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There''s at least a couple on here who speak with silly Suffolk accents. [:''(]   But they are forgiven, and I won''t out them on here.   [C]   OTBC        

[quote user="nutty nigel"] I got nuffink at skool and just theez vokayshunul kwolifikayshuns to be prowd of. Thay must be werf sumfink...   [/quote]   Worth a lot more than certficates in ''Conducting inquiries'', ''Diets for police horses'' and ''How to move on  protesting citizens'', I would imagine........   OTBC

[quote user="TIL 1010"][quote user="BlyBlyBabes"] I''ll have you lot know that Tilson, by his proud own boast on this forum, once regaled us with the information that he passed  English Language at GCE Ordinary Level at the apex of his academic pursuits many years ago.   None of this Doctor of Philosophy in Bog Cleaning for Bartenders and Bingo Callers  malarkey for him................   OTBC   [/quote] I think you will find it was in response to a question asked of me Bly but then again answering questions asked of you does not register on your radar.It has been attempted by many on numerous threads and by the way i do have other education qualifications obtained at school.   [/quote]   My old granny used to say:   Do you know what thought did? He thought he did but he didn''t.   OTBC

I''ll have you lot know that Tilson, by his proud own boast on this forum, once regaled us with the information that he passed  English Language at GCE Ordinary Level at the apex of his academic pursuits many years ago.   None of this Doctor of Philosophy in Bog Cleaning for Bartenders and Bingo Callers  malarkey for him................   OTBC    

[quote user="City1st"] Ideally we would be able to put another stand on top of the Main stand, but I''m fairly certain that it cannot be done for structural reasons, so it would have to come down and be rebuilt.   That poses a major problem that is always overlooked. Where do you put the 4000 ticket holders from that stand whilst a new one is being built ? Presuming that they will not object to being shoved in willy nilly elsewhere around the ground amongst the great unwashed, there is still the problem of finding the spare seats. It would probably mean allowing season ticket numbers to run down and selling them as casuals, cutting the casuals when the building work starts and reducing the away tickes. Not an easy task.   How big would it be ? Two tier, which would tie in with the Barclay and Riverend Stands. That would generate anotherb 4000 seats. Three tier, which would put the capacity up to 35,000 ?   Unfortunately, as the Wigan and Spurs cup games have shown there is not the demand there to fill those seast. Yes, for the top games (Man Utd, Arsenal etc) but not for the rest. The only way to stimulate that demand is to cut the ticket prices. However any cuts will have to apply across the board. And the rough calculations I have seen suggest that very quickly you reach a point where to increase ticket sales you go into a net loss.   Currently with the eye watering sums being talked of from TV money there is possibley a good argument to be made for using a few million to subsidise the new stand, ticket prices etc. However, we are talking of a repayment schedule of over 20 years. Can we guarantee 20 years of being in the Premiere League ? 20 years of TV money staying at the high levels it is now ?   If relegation does follow could we continue to subsidies those seats. We would have to continue to make the payments on the loan, but we would be in a position of seeing attendances fall, with a further loss of income. I think tickets would have to fall dramatically to achieve 35,000 at home to Barnsley.   Sadly, we still have fans who think that any increase in capacity will lead to a net increase in revenue. It will not. That an increase in catering/coroprate facilities will lead to another net increase in revenue. There is no certainty there. You cannot simply drum up business solely on the basis of having extra facilities. Nor can you be certain others won''t enter the market in direct competition to you.   So, when someone can give at least show where the 4000 displaced ticket holders are going to go then maybe there might be discussion about how much risk the club should be putting itself in.   [/quote]   Where did they go after the City Stand burned down and it was being rebuilt?   OTBC

Hey there Lawro!   [:P]   [:P]   OTBC

[quote user="Chelmsford Canary"] Good - he gets in wrong most weeks! Draw! [/quote]   That''s what I reckon too!   But let''s hope the match won''t be dull so as to make us fall asleep like nutty''s relatives......   OTBC

Not us!    He says we''re going to lose.   Poor chap.   OTBC      

Good news.   OTBC

[quote user="TCCANARY"] These stories always make me laugh, every time there''s a major tournament the papers decide that it won''t go ahead as planned and England will host it instead, makes you wonder who falls for this.   [/quote]   Ask Earnie what he reckons.   OTBC

Here''s an exclusive picture of it before it was destroyed! Rather narrow isn''t it?   OTBC

[quote user="I.S."]Hmm, isn''t that just the "fan rating"?[/quote]   Yes. I think they have an ongoing  mixed pool of fans they use as a testing board and resource.   If I''m correct then the outcome this week would be a valid third party endorsement, n''est ce pas?   OTBC    

Some peope shrug it off, but third party endorsement is clearly far more meaningful than self-endorsement.   OTBC

Roeder owes him n apology.   OTBC

[S]   Who cares?   We''ve much bigger fish to fry these days!   OTBC

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/players.html#teamofweek-fan   OTBC

Well, there''s two tabby alley cats making the devil of a racket outside my bedroom window!   Anybody know what that means for our clubs fortunes ''cos I''m just about to go for a bucket of water.........................!   OTBC

Seems not!   http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4655804/England-on-Euro-Under-21-alert.html   OTBC

If he feels he has a point to prove after being benched by Swansea this season then he could be an excellent acquisition for us. Or is he not a big enough step up in quality?   What do you reckon?   OTBC      

[quote user="lappinitup"]For several days now this site has been extreeeeeeemly slow. Seem to get a white screen all the time resulting in posts being duplicated and other times can''t even get on the site. PETE! [/quote]   [Y]   OTBC

[quote user="TIL 1010"] [:^)] [/quote]   Oh do keep up Plod. Deary me. [:S]   OTBC

[quote user="nutty nigel"] [quote user="Sports Desk Pete"]Apparently some Man Utd fans caused some trouble at the Compleat Angler pub ahead of the game yesterday. Anybody see or hear anything?[/quote]   I think it was the result of frustration trying to load pages on your quaint little forum Pete[;)] [/quote]   [Y]   OTBC  

Hughton strikes again with his widely questioned summer signing of Bunn, eh?   I don''t remember seeing mention of Rudd on ths thread until now........   OTBC

Have a look at today''s EDP front page.   Didn''t little Norwich City do well. We''re giantkillers no less. [:S]   OTBC

[quote user="Unhinged Canary"]Don''t forget Roedent and Gunn''s contributions! [:S] [/quote]   ?   OTBC