Man in Crete

14 minutes ago, horribleblob said:

I was thinking along similar lines but also that such an operation close by could lead to more air freight going to DSA. Wishful thinking perhaps.

Think you can forget hybrid airships etc! This firm in fact built one in 2016 ….. it crashed on its debut before crashing again one year later and being scrapped. They have failed to build any since and given it’s top speed is 80 mph and a limited capacity then despite the eco thinking which go ahead customers are going to invest …? 

49 minutes ago, geared said:

I guess it's a case of prove us all wrong then.

 

Personally I agree with others, this is a vanity project, the people in charge are not competent enough to manage the project, whatever feasibility studies they have  done will turn out to be drastically flawed and very poorly executed, and the entire thing will fall apart, costing us the tax payer alot of money.

 

It will end as a millstone around the neck of South Yorkshire, and the morons that put it there will swan off to another job, accepting zero blame.

Completely agree! Despite unfounded claims above from other posters there is no commercial sense in proceeding currently. A few private jets and ‘a bit of passenger’ (ha ha)will not be sustainable and in any event those who use go in and out of Gamston . The fact is that due to historic mistakes the 3000 or so folk employed in connection with DSA were put out of work and coppards crew seem intent on ignoring the opportunities which commercial development of the site would bring . The fact Peel took our representatives apart is unfortunate but it’s time to put that down to experience and move on . I predict nothing will change for months / years . 

How much longer are Coppard and his lackeys  going to carry on wasting their time and taxpayers cash on what is a pure vanity project of no commercial sense whatsoever. Much as DSA would be marginally more convenient there remain 3 more realistic alternatives within 90 minutes max. 
the fact that Peel had the council’s pants down from the start ( as with Sheffield City)

only goes to prove that most councillor’s and a large proportion of their advisors here have little nous between them . Stop the ego trip and concentrate on matters of more relevance etc 

3 hours ago, SheffieldForum said:

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Who the hell writes this rubbish that you keep posting? Do you work for the council? 

Interesting topic but what is not emphatically clear is whether these current ‘homeless’ are there because they can’t afford to buy/ rent or because there is a city wide shortage of social type housing….. it seems most are saying the latter?

in which case please discuss the impact on availability by the 67000 ish students  who now attend our 2 universities? There are around 10000 ‘foreign’ students and all require accommodation but not for a 12 months period 

ok some live in residences but a large part rent stock housing or so called apartments. This surely removes those from being available to the aforementioned homeless 

what’s the answer ? Well maybe scc should stop had out planning approvals to yet more student housing and instead concentrate on the alleged 4000 homeless?

in the words of mr Bassett discuss please!

1 hour ago, Baron99 said:

My bold. 

 

Now, now, everyone has the right to peaceful & legal protest but I do get what you mean. 

 

I wasn't down that way Saturday morning but usually when one of these Palestinian protests are taking place, the meeting point in our area is the corner of Moncrieffe Rd., at Nether Edge while waiting to catch the 56 into the city. 

 

There's usually a small gathering of approx 8 to 10, average 60+, mainly women, (only ever seen one man), a placard or two, some with Palestinian flags drapped over shoulders.   All white, all very middle class, all very polite as you'd expect from Nether Edge residents.   

 

I'm surmising here but I'll take a punt & say retired lecturers & social workers in the main & during the week, 'ladies who lunch'.  I will guarantee though that having protested outside Waitrose yesterday, today like me, they'll be shopping in there for their quinoa, Himalayan pink salt & perhaps their Israeli dates. 

Exactly! Same saddo nether edgers with nothing else to do… need to get a life . Recall being confronted by them way before the current situation at Waitrose and had to run over one old gits foot with mi trolley

What time of day ? If you follow the instructions above during hours of darkness you will undoubtedly be confronted by the scumbags who inhabit the steel steps be they druggies or riff raff . Despite the cctv installation it can usually be a nightmare for anti social behaviour and one which local councillors have been trying for months to eradicate. Indeed a public meeting was recently convened by councillors at the trades and labour club to see what can be done and there are suggestions roads will be blocked . Personally I would give that route a miss and seek out a bus from the interchange which I believe go up Shrewsbury road and duke street …..drop you at the door. Sorry you’ll have to look the numbers up but do not walk after dark! Bad advice!

Absolute nonsense of a claim 

fact is as others have said trades vehicle’s are by passing the zone hence for example the ring road is less busy (presumably scc can tell the numbers pre and post scheme) 

Try  some of the alternative routes which are more busy

once again scc and it’s officers are missing the phrase cash cow from their propaganda 

10 minutes ago, Irene Swaine said:

Unless it's an emergency, it's a gross misuse of power to tell you to leave the area. Strange. It may be worth complaining to the IPCC.

Not necessary on the evidence available to date and in any event the IPCC deals with climate change nowt to do with old bill Think you mean IOPC?

so called police cameras do not operate as described and as pointed out earlier the chances are these are operated privately on private land by a security company 

10 hours ago, SheffieldForum said:

 

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Wow…… and who were the other contenders? Only 16 reported city centre stabbings, god knows how many scrap’s and numerous other crimes reported or not . What a load of crap!

27 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

I thought that was the point of the Amey contract 

Indeed! 
could mr planner enlighten us and confirm there is a long term contract with Amey and that includes attention to so called pot holes? If so then what if anything has changed such they are not so doing ? Did the contract include for cost additions  and how can we mere rate payers be sure the council are supervising this contract diligently?

54 minutes ago, Padders said:

I built a snowman yesterday Mr. P.

Somebody has nicked it and left me a pool of muddy water....

Which reminds me … the other day on a certain nether edge Facebook forum a local cafe ,where no doubt all the knitted jumper brigade  indulge in kidney bean soup followed by spicy nettle tea ,“ invited” their clientele to come along and make a SNOWPERSON…… I mean  wtf … god knows how they decorated that! No wonder this country is in a mess. 

Just an honest opinion

whilst they have a difficult job and much is down to opinion having watched football for over 70 years it seems clear to me that the standard of officiating has never been so low

both Sheffield teams have suffered with horrendous decision making this season and last night Simon hooper was probably the worst of the lot aided and abetted by the var team. How on earth the tackle on bogle in the lead up to the second goal was not a foul is beyond understanding. After his horror show against Man City then he carried on the momentum. Inconsistent all night and sadly I am coming to the conclusion the premier league is not what it should be and officials are bent ……or are they all so poor. 
that said United were much improved and showed more “passion” than was evident for weeks … oh for a modern Keith Hackett 

Whilst many councillors have no grasp or experience of such matters they seem to rely upon the so called expertise of their council officers many of whom are evidentially unfit for purpose. It’s high time they were brought to task and where necessary disposed of post haste. Will that happen well no cos we’ve seen too many examples of waste and no one pays the price

meanwhile the elusive Kate Joseph’s is complaining yesterday that government is not subbing our council sufficiently.  To coin a phrase what have the romans ( aka k Joseph’s) ever done for us? Answer on a fag packet please

Barnstoneworth United ( not won a match for 6 years ) Gordon ottershaw

and yes Michael palin supports united

Correct me if I’m wrong but at the outset of chancer buying into swfc wasn’t it said more than once he was heading up a consortium?

if that is so then aside from all the decisions made could it be that said consortium have said enough is enough and withdrawn finance?

or was there no such arrangement and whatever the source money has dried up

no one seems to be able to say where money comes from and suggestions he is in property and construction back home seem unproven

where does his money come from anyone really know?  Maybe mr Bassett knows!
that said and rivalries aside I feel sorry for those fans who have a lifetime of support and are having to put up with the current scenario 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66958019

33 minutes ago, PapaLazarou said:

What a petulant child.

 

National press are all over this already.

 

He’s an embarrassment to your club, and the press view is certainly not complimentary towards him.

 

What an idiotic mardyarse statement.

But …but mista Bassett says he’s a good man loaded with dosh …ha ha 

Yet another pitiful statement trying to make out he is the victim once again when reality says not so. 
Whether his threat of not putting more money in holds up then frankly any sensible suppliers must surely withdraw credit etc immediately? That combined with non payment of wages etc puts the club into administration which in turn means chancer looses all his money? Is he that stupid? We’ll time will tell 

will he show up tonight with his mate?

anyway I agree mister Bassett is involved somewhere and his thoughts are awaited

meanwhile rip swfc

1 hour ago, cuttsie said:

Not wanting to be clever or dispute the Spurs Ground comment , But the best ground I have ever had the pleasure of watching a match in is Causeway Lane the home of Matlock Town .

Sitting there on a nice day surrounded by the Derbyshire Hills is worth the eight quid attendance fee ten times over .

I have been to many pro grounds but still prefer the old historic ones .Its like being part of history .

Not wishing to dispute Matlock but you maybe couldn’t beat emley fc’s ground just under the tv mast on a crisp January Monday  night for an fa cup replay in front of their partisan supporters up the hill from Huddersfield . They’d get well into 4 figures

then retire to the bar until the early hours with the local Bobby watching over things and then a carful drive home . Pies were good as well none of your balti pies there!

1 hour ago, staninoodle said:

Ipswich got taken over by a US investment company and had a cash injection of 200M bud, thats around the figure DC has spaffed away during his entire 8 years at this club, which these days, if you look at the accounts runs off season ticket, merchandise and tv money, DC invests very little.

Ipswich wont need to invest as heavily this season because, via planned well thought out recruitment, they put together a decent young squad last season capable of not just getting promoted but of being competitive in the championship, ala sunderland the season before (youngest squad in the championship last season) and Plymouth, Where as we built a side with a single aim of getting promoted and now we are having to assemble a side quickly because weve chucked it together at the last minute and changed manager, so lost any impetus, any fees we pay for players will be minimal, such as Wilkes for 70K, we dont pay millions any more kid because the owners spent it covering up his mistakes, and has even had to take out loans to cover the shortfalls, its mostly free transfers.

Mckenna wasn't a top manager, infact bud this is his FIRST managerial appointment, he and Michael Carrick were coaches at OT, Mckenna did spend some time as an assistant during JMs time as manager but never in charge of 1st team  affairs. But he was a well respected coach, hes been backed though by solid recruitment and the tractors haven't been shy to fork a few quid out, Broadhead and Hirst were both 1.5M fees and Davies the flying LB cost around 1M from Leeds academy, when was the last time we spent a million quid on a player pal?

And to cap it off, pay on the gate today for non members is £50, hardly encouraging walk ups are we bud

All that you say is spot on correct. Sadly I think you and many others are wasting time trying to educate mr Bassett who doesn’t answer any reasonable questions and steadfastly refuses to provide support for any of the “facts” which he constantly pedals on here. Frankly I can only assume he is in the pay of mr chancer or maybe he’s taking everyone for a ride and he’s the forums clickbait king? Who knows but I can guarantee he won’t be there today waving his “ I luv you mr chancer” banner. I give up

I’ve said it before and will say it again. This man needs help … he is embarrassing himself and the club which many Wednesday fans have supported through thick and thin. The sooner he and his mate paxo go the better

5 hours ago, bassett one said:

 but mr chansiri said a big company wanted to invest ,but were put off by the upset by the fans,why invest long term if the fans hate the owner it looks bad,this does not help finances that improve the team ect,

Another question mr Bassett 

sorry if I missed it but when exactly did mr chancer say a so called big company were interested but pulled out because of the fans etc ? Could you point everyone in the right direction please?

as to his finances then historically you have insisted he has loads of money but you steadfastly refuse to say where it comes from? If he’s that minted then why doesn’t he spend some instead of signing loans and freebies that no one has ever heard of ? 

35 minutes ago, bassett one said:

i always say it could be worse ,we have no debt and he says he will sell, but no one wants to pay his price,so he runs us and unless someone comes and pays his price thats it.promotion can be done on the cheap and mostly you come down after a year or so,but at least you have millions like utd to get back up,but even there accountant said they risked everything last year and if they had failed they had huge problems,i think the wolves way was best get top loan players in.

Confused. com? 
no debt? Lol

thats the problem for Wednesday… no dosh whatsoever hence loan a bunch of no bodies under a manager who can’t string 5 words of English together…. Let’s hope they stay up and we can have derbies next year

5 minutes ago, bassett one said:

well we had to release several players all to old

hes stated today in the star  website today that hes asked for 4x wage increase ,derby stayed up did they not,no he had everything on a plate and year 1 we failed and year 2 that was lucky,he failed at west brom as well,his track record is not good ,so lets move on and hope our new man can sort out this mess ,we will find someone who can do a good job and get us promoted, but with teams having parachute payments and others having bought good young players and keep selling the odd one helping raise cash like brentfords done you can get out of this league or hope for a messiah like newcastle  new man thats working

Are you on some sort of medication which helps you repeat the same nonsense views?