Astute
Well-Known Member
Yea fuck it. Lets go to Northampton instead.
Yea fuck it. Lets go to Northampton instead.That's not the point I was making.
The move to the Ricoh should be enough of a bad advertisement for what happens to a club when you move its home away from its heart.
The 2% is to do with one of the lies to do with Brexit. Many believe it to be the truth.from the BBC...
.... The urban landscape accounts for 10.6% of England, 1.9% of Scotland, 3.6% of Northern Ireland and 4.1% of Wales.
Put another way, that means almost 93% of the UK is not urban. But even that isn't the end of the story because urban is not the same as built on.
The old brickwork Foleshill Road is being cleared and a massive site. I don't know what's going on it...housing I would guess. But more than big enough for a stadium and add on's.
Planning laws have been relaxed for years. Villages have been multiplying in size in some places. But building houses in the countryside doesn't suddenly make slum areas nice. They have to be pulled down and then start again.So let's just live in a country as it was in 1950 despite increasing population?
Let's protect the house values of a few retirees so I can raise my kids in overcrowded housing?
How's about no. We are at something like 2% urban development in this country, we can afford to lose a bit more and build decent houses for people and jobs for them to go to. Earlsdon and Foleshill got subsumed into Coventry, that's how growth works.
Maybe if we didn't protect the green belt like we do we wouldn't end up with tiny idyllic villages and shit hole towns, maybe we could build towns people don't immediately want to move out of?
I'm an environmentalist, don't get me wrong, but the green belt is a sledgehammer to crack a nut IMO. You could do the same work with proper planning laws.
Well CCC voted to become part of Birmingham, sorry WM, and not join up with Warwickshire.....
Yes, you could do with expandingPart of me?
Yea fuck it. Lets go to Northampton instead.
We need a stadium that isn't too big, too small, easy parking without ripoff charges, easy to get to and somewhere within Coventry. And it needs to be ours.Ultimately our move to the Ricoh led to our move to Northampton.
Had we never left Highfield Road it would never have happened.
If you want to attract fans back, it would need to be back in the heart of the city. Not that a new stadium will happen...
It was to build on the styrip separating Coventry from baginton, wasn't it?
Guess tbf, we could build between Meriden and Coventry and Birmingham, and merge Coventry into Birmingham. To be expected with them so close to each other, after all...
We need a stadium that isn't too big, too small, easy parking without ripoff charges, easy to get to and somewhere within Coventry. And it needs to be ours.
It doesn't have to be in or near the City centre.
This was supposed to be a serious thread about a new stadium for our football club. Why mention Fisher?Careful you will make Fishers head spin with that wish list. Its taken him years to not find any land let alone plan a new stadium with his crayon set.
Wonder if the Vicente Calderon would be cheaper for me to buy and erect than popping to B&Q.if I said I'm knocking down my shed we could build a new stadium in it's place it would get a 20 pager on here complete with google map aerial shots with obscure foreign stadia super imposed onto them!!
Yes, you could do with expanding
So let's just live in a country as it was in 1950 despite increasing population?
Let's protect the house values of a few retirees so I can raise my kids in overcrowded housing?
How's about no. We are at something like 2% urban development in this country, we can afford to lose a bit more and build decent houses for people and jobs for them to go to. Earlsdon and Foleshill got subsumed into Coventry, that's how growth works.
Maybe if we didn't protect the green belt like we do we wouldn't end up with tiny idyllic villages and shit hole towns, maybe we could build towns people don't immediately want to move out of?
I'm an environmentalist, don't get me wrong, but the green belt is a sledgehammer to crack a nut IMO. You could do the same work with proper planning laws.
Much too simplistic, whether we should have moved can be debated but what can't be denied is that the club/stakeholders/owners have contributed to an absolute clusterfuck.Ultimately our move to the Ricoh led to our move to Northampton.
Had we never left Highfield Road it would never have happened.
If you want to attract fans back, it would need to be back in the heart of the city. Not that a new stadium will happen...
Couldn't resist, sorry WM!Very good!
Yeah and no-one will be trying to give Fisher abuse at the airport terminal platform, though some would still argue that he could have got a later plane.Mind, it would be good for top trumps.
Ricoh Arena Train Station? Pah, we've got our own airport...so stick that up yer pipe!
What a horrible little man you areWhat a jealous little man you are
This was supposed to be a serious thread about a new stadium for our football club. Why mention Fisher?
What a horrible little man you are
Although it isn't going to happen, it's actually closer than the Ricoh.
This is a seismic breakthrough!Anything’s possible but not saying it’ll happen!
Wise words m8!Anything’s possible but not saying it’ll happen!
Its in Nimbyland Otis.
Warwick District Council would pretty much put a stop to it before plans had been drawn up.
The Airport never expanded due to WDC, and the Gateway project from Sir Peter Rigby was also rejected.
If one of the Midlands best Entrepreneurs cant get the Gateway completed there is no chance for Fisher and Co.
You can't build on common land can you?If we ever get rid of sisu and if we ever get the council back on side . Morris common would be ideal . well inside the city . plenty of good transport links. Much closer to the city centre . easily big enough for a ground plus parking and maybe some shopping. Plus the old haley roe builders yard across the road (more parking) . if only.
I am only guessing....does anyone know what is happening on the Foleshill Rd brickworks site it is massive.If it has planning permission for houses the land will be too valuable for a stadium.
Think there will be a pilot scheme first.
But we wouldn't be allowed to get on a plane until a couple of hours after the game.Mind, it would be good for top trumps.
Ricoh Arena Train Station? Pah, we've got our own airport...so stick that up yer pipe!
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