Quote Originally Posted by mellowmiller View Post
They are all valid points Brin but then you have to ask what drove a billionaire to invest in Bournemouth who had very similar constraints to ourselves?
A key difference is that there are no direct local football competitors in the Bournemoutth region - it's a town of half a million and 45 mins car drive to get to nearest rival. Within that driving distance we have competitors in 2 Sheffield clubs, Barnsley, Leeds, Doncaster, Chesterfield. I think that's a key difference.

Additionally, all these teams will be scouting the local schools and clubs competing for the local talent so easier said than done to bring talented youngsters through to sell on later.