New stadium (9 Viewers)

[Seamus1]

Cannot see any suitable location in or near to the city centre to be honest.

Only area big enough that is owned by Coventry City Council would be the airport…I’d say a stadium is more likely there than their hair brained idea of a giga factory, or that Green Power park. But you’d need planning consent from Warwick District Council

There is a lot of area that could be built in between Rowley Road and the A45…been left vacant for about 3 years now, and it was mooted that the VLR would run up to that area

At least we are aiming big and going for 40k, rather than SISU’s proposals for up to 25k (which many on here thought would be plenty big enough)

 

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[Kingokings204]

If he thinks he can pressure Frasers into a deal then hes got another thing coming..they have much bigger pockets than him

I said before I worry about what will happen when his 5 year plan ends.....

i don’t think it is. This is a mischievous journalist creating trouble. We’ve heard nothing and left them to it till this.


Doug isn’t sisu and he knows full well we need the cbs. This is a classic story to create fear and clicks which I guess that’s what they are paid to do but I still don’t like it

 

[Tommo1993]

Cannot see any suitable location in or near to the city centre to be honest.

Only area big enough that is owned by Coventry City Council would be the airport…I’d say a stadium is more likely there than their hair brained idea of a giga factory, or that Green Power park. But you’d need planning consent from Warwick District Council

There is a lot of area that could be built in between Rowley Road and the A45…been left vacant for about 3 years now, and it was mooted that the VLR would run up to that area

At least we are aiming big and going for 40k, rather than SISU’s proposals for up to 25k (which many on here thought would be plenty big enough)

Slightly closer to the station. But if people, especially away fans, complain about location now, it’d be even funnier then. Imagine toll bar.

 

[SBT]

Yeah I know he’s a journalist etc etc. But didn’t Gilbert basically stop the council from managing to bail out Wasps by publishing a story on it before it happened? Deserves a bit of credit for that surely?

 

[tskezz]

Yeah I know he’s a journalist etc etc. But didn’t Gilbert basically stop the council from managing to bail out Wasps by publishing a story on it before it happened? Deserves a bit of credit for that surely?

morning Simon

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

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i don’t think it is. This is a mischievous journalist creating trouble. We’ve heard nothing and left them to it till this.


Doug isn’t sisu and he knows full well we need the cbs. This is a classic story to create fear and clicks which I guess that’s what they are paid to do but I still don’t

Agree. Stupid story,

 

[SBT]

At least we are aiming big and going for 40k, rather than SISU’s proposals for up to 25k (which many on here thought would be plenty big enough)

I think at the time people were comfortable with a stadium with <20,000 capacity and were hoping we would follow “the Shrewsbury model”…

 

[Evo1883]

If he thinks he can pressure Frasers into a deal then hes got another thing coming..they have much bigger pockets than him

I said before I worry about what will happen when his 5 year plan ends.....

But as london wasps found out , a football stadium without a football club struggles

 

[Evo1883]

Yeah I know he’s a journalist etc etc. But didn’t Gilbert basically stop the council from managing to bail out Wasps by publishing a story on it before it happened? Deserves a bit of credit for that surely?

Yes simon isnt making up a story for clicks , its come from somewhere

 

[Kingokings204]

Yes simon isnt making up a story for clicks , its come from somewhere

No one is saying he has made up but it’s clearly misleading for clicks. One off the cuff conversation turns it to we could be moving out and Doug and Ashley hate eachother. They know fully well what they are doing.

 

[LastGarrison]

What time we meeting at Gosford Green?

 

[ajsccfc]

Delighted with this news. For too long we've resembled a normal football club without any kind of distracting sideshow

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

If he thinks he can pressure Frasers into a deal then hes got another thing coming..they have much bigger pockets than him

I said before I worry about what will happen when his 5 year plan ends.....

Would be interesting to see what Coventry Building Society or Eon think of this. Can’t imagine CBS would be happy with the press

 

[exhallskyblue]

Negotiating with grazers must not be going well, so here comes the posturing. Bit of a dead end really and Ashley must know this. We won’t be able to build a stadium anywhere else anytime soon…

 

[SBT]

No one is saying he has made up but it’s clearly misleading for clicks.

In what way is it misleading? Gilbert himself said on the radio earlier that the BPA isn’t a feasible option for a new stadium, that’s not what the story is.

 

[Saddlebrains]

Yeah I know he’s a journalist etc etc. But didn’t Gilbert basically stop the council from managing to bail out Wasps by publishing a story on it before it happened? Deserves a bit of credit for that surely?

He did indeed

How people still pile in on him i dont understand, hes clearly been on the clubs side fringe day 1 of all dramas

 

[Flying Fokker]

We'll be homeless and back to square 1 again in a few years

Spare stadium in Birmingham? Erm….Season Ticket… Ahem…

 

[Ashdown]

With Frasers being a huge and successful conglomerate, why would Ashley and his crew need to do much more than cover his costs on this small part of their portfolio ?!
Surely the bad publicity wouldn’t be worth it to a company like his ?
Lets see the figures and have total transparency.

 

[Telfer85]

Will be interesting to see how or if Doug responds to this. The narrative has always been we are stopping at the cbs but even if it is posturing wonder if he will make any comment on the story.

Be interesting if the appointment of Nicola Ibbetson and Paul Tyrell have as part of their brief be looking at obtaining further investment to purchase the lease.

 

[alexccfc99]

That being said, if the worst case scenario was to crop up I would feel much more confident with Doug at the helm than I ever would have done with SISU

 

[SeaSeeEffCee]

Not this shit again, man.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Feel the council could help with this, considering Fraser wants to build its mega site. Unless it’s outside the city boundaries.

 

[pusbccfc]

Gilbert backtracking a bit on twitter.

It's a bit of a click bait story. Doug is eyeing up stuff as a back, as he should.

As mentioned for years, that stadium makes a loss. The Ashley family would be stupid to force out a football club with 25,000-30,000 fans up there each fortnight.

Birmingham are about to build a mega stadium with concert/exhibition facilities. Villa are expanding and doing the same. That stadium will struggle to attract events and expos in 10 years time.

 

[alexccfc99]

Not this shit again, man.

Forgot to say good to see you back posting on here again pal

 

[quinn1971]

3 years left to sort it, wouldn’t panic just yet, just Doug keeping options open, stand down the protests

 

[bigfatronssba]

Sounds like mischief making from CWR.

When we only have a short lease in place, it’s obvious that a well run club would look at every option.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Another move would destroy the fanbase we have done so well to build up over the last few years and set the club back years

Only if it meant moving to a groundshare outside the City. If it were a new stadium at e.g. University of Warwick, I think fans would accept that, if it got the monkey (Ashley) off our back. Unlikely overall, as I think a deal will be struck. Promotion to the PL would put us in a much stronger position, though in terms of widening our options.

 

[SBT]

Gilbert backtracking a bit on twitter.

It's a bit of a click bait story. Doug is eyeing up stuff as a back, as he should.

I haven’t seen any backtracking from him and it’s clearly a newsworthy story. Do you even know what clickbait is?

 

[alexccfc99]

Only if it meant moving to a groundshare outside the City. If it were a new stadium at e.g. University of Warwick, I think fans would accept that, if it got the monkey (Ashley) off our back. Unlikely overall, as I think a deal will be struck. Promotion to the PL would put us in a much stronger position, though in terms of widening our options.

What options do we have for a groundshare outside the City?

Birmingham probably wouldn't have us back, Villa don't need us and the rest of the feasible venues are now probably too small to accommodate us

 

[Nick]

Nobody think to ask when and how serious a conversation with Jon Sharpe? Was it last week or the week he took over?

It says approached the council, did he get that from an foi?

Probably need a bit more context.

 

[Woodster]

This doesn’t need playing out publicly at this stage, unless someone wants it to. Hopefully it’s the club controlling the narrative to strike a favourable deal. There’s no new stadium, there never has been and I’d be stunned if there’s one in the next 50 years.

 

[skybluecam]

i don’t think it is. This is a mischievous journalist creating trouble. We’ve heard nothing and left them to it till this.


Doug isn’t sisu and he knows full well we need the cbs. This is a classic story to create fear and clicks which I guess that’s what they are paid to do but I still don’t like it

If Doug has actually written to the council on this topic it’s a perfectly legitimate story to write…

 

[pusbccfc]

I haven’t seen any backtracking from him and it’s clearly a newsworthy story. Do you even know what clickbait is?

I do, it takes seconds to get a definition on Google.

Any article relating to a new stadium always ramps up interest on twitter/forums. It will be the most read article on BBC CWR in months.

 

[Speedie's Head]

There's nothing to see here. I suspect that King's been having these kinds of conversations on and off ever since he came here, it doesn't mean that any of it is serious right now. It's a really unhelpful development in terms of the current negotiations so I suspect foul play somewhere

 

[pusbccfc]

If Doug has actually written to the council on this topic it’s a perfectly legitimate story to write…

As he should. All options will continue to be explored whilst we don't have a deal and do not own the stadium.