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SkyBlueSoul

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #5,986
alexccfc99 said:
Heard from people at the Bedworth Supporters Club with MR and Doug tonight that:

Doug said that he brought the last 15% as it come clear very quickly him and SISU working together wasn’t going to work

All new stadium plans on a bonfire (not that it was ever happening anyway) and staying at CBS is only option - Called SISU’s plans ‘Pie In The Sky’

MR said he’s not leaving off his own back until he’s managed us in the Prem
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Oof that last sentence

 
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Perryccfc

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #5,987
alexccfc99 said:
Heard from people at the Bedworth Supporters Club with MR and Doug tonight that:

Doug said that he brought the last 15% as it come clear very quickly him and SISU working together wasn’t going to work

All new stadium plans on a bonfire (not that it was ever happening anyway) and staying at CBS is only option - Called SISU’s plans ‘Pie In The Sky’

MR said he’s not leaving off his own back until he’s managed us in the Prem
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Fuck MR turns me on with his filthy mouth
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #5,988
alexccfc99 said:
MR said he’s not leaving off his own back until he’s managed us in the Prem
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lordy_87

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #5,989
alexccfc99 said:
MR said he’s not leaving off his own back until he’s managed us in the Prem
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Frankly_Mr_Shankly

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #5,990
alexccfc99 said:
Heard from people at the Bedworth Supporters Club with MR and Doug tonight that:

Doug said that he brought the last 15% as it come clear very quickly him and SISU working together wasn’t going to work

All new stadium plans on a bonfire (not that it was ever happening anyway) and staying at CBS is only option - Called SISU’s plans ‘Pie In The Sky’

MR said he’s not leaving off his own back until he’s managed us in the Prem
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Also, big money to be spent on Ryton training ground, as the players they want to sign will require improved facilities.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #5,991
Frankly_Mr_Shankly said:
Also, big money to be spent on Ryton training ground, as the players they want to sign will require improved facilities.
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How much would it cost to upgrade the academy to Tier 1?
 

PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #5,992
Brighton Sky Blue said:
How much would it cost to upgrade the academy to Tier 1?
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Dont you have to pay about half a mil a season. Would much rather that spent on the playing squad
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #5,993
PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Dont you have to pay about half a mil a season. Would much rather that spent on the playing squad
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Didn’t some people here call 400k a trivial sum? Is 100k more crossing the line?
 

SHUNT31

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #5,994
Frankly_Mr_Shankly said:
Also, big money to be spent on Ryton training ground, as the players they want to sign will require improved facilities.
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Did he specifically say Ryton?

I always thought the place wasn’t big enough for modern day facilities and thought we would look to get somewhere else.


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Frankly_Mr_Shankly

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #5,995
SHUNT31 said:
Did he specifically say Ryton?

I always thought the place wasn’t big enough for modern day facilities and thought we would look to get somewhere else.


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Yes they did. They said even though it’s not the biggest, they like it, but needs big improvement.

Also, players have not signed for us because training facilities have been better elsewhere.
 

slowpoke

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  • Feb 9, 2023
  • #5,996
Frankly_Mr_Shankly said:
Yes they did. They said even though it’s not the biggest, they like it, but needs big improvement.

Also, players have not signed for us because training facilities have been better elsewhere.
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Wonder if that includes buying back the Connexion and using it for what it was built for.
 

shmmeee

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #5,997
Frankly_Mr_Shankly said:
Yes they did. They said even though it’s not the biggest, they like it, but needs big improvement.

Also, players have not signed for us because training facilities have been better elsewhere.
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Well finally get Jamie Paterson.
 

MAFF

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #5,998
alexccfc99 said:
Doug said that he brought the last 15% as it come clear very quickly him and SISU working together wasn’t going to work
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I don't understand this at all??
 
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SBT

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #5,999
Obviously great if we’ve given up the charade of a new stadium, but it just makes his comment about not even thinking about buying the CBS even more bizarre.
 
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Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,000
SBT said:
Obviously great if we’ve given up the charade of a new stadium, but it just makes his comment about not even thinking about buying the CBS even more bizarre.
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This is where context comes in.
 

slowpoke

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,001
SBT said:
Obviously great if we’ve given up the charade of a new stadium, but it just makes his comment about not even thinking about buying the CBS even more bizarre.
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Why ?
 

Frankly_Mr_Shankly

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,002
MrMAF said:
I don't understand this at all??
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He wanted them on board initially so he could find out how everything works etc, and once he did, he decided he didn’t want numerous people with different opinions on board. Basically he wants to do things his way.
 

slowpoke

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,003
Frankly_Mr_Shankly said:
He wanted them on board initially so he could find out how everything works etc, and once he did, he decided he didn’t want numerous people with different opinions on board. Basically he wants to do things his way.
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Wonder who these “numerous” people were, Fisher had gone, first day of DKs reign and as far as we know just Joy was the other cheek of the same backside, good for him.
 
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SBT

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,004
Nick said:
This is where context comes in.
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This is the context I’m talking about:

 

slowpoke

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,005
Maybe the stadium is something for a later date, at the moment there are more pressing concerns the team and the training ground. Just pay rent for now, be interesting other than football exactly what the Fraser group plan to do there.
 

skybluepm2

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,006
alexccfc99 said:
Heard from people at the Bedworth Supporters Club with MR and Doug tonight that:

Doug said that he brought the last 15% as it come clear very quickly him and SISU working together wasn’t going to work

All new stadium plans on a bonfire (not that it was ever happening anyway) and staying at CBS is only option - Called SISU’s plans ‘Pie In The Sky’

MR said he’s not leaving off his own back until he’s managed us in the Prem
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Scenes in Bedworth
 

BrisbaneBronco

Well-Known Member
  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,007
SBT said:
Obviously great if we’ve given up the charade of a new stadium, but it just makes his comment about not even thinking about buying the CBS even more bizarre.
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MA/FG will eventually buy the club off DK
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,008
BrisbaneBronco said:
MA/FG will eventually buy the club off DK
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So people keep saying.
 

WestEndAgro

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,009
Is there any more events coming up I certainly wasn't aware of this one.
 

clint van damme

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,010
SBT said:
This is the context I’m talking about:

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What's the opposite of due diligence?
 

itsabuzzard

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,011
clint van damme said:
What's the opposite of due diligence?
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Whatever it is, it's what Doug did in his "bid" for the CBS.

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Nick

Administrator
  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,012
itsabuzzard said:
Whatever it is, it's what Doug did in his "bid" for the CBS.

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Probably why he said "conditional on Due Dilligence"
 

itsabuzzard

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,013
Nick said:
Probably why he said "conditional on Due Dilligence"
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Which made his bid meaningless.

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shmmeee

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,014
itsabuzzard said:
Which made his bid meaningless.

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It was a cheeky see what happens bid wasn’t it.

Everything would suggest despite the fans opinions the people who actually own the club don’t see the stadium as key unless it’s an absolute bargain.
 

slowpoke

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,015
BrisbaneBronco said:
MA/FG will eventually buy the club off DK
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We’ll if that’s the plan they better buy it now then because when we are in the premier league with multi-million pound players, 30000+ gates, debt free and a state of the art training ground the price will go up.
 

Nick

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,016
itsabuzzard said:
Which made his bid meaningless.

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From the administrator report, they were all conditional on it weren't they? I think even the FG bid changed.

It was clearly an attempt to stall the FG purchase to get more time.
 

itsabuzzard

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,017
shmmeee said:
It was a cheeky see what happens bid wasn’t it.

Everything would suggest despite the fans opinions the people who actually own the club don’t see the stadium as key unless it’s an absolute bargain.
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Cheeky's one word for it. I find it astonishing that anyone would spend significant sums of money buying what is effectively half a business, leaving themselves at the mercy of others. It will be very interesting to see how the lease negotiations pan out. Some will question how much money was spent, if any, but that's not what I'm gibbering about here.

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Nick

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,018
itsabuzzard said:
Cheeky's one word for it. I find it astonishing that anyone would spend significant sums of money buying what is effectively half a business, leaving themselves at the mercy of others. It will be very interesting to see how the lease negotiations pan out. Some will question how much money was spent, if any, but that's not what I'm gibbering about here.

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Who bought half a business?
 

shmmeee

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,019
itsabuzzard said:
Cheeky's one word for it. I find it astonishing that anyone would spend significant sums of money buying what is effectively half a business, leaving themselves at the mercy of others. It will be very interesting to see how the lease negotiations pan out. Some will question how much money was spent, if any, but that's not what I'm gibbering about here.

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Half a business?
 

itsabuzzard

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  • Feb 10, 2023
  • #6,020
shmmeee said:
Half a business?
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You need a pitch to play on.

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