Pittodrie Now Officially Up For Sale.

[Henry]

I used to think i was a werewolf.

 

But i'm alright nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

 

ha ha.

 

I used to think i was a werewolf but i'm alright noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

 

[Dynamo]

 

 

What a loser Harcus, how can you remember that!?

[Dynamo]

Closing date put back till the new year, let the conspiracy theories begin !!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-16184565

 

 

So either, the bids are shite. Or even worse, there are none!

 

Milne, get a bid in you useless cunt.

[ollie1903]

or that Anderson is no longer contracted to Derby

 

Since fan

[Jazzer_Bett]

What a loser Harcus, how can you remember that!?

 

 

Aye this is not good news IMO, why would it be delayed?

[tup]

I used to think i was a werewolf.

 

But i'm alright nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.

 

Thon's a cracking tune, especially the guitar bit at the start.

[Tommy]

What a loser Harcus, how can you remember that!?

 

 

He jots down all the good ones.

[Jazzer_Bett]

He jots down all the good ones.

 

 

[RUL]

So either, the bids are shite. Or even worse, there are none!

 

Milne, get a bid in you useless cunt.

 

Is anyone really surprised, AFC couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery but we're led to believe they are going to have new stadium ready for 2013/2014?

[Tommy]

 

 

 

[Jazzer_Bett]

Right fucksake, anyone else smell a rat here - fits Milney up tae?

 

Sneaky wee blumfer will have a scheme I reckon

[Dynamo]

 

Aye this is not good news IMO, why would it be delayed?

 

 

Not good no.

 

I wonder what the boards Plan B is.

 

(I doubt they'll have one)

[RUL]

Maybe the reality is that SMG cannot afford to buy the land and not build on it for 2 years, that they were hoping to be out bidded not to ensure transparency but because they were skint? Their last few financial figures have b een dreadful I seem to recall?

[V for Vendetta]

I wonder if people will now be hoping that SMG WILL put a bid in for the land if no one else want it?

[RUL]

Be cheaper if Milne just paid of the rest of the debt and resigned?

[Redstar]

Milne's up to something alright...my guess would be holding AFC to ransom...the longer it takes to get an offer the cheaper the property becomes...well that's how it works in every other walk of life.

 

I hope this backfires spectacularly on him...but I doubt it....a cu*t to the last

[RUL]

Maybe the delay is yet more spin, AFC hoping companies may look at this and think its more of an open case than previously they thought? Either that or SMG have offered below the value of the land and we're up shit creek. Be interesting to see if AFC would accept any bid under the valued land of

[fatshaft]

Right- i'm close to the construction industry and the word is this site is a deid duck for housing - right now. Thats not to say someone wouoldn't buy it with a view to developing it further down the line.

 

I have an idea though - what doesn't someone buy it...........................and build a stadium on it?

 

Good shout JB, looks like nae bugger wants it

[stirlingsheep]

I ken a mannie at Barr that told me they had the construction deal tied up way back in August - which was hush hush at the time.

 

They have confidence in the build starting at the projected start date so clearly Milney is pretty sure abuot this "Grand Projet"

I can also confirm this, they were in talks with Barr for a long time, and the construction date was agreed when Jazzer suggests. Parents next door neighbor works at Barr and was working on the deal, but we were told to keep it hush hush. Says the plans are nice and we'll end up with one of the best grounds in Scotland, not a lego land effort like some others. He said the only issue was AFC getting the funding in place, but that was resolved. So presumably the sale of our stadium won't make a difference to our stadium costs.

[tommo1903]

Maybe the delay is yet more spin, AFC hoping companies may look at this and think its more of an open case than previously they thought? Either that or SMG have offered below the value of the land and we're up shit creek. Be interesting to see if AFC would accept any bid under the valued land of

[RUL]

How is it resolved, even Milne has said the funding for the new stadium is not in place?

[stirlingsheep]

How is it resolved, even Milne has said the funding for the new stadium is not in place?

According to him it was.

[dj_bollocks]

Fuck I hope they don't accept my offer of 50p...

[Jazzer_Bett]

SS, fatshaft-careful boys you'll ruin the fun for Harcus, VDA and the bloodhound gang

 

But seriously, you are spot on SS, the guy that told me is an ex colleague and even then that was him telling me difinitively at that poit that Barr had the contract. It had been rumoured before then-Barr are a reliable company for this as they've been around the block unlike some of the other dodgy outfits that tendered. They've also worked with Miller (who have just merged?) on several stadium projects.

 

Harcus jump in at any point like min

[RUL]

According to him it was.

 

Lets hope he's right?

[Dynamo]

Bit of chat from the club wouldnt go a miss like.

[Guest]

I can also confirm this, they were in talks with Barr for a long time, and the construction date was agreed when Jazzer suggests. Parents next door neighbor works at Barr and was working on the deal, but we were told to keep it hush hush. Says the plans are nice and we'll end up with one of the best grounds in Scotland, not a lego land effort like some others. He said the only issue was AFC getting the funding in place, but that was resolved. So presumably the sale of our stadium won't make a difference to our stadium costs.

 

 

How is it resolved, even Milne has said the funding for the new stadium is not in place?

 

I think it's no secret that we must sell Pittodrie at market value, in order to fund Loriston. Even a decrease of

[fatshaft]

 

Personally, I believe the deferred date means one thing - that we've had either a couple of paltry bids, or none at all.

I can't imagine any other reason for the deferral, I think AFC are up shit creek here. (and btw, that's two things - just saying)

[Guest]

(and btw, that's two things - just saying)[/size]

 

Haha... so it is. D'oh!

[Ke1t]

Has the club actually officially put the stadium on the market? I mean have they involved a realtor or any other kind of professional property company in the mix?

 

Or is it simply a case of Milne's door (always) being open should someone happen along with a spare 10 million quid or whatever?

 

I'm guessing it's the latter because that's how the club has always previously conducted itself under Milne.