Are the Dingles about to be sold??

[boltonboris]

Aye, but that money is over 5 years. Its not going to have them competing in the Champions League, probably more where we were a few years back (ie Waffa or whatever it is now). I can't see them getting an avalanche more people, maybe the upper 20's to 30k. A redevelopment of that sh*t stand would be a good idea, but a massive hike to 45k is a little too "blue sky" for me.

So pro rata'd.. About what Megson was spending then?

[Gary the Enfield]

They want to increase their capacity to 40,000 to 45,000

How empty is THAT going to look!

I know, I know, people in glass houses and all that but F*ck me this guy's not the full shilling.

I'm not sure why you're so sceptical, Enfieldo.

Firstly, in architectural terms, I'd imagine it will be relatively straightforward; they'll demolish the Riverside Stand and build something that looks like the other three. Though whether they'd have to straddle the river to do it I'm not sure.

In terms of bums on seats then the prospective new owners have made no secret of their plan to tap directly into Blackburn's sizeable Asian community, a sector of their society currently massively under-represented at Ewood (with the same applying to us).

And to tempt them along? Well, giving Allardyce £100,000,000 to spend in the transfer market should eventually see something worth their while turning up for being played.

As for Tango's "Pig's ear" remark, well, I think he's just posted something for the sake of posting something there.

When Bolton went for the Reebok they had the option of having a capacity of 30,000. Given that they were building it with a train station next door, a hotel at the front, easy access from the M61 and a HUGE retail park to the side, you would have thought they could have done it easily.

The team were riding high in the first division at the time too, and yet Bolton declined. A wise decision it seems too. Blackburn are the same as us. They are surrounded by Premiership teams with either a mouthwatering pedigree or more recent success. Christ, even Blackpool are competition nowadays and we've just lost Burnley. Any pretensions they can get back to where they were when they won the league are naive and foolhardy. They would have to invest £100,000,000 a year to get back there, not over five years.

[Bruce Rioja]

Any pretensions they can get back to where they were when they won the league are naive and foolhardy. They would have to invest £100,000,000 a year to get back there, not over five years.

It doesn't look to me as though they're trying to 'get back' anywhere, more carry the club forward by tapping into an as-of-yet untapped market, and fair play to them. I think people on here are struggling to accept what they're trying to do because of who they are.

[Lord Kangana]

Aye, but that money is over 5 years. Its not going to have them competing in the Champions League, probably more where we were a few years back (ie Waffa or whatever it is now). I can't see them getting an avalanche more people, maybe the upper 20's to 30k. A redevelopment of that sh*t stand would be a good idea, but a massive hike to 45k is a little too "blue sky" for me.

So pro rata'd.. About what Megson was spending then?

Don't get me started...

[TANGODANCER]

As for Tango's "Pig's ear" remark, well, I think he's just posted something for the sake of posting something there.

Then again, you might consider Tango thinks, given the constant upheaval in economics, the rising costs of players and their wage demands and the ever-upward cost of living etc, that the whole concept of multi-rich entrepenuers pouring endless money into fooball as hobbies might be the sow's ear that will rarely, if ever, produce the silk purse. In truth, unless something happens to reduce it all back to levels of sanity, I might even believe that unless this happens, in fifteen years time, football may disappear altogether. You might even think I believe Bolton, with a 28,000 capacity ground, are a bigger and more important club than Blackburn...........And then again, you might not, who knows?

[Gary the Enfield]

Any pretensions they can get back to where they were when they won the league are naive and foolhardy. They would have to invest £100,000,000 a year to get back there, not over five years.

It doesn't look to me as though they're trying to 'get back' anywhere, more carry the club forward by tapping into an as-of-yet untapped market, and fair play to them. I think people on here are struggling to accept what they're trying to do because of who they are.

I was paraphrasing what was said in the story. Get back was definitely mentioned.

[Bruce Rioja]

As for Tango's "Pig's ear" remark, well, I think he's just posted something for the sake of posting something there.

Then again, you might consider Tango thinks, given the constant upheaval in economics, the rising costs of players and their wage demands and the ever-upward cost of living etc, that the whole concept of multi-rich entrepenuers pouring endless money into fooball as hobbies might be the sow's ear that will rarely, if ever, produce the silk purse. In truth, unless something happens to reduce it all back to levels of sanity, I might even believe that unless this happens, in fifteen years time, football may disappear altogether. You might even think I believe Bolton, with a 28,000 capacity ground, are a bigger and more important club than Blackburn...........And then again, you might not, who knows?

Well, if Tango's unable to see the difference between someone drawing up a business plan comprising pre-identified additional revenue streams, and someone glibly pumping money into a football club, then that says to me that Tango clearly doesn't know what on earth he's on about.

[TANGODANCER]

As for Tango's "Pig's ear" remark, well, I think he's just posted something for the sake of posting something there.

Then again, you might consider Tango thinks, given the constant upheaval in economics, the rising costs of players and their wage demands and the ever-upward cost of living etc, that the whole concept of multi-rich entrepenuers pouring endless money into fooball as hobbies might be the sow's ear that will rarely, if ever, produce the silk purse. In truth, unless something happens to reduce it all back to levels of sanity, I might even believe that unless this happens, in fifteen years time, football may disappear altogether. You might even think I believe Bolton, with a 28,000 capacity ground, are a bigger and more important club than Blackburn...........And then again, you might not, who knows?

Well, if Tango's unable to see the difference between someone drawing up a business plan comprising pre-identified additional revenue streams, and someone glibly pumping money into a football club, then that says to me that Tango clearly doesn't know what on earth he's on about.

That must be it then. I defer to your expertise in such things.

[ROVERS F.C.]

Exciting times indeed once more for the famous boys in blue 'n' white!.Syed is NOT looking at a Man citeh throw silly money at it tenure.....15 year masterplan!


Dont know about a 45,000 seater stadium but this is the eventual plan of how the Cathedral of Ewood should really look....35,000 seater capacity:

[Bruce Rioja]

Exciting times indeed once more for the famous boys in blue 'n' white!.Syed is NOT looking at a Man citeh throw silly money at it tenure.....15 year masterplan!


Dont know about a 45,000 seater stadium but this is the eventual plan of how Ewood should really look....35,000 seater capacity:

You wanna sort the drainage out in the bottom right corner.

[Gary the Enfield]

Exciting times indeed once more for the famous boys in blue 'n' white!.Syed is NOT looking at a Man citeh throw silly money at it tenure.....15 year masterplan!


Dont know about a 45,000 seater stadium but this is the eventual plan of how Ewood should really look....35,000 seater capacity:

There are people in most of the seats!

[Lord Kangana]

First and last time.

[thebish]

Exciting times indeed once more for the famous boys in blue 'n' white!.Syed is NOT looking at a Man citeh throw silly money at it tenure.....15 year masterplan!


Dont know about a 45,000 seater stadium but this is the eventual plan of how the Cathedral of Ewood should really look....35,000 seater capacity:

lights should be on big pylons in the corners... get it sorted!

[thebish]

There are people in most of the seats!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7946016.stm

[jaffka]

Well we know that the dingles are interbred, and if we could get a close up of the 2 longside stands it will show alot of similar looking people.

[Lord Kangana]

There are people in most of the seats!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7946016.stm

Wonder if they need a higher police presence to control that rent-a-mob?

[as]

So if they up their capacity to 40k, does that mean they'll be giving half the stadium away every game?

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

There are people in most of the seats!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/7946016.stm

Wonder if they need a higher police presence to control that rent-a-mob?

I've heard they often leave feeling a little deflated...

[Gary the Enfield]

I've just heard yer man on Fivelive.

He's never been to Blackburn but hopes to buy a house in Lancashire and become a proper supporter.

£300 million in the next 15 years?

Simon Goldberg?

[Lord Kangana]

Sulaiman Al Fahim, Sacha Gaydamak, Ali Al Faraj, Balram Chanrai.....

One lives in hope.