El Pacino Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 I disagree. I think the beach stadium will come to fruition. Kingsford would be fine and I would go along but the potential for a city stadium is a huge opportunity for AFC and ACC. Link to comment
Millertime Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 45 minutes ago, NEM said: Aye further making your point about a 14k stadium redundant Who mentioned a 14k stadium!? Merely saying that even at our most successful, crowds were nowhere near requiring a stadium of 20k or more There's not some mass untapped well of fans to encourage through the door Link to comment
zeroisgod76 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, El Pacino said: I disagree. I think the beach stadium will come to fruition. Kingsford would be fine and I would go along but the potential for a city stadium is a huge opportunity for AFC and ACC. ACC have no interest in building a stadium at the beach or helping AFC in any way. It's all political posturing to try to get votes in the upcoming local council elections. It still amazes me that people can't see this. Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 If things continue the way they've started under Cormack then in a few years time we'll just need some deckchairs strategically placed around one of the pitches at Inverdee. Link to comment
El Pacino Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 hour ago, zeroisgod76 said: ACC have no interest in building a stadium at the beach or helping AFC in any way. It's all political posturing to try to get votes in the upcoming local council elections. It still amazes me that people can't see this. It really isn’t political posturing. It’s about saving our city centre and ACC know they have to act now. The money that AFC playing at home in the town generates to other businesses simply cannot be underestimated. It’s bad now, imagine what it would be like if AFC move out of the city!! 1 Link to comment
slippers Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, El Pacino said: It really isn’t political posturing. It’s about saving our city centre and ACC know they have to act now. The money that AFC playing at home in the town generates to other businesses simply cannot be underestimated. It’s bad now, imagine what it would be like if AFC move out of the city!! They need to fast track the planning and hand us 10m towards it then! Link to comment
zeroisgod76 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 minute ago, El Pacino said: It really isn’t political posturing. It’s about saving our city centre and ACC know they have to act now. The money that AFC playing at home in the town generates to other businesses simply cannot be underestimated. It’s bad now, imagine what it would be like if AFC move out of the city!! Why wait until months before an election to come out with all these plans then? Why were they not so keen to keep the dons in the city a few years back when they themselves were giving them planning permission to build at Kingsford? Link to comment
El Pacino Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, zeroisgod76 said: Why wait until months before an election to come out with all these plans then? Why were they not so keen to keep the dons in the city a few years back when they themselves were giving them planning permission to build at Kingsford? The city council has been given additional funds by the UK government as part of the levelling up scheme. We are also seeing companies move into city centre offices getting perks from ACC to do so to generate more business. Link to comment
huncunts Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 7 minutes ago, zeroisgod76 said: Why wait until months before an election to come out with all these plans then? Why were they not so keen to keep the dons in the city a few years back when they themselves were giving them planning permission to build at Kingsford? Do you not remember Boulton and others derided as NIMBYs saying the council owns land, let’s do everything to keep the stadium in the city? Link to comment
zeroisgod76 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 minute ago, El Pacino said: The city council has been given additional funds by the UK government as part of the levelling up scheme. And they are not going to spend it on anything that will help a privately run company. Give it a few months after the election (whoever wins) and another project will have come along which will be deemed more important and which the money will be put towards. Link to comment
NEM Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 On 4/11/2022 at 8:03 AM, Millertime said: We didn't get crowds over 14k or so when SAF was in charge, so, no, there's not untapped customers out there You mentioned 14k you fucking dunderheed ? .....and we had several crowds over 20k the season you were on about. Link to comment
Tommy Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, NEM said: You mentioned 14k you fucking dunderheed ? .....and we had several crowds over 20k the season you were on about. 20 games over 15,000 and 11 of those were over 20,000. Link to comment
Andy_123 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 If the cost of the stadium has risen to £72m, imagine how much a replacement Ice Rink, Leisure Centre, the pier going away into the North Sea, the fucking zipline down from the top of broad hill and all the other ridiculous pish the council were planning on building will have increased too? The council didn't even have the money for it before, so they definitely don't have the money for it at an increased price now. Unless the government are going to fund the whole thing, I'd be very surprised to see any of this happen this decade. Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 The swimming with sharks proposal would be a great way of getting unwanted players off our books. Link to comment
Poodler Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Don’t forget the swimming with sharks proposal probably the most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen from ACC/ AFC. Link to comment
Millertime Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 3 hours ago, NEM said: You mentioned 14k you fucking dunderheed ? .....and we had several crowds over 20k the season you were on about. I genuinely don't know, have I won this one or not? 1 Link to comment
Andy_123 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 3 hours ago, aberdeen1970 said: The swimming with sharks proposal would be a great way of getting unwanted players off our books. JET would have kept a couple sharks well fed for a while right enough. Fat cunt that he is. Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 3 minutes ago, Andy_123 said: JET would have kept a couple sharks well fed for a while right enough. Fat cunt that he is. Would spice up the fan zone. Vote for the latest useless cunt to be fed to the sharks. £5pp to watch Link to comment
Betty Swallicks Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 5 hours ago, Poodler said: Don’t forget the swimming with sharks proposal probably the most bizarre thing I’ve ever seen from ACC/ AFC. I think the 700k plus Billy Dodds for Robbie Winters or the appointment of a known alki as manager trumps the sharks. Link to comment
aberdeen1970 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Appointing a reserve team coach from the American leagues and giving him free reign to appoint coaches and sign players is another good one. Link to comment
ericblack4boss Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Betty Swallicks said: I think the 700k plus Billy Dodds for Robbie Winters or the appointment of a known alki as manager trumps the sharks. Oh fuck that Winters / Dodds deal I bet Jim McLean couldn't believe his fucking luck Link to comment
El Pacino Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 On 4/12/2022 at 12:13 PM, zeroisgod76 said: And they are not going to spend it on anything that will help a privately run company. Give it a few months after the election (whoever wins) and another project will have come along which will be deemed more important and which the money will be put towards. Cynical. That’s ok though ?? Link to comment
Woolenrouge Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 17 hours ago, ericblack4boss said: Oh fuck that Winters / Dodds deal I bet Jim McLean couldn't believe his fucking luck Alex 'fucking' Miller. Link to comment
zeroisgod76 Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 17 hours ago, ericblack4boss said: Oh fuck that Winters / Dodds deal I bet Jim McLean couldn't believe his fucking luck That deal was a shocker looking back at it. Had it been a straight swap i think it would have been a good deal for us (swapping an almost 30 year old striker for a 23 year old) and to give Winters his due his goalscoring record for the dons wasn't too disimilar to Dodds. It's the fact we gave them so much cash too. If you add the value at the time of Billy Dodds to the cash we gave them it would probably eclipse the £1 million paid for Paul Bernard as our record signing. 2 Link to comment
davieb Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 On 4/13/2022 at 1:46 PM, zeroisgod76 said: That deal was a shocker looking back at it. Had it been a straight swap i think it would have been a good deal for us (swapping an almost 30 year old striker for a 23 year old) and to give Winters his due his goalscoring record for the dons wasn't too disimilar to Dodds. It's the fact we gave them so much cash too. If you add the value at the time of Billy Dodds to the cash we gave them it would probably eclipse the £1 million paid for Paul Bernard as our record signing. We've been run by idiots for 3 decades 2 Link to comment
Millertime Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 4/13/2022 at 1:46 PM, zeroisgod76 said: That deal was a shocker looking back at it. Had it been a straight swap i think it would have been a good deal for us (swapping an almost 30 year old striker for a 23 year old) and to give Winters his due his goalscoring record for the dons wasn't too disimilar to Dodds. It's the fact we gave them so much cash too. If you add the value at the time of Billy Dodds to the cash we gave them it would probably eclipse the £1 million paid for Paul Bernard as our record signing. Yeah, let's discuss it again Hasn't been mentioned for at least 3 months 1 2 1 Link to comment
zeroisgod76 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 7:55 AM, Millertime said: Yeah, let's discuss it again Hasn't been mentioned for at least 3 months I know, imagine discussing an AFC related topic on an AFC forum. Link to comment
At The Border Guy Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Public survey launched: https://www.afc.co.uk/2022/04/18/new-stadium-let-us-know-your-views/ Link to comment
redcryptoknight Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 52 minutes ago, At The Border Guy said: Public survey launched: https://www.afc.co.uk/2022/04/18/new-stadium-let-us-know-your-views/ Have we not been surveyed on this topic before? Link to comment
Betty Swallicks Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, redcryptoknight said: Have we not been surveyed on this topic before? Aye. Voting coming up though. Link to comment
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