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No surprise and not worried. Look at Wembley....building projects always take longer than originally expected.
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fresh delays at falmer?
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Caveman
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- Jul 14, 2003
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Shut up Auther!
I would rather know a date when they plan to start rather than not saying anything.
They originally planned to start October / November. Its now early December its not the end of the world is it?
Get a grip, people like you are a bl**dy misery. Some of us are excited about what is happening at a club we have supported for years!
Seagull over NZ
Well-known member
He used to work for the company I work for now many years ago (project managers) and I am reliably told he could project manage this job well enough. We tried to pitch for the work but they are doing it in house.
I don't know the ins and outs but I assume the Albion are taking on the development risk of this project rather than a 3rd party as that is what scuppered Bristol Rovers. The developer pulled out due to the credit crunch and Rovers have to re-evaluate.
Arthur
Well-known member
Read my post again sunshine. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DECEMBER!! Dick Knight has said so himself this very week whilst he's been sunning up in Portugal at the League Chairman shindig.
Caveman
Well-known member
- Jul 14, 2003
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Where has he said that then Aurther?
Maybe I miss read this article?
Perry: December Start At Falmer | Brighton and Hove Albion | News | Stadium | Stadium
I've worked in project management for building firms, I know these things can get delayed. I am not so blinkered that I expect a lorry to roll on site on the 1st December and the stadium to kick off August 13th 2010. There may well be delays, but that is life.
What I am saying is why can't you let people look forward to the stadium finally coming rather than belittling it all the time.
Of course if you have a memo or a link proving the above wrong please show us all.
SJ's Love Monkey
Ambrose-ia
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
Purchase players through old contacts? Rejuvenate the fans? Aim to play attacking football?
Is that not more what the man brings to the table rather than what the chairman demands of him?
Arthur
Well-known member
Do you read my posts? This week the league's clubs top brass have been having their end of season meeting in Portugal (why in Portugal I do not know? Although I believe the league pays for it). I received an email this week from someone who had spoken to DK, he said he was hopeful that they would be on site in the new year.
Now as you correctly point out a month or two (or 3) in the grand scale of things isn't going to make much difference. However I have two gripes 1) why is the chairman going round saying one thing and the chief exec saying another albeit if only a month difference? 2) This is just in keeping with the rest of the project! Just another couple of months here a couple there and all of sudden were 11 years down the line and still not playing football in our own home!
Nemesis
SERIOUSLY!
We know exactly who it is you dislike-your predictable posts about Dick Knight appear with boring regularity yet continue to say nothing other than yet another boring snipe at Dick Knight.
Do you not realise that other board members were involved in the decision to sack your husband/father or whatever relationship it is that you have with Wilkins?
Nemesis
SERIOUSLY!
It's bhadeb you're trying to reason with-if it isn't anti-DK or sucking up to Wilkins she doesn't want to know. Clearly a hidden agenda somewhere-she has to be related to Wilkins or maybe IS Wilkins?
Row Z Creased Shirt
New member
Kind of depends on what you are talking about. Work on the site of the stadium itself was never due to start this year, other than perhaps a token ground breaking ceremony. The reason being, that whole load of infrastructure had to be undertaken first. It is the infrastructure work that will be done first with the exciting stadium stuff to follow. So DK is not really being misleading when saying that work on the STADIUM may well not happen until 2009. However expect work on the roads and access to have begun before then. There really is no need for any panic at this stage and surely after 11years (which is not the fault of the board) a month or two here or there is not really a problem.
lost in london
Well-known member
Most people on here won't have a clue about the issues that the club are dealing with and facing on a day to day basis, but I have seen what they are up against, and the correspondence that is continually going backwards and forwards and the reports that are being written, and can only say that in my opinion the board and all involved are doing a great job.
The stadium's going to be great, and of course there are going to be more delays, we're building a massive great stadium in the countryside, whoever thought that would be easy?
The stadium's going to be great, and of course there are going to be more delays, we're building a massive great stadium in the countryside, whoever thought that would be easy?
the simple fact is that i don't like the way that dick knight treats many people at the club - there is nothing wrong with me thinking that way - it is my opinion based on what i know - you have your opinion on what you know - i don't slag you off for yours so i would appreciate when i have mine that certain people on this board let me have mine
Bluejuice
Lazy as a rug on Valium
Howcome the article says Carillion were responsible for Huddersfield Town's stadium? The same stadium that was named the Alfred McAlpine Stadium for several years before the naming rights were sold off again.
For some reason I had always assumed that McAlpine's had been behind its construction, can't think why...
For some reason I had always assumed that McAlpine's had been behind its construction, can't think why...
Bluejuice
Lazy as a rug on Valium
Maybe it's because Carillion bought out Alfred McAlpine earlier this year you TOOL
Uncle Buck
Ghost Writer
- Jul 7, 2003
- 28,075
Carillion probably took over McAlpine.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Not true. Dean managed the team pretty much exactly how he wanted, which unfortunately was part of the problem.
Micky - a 'yes' man? Do you really think Micky won us promotion by kowtowing to Dick Knight? Stroll on.
mona
The Glory Game
You openly advertise your allegiance to Forfars. So it is absurd to expect people to read your posts on the stadium issue. Obviously the vast majority of posters on here have an entirely different standpoint to you.
Nemesis
SERIOUSLY!
The big difference between you and almost every other posters is that they don't continually look to snipe at Dick Knight regardless of what the thread topic is. You DO. My opinion is that you have a hidden agenda when it comes to Dick Knight and I reserve my right to respond to your posts in any way I see fit because I believe you are trying to undermine the club. If not the club, then certainly DK. If you don't like that-you can always stop posting. Just a thought.