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An interesting comment, if Stefan wants to sell would owning the ground be a better bargaining tool or maybe Gordon Gibb quotes a price and any interested party would have a guarenteed buy back price.
Love the lads enthusiasm so positive with every reply, early days I know but if he delivers I cant see him being at Valley Parade too long.

 

Read an article somewhere a few weeks ago that Gibb is looking to get back into football, not sure what level, but maybe he fancies owning us again?

 

He already puts a bit of money into football at Scarborough and Pickering,but that's at a much lower level.

 

The door was opened by Ryan to walk straight in but Jamie didn't.

The key question was really or is Gribb talking to Stefan about buying the club?

 

Sparkes was worth watching,seems vey honest and open,but the rest was a waste of time.Trueman and Sellars got off scott free,with no questions on tactics,and the two players said just what you would expect them to say,thats it a happy camp and they hope to do better.Fordys spot on about Sparkes meeting Gibb,but there were no follow up questions.

 

Gibb us the landlord there are plenty of reasons why Sparks should speak to him. I doubt that there is anything imminent with regard buying the ground under the current financial pressures

 

Sparks said YES to the question! He didn't have too.

Gibb won't have to buy the stadium would he?

Are you still in the mindset that no one is buying anything ha ha...Seriously mate!

 

Surely it's the other way round? Gibb is completely relient on Valley Parade continuing to operate as a football stadium - the land it's on will be worth virtually nothing to other potential investors

 

I would say it's the other way round. We cannot afford to build a new stadium, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't want to ground share elsewhere and become someone else's tenants, so in my opinion the Pension trust fund has the upper hand

 

Think that's in 2 years.

We need to find a site then planning permission etc.

I would like to hear that the club is looking at alternatives to VP. We need to be smart here.

 

I am at between 4 and 5 million pounds

 

Any chance of a sub m8?

 

Agree OGF, the questions chosen by Jamie Rayner were the 'nice, easy' ones - nothing controversial there.
Bet there was quite a few probing questions regarding recent performances, tactics etc that were overlooked.
If the forum had been held at VP, with fans being present, I think we would have seen quite a different carry on.
Nothing nasty etc but a few more 'nail on the head' questions.

 

Fair dos, I stand corrected.

 

ALL SEEMED STAGED!

 

Apart from Sparkes contribution,it was very much like a few pals having a chat in the pub.

 

I think it is a balanced position. Both parties need each other. We have few options for playing elsewhere. The Pension Fund has no other tenants on the horizon.