Rick

Lessons on the differnces between there, their and they're?

Please can you define the word VAST? As you seem to be using a different definition to me.

Hmmm. I think I'd have a problem with that if I am being completely honest.

You're even worse than Egypt (?) We'd rather have Mubarak (?) What do we want? Women linesmen! When do we want em? Now! (?) Give us a T=eeae, I=ieie, T=eeae, E=eassss. What do you call em? The Council

Must we copy EVERYTHING that Man U supporters do? Please - come on!

So what apears to have happened here (in my opinion) is that Latics wanted to redevelop Boundary Park either where it is now or on land adjacent (Clayton Playing Fields or the Car Park on the Lookers Stand side). The Council seems to have preferred the club to move to make way for more housing including for key hospital workers and of course the increased income from Council Tax. People would be less put off travelling to Failsworth every other weekend for a few hours than they would if they had to move there to live. A traffic survey was commissioned as a way of blocking this, and Latics being incumbent on the land appears to have led to a deal being done whereby the £20m earmarked for redeveloping BP gets transferred to a lower quality site in Failsworth in return for an easy ride being guaranteed by the Council. Then it transpires (AFTER the Lancaster Land has been bought for £3m) that there is ANOTHER charity claim to the land as was the case with Clayton. The Council say, don't worry, we'll get the land transferred - and then totally cock up the application. Now the £3m is worth £1.8m and Mr Corney and Latics have MORE bills to pay if we change our plans back to redeveloping BP plus they are left with egg on their faces. Now, I may be completely off the mark with these wild and unsubstantiated thoughts as to what may have happened, but my only hope now is that Simon Corney means "Right, I've had enough of changing my plans to accomodate the Council. I am now going to close down BP next season and we will ground share with Rochdale or Bury. The new SportsPark 3000 (sorry, couldn't resist) will open its doors to what could be Premier League football the season after" I still don't see what the difference is between a £20m stadium at BP to a £20m stadium in Failsworth.

Sorry, I must have missed the memo where it said that it has anything to do with us fans.

I'm only joining in if I can have a Camel

Despite the fact that I dont believe our only chance of survival is to move to Failsworth, and I am very much against such a move, I am not going to come on here and rub anyone's noses in it. I do, however hope that todays announcement may act as a catalyst for the redevelopment of Boundary Park to be seriously reavaluated - this would make me very happy indeed.

Attendances are not like a light switch - they will take time to build back up again. How many times have we seemed like we have a decent crowd and then underperformed. How many people do you personally know who dont normally go, but went the the Rochdale Home match and havent been back since? I know of 4 that travelled in the same minibus as me. I think that many of the lapsed supporters found it difficult to get out of the Latics habit, but once they stopped going have realised that there is life without football afterall and you effectively double your weekend time with your family that doesnt go to the match. I am not one of those, and despite not having a season ticket this year, still go whenever I can (went to Carlisle, but was working in London on Tuesday night so missed Hartlepool).

Jamie, it tooke them YEARS and YEARS, there might have been a Sugar Daddy keeping the ship floating in the background, but I am not convinced he did an Abramohivc and simply invested untold millions into the pot.

If I won the lottery, no. Any deal would be renaged upon by me immediately. I believe that land was bought in Failsworth before the Public Consultations and it seems clear to me that the land at BP is worth more per square metre than the land in Failsworth. I know that they've got more money than us at the moment, but look at Blackpool. Do you think that they'd be where they are now if they'd have sold Bloomfield Road to the Pleasure Beach and moved to Sellafield? Redeveloping an existing ground can be done. It can be made to work and it can be successful - providing the product on the pitch is good enough.

I just want him secured to stop someone else coming in for him. I think he is the type of player that could help to boost gates and keep people coming back. He certainly makes me sit on the edge of my seat when he has the ball and takes on full backs. I also have a thing for players who celebrate goals in an extravagant manner. I always remember Wayne Andrews as being one such player and his time at Latics co-incided with a feel good factor and period of relative success. Tie him down to the club before he gets nicked off us!

NO to blindly acccepting that moving the club is the only answer YES to redeveloping Boundary Park like we were promised We need to move forward, starting with the product on the pitch. I am hoping that the recent transfer activity under the guidance of Paul Dickov will put us in with a real shout of promotion, but I don't think that the crowds will increase to the levels we need to become self sustaining until we are back in the Championship. Give people what they want to see (a successful and attacking football team) and the crowds will come back. Redevelop Boundary Park and secure the future of the football club without trashing our prized asset which is the location of the ground (clearly not the ground itself)

Why not have the Home stand (Chaddy) for Home fans and the Away stand (RRE) for Away fans? Just like it was for many many years.

NO to Failsworth

Good servant to the club since he was 9 years old. Best of luck at Chesterfield Kelvin.

Did the RRE for 3 seasons after the Lookers was prematurely demolished. I am now a Chaddy Ender again and think its MUCH better than the RRE.

That's because it's been changed

Indeed. A public show of desire and determination to reverse the decline of many years despite the financial situation being much worse than it has in many a long year. Thanks to all involved. Rick PS Get Morais signed now and I'll be happy

I am honestly delighted that we've managed to get Evina as a propoer player. I think that the comments coming from the club about promotion/play offs being a realistic target and the deals that have been and look like being done are a clear statement of intention. I also think that it is important that Payershare is highlighted as taking part in this push if it is going to succeed. Well done all those that contribute.

Palyershare should be called BarryKitty as it seems that he decides who the money is used to fund.