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Just noticed there’s a school as well in the area. Would involve having to move children to other schools or moving an entire school to a new building… 

6 minutes ago, thabucks said:

The whole area would need to put under a Compulsory Purchase Order so they have no choice. We would need to prove that by doing so it would be of socio economic benefit to the local and wider area. Right now it’s shit housing stock with a football ground as its neighbour. Any development would need to include at its heart community beneficial amenities and services. The whole area from Aston hall to the academy building would be opened up into a thriving new district given locals more opportunities, jobs, entertainment etc. 

How long would a period of consultation or notice take for that kind of thing? Assuming we’d need to help every single resident find new housing within timeframes? I have no idea how this kind of thing works… as you can probably tell. 

I mean, with the new academy structure across the river, it’s clear that we will be staying in that spot. But I’d be surprised if we managed to secure such a large space based on the outline you gave (as awesome as it would be). 

1 hour ago, thabucks said:

The amount of apartments, hotel beds, offices, retail, recreational and community facilities which could be built within the highlighted area would be a massive catalyst for regeneration and could also get government levelling up funding towards the wider area. It would add value to the remaining houses. 

 

That looks like an awful lot of houses in that area. Buying all of them is going to be out of the question. Not everyone will want to move, etc etc. Whilst that space would be ideal, it surely has to be impossible to acquire?

15 minutes ago, villaglint said:

Why arent Spurs playing next week? Seems really odd at this stage of the season. 

Yea it’s annoying because they essentially get a break. We just need to win and make it so that they HAVE to as well. If we win the next two we could be 9 points above them by the time they play again. 

4 minutes ago, RichW said:

Meant to play Man City but they have a FA Cup game. 

Ahhh makes sense. 

13 minutes ago, Cmac said:

We play Bournemouth and Chelsea before spurs next game. Great chance to put pressure on them now

Yea why have they got that free weekend? 

40 minutes ago, Follyfoot said:

After a lucky win today, does that mean that Manchester United can catch us up

19 minutes ago, Talldarkandransome said:

AFTV should be a hoot later

For Gods sake. What was the point! 

I thought we were going to get absolutely destroyed today. So, I was wrong. 

Just now, Lochheads twin said:

Still mathematically possible!!!

For Man U to catch us? 

Where the hell did they get that from?  - most all weekend that. 

8 minutes?

Aight! 

Just now, flashingqwerty said:

We do f all from corners 3 times

Bloody hell. 
Thank you for confirming! 

Just now, calcifer said:

WDFAFC x3

What is this! 

We need the stability of having Konsa at CB. Getting frustrated with the experiment now. Need a RB at RB. 

4 hours ago, RicRic said:

Why are we all talking about united and Newcastle and no longer mentioning spurs, THEY are our only concern at this stage until the end of the season.

That’s not completely true though 

4 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said:

Wow Sky. 

Trossard tracks back to win the ball - absolutely brilliant from Trossard. 

Diaby tracks back to win the ball - Villa are having to double up

Part of the reason why sky was removed from my life! Because the obsession is just too much

The ref stuff is every game now lads! Think we just accept that referring is poor. We can’t keep being the time that is chosen by the refs for crap decisions to be made. 

Just hope we don’t make it so damn easy for them. We have a tendency to lose these sorts of games quite heavily even though there is a lot riding on it for us as well. I’m not going to be surprised if we lose this 3/4-0. But I’d much rather see us actually play well, be competitive, maybe grab a goal as well. 

Would it be a bad thing, if we… you know… exited the Europa conference? Is the opportunity to focus on champs league not far greater overall? 

Just now, Made In Aston said:

We are pretty much guaranteed at least 5th now. All this irrational bed wetting about being caught by the likes of Man Utd, Newcastle and West Ham is beyond embarrassing.

Well now you’ve gone and done it. 

11 minutes ago, Brumstopdogs said:

You won't be laughing when they beat us 14-0 nil next week

If this happens I will buy a season ticket for Birmingham City once they are in that new 98k capacity stadium. 

I’ll also buy one for CVByrne as well. Might cheer him up a bit. 

Whilst we are seemingly going to finish top 5… I do think there is a small, legitimate concern with Newcastle now. Because they are in decent form and seem to be steam rolling over sides again like they were doing last season. They are facing all bottom half sides for the remainder of their games. Cast your mind back to how embarrassing we were against Tottenham at home and look what Newcastle have managed to do to them today. 

I officially concede regarding Man U. They aren’t catching us.