Breaking News - New Stadium and Training Facilities

[Mason89]

To be fair to eurotim, the training facilities are a total waste of cash. We'd be pouring money into a black hole there

[EuroMeister]

To be fair to eurotim, the training facilities are a total waste of cash. We'd be pouring money into a black hole there

The training facilities are a waste of cash. Yeah, tell me something I didn't know - have you heard the Beatles split up?

There are about a million and one pieces of spare grass in Aberdeen where they could have 1: Fenced the place off. 2: Thrown in a few dressing rooms 3: Laid an artificial pitch and a grass pitch. 4: Called it 'ours'.

Instead they want to blow millions on some pseudo Ajax academy for north east talent. Jesus.

IN FACT they tried to get a few places already, and do this already and died on the arse doing it when they failed to piggy back on top of Aberdeen University with that idea in Balgownie. Probably as they wanted the University to pay for it £££.

Then you get players at Aberdeen who are mumping about travelling in mini buses to Counteswells or wherever to train. We are not Man Utd appearing for training at some gated training venue.

Can appreciate the need for some sort of club training space. But by god they have had enough chances. He finds land for houses but he never finds a patch of grass for a training venue.

How about prudently creating something on some patch of grass somewhere? Is there any need for 4 or 5 or 6 training pitches that will cost millions each year to upkeep. It might be warm just now but by Nov it will be f*ckin freezing in Kingswells - they will probably have to invest in 3 snowploughs to clear pitches (unless of course they are investing £mmm another few million in undersoil heating - aye, more money blown on keeping up with the Jones'es.)?

[Pacman1903]

The super clubs were merely mentioned to show that big clubs dinna give a f@ck where they play they just carry on winning stuff

Then the diddy clubs come next in the post to prove there is hope for all clubs.

Good point by Fatshaft about improving clubs too.(although Man City surely dont count as if they didnt improve there was something far wrong)

As for keeping up with the Jones' as its put, thats not why we are getting a new stadium. The reason is Pittodrie is a tip and money is being thrown away keeping it up to scratch.

Also Pittodrie is next to the f@cking sea which you fail to point out, an extremely aggressive enviroment. But the Kingswells ground will be "open to all sorts of weather fronts" so thats an issue is it. Its the North East of Scotland not bloody Costa Brava. Pittodrie gets hit with four seasons in a day on a regular basis coupled with sea air battering it.

Edit- thats nae me having a go for the sake of it, it because what you said dint make sense

[ILikeJam]

Also Pittodrie is next to the f@cking sea which you fail to point out, an extremely aggressive enviroment. But the Kingswells ground will be "open to all sorts of weather fronts" so thats an issue is it. Its the North East of Scotland not bloody Costa Brava. Pittodrie gets hit with four seasons in a day on a regular basis coupled with sea air battering it.

Saved me typing it

Let's stay away from the arctic tundra of Westhill and remain in the calm, sheltered suntrap that is Pittodrie...

Back on track... Surely a training facility is going to cost the same no matter where we base the stadium? So the costs of that can effectively be negated as an argument. In fact I'd expect if the opportunity to rent out pitches was really exploited it could almost become cost-neutral. Granted if it were in/closer to the town you'd likely get a higher take up rate on 5/7-a-side pitches etc, but I'm sure people would travel a few miles to use top-class facilities - me and my mates often struggle to get a pitch at Goals and it's £75 an hour FFS.

[Gallus79]

Oh and as an aside

I was at dinner tonight with someone who's involved in stadia design and build and they've been talking to the club, but don't reckon they'll get it.

That's because SM has already dropped the Stadium Architects of the last 5 years for a local company with no Stadium experience.

[Mason89]

That's because SM has already dropped the Stadium Architects of the last 5 years for a local company with no Stadium experience.

You're not sounding as confident about the whole thing as you were at the start of this thread. I thought everybody could relax as you were all over this?

[ObanRed]

That's because SM has already dropped the Stadium Architects of the last 5 years for a local company with no Stadium experience.

Name would be handy

[MalagaSheep]

Replied...hope you are keeping well

Aye good pal!
This thread got very busy. All ****e as well.

[Brian Grantland]

car keyed in kingswells
fitba fans will get the blame

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[milne_afc]

You're not sounding as confident about the whole thing as you were at the start of this thread. I thought everybody could relax as you were all over this?

Roundly ignored