Acun's bought (and sold) Shelbourne...

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originallambrettaman said:
They're still working on the basis of a new training facility next to the ground, I believe they're still optimistic they can get the council to flog them the Walton Street site. It's not going to happen, so presumably they'll have to have a rethink soon.
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Besides the fact that as you say it's almost certain hull cc won't do it, it's just the wrong place full stop imo and is it even big enough to house everything that you'd want from top facilities? Zero room for expansion, no real privacy, not the nicest part of the city to bring potential players into etc.... just feels like it's the wrong place
 
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Howdentiger2 said:
Besides the fact that as you say it's almost certain hull cc won't do it, it's just the wrong place full stop imo and is it even big enough to house everything that you'd want from top facilities? Zero room for expansion, no real privacy, not the nicest part of the city to bring potential players into etc.... just feels like it's the wrong place
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It should be somewhere isolated and out of the way. Walton Street carpark is not ideal location for a training ground.
 
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originallambrettaman said:
There's no comparison between his major investment in City and a very small investment in Ireland.

Maybe he just decided that having loaned them a couple of our U23's and finding they were a couple of the best players in the league, that it wasn't going to be untapped talent pool he he'd hoped it would be.
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Plus the kid who is their star player, Jack Moylan, has been sold to Lincoln City. So the ability to tap their talent seems to be closed to Acun, on this occasion at least.
 
originallambrettaman said:
They're still working on the basis of a new training facility next to the ground, I believe they're still optimistic they can get the council to flog them the Walton Street site. It's not going to happen, so presumably they'll have to have a rethink soon.
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You would hope they have a plan B in mind. Even not knowing the ins and outs of the council I would hope they would hedge their bets by scoping out somewhere else just in case
 
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originallambrettaman said:
They're still working on the basis of a new training facility next to the ground, I believe they're still optimistic they can get the council to flog them the Walton Street site. It's not going to happen, so presumably they'll have to have a rethink soon.
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The council would sell on the basis that its only puts for 50 weeks of the year.
 
TwoWrights said:
Over many years I've come to not trust any football club owner, ours especially. Start with that viewpoint and you won't be disappointed if they turn out to be a wrong 'un. :emoticon-0125-mmm:


The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
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I’m not keen on owners pretending to be one of us, shades of Duffen, gladhanding the fans at away games, Acun having the Botanic lot sucking his dick at every opportunity whilst ignoring every other City pub in Hull, it will end in tears like it always does.
If we don’t go up this or next season, I can see him ****ing off, selling us to another chancer with a bit of cash.
 
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steverico said:
I’m not keen on owners pretending to be one of us, shades of Duffen, gladhanding the fans at away games, Acun having the Botanic lot sucking his dick at every opportunity whilst ignoring every other City pub in Hull, it will end in tears like it always does.
If we don’t go up this or next season, I can see him ****ing off, selling us to another chancer with a bit of cash.
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Ever the optimist...
 
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It makes sense to develop a training ground and academy on the same site, and it makes sense to develop the stadium area with more community stuff etc. Somewhere along the line, these two good ideas have been mixed into a single combined project and I don't think that's a good idea at all.
 
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iF i were a Shels fan I would be perplexed over what has just happened ... all fanfare five months ago, promises of monies, promises of Europe, a press conference at the AVIVA Stadium no less to explain the bright future. As a Tigers fan, should I be getting similar vibes. Pursued us for ages and finally landed what he wanted. Pursued three Irish clubs and finally landed what he wanted. It all seems a bit capricious.
 
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