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  1. At some point you have to say but the shareholders keep taking profits when the profits should have been used to stop flushing jobbies down the river I get the investors / shareholders / pensions thing, I really do but quite frankly they are taking the piss (quite literally) As for the investors in Thames Water saying that they'll only put the money in if the charges go up (massively) then its shit or bust and they clearly chose bust
  2. Not waste money chasing income that doesn't exist and cant exist on a scale a lot of members of this forum imagine does exist We need to concentrate on being a football club, any extra income from events would buy us one of John McGinn's legs
  3. It doesn't matter, the times are still similar and most WCML trains do not go through Brum. The point isn't about the exact times though in my experience those times are more or less correct. Liverpool is almost as close to London in travel time as it is the Birmingham. Shall I drive to Birmingham - 2 hrs or get the train to London - just over 2hrs. The point is that Birmingham will never replace London as an event destination no matter how much Birmingham exceptionalism you apply. The sheer mountain of industries you'd have to change to achieve that is insurmountable. Birmingham would obviously get a few events, it already does, a new stadium increased capacity stadium with multi roles isn't going to change that. The versatility would be wasted money. Birmingham already has the NEC for a very large, well connected high capacity indoor venue, it doesn't put on that many events of the nature we're talking about
  4. Yes and that is on direct trains no changes LPL - LEU = 2hrs 15, LPL - BHM = 2 hrs
  5. It takes as long to get by train to London as it does to Birmingham from Liverpool. Pretty similar for most of those places. Birmingham is not currently on the West Coast Main Line proper and the speeds of trains on the West Mids rail network is vastly reduced. Now the 2nd leg of HS2 has been cancelled those services will now be further degraded in the future.
  6. Does that exist because the lemonade doesn't have any lemonade duty charged on it as it is for domestic heating and agricultural use?
  7. It really isn't, Birmingham is in London's catchment area. Broadstairs and Brighton for example are not in Birmingham's
  8. How long does it take to stage a Stadium concert? It's not just rock up on the day like it is at a traditional concert hall. How long does it take to set up one of those motor cross type events they also hold in stadiums, it's not just dump a load of dirt there. Days before the event and days after. It's not possible for a top flight football club, especially one that has an ambition to be a top European club, it really isn't compatible.
  9. No I definitely didn't. I said its a genre I don't like and there much better in a similar vein (ie electronic music made using 404's Ataris, 303 etc). No actual comparison was made other than that's shite and this is better but they come from a very similar musical gene pool because they undeniably do.
  10. No I'm saying the idea of a multiuse stadium that can be used for masses of other events is an absolute fantasy for a top tier football club, especially one located in Birmingham There really is only a small window of opportunity each year for a football stadium to be used for other events and there really is a lack of events that would be interested in a Birmingham location
  11. London or Birmingham, London will win 99% of the time. Birmingham is an hour from London by train. Rapid cross country transport is Londoncentric.
  12. 1. The volume of these events do not exist 2. Birmingham's catchment area is no bigger than Cardiff's and Manchester is much better placed for a date on a 2/3 date tour by a massive international artist (usually London / Manchester / Glasgow). We aren't in the middle of the country when you consider London's catchment area, in fact Birmingham is pretty much in London's catchment area. 3. We're also in an era where many international artists are skipping the UK completely because... Brexit
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