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Forest green of course.Sprout Picker wrote:What colours are you planning on wearing there?The Old TomCat wrote:Wehay, the planned new stadium at Eco Park is not being called in by the government.
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Good news for home and away supporters.
There are many people, myself included, who are far from thrilled by the news. What's there for anyone from Nailsworth, or with roots there, to celebrate? The football club is being uprooted from the community to be dumped in the middle of nowhere. DV likes to make out he's doing the local community a service, but he's not. This isn't about FGR, it's about him, the publicity he receives and his businesses.Ben3 wrote:Local rivalry and joking aside - their fans must be equally thrilled and terrified. The real ones I mean, not the new hangers on.
It is so reminiscent of rushden and diamonds (amongst others). Remember their chairman declaring how they'd go through the leagues? How he was committed to the long term? Looking at nene park a few years back was a message to all football fans.
Hold on tight FGR, and hope for the best!
I didn't bother to read it as I can't face the smug photo or his almost certainly smug words.longmover wrote:just imagine if all those people who have commented on DV's facebook post actually went to watch FGR?
Crawley too maybeRobin wrote:Using the Rushden example if I recall Max Griggs was actually a really good owner in the meaning that he invested his own money and when he decided he could no longer do that he had a two year handover to ease the funding burden and reduce overheads. The problem was really what came next, they had no real fan base and as soon as the good times stopped crowds plummetted and they spiralled out of the league. No doubt in my mind the same fate is awating Fleetwood, FGR and Salford it's just a matter of when.
I was on about your players, not you!The Old TomCat wrote:Forest green of course.Sprout Picker wrote:What colours are you planning on wearing there?The Old TomCat wrote:Wehay, the planned new stadium at Eco Park is not being called in by the government.
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Good news for home and away supporters.
I gave up wearing the Red of Arsenal some years ago.
I asked Dale V at a public meeting if he will be retaining the Forest Green Rovers name and he confirmed he will be doing so.Sprout Picker wrote:What colours are you planning on wearing there?The Old TomCat wrote:Wehay, the planned new stadium at Eco Park is not being called in by the government.
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Good news for home and away supporters.
Crawley are an interesting one - they came up like a Fleetwood, Rushden, FGR et al, but their money men left years ago and they're still doing ok. They're now more of a Morecambe sized club. They were another team with a similar non-league history to us as wel.Ralph wrote:Crawley too maybeRobin wrote:Using the Rushden example if I recall Max Griggs was actually a really good owner in the meaning that he invested his own money and when he decided he could no longer do that he had a two year handover to ease the funding burden and reduce overheads. The problem was really what came next, they had no real fan base and as soon as the good times stopped crowds plummetted and they spiralled out of the league. No doubt in my mind the same fate is awating Fleetwood, FGR and Salford it's just a matter of when.
Surely this partnership is with a view to Candriam raising investment funding for the new stadium and business park etc?Chris FGR wrote:Difficult to feel happy about this, as although I'm sure it will be a great facility it isn't home, and unlike the current ground my understanding is it won't be tied to the club, in effect making us tenants. Even with the best will in the world that's a dangerous position to be in.
There are also plenty of other questions around how this is going to be funded, it's a hugely expensive project and is hardly guaranteed to be profitable, so given Ecotricity's accounts there must be some sort of outside investment involved/envisaged.
The lack of legacy left behind in Forest Green, the clubs home for 130+ years is also very disappointing.
Griggs has no choice. He made some very bad choices in business and this caused his empire to collapse and the club with it.Robin wrote:Using the Rushden example if I recall Max Griggs was actually a really good owner in the meaning that he invested his own money and when he decided he could no longer do that he had a two year handover to ease the funding burden and reduce overheads. The problem was really what came next, they had no real fan base and as soon as the good times stopped crowds plummetted and they spiralled out of the league. No doubt in my mind the same fate is awating Fleetwood, FGR and Salford it's just a matter of when.
Not sure about that but he failed to see what was happening with the footwear market and whilst those competitors around him started to import rather than manufacture, he didn’t and also bought factories up with the employees that went with it. This was his downfall as they couldn’t compete.longmover wrote:Didn't his wife tell him to stop putting money into the club?
