: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:06 pm  

The Clan wrote:

By all accounts the stadium is stage one of a massive development.

Flower beds hardly count as stage 2.......

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:15 pm  

waltontiger wrote:

Flower beds hardly count as stage 2.......

this will go ahead trust me, you will get a stadium only if the wmdc bail you out. my bet it will take at least 5 years for you

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:35 pm  

bazzo44 wrote:

this will go ahead trust me,

Its so obvious to me now, why didnt i understand?

You just say "trust me" and you get your new ground in 12 months and us 5 years......its all so clear to me now.

thanks.

: Fri Apr 17, 2009 6:38 pm  

If Wakey have the sense to get a supermarket on board they could fast track everything.I do believe Saints have a deal with a supermarket.
The supermarkets have the brass and have bankrolled a few stadiums, look at MK Dons Ground it's fantastic (Asda stumped up, hence shiny new stadium and shiny new superstore) Cost the taxpayer nothing and everyones a winner.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:04 am  

waltontiger wrote:

In line with this thread I take great exception to this remark!

No offence intended pal.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:26 am  

bazzo44 wrote:

this will go ahead trust me, you will get a stadium only if the wmdc bail you out. my bet it will take at least 5 years for you

Brilliant. We can lock this thread now because all Cas fans have been proved wrong with the simple phrase here, "this will go ahead trust me". Thanks for clearing this little mess up

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:43 am  

Georgie Best on a Bloomer wrote:

To be fair

If RW says nowt he gets criticised for saying nowt

When he said that we'd got funding for a 13000 seater and was holding out for funding for a 15000 seater he was accused of being economical with the truth.

It's still unclear whether we're going for a stadium to incorporate council facilities. If this is still going through debate at council he can say nothing without repeating what's been said before.

If he issues a statement saying that nothing has changed, there'll be a howl of protest about no progress being made.

Having been "the bloke in charge" when there's been a crisis, I know from experience that no matter what you say you can't win. You can be totally open and honest, but there are people who make up their mind that you're a liar, part of a cover-up or a conspiracy, and nothing that you can do will change their mind.

It's very hard to prove that things are going to plan. Someone is ALWAYS going to suspect that you know something they don't, and then tell it to all and sundry. The verifiable evidence is that we've got a site, we've got outline permission, the site is being prepared for building of some kind, there's a board up from the developers saying it's for a new stadium for the Tigers, and Waystone's website shows an artist's impression of what it will look like. We've also made a deal with developers to sell the Jungle.

It may seem naive (so is the name of a top brand of bottled water, backwards) but would Waystone have done the artists impressions and put the board up if there was a good chance that the whole thing was going to turn into some sort of embarrassing white elephant?

No matter what RW says, some will believe him and some won't. Then the same old debate kicks off again. We'll only find out for sure when the first bits are erected, or when the diggers leave never to return.

I don't think you can count running out of condoms as being the bloke in charge of a crisis!

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:10 am  

Therailwayendisuponus. wrote:

I don't think you can count running out of condoms as being the bloke in charge of a crisis!

You can if you don't know about bagpiping.

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 11:22 am  

Disco wrote:

You can if you don't know about bagpiping.

I can now class myself as a bagpiping veteran. I am going for the landing strip this aft, now where did I put that razor?

: Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:33 pm  

BIGAL1 wrote:

Who look lets resort to name calling from behind a screen, brave man.


Good luck with the Cas stadium to normal Cas fans.

hightown pub every friday night just ask for baz