Popular Post UpTheVilla26 Posted April 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2022 (edited) Just had a gander on their forum. They are going on about 'rotating' the current ground. Build this, knock this down, build that. Do they realise there is one major issue and it is why their stands are shafted to begin with? YOU'S GOT NO MONEY!! If they can't afford to upkeep what they had already, where they gonna find money to build a new ground or 'rotate' the current stadium (which according to their plans would include knocking down a B&M which probably has more people in it every match day than their death trap of a shithole ground). All you can do is watch and laugh from afar. Hopefully the stadium collapses over the Summer, preferably with Craig Gardner in it, and the club goes bust. Edited April 9, 2022 by UpTheVilla26 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 But what happens if the landlord says i dont want to fix it or its cisting too much then what? As sty andrews is no longer theirs. Would that mean they would have to permanently play with reduced capacity.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: But what happens if the landlord says i dont want to fix it or its cisting too much then what? As sty andrews is no longer theirs. Would that mean they would have to permanently play with reduced capacity.? It's owned by the owner of the club, isn't it? It was a financial dodge, no different to our own. They could of course decide it isn't worth the investment, but the ownership is neither here nor there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, Davkaus said: It's owned by the owner of the club, isn't it? It was a financial dodge, no different to our own. They could of course decide it isn't worth the investment, but the ownership is neither here nor there I think they sold it off and now they pay rent. Im sure i read that and they got some money for it which helped them with ffp? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Demitri_C said: I think they sold it off and now they pay rent. Im sure i read that and they got some money for it which helped them with ffp? Yeah you're right, they originally sold it off to their club owners (like we did), but then sold it again to a third party. That's a very worrying move for the club, and one that should give pause for thought to fans of other clubs like us that didn't have a care in the world when our stadium was sold off. Couldn't easily be us if our owners have enough at some point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 58 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Yeah you're right, they originally sold it off to their club owners (like we did), but then sold it again to a third party. That's a very worrying move for the club, and one that should give pause for thought to fans of other clubs like us that didn't have a care in the world when our stadium was sold off. Couldn't easily be us if our owners have enough at some point. Pretty sure the third party is also linked to the owners btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 4 hours ago, Follyfoot said: Flatten it, build a Aldi on it and draw a line under the whole sordid affair once and for all What did Aldi ever do to you ? Mate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 9, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 9, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 They will all be "fookin DVB" - ing it right now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 I'd be asking questions of the previous owners (Sullivan and the Golds) - they signed off on the new stands. Absolute charlatans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted April 9, 2022 Share Posted April 9, 2022 5 hours ago, Xela said: I'd be asking questions of the previous owners (Sullivan and the Golds) - they signed off on the new stands. Absolute charlatans. They were always banging on about Birmingham building a stadium for the commonwealth games or a new stadium for the club to use, look what they did at West ham sold the ground to move into a new stadium I bet those stands were built as cheap as possible in the hope they got that a tax payer funded stadium for small heath When you look at villa Park, the North stand is an absolute disgrace but now atleast when it was built it was built to last 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 21 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Would that mean they would have to permanently play with reduced capacity.? Does that matter? The horrible little cretins never fecking fill the place anyway. The could play at Perry Barr dogs and still have enough room to put their webbed feet up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted April 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2022 17 hours ago, Xela said: I'd be asking questions of the previous owners (Sullivan and the Golds) - they signed off on the new stands. Absolute charlatans. One man’s charlatan is another man’s hero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted April 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2022 21 minutes ago, av1 said: Does that matter? The horrible little cretins never fecking fill the place anyway. The could play at Perry Barr dogs and still have enough room to put their webbed feet up. Too many Vile in Perry Barr mate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, av1 said: Does that matter? I think so, whatever the equivalent is of "Couch Surfing" within the "We have no ground" situation at small heath is, I want that for them. Until then, long journeys, disappointment and eventual liquidation on the horizon. Mate Edited April 10, 2022 by Amsterdam_Neil_D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 33 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: I think so, whatever the equivalent is of "Couch Surfing" within the "We have no ground" situation at small heath is, I want that for them. Until then, long journeys, disappointment and eventual liquidation on the horizon. Mate I know mate, I was just trying to joke about their situation. I agree though it would be a huge issue for them if their stadium is effectively condemned. Liquidation is certainly on the horizon imo. They are in massive debt, the stadium (which they don’t own) is about to collapse and their owners are shady to say the least. Now people may look at that statement and say (stadium issue aside) we were in the same situation when we failed to beat Fulham in the playoff final. They will say that there will always be a knight in shining armour to get you out the shit. But that’s fairy tale stuff, NSWE bought us because it was a good investment (for all the money they have put in if the sold is tomorrow they’d recoup every penny) but who is going to invest in small heath? The team is shit, the stadium is falling apart and the fan base is an embarrassment to football. So unlike our situation with Xia, there won’t be a better ownership group on the horizon. They are fecked, I’m sure that within 5yrs they will be playing under small heath alliance in the conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted April 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2022 What confuses me is that it's the lower tier of the same stands that is condemned so how is it safe to site above it? Random but hilarious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 26 minutes ago, S-Platt said: What confuses me is that it's the lower tier of the same stands that is condemned so how is it safe to site above it? Random but hilarious Separate steal beams, top tear won't be structurally connected to the Lower, not in load bearing way anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted April 10, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, Jimzk5 said: Separate steal beams, top tear won't be structurally connected to the Lower, not in load bearing way anyway But the whole ground was built on a mud hill when it was terracing in the same stands? Seems all they did was reconcreate and stick seats on to me and some offices. I have been in those crappy stands for an England U21 game in the past and you have to go to the top of the stand and down to your seat. Anyway it's funny as F whichever way you look at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, S-Platt said: But the whole ground was built on a mud hill when it was terracing in the same stands? Seems all they did was reconcreate and stick seats on to me and some offices. I have been in those crappy stands for an England U21 game in the past and you have to go to the top of the stand and down to your seat. Anyway it's funny as F whichever way you look at it Oh it's funny, I mean you'd imagine when those stands were built it would've been known it wasn't good practice to build a football stadium in a flooded mud filled filled shit hole but yet they did 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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