Breaking News - New Stadium and Training Facilities

[Pacman1903]

Where are you getting a figure of £60m debt from ?

At the moment Milne has said

"£10 million but we have 60% of the funding in place, or have commitments towards it."

So 6 million in place there


He then said

"We would then embark on phase two – the stadium. We would have 40% of that funding lined up. That is what we expect from the sale of Pittodrie"

16 million quid there




28 million debt it is currently. Nae bad. Lets build it with less than half the money

[donsdaft]

Same negative p1sh from the same negative "supporters" in every thread.

Love this place, makes my life seem like a bed of roses.

I ken, it's a nightmare isn't it.

Pittodrie's a dump
Nae atmosphere
We hinna got the right stuff
Wrang kind of grass for players to train on


Moaning b'astards

[afc1903mad]

That would also suggest a quarter of Aberdeen fans think it’s a sh1t idea.

With the amount of time & money spent on this already, we shouldn’t need convincing.

I don't agree it would suggest that a quarter think it's a sh!t idea.
There will be many respondents who would have put that they have no definitive persuasion for either option.

It could be
75% For
1% against
24% have no preference and would accept whatever the club believes.

When talking stats, best to show them and understand them than making assumptions.

[donsdaft]

Financially, it would cost far more to redevelop Pittodrie with separate training facilities than the Kinsford option.

Financially it would make more sense to pack in the league and form a five a side team.

The crowds would be about the same.

[Pacman1903]

Yes Really,
Shinnie is contracted till 2019.
If the plans were approved last October, the Training ground was scheduled to be completed by around this Oct as I understood it.

His original contract wasn't until then so surely he didn't sign on the "mibees" of training facility as what has been stated about players signing on the possibility of training facitlities

[Aldo1983]

His original contract wasn't until then so surely he didn't sign on the "mibees" of training facility as what has been stated about players signing on the possibility of training facitlities

I'm all for training facilities but it's been used as a carrot for the new stadium when it should have been done years ago. Shinnie will appreciate the facilities but it won't be the reason he stays or leaves. To suggest that is really making things up to suit an agenda.

[afc1903mad]

At the moment Milne has said

"£10 million but we have 60% of the funding in place, or have commitments towards it."

So 6 million in place there


He then said

"We would then embark on phase two – the stadium. We would have 40% of that funding lined up. That is what we expect from the sale of Pittodrie"

16 million quid there




28 million debt it is currently. Nae bad. Lets build it with less than half the money

Commercial coverage will progress once it's approved

[afc1903mad]

Financially it would make more sense to pack in the league and form a five a side team.

The crowds would be about the same.

LOL, your becoming a comical figure.
The crowds would be the same as a 5-a-side team.

Maybe you want to reinvigorate the Tennents Sixes

[afc1903mad]

I'm all for training facilities but it's been used as a carrot for the new stadium when it should have been done years ago. Shinnie will appreciate the facilities but it won't be the reason he stays or leaves. To suggest that is really making things up to suit an agenda.

To be clear, no-one is saying it will ensure retention of players.
Of course if players believe they can get more elsewhere i.e. McLean, they will move on.

That said, We currently pay more on average than Hearts, however Hearts have completed the rebuild of their main stand and anticipate additional income as a result.
If they are able to increase their accounts and match our offers, the fact that they have better training facilities at the Oriam will be a huge persuasion factor.

for now, we are paying more and are ahead of them in footballing terms, but if we stand still or regress, there is an increased liklihood that they could overtake us in terms of attracting and retaining better players than we can attract.

[Aldo1983]

To be clear, no-one is saying it will ensure retention of players.
Of course if players believe they can get more elsewhere i.e. McLean, they will move on.

That said, We currently pay more on average than Hearts, however Hearts have completed the rebuild of their main stand and anticipate additional income as a result.
If they are able to increase their accounts and match our offers, the fact that they have better training facilities at the Oriam will be a huge persuasion factor.

for now, we are paying more and are ahead of them in footballing terms, but if we stand still or regress, there is an increased liklihood that they could overtake us in terms of attracting and retaining better players than we can attract.

Yes, they pay less because they've had a new stand to pay for, etc.