Spot on, and remember how the parents of Jordan Ibe insisted that he would be better off starting at Wycombe and before long he was transferred to Liverpool.
Hmmm.......would I prefer a plumber who always wanted to be a plumber but killed a few women doing my plumbing or someone who wanted to be a footballer but couldn't make it so became a plumber instead?
And would I want the plumber to explain in great detail what he was going to do or just say "I've fixed your tap" and nothing else?
”Johnny, I’m your Dad and I support you, but sorry son, with that attitude I’m not surprised you didn’t make it. Stop blaming others or coming up with what if scenarios and embrace any chances you do get.
Not sure there is much to add here. I would have chosen Arsenal if it was my kid.
Frankly although in my sixties I haven't completely given up hope that any day now a scout my recognise my silky skills and seek to sign me up but in truth starting to look a little less likely now. Feck em, their loss.....
F.A.O. Dr. Congo last time someone I had Legal Beagle look the lease over, so could be out of date:
If the Option to purchase the freehold is not exercised by Frank Adams Legacy Limited by 2023, the training ground will, by 2027, no longer under the control of the football club.
As I said, a while ago.
The lack of formal documentation regarding the training ground deal was indicative of a lot of the **** the Couhigs had to put up with.
The best day to plant a tree is yesterday, the second best is today.
Obviously you would choose Arsenal academy over Wycombe’s, especially as Wycombe’s doesn’t exist yet and we have no record of bringing our own academy players through.
Yes, if you’d have asked me six months ago what I wanted from the next owner, it would’ve been this, a new academy, steady progress and a long term vision. Please tell me it’s real .
Will be interesting to see what investment we put into Harlington as to whether it's a short term fix or a long term project.
With Reading looking like they're back to square 1 in their takeover, Bearwood could soon be available for an even more knockdown price than it was before.
Scope for some input from @aloysius in due course, perhaps. As I understand it, we will be one of the tenants at Harlington so perhaps there could still be scope for an alternative. Harlington is 22 miles from Wycombe - slightly nearer than Bearwood (?) but probably just as long a drive timewise, if not longer.
@perfidious_albion your neighbour was a gentleman, a scholar and an acrobat. The sycamore I have near the back of mine and the oak are absolute joys to me, the cypress trees, Portuguese laurel and cherry laurels aren't bad either; trees are massively underrated.
The club don't own it and Rob didn't seem to be able to purchase it outright at an amount that was agreeable to him so it all seems a little unlikely. The fans who purchased it to protect it for the club and community* (*and totally not for property speculation) could donate it if they wished or ML could buy it and donate it.
Is it even in a particularly attractive place for a public park? I'm the extremely unlikely turn of events that this would happen it might be better to not bother and donate something else.
Affordable housing, if planning permission was ever granted, might benefit the club in the sense that a few hundred residents there would have relatively easy access to Adams Park, walking distance perhaps for the youngest and fittest.
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Spot on, and remember how the parents of Jordan Ibe insisted that he would be better off starting at Wycombe and before long he was transferred to Liverpool.
Hmmm.......would I prefer a plumber who always wanted to be a plumber but killed a few women doing my plumbing or someone who wanted to be a footballer but couldn't make it so became a plumber instead?
And would I want the plumber to explain in great detail what he was going to do or just say "I've fixed your tap" and nothing else?
So many questions.
”Johnny, I’m your Dad and I support you, but sorry son, with that attitude I’m not surprised you didn’t make it. Stop blaming others or coming up with what if scenarios and embrace any chances you do get.
Not sure there is much to add here. I would have chosen Arsenal if it was my kid.
Frankly although in my sixties I haven't completely given up hope that any day now a scout my recognise my silky skills and seek to sign me up but in truth starting to look a little less likely now. Feck em, their loss.....
F.A.O. Dr. Congo last time someone I had Legal Beagle look the lease over, so could be out of date:
If the Option to purchase the freehold is not exercised by Frank Adams Legacy Limited by 2023, the training ground will, by 2027, no longer under the control of the football club.
As I said, a while ago.
The lack of formal documentation regarding the training ground deal was indicative of a lot of the **** the Couhigs had to put up with.
The best day to plant a tree is yesterday, the second best is today.
Well done for taking the club forward.
Obviously you would choose Arsenal academy over Wycombe’s, especially as Wycombe’s doesn’t exist yet and we have no record of bringing our own academy players through.
@NiceCarrots why is yesterday a better day to plant a tree than the day before yesterday?
Yesterday was Sunday. Tree planter would have expected double time
day before yesterday was Saturday - time and a half
far more efficient to plant it today
Planting a tree under which you will never enjoy the shade is one selfless act.
Best not to say that I spent this afternoon cutting down an unwanted sycamore tree.
Hopefully your neighbour is not a hindu!
Dan Rice's first interview with our very own @bluntphil has dropped on WWTV - https://www.wwfc.com/news/2024/june/10/dan-outlines-vision-and-strategy-in-first-interview/
Comes across really well.
But it's a selfish act if you plant a tree in the middle of your lawn the day before you exchange & move out!
That'll be one hell of a surprise!
Yes, if you’d have asked me six months ago what I wanted from the next owner, it would’ve been this, a new academy, steady progress and a long term vision. Please tell me it’s real .
Got a sneaky feeling, this might be a big week.
And then we sign Neymar......
Thanks @NiceCarrots
like like what my old neighbour did!
@eric_plant has Dan Rice on strings
Will be interesting to see what investment we put into Harlington as to whether it's a short term fix or a long term project.
With Reading looking like they're back to square 1 in their takeover, Bearwood could soon be available for an even more knockdown price than it was before.
Scope for some input from @aloysius in due course, perhaps. As I understand it, we will be one of the tenants at Harlington so perhaps there could still be scope for an alternative. Harlington is 22 miles from Wycombe - slightly nearer than Bearwood (?) but probably just as long a drive timewise, if not longer.
I really should get to bed!
@perfidious_albion your neighbour was a gentleman, a scholar and an acrobat. The sycamore I have near the back of mine and the oak are absolute joys to me, the cypress trees, Portuguese laurel and cherry laurels aren't bad either; trees are massively underrated.
I think being a community minded club we should campaign for the old training ground to be taken over as a public park. Don’t you agree Mr. Beeks…?
Ooh, provocative.
As I understand it, Mr Beeks is in declining health so perhaps not the ideal time to raise this particular issue.
So you don't want the ladies team using it then ?
Ah, I didn’t realise that.
The club don't own it and Rob didn't seem to be able to purchase it outright at an amount that was agreeable to him so it all seems a little unlikely. The fans who purchased it to protect it for the club and community* (*and totally not for property speculation) could donate it if they wished or ML could buy it and donate it.
Is it even in a particularly attractive place for a public park? I'm the extremely unlikely turn of events that this would happen it might be better to not bother and donate something else.
Affordable housing, if planning permission was ever granted, might benefit the club in the sense that a few hundred residents there would have relatively easy access to Adams Park, walking distance perhaps for the youngest and fittest.
Is it walkable from there? Both in actual distance and fairly busy pathless roads for the first parts?
I walked once from the garden centre, its a lot further than it feels in the car. I think its about 3 miles from the training ground to AP.
Took me 45 mins and I walk quickly. All of it was off the road on good grass verges, pavements and tracks through the woods.
I can't imagine anyone would walk it on matchday. They would just get dropped and picked up at the end of Hillbottom Road.