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1 minute ago, 42nite said:

 

Oh my god, they really are coming for us!

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Unfortunately for them they’ve somehow managed to tie their shoelaces together, so therefore can’t move at the pace they’d like,it’s going to take time.

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15 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

Don’t “big name” “big players” “marquee signings” want to be paid quite a bit of money usually..?! 

Completely agree. Not sure they have the money to, have seen they hold a lot of interest in 3 players who I suppose would be considered marquee by their standards; Nicky Maynard, Danny Mayor and Ched Evans. Ched Evans has got to be completely unachievable. Even if they did have the money, a player who scores 17 goals in their league last season won't be wanting to play for a club that finished worse than the team he was playing for. I think though, that the lack of money may not be as relevant as you may think for those two considering they play for Bury and the complete fiasco that is going on there financially. May be great news for the sags. They'll have a lot of interest in them for sure from League 1, but I actually think either are achievable. Potentially both. But even if they did sign both I honestly think Maynard would completely flop but Mayor would do well. 

Edit: Saw the sags had a transfer rumours page and Mayor is out of contract. Pirate (one of the few fans on that shit website I actually respect who is surprisingly knowledgeable on players who don't play for the sags has him as his top target. Not been linked with almost any League 1 club. Seems actually pretty realistic for a lot of Sag rumours. Albeit some of them did suggest Leon Clarke, which is well...

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Eddie Hitler

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18 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

Quote from his Radio Bristol interview.

Coughlan said "I have had conversations with some fairly big name players. Finances will dictate what I can and can't do," Coughlan said. "I'm in for one or two, what people would call marquee signings, big players, big names. My fingers are crossed. I hope to use the old Irish patter, the Irish blarney on them. I've given them the pitch so fingers crossed."

Do you think the blarney consists of taking them around BCFC's facilities and telling to ignore the signs put up by those City Scallies? Either that or a blindfold and a folder full of artist impression sketches.

On reading that I was immediately reminded of Cheif Superintendent James Murphy who led the hunt for Shergar.

 

 

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I suspect that Cockman will end up being all talk and no action insofar as his marquee signings are concerned.

That said, there isn't anything concrete coming out of our side of the city yet, but at least we should have some of the Kelly ane Eisa money to spend along with perhaps a little left over from last season.

With a debt of £12m, crowds of 8k and no money from player sales, the Sag's are going to find the transfer market a very tricky place as there won't be many marquees who will be satisfied with being paid the national minimum wage.

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10 minutes ago, wendyredredrobin said:

the Sag's are going to find the transfer market a very tricky place as there won't be many marquees who will be satisfied with being paid the national minimum wage.

There won't be many marquees happy about playing in front of marquees, either.

 

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And here you have it. All we need to do is build a stadium bigger that Ashton Gate ... this time next year, Rodney ...

 

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If they wanted to build a hotel then that doesn’t have to just be a money grabbing exercise for the Al Qadis. Revenue generation = greater transfer funds = greater ability to compete

Lansdown is trying to do this at Ashton Gate is he not.
 
Lansdown owns the land though does he not whereas the AQ's never could so far as my memory serves me.

Who is to say that revenue generated from a hotel down in BS3 goes to the football club ?

I bet that doesn't happen south of the river, nor all the revenue from flogging Ashton Vale for residential use. This is payback time for the Lord of Guernsey for all the millions he has pumped in, and will not doubt continue to do (lady garden)
 


Not necessarily will come to the club but if it makes the deal more feasible then it’s all good and will mean they will be enticed to spend more. That could be in the club, or it could be in the stadium itself. Remember, higher attendances and more events mean higher receipts at the hotel. Add on other facilities and it’s even more true. Go ambitious and build a stadium bigger than Ashton gate and we become the first choice for big events and other sporting fixtures.

Supporters are very quick to mark the Al Qadis as the villains when it is more plausible it was just a sh** deal otherwise they would have never bought us or they would be well on the way to moving us over by now to the UWE stadium.
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4 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

Quote from his Radio Bristol interview.

Coughlan said "I have had conversations with some fairly big name players. Finances will dictate what I can and can't do," Coughlan said. "I'm in for one or two, what people would call marquee signings, big players, big names. My fingers are crossed. I hope to use the old Irish patter, the Irish blarney on them. I've given them the pitch so fingers crossed."

Do you think the blarney consists of taking them around BCFC's facilities and telling to ignore the signs put up by those City Scallies? Either that or a blindfold and a folder full of artist impression sketches.

In fairness to him, that new Dutch keeper has got a pretty big name!

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On ‎23‎/‎06‎/‎2019 at 10:35, redcityman said:

I think you will find that was the stadium.?

Difficult to differentiate when the "stadium" was there, I agree. Sadly (I think not), there's another building on site where that other shit pit used to be, which leaves this other old shed alone in the car park. Rather like the girl who's been stood up by the old map on the centre, who looked beautiful through the bottom of a beer glass on Saturday night.

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4 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

Quote from his Radio Bristol interview.

Coughlan said "I have had conversations with some fairly big name players. Finances will dictate what I can and can't do," Coughlan said. "I'm in for one or two, what people would call marquee signings, big players, big names. My fingers are crossed. I hope to use the old Irish patter, the Irish blarney on them. I've given them the pitch so fingers crossed."

Do you think the blarney consists of taking them around BCFC's facilities and telling to ignore the signs put up by those City Scallies? Either that or a blindfold and a folder full of artist impression sketches.

I can't believe he actually used the phrase "marquee signing". Must have been reading this thread. He goes on to say he's "given them the pitch". Genius level piss-taking.

 

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4 hours ago, Mattyisared said:

Completely agree. Not sure they have the money to, have seen they hold a lot of interest in 3 players who I suppose would be considered marquee by their standards; Nicky Maynard, Danny Mayor and Ched Evans. Ched Evans has got to be completely unachievable. Even if they did have the money, a player who scores 17 goals in their league last season won't be wanting to play for a club that finished worse than the team he was playing for. I think though, that the lack of money may not be as relevant as you may think for those two considering they play for Bury and the complete fiasco that is going on there financially. May be great news for the sags. They'll have a lot of interest in them for sure from League 1, but I actually think either are achievable. Potentially both. But even if they did sign both I honestly think Maynard would completely flop but Mayor would do well. 

Edit: Saw the sags had a transfer rumours page and Mayor is out of contract. Pirate (one of the few fans on that shit website I actually respect who is surprisingly knowledgeable on players who don't play for the sags has him as his top target. Not been linked with almost any League 1 club. Seems actually pretty realistic for a lot of Sag rumours. Albeit some of them did suggest Leon Clarke, which is well...

You are Coughlan and I claim my £5.00

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5 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

Quote from his Radio Bristol interview.

Coughlan said "I have had conversations with some fairly big name players. Finances will dictate what I can and can't do," Coughlan said. "I'm in for one or two, what people would call marquee signings, big players, big names. My fingers are crossed. I hope to use the old Irish patter, the Irish blarney on them. I've given them the pitch so fingers crossed."

 

I presume that's all six fingers Mr Cough-phlegm.

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Going abroad with a member of my family who unfortunately is a Sag. They just returned from another holiday where I had to see various photos of a Sag shirt. Unbeknown to them I have purchased a different Bristol City t-shirt for every single day that I am away with them.

Might be the last holiday we have together.

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2 hours ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

And here you have it. All we need to do is build a stadium bigger that Ashton Gate ... this time next year, Rodney ...

 

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If they wanted to build a hotel then that doesn’t have to just be a money grabbing exercise for the Al Qadis. Revenue generation = greater transfer funds = greater ability to compete

Lansdown is trying to do this at Ashton Gate is he not.
 
Lansdown owns the land though does he not whereas the AQ's never could so far as my memory serves me.

Who is to say that revenue generated from a hotel down in BS3 goes to the football club ?

I bet that doesn't happen south of the river, nor all the revenue from flogging Ashton Vale for residential use. This is payback time for the Lord of Guernsey for all the millions he has pumped in, and will not doubt continue to do (lady garden)
 


Not necessarily will come to the club but if it makes the deal more feasible then it’s all good and will mean they will be enticed to spend more. That could be in the club, or it could be in the stadium itself. Remember, higher attendances and more events mean higher receipts at the hotel. Add on other facilities and it’s even more true. Go ambitious and build a stadium bigger than Ashton gate and we become the first choice for big events and other sporting fixtures.

Supporters are very quick to mark the Al Qadis as the villains when it is more plausible it was just a sh** deal otherwise they would have never bought us or they would be well on the way to moving us over by now to the UWE stadium.

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10 minutes ago, Gert Mare said:

Going abroad with a member of my family who unfortunately is a Sag. They just returned from another holiday where I had to see various photos of a Sag shirt. Unbeknown to them I have purchased a different Bristol City t-shirt for every single day that I am away with them.

Might be the last holiday we have together.

Fair play to you Gerty. I get fed up to the back teeth of seeing weird looking Gasheads, in suits with trainers and pony tails. They're seen around the country and continent, in all sorts of odd places with their tatty, cheap looking ugly shirts on, chests pumped out, as if they're somehow proud of them and their achievements. 

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Why do all these "poor football grounds" look better than the Mem?

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=poor football grounds&qs=n&form=QBIR&sp=-1&pq=poor football grounds&sc=0-21&sk=&cvid=D5D34ABF024847FC8AE6D97E78345976

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Ugliest+Football+Stadiums&FORM=RESTAB

Finally, some rivals to the Mem;        https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Abandoned+Football+Stadiums&FORM=IRIBIP

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3 hours ago, wendyredredrobin said:

I suspect that Cockman will end up being all talk and no action insofar as his marquee signings are concerned.

That said, there isn't anything concrete coming out of our side of the city yet, but at least we should have some of the Kelly ane Eisa money to spend along with perhaps a little left over from last season.

With a debt of £12m, crowds of 8k and no money from player sales, the Sag's are going to find the transfer market a very tricky place as there won't be many marquees who will be satisfied with being paid the national minimum wage.

They wish!!

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2 hours ago, Rich said:

Fair play to you Gerty. I get fed up to the back teeth of seeing weird looking Gasheads, in suits with trainers and pony tails. They're seen around the country and continent, in all sorts of odd places with their tatty, cheap looking ugly shirts on, chests pumped out, as if they're somehow proud of them and their achievements. 

If I had to watch football in that ground , I’d think I’d be off travelling around the world. 

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50 minutes ago, kivsy said:

If I had to watch football in that ground , I’d think I’d be off travelling around the world. 

One of my best and oldest friends is a Bristol Rovers fan. For the past couple of decades he has lived in Spain and these days hardly ever gets to see his beloved team. The perfect lifestyle for the committed gashead. Lucky ***. 

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8 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

Quote from his Radio Bristol interview.

Coughlan said "I have had conversations with some fairly big name players. Finances will dictate what I can and can't do," Coughlan said. "I'm in for one or two, what people would call marquee signings, big players, big names. My fingers are crossed. I hope to use the old Irish patter, the Irish blarney on them. I've given them the pitch so fingers crossed."

Do you think the blarney consists of taking them around BCFC's facilities and telling to ignore the signs put up by those City Scallies? Either that or a blindfold and a folder full of artist impression sketches.

When a potential marquee signing collapses....

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38 minutes ago, City Rocker said:

One of my best and oldest friends is a Bristol Rovers fan. For the past couple of decades he has lived in Spain and these days hardly ever gets to see his beloved team. The perfect lifestyle for the committed gashead. Lucky ***. 

Lucky guy but I guess he is part of the 54 billion locked out.

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18 hours ago, BS3City said:

Gonna have to correct you Bazooka. The Sag Supremo has previously confirmed on Radio Bristol that it's Cock not Cough...

Thanks.

I tried using that pronunciation when I popped into Boots for some cough syrup this morning.

The assistant called me a coughy so-and-so and asked me to leave.

 

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2 hours ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said:

FGR today signed goalkeeper Adam Smith who was released by the SAGS (after playing 28 league games in 2 seasons). On signing Smith said ‘I think it’s a good opportunity to move my game on to the next level’. Don’t you just love it. 

Things flapping around in the background (“roofs” in Bristol Rovers case) is very distracting for goalkeepers. 

He must be relishing the opportunity to focus on a football. 

EDIT: and that’s not even allowing for Babestation being on in the background..!

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https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwis89TLsIfjAhWux4UKHWpSBzYQzPwBegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bristolpost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ffootball-news%2Frevealed-richest-owners-efl-including-3016761&psig=AOvVaw1bjkKII-JxZWvGdqxsqcWI&ust=1561646473197830

I like how they use the families wealth for Waels wealth valuation here!

17th richest owner in the country apparently.

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27 minutes ago, Carey 6 said:

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwis89TLsIfjAhWux4UKHWpSBzYQzPwBegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bristolpost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ffootball-news%2Frevealed-richest-owners-efl-including-3016761&psig=AOvVaw1bjkKII-JxZWvGdqxsqcWI&ust=1561646473197830

I like how they use the families wealth for Waels wealth valuation here!

17th richest owner in the country apparently.

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Waffle Al-Qadi more like. Entrepreneur or bullshiter?

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43 minutes ago, Carey 6 said:

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwis89TLsIfjAhWux4UKHWpSBzYQzPwBegQIARAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bristolpost.co.uk%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Ffootball-news%2Frevealed-richest-owners-efl-including-3016761&psig=AOvVaw1bjkKII-JxZWvGdqxsqcWI&ust=1561646473197830

I like how they use the families wealth for Waels wealth valuation here!

17th richest owner in the country apparently.

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But even that's not what the family is worth, they have shares in banks and businesses that are valued at that, they don't own the whole of them.

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18 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

But even that's not what the family is worth, they have shares in banks and businesses that are valued at that, they don't own the whole of them.

A bit subtle for the average Gashead though. They'll be coming for us again now.

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Son of Nob

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22 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

But even that's not what the family is worth, they have shares in banks and businesses that are valued at that, they don't own the whole of them.

I'm not even sure it's that!

From what I can tell in open source - AJIB has a current market cap of about $225M. The family have a holding of about 28% which gives you a value of about $71M. The family also have a 28% holding in a tourism based company with a market cap of $142M which works out at about $40M - so a family wealth of $110M odd.

Of note, WAQ has about 4% in each company worth about $16M. Obviously not too shabby but hardly large in football stake.

I would assume the family have lots of other holdings elsewhere but I doubt they add up to $300M!!

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2 hours ago, Son Of Nob said:

I'm not even sure it's that!

I'm not sure it's that either. When I looked the other week and posted (#52047) I think you may have confused US with Jordanian dollars. I think he's actually worth about half that you've calculated. Wouldn't that be a shame....?

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26 minutes ago, BTRFTG said:

I'm not sure it's that either. When I looked the other week and posted (#52047) I think you may have confused US with Jordanian dollars. I think he's actually worth about half that you've calculated. Wouldn't that be a shame....?

I had market cap at JOD 180M which based on 1 Jordanian Dinar = 1.41 Dollars came to the figure above. Haven't looked at that post yet as I'm currently walking a hyperactive pug!

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Wrong currency conversion - sackable offence
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