic, but what if the training ground purchase was a sweetener to prepare us for the demise of the UWE project and a much cheaper plan B whatever that may turn out to be. Whatever happens with the UWE, even if it does happen, it will be another two seasons at the MEM at least and a plan B could be even longer if a site has been identified what with planning etc etc. The members of this forum are a small fraction of the clubs fanbase and even on here there are many who are very restless as regards the situation. People I speak to who are not on here are equally as frustrated and I think it very selfish of the club to not at least acknowledge this by way of some concrete information as to what is happening.
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Post by justin blue on Apr 21, 2017 20:22:15 GMT
Posters on this thread really need to get a grip of themselves why's the UWE suddenly dead in the water today when it wasn't yesterday, just because Keith the Clown has tweeted more nonsense today? Do you think the ALQ's were really going to spend a £1m+ buying the training ground at Almondsbury if they felt the UWE wasn't going to go ahead, if it wasn't they could have just strung along for a few more months and then said both projects were feasible. I like many others are still clinging to the dream, but we really need some sign that the dream can be reality. The land at Almondsbury is simply land at the moment and can be sold as quickly as it was bought and probably at no loss. I really want to believe, but until I see the diggers and cranes I am not allowing myself to be too optimistic. I hope the Alqadi's understand our concerns, but having your dreams shattered as many times as we have makes it hard to just believe.
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Post by singupgas on Apr 21, 2017 20:34:39 GMT
Posters on this thread really need to get a grip of themselves why's the UWE suddenly dead in the water today when it wasn't yesterday, just because Keith the Clown has tweeted more nonsense today? Do you think the ALQ's were really going to spend a £1m+ buying the training ground at Almondsbury if they felt the UWE wasn't going to go ahead, if it wasn't they could have just strung along for a few more months and then said both projects were feasible. Topper, 1m to the alq and people in football world is pocket change.
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