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The development are privately financed with no risk to the club.

Quite scathing and on a touchy subject for Glenda. blueyes.gif

I think this is a good thing. And I don't want to talk it down.

Didier Dom-Perignon.

...if you want to put me on ths spot I'd say he's gone..

I believe you're correct. Maybe it's a better option for them (or someone like them) to fund the development rather than buy the club lock stock and barrel. Total speculation but if you generate an average income of around £1000 per seat off season ticket, cup games, food & beverages, merchandise etc then 8000 extra seats generates around £8m per year for the club in extra revenue. In anyones book, any business who can expand revenue by 8 million a year for life should take that opportunity. Coupled with the lease from the ground this is a very lucrative deal for the club!!! Agreed. THIS IS A MASTERSTROKE. blueyes.gif I give Freddy his due...Quite a counterstrike he has been beavering away in the background with.

Possibly the most insightful comment in the whole thread - and totally overlooked!!! We all know Oliver is the lapdog of the club - so I'd say it's very interesting that Oliver is, for the first time, directly turning his poison pen on Roeder. At Freddy's request...? nufc.com said Saturday was the day Roeder lost the fans - has he also lost Anal Oliver and/or Freddy Shepherd? Much as I despise this so-called journalist, this gives me some hope that Roeder will be out sooner rather than later (which opens the whole can of worms re who is next, but lets leave that for another thread...) Oliver woudn't contradict GR unless FS had given him the ok. Pretty sure about that. blueyes.gif And the heavy attacks on Martins....Roeder buy. blueyes.gif

...yet Martins has 10 league goals & Berbatov has 8. Berbatov looks much the better player tbh. I agree and i'd swap them in an instant, but the suggestion Berbatov has adjusted any quicker is bemusing. I've said before i don't think Martins will improve with age, the flaws in his game will remain along with his ability to score goals. The trouble is, we already have a classier version in Michael Owen. I think the fact that Berbatov looks a better player on a consistent basis is evidence enough that he's adjusted quicker than Martins. It helps that he actually IS a better player of course, but he's also performing to a higher standard more consistently, so I'm not sure what's too bemusing about the statement that he's adjusted quicker. Berbatov looks a good Premiership striker. Martins....well, he looks like a once in a while wonder. He hates shooting though.

IF we are getting a stadium expansion without having to pay for it....This is a MASTER STROKE from Fat five Freddy. blueyes.gif

Totally agree that receiving a one-off chunk of money, no matter how large or small, is no guarantee that it will be spent wisely. But that's what the Directors are in place for, to ensure that the money coming in is utilised to its maximum potential for the benefit of the shareholders. Offering another 8k seats in 3/4 years time may be beneficial to the club. If the club is successful, then there is every likelihood that those extra seats will be filled. I would see the concern being would the seats be filled if the team continued to perform for the next 3/4 years as it has for the last two season? Until Souness went, relegation last season was a distinct possibility. This season relegation is still a possiblity, not likely admittedly, but not yet ruled out. My overall impression of most clubs is that success on the field is important to ensure off field success follows. Sure, there are exceptions, but generally I would see it as more beneficial to NUFC to have a successful team now and for the next 3/4 years rather than going to an enlarged stadium at the end of that period. I would be more receptive to the idea of 60k seats in 2011 if I saw now plans to overhaul the playing staff, get the wages under control, get motivation on the pitch etc etc. The stadium plans are laudable but I just think there are other matters which need attention first. They are different entities though MJ the playing side and the team and this what looks on paper a highly lucrative private development.

...yet Martins has 10 league goals & Berbatov has 8. Berbatov looks much the better player tbh. Quite and Berb is more creative for those around. But Martins can change a game in an instant....Not may players can..Although a little overpriced I'm saying he's a good un. blueyes.gif

It's not technically borrowing. The hotels and stuff won't be owned by the club, so we don't technically have to borrow any money to build all that. Someone else is doing that and they'll own it, the club will still own the land though and get a 'free' ground extension. If that is the case and it sounds like it is....It's a very good deal for us...

....for the important bit is disagreeing with GR. blueyes.gif The signs are coming together... blueyes.gif

Is this the first sign FS has let loose the dogs on GR? blueyes.gif

.....oh yes deffo a pocket liner. blueyes.gif

Apart from the stadium expansion, this new income stream will go into paying off the money borrowed and in the medium term profits for the backers. As long as the club isn't exposed to any fianancial danger, in general terms this is a good thing, but not something the club will make money from directly apart from the expanision. Intersting diversification strategy by FS.

.....while Rome burns comes to mind.

Spent a truckload at Lazio Dave in the days when money was money. blueyes.gif Very good organiser mind. Joking aside if they said it was Sven I wouldn't be dissapointed. But he would demand a free hand, not sure he'd get it.

Case closed. blueyes.gif

Sven. mackems.gif .....the quickest way to bankcruptcy.. blueyes.gif

Well this is the thing Cali. Over the last few weeks and everything that has been happenning with Emre, I got the feeling that people had given up on him. Also there must have been times the player himself had thought about getting out. Looking at the market for creative midfielders it didn't take long to realise what a bargain we had in him and that replacing him wouid be expensive.

what planet are you so are you assuming that emre would be welcomed with open arms at everton uranus and no. emre is better than arteta full stop. put emre in a good team and he will shine like at inter. and dont say he hardly played. he started at least 50% of games. and for inter thats great. look now, inter never play the same 11 twice. even now viera has only played 50% of games for them. i put it to you, that if steven gerrard or paul scholes were in this team they wouldnt produce 50% of what they can do for there current teams becuase your only good as the players you play with. and most of our players are crap. I don't think anybody in their right minds doubts Emre is a very good player and as we see going down this thread won't be easy to replace. The management need to seriously consider the best way of keeping him and utilising him.

Like moths to a flame. Vic showing signs of having been working on his act. blueyes.gif

Looking at the options and the prices, Emre will leave a huge hole with the options and creative play he gives us. I concede that in some games his passing is off and his corners are shite...But when he gets on the ball the first thing that happens is that the opp drop off 10 yards...Always a sign of respect. blueyes.gif

Wesley Sneijder? IMO wouldn't cost a bomb, good touch and creative. blueyes.gif