IF WE GET A THUMPING TONIGHT

[stan butler]

I believe clueless Mickysaurus will be gone by the Boro game..

[BLUETIT]

I believe clueless Mickysaurus will be gone by the Boro game..

WHEN !

[Trigger]

Doubt it, think a comfortable defeat tonight is a given. Would be tough at best if times.

Seems he has boro either way.

[life on mars]

Alleged meeting took place this week in London to discuss the merits of Mick and our chances of promotion , two games left no matter results and gone , that's the alleged feedback from the waiter ?

[stan butler]

Alleged meeting took place this week in London to discuss the merits of Mick and our chances of promotion , two games left no matter results and gone , that's the alleged feedback from the waiter ?

Waiter?

[City123]

He'll be here until the international break

[alan_corneli]

He'll be here until the international break

What!!! ANOTHER international break!

[goats]

I wonder if Tan will sell up if we go down? Can’t be worth too much now anyway…..

[NYCBlue]

Alleged meeting took place this week in London to discuss the merits of Mick and our chances of promotion, two games left no matter results and gone , that's the alleged feedback from the waiter ?

I wonder what they concluded.

[Hilts]

I wonder if Tan will sell up if we go down? Can’t be worth too much now anyway…..

No because no one will buy us

[BLUETIT]

I wonder if Tan will sell up if we go down? Can’t be worth too much now anyway…..

It would be as a housing estate !

[goats]

No because no one will buy us

That depends on the price. Surely he will want out? He’s failed if we go down. He made a massive call last season by giving mick a permanent deal, he didn’t need to. We’ve got decent young players coming through for the first time I can recall. We need a manager who can help them mature into the first team.

[City123]

I wonder if Tan will sell up if we go down? Can’t be worth too much now anyway…..

We own our stadium don't we? That alone will put the price up

[RichardM]

We own our stadium don't we? That alone will put the price up

I thought the land is on a very long lease from the council....but I may have imagined it.

[Jimmy the Jock]

What!!! ANOTHER international break!

Means we might not lose that weekend....

Every cloud..

[The Lone Gunman]

We own our stadium don't we? That alone will put the price up

I've always been puzzled by the stadium situation. The club owns it, so it's considered a major financial asset. However, the land on which it is built is owned by the council (the club pays a peppercorn rent) and I'm certain there are stipulations which mean the stadium can only ever be used as a sports venue. Therefore, I've never understood why the stadium is considered so valuable. After all, it's not as if it could be sold for housing or any other development.

[Dorcus]

No because no one will buy us

It probably depends on the price. Tan's valuation may very well be way over the top to interest quality investors who are just biding their time until he sells at a discount.

In any case the cheaper they can buy is more advantageous to us because it could mean more money will be available for the huge reconstruction needed.

[DubaiDai]

Waiter?

Surely he will be our next manager

[Dave Blue]

I think tonight is irrelevant. It's beat Boro or bust really.

[Rjk]

I've always been puzzled by the stadium situation. The club owns it, so it's considered a major financial asset. However, the land on which it is built is owned by the council (the club pays a peppercorn rent) and I'm certain there are stipulations which mean the stadium can only ever be used as a sports venue. Therefore, I've never understood why the stadium is considered so valuable. After all, it's not as if it could be sold for housing or any other development.

It can't be used for housing, but that doesn't mean it has no value. If another team wanted to buy the stadium from us how much would we want for it? OK this is a very hypothetical scenario as the Cardiff Blues could almost fit their crowd into Taffs Well's ground, but let's say a rich sheik is financing a UK based NFL franchise, and they want a ground to buy, how much would it be worthwhile for us to sell? quite a lot I'd imagine

[Ninian1962]

I've always been puzzled by the stadium situation. The club owns it, so it's considered a major financial asset. However, the land on which it is built is owned by the council (the club pays a peppercorn rent) and I'm certain there are stipulations which mean the stadium can only ever be used as a sports venue. Therefore, I've never understood why the stadium is considered so valuable. After all, it's not as if it could be sold for housing or any other development.

The value of the stadium to a potential new owner is the cost avoided of building a similar new modern stadium. I think the rent currently being paid to the Council as landlords under the long lease held is about £350k p.a. which is pretty cheap but is meant to reflect a payment for having been effectively given the land on which the stadium stands and also the money the club was allowed to have from the sale of Ninian Park.
You are quite right of course to say that the stadium only has a value to someone using it for sports purposes due to the restrictive covenant put on it.

[Jimmy the Jock]

It can't be used for housing, but that doesn't mean it has no value. If another team wanted to buy the stadium from us how much would we want for it? OK this is a very hypothetical scenario as the Cardiff Blues could almost fit their crowd into Taffs Well's ground, but let's say a rich sheik is financing a UK based NFL franchise, and they want a ground to buy, how much would it be worthwhile for us to sell? quite a lot I'd imagine

Needed a few more verys.
Imaginative though.