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A Sunderland Vlog I watched, around the friendly, referred to it as 'better than a lot of Championship grounds'.
That's the opinion of the opposition fans.

 

That’s one Dave I think they DARE NOT renage on this time. Remember they broke it last year…The fat scruffy slob Coffey pulled the plug…remember?

Yes I’m name calling …she’s a slob!

 

Suspect they are on the normal pitch round the back

 

So they want the taxpayer to bail them out once AGAIN if I’m reading it correctly? How much more are the taxpayer expected to cough up this time? “Ah but Leigh have a £35million facility so we want that spaffed up the wall as well”.

 

Amazed the Bulls won club of the year at some Bradford sports awards. They actually did nothing, it was the Stock car guys that got it back in some sort of shape and they just moved back in. They’re fans just expect the council or government to build them a new stadium.

 

Disgraceful. I don't don't know how they are supposed to put up with such terrible conditions.

 

He's basically having to change the focus of his argument now he's seen evidence that actually, the facilities can't really be knocked. So now he's decided we are paying too much for them instead.

 

I have @Fordy117 on block so I’ll never know his interpretation, but at least I could know the truth, uninterupted by misinformation.

 

Imagine them all shining up those god awful ropes from the wooden climbing frame that swung away from the wall and always felt like it was going to keel over.

 

I’m ready with my marking pen, Steve, to mark his answer tick or cross. Come on Fordy let’s have it.

 

That "survey" is almost as daft as the one embedded in it that has us finishing on 61 points, 16 below Colchester !!

 

Simple facts.

Why we would pay for a new facility when it would take 50 years plus to recoup its costs v the rent even if we paid £100,000 a year rent, which I seriously doubt is the figure. Why would a sensible lower league club get itself into that kind of debt when it has excellent facilities available and pays peanuts for it.

You've see what we have available, it would cost tens of millions to replicate that, even if we could find a suitable plot of land that is convenient for transport links.

We don't need to own our own facility. IF we had that kind of money available to put into property, buying the ground would be number one priority.

Sometimes I think you live on fantasy Island. Your obsession with owing a training facility is bordering on Sunak's tax raising madness.

 

Well, most of the time really, but occasionally he does make a sensible comment.

It's absolute nonsense when you think about it.

How much would the right piece of land cost ? Upwards of a million ? How much would the development cost be ?

Sedberg Leisure Complex that effectively replaced Richard Dunn's, cost £17.5 million and I doubt we would want anything too dissimilar to that to match what we currently have.

Even without interest, the cost of repayment of capital on that sum would be £350,000 a year over 50 years. Banks don't generally give commercial mortgage out over 50 years and charge around 7% interest on them. That's £122,500 a year in interest alone. Total cost approaching £500,000 per annum.

Or does he really believe Rupp should find £17.5 million and build us a training facility just so we have "assets" he can later cash in on (at a profit) ?

Every pound we spend on physical, realisable assets increases our potential sale price by the same amount. If, as he often spouts, he wants rid of Rupp because he is a "dancer" then buying/ building/ spending on assets such as a training ground is the worst thing we can do.

In a previous life, I believe @wetherbywhaler was the head honcho in charge of property and facilities for Morrisons, if he (as a man with experience in that field) is happy with the way we do things, and happy to vouch for the quality of the facility and the fact we are paying a reasonable amount for it, then I'll take that all day over someone who operates a car wash (or series of car washes) from otherwise derelict pieces of land.

 

Is anybody able to provide a translation into English? I have read it several times and I remain unsure as to the meaning.

 

It's a wonder you get anything done. You are permanently typing posts on Bantamtalk.

 

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Think they're probably referring to the result...

 

You got them numbers yet?

Nope... As I thought...