6 hours ago, Unclezillion said:

we are two years or so away from losing all the European players who will then be classed as foreign instead of homegrown. we will then be down to three foreign players per team as premier league rules require 8 homegrown. but hey lets not let brexit get in the way of a good story :D

European players aren't homegrown anyway. 

48 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Should've just pushed the move to Battersea through a couple of years ago. Redeveloping SB is too much of a ballache anyway. 

We was fairly substantially outbid for the site at Battersea from memory and I'm not sure the CPOs would have allowed it to happen. 

2 hours ago, Lord said:

I agree that the timing of this news was inappropriate, but if has problems entering the country now (and chances are high that this may be a recurrent problem in the future), there's no point gambling 1 billion on a project that won't see immediate returns. A new stadium doesn't pay itself out in just a few years and 1 billion investment does NOT increase the club's value by 1 billion, if he were to sell the club sometime in the next few years. 

I don't agree that he's using the club as a political pawn. From a purely business point of view, not risking another 1 billion is the correct move from a purely business move given the current political stalemate. Any other sane businessman would have done the same thing. And whatever philanthropic view on CFC he may have had, has taken a big hit with the visa issue.

Yes, the timing of the announcement was wrong. 

Maybe the timing wasn't that bad, they always say bury bad news on a big news day, and we released it an hour or so after Zidane resigned and lamps joined derby, so although in the news our stadium wasn't the big talking point it could of been if it was a quiet news day, club may of known of stadium for a while now, but were waiting for right time, just a thought, anyway we're still at bridge, for a few years now we worried we'd be moved, think of the pikies, I bet they'd love to be in our position, in my job, I see many a person with a f**king great house but not a pot to piss in, others with a fairly nice house but with money still to enjoy themselves, I know what I prefer, the bridge is fine as it is. One request though if we do a part upgrade in future, let's just knock shed down and put a big one tier stand there, and no away fans in there!!

13 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

We was fairly substantially outbid for the site at Battersea from memory and I'm not sure the CPOs would have allowed it to happen. 

From memory i thought it was more a CPO issue. I'm sure a higher bid would still have cost less than the current redevelopment plan. 

7 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

From memory i thought it was more a CPO issue. I'm sure a higher bid would still have cost less than the current redevelopment plan. 

It cost the consortium £400m to just buy Battersea Power Station as is. 

The redevelopment was forecast to cost £750m but costs spiraled and has since been sold for £1.6 billion making it Britain's most expensive building. 

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/battersea-power-station-to-be-sold-for-record-16-billion-a3743346.html  

50 minutes ago, chi blue said:

Maybe the timing wasn't that bad, they always say bury bad news on a big news day, and we released it an hour or so after Zidane resigned and lamps joined derby, so although in the news our stadium wasn't the big talking point it could of been if it was a quiet news day, club may of known of stadium for a while now, but were waiting for right time, just a thought, anyway we're still at bridge, for a few years now we worried we'd be moved, think of the pikies, I bet they'd love to be in our position, in my job, I see many a person with a f**king great house but not a pot to piss in, others with a fairly nice house but with money still to enjoy themselves, I know what I prefer, the bridge is fine as it is. One request though if we do a part upgrade in future, let's just knock shed down and put a big one tier stand there, and no away fans in there!!

and safe standing, then it would bring back the feel of the old Shed

 

2 hours ago, Stim said:

I find not being granted entry into the country you are investing in a very unfavorable condition.

to be quite honest i think the Russian has outstayed his welcome :)

1 hour ago, Unclezillion said:

to be quite honest i think the Russian has outstayed his welcome :)

Who are you to say exactly?

1 hour ago, Unclezillion said:

to be quite honest i think the Russian has outstayed his welcome :)

Youre a russian?

It’s funny saying that, considering he has poured millions and millions into the country. 

It might be problematic only in the short-term but trying to buy any world-class player is already faced by a bit of a barrier when coming here because of a lack of top four; if this  issue    is potentially linked to    the problems with the UK Gov then a player who's world class might see it as a bit of a risk if theirs a lack of obvious stability / vision, esp. with a plethora of other clubs available. 

It doesn't need to be solved now if it's by the end of June and the situation is still unwavering, and we haven't signed anybody whilst the others have then finished or almost finished theirs, then we're in a bit of a pickle.

 

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More than anything we need to know what   the scenario is with the manager and if somebody is going to replace the guy. 

Edited June 1, 20188 yr by MANoWAR

for me and many others its the way he runs the club that is the issue not the amount of money he spends.

the lack of a long term plan is odd. he  wants attacking footy yet keeps hiring defensive coaches and

then usurping their wishes.  its getting worse year on year so for me his time is done :)

He's apparently now withdrawn his application for an investment visa. Maybe he has had enough of the UK.

7 minutes ago, Unclezillion said:

for me and many others its the way he runs the club that is the issue not the amount of money he spends.

the lack of a long term plan is odd. he  wants attacking footy yet keeps hiring defensive coaches and

then usurping their wishes.  its getting worse year on year so for me his time is done :)

According to the media? 

1 hour ago, mclovin83 said:

According to the media? 

nope i have thought along these lines for a few years and am quite happy to be proved wrong. although this season was hard to watch at times :(

Really grew to love the stadium design after initially being shocked by it.  A real shame, not sure projects like that ever recover, but rather get replaced with a more achievable yet unremarkable new stand.

36 minutes ago, Unclezillion said:

nope i have thought along these lines for a few years and am quite happy to be proved wrong. although this season was hard to watch at times :(

I think what he is getting at, is that what you are saying has no substance. Troll surely?

5 hours ago, RIP Mourinho said:

From memory i thought it was more a CPO issue. I'm sure a higher bid would still have cost less than the current redevelopment plan. 

We were never getting Battersea. The CPO would have happily gone with Battersea, the club were just outbid by property development and being outbid isn't just about money.

I think Boris didn't want it to be a stadium. 

£1 billion and 3 years at Wembley it was never worth it. With our current profit margins it would've taken 100 years to pay off the debt. Better to invest in the squad then try to get a bit more money from the stadium. 

54 minutes ago, buzzcfc said:

I think what he is getting at, is that what you are saying has no substance. Troll surely?

yeah yeah everybody just jump in line and shut up!

6 minutes ago, Unclezillion said:

yeah yeah everybody just jump in line and shut up!

so you're saying that you know all the inner details of how Abramovich runs the club and exactly what he wants from it,  and that you don't approve of that so you think he has outstayed his welcome, and, by definition, then, should f**k off out of it, is that right?

 

No  wonder someone called you a troll.  Member for nearly two years and 60-ish posts made, the majority being bitch-whining.

Edited June 1, 20188 yr by yorkleyblue

10 minutes ago, Unclezillion said:

yeah yeah everybody just jump in line and shut up!

The f**k are you going on about...

Mears was a cnut, so was Bates is it too far to think that the current owner may share some of these traits?

 after all you don't go from selling dolls to being a billionaire in a couple of years and being part of Putin's inner circle by being nice!

i have earned the right to say that i don't like what i see  at CFC and i'll be fekked if any of you sheep are going to tell me otherwise!

Theres literally no one even arguing that point, nice strawman though.

I think he's just a bit slow, people.