He'll probably sell one of ours to pay for their new pitch.
He can't lay a grass pitch as there's a car park underneath it says
Nonsense. There are plenty of car parks built underneath grass, for example the Abingdon Green car park, Great College St, opposite the Houses of Parliament.
Everything is always 70 million something or other with him eh The way round this of course, for the talented Visionary, is to raise the pitch by about 10 metres or so and restore the car park to its former glory underneath. That way he can charge punters to park under the actual pitch. They won’t be able to see the game because the pitch will be too high, of course, but they only ever come along for the dancing anyhow, so it’s a win win. Sorry, I mean, draw, win or lose, that sort of thing doesn’t bother Roland.
So this means he has to accept STVV are leaving his stadium to play on a grass surface thereby making all his hotels and restaurants a bit pointless?
Alternatively, he takes the hit on his car park and installs a proper grass surface so that he can keep the money rolling in from his little project and his pocket takes a hit.
Sounds brilliant. The old fool never really does think stuff through, does he?
The football club, STVV, was sold some time ago to Japanese owners. His wife still owns the ground they play in and the surrounding development which includes Hotel Stayen - all built on the land bought from the council for a song.
It seems to me that it is STVV who have the big problem here, not Roland. I would be amazed if their lease/rental agreement/ whatever for the pitch includes any clause requiring the owner to change the nature of the pitch from plastic to grass. So STVV is faced with trying to find an alternative venue.
If that happens, Roland loses his lead tenant, and the USP of the hotel, with its rooms which overlook the pitch, which would doubtless have financial implications. I doubt if the carpark roof was designed to carry the additional weight of a real pitch, so solving that would certainly be very expensive. However there are other sports which use artificial pitches (hockey springs to mind), so that need not be an insuperable problem.
Schadenfreude is a very natural emotion for us in the circumstances, but may be premature.
The football club, STVV, was sold some time ago to Japanese owners. His wife still owns the ground they play in and the surrounding development which includes Hotel Stayen - all built on the land bought from the council for a song.
It seems to me that it is STVV who have the big problem here, not Roland. I would be amazed if their lease/rental agreement/ whatever for the pitch includes any clause requiring the owner to change the nature of the pitch from plastic to grass. So STVV is faced with trying to find an alternative venue.
If that happens, Roland loses his lead tenant, and the USP of the hotel, with its rooms which overlook the pitch, which would doubtless have financial implications. I doubt if the carpark roof was designed to carry the additional weight of a real pitch, so solving that would certainly be very expensive. However there are other sports which use artificial pitches (hockey springs to mind), so that need not be an insuperable problem.
Schadenfreude is a very natural emotion for us in the circumstances, but may be premature.
Or...... STVV leave, he rips up the pitch, demolishes the car park and builds 6 blocks of flats courtesy of his mates at the council.
The football club, STVV, was sold some time ago to Japanese owners. His wife still owns the ground they play in and the surrounding development which includes Hotel Stayen - all built on the land bought from the council for a song.
It seems to me that it is STVV who have the big problem here, not Roland. I would be amazed if their lease/rental agreement/ whatever for the pitch includes any clause requiring the owner to change the nature of the pitch from plastic to grass. So STVV is faced with trying to find an alternative venue.
If that happens, Roland loses his lead tenant, and the USP of the hotel, with its rooms which overlook the pitch, which would doubtless have financial implications. I doubt if the carpark roof was designed to carry the additional weight of a real pitch, so solving that would certainly be very expensive. However there are other sports which use artificial pitches (hockey springs to mind), so that need not be an insuperable problem.
Schadenfreude is a very natural emotion for us in the circumstances, but may be premature.
Or, he sells Charlton and buys a couple of hockey clubs?
So this means he has to accept STVV are leaving his stadium to play on a grass surface thereby making all his hotels and restaurants a bit pointless?
Alternatively, he takes the hit on his car park and installs a proper grass surface so that he can keep the money rolling in from his little project and his pocket takes a hit.
Sounds brilliant. The old fool never really does think stuff through, does he?
Last month STVV PLAYED LOCAL DERBY AGAINST RACING GENK,think Millwall v Charlton.
Away end sold out think it was first game back from the winter-break in Belgium.
Game was live on TV in Belgium.
Now the Genk fans had fireworks and smoke bombs in the away end,and low and behold let them off.
Most of which ended up on the pitch.
The pitch looked poor before the fireworks and smoke bombs hit it.
Roland is now looking to Racing Genk to help fund a new pitch,it will cost over 100,000 EURO to replace.
Director at Racing Genk has said will give STVV 12,500 euro and no more. This is a set fine for fireworks at football matches in Belgium that are let off.
Last month STVV PLAYED LOCAL DERBY AGAINST RACING GENK,think Millwall v Charlton.
Away end sold out think it was first game back from the winter-break in Belgium.
Game was live on TV in Belgium.
Now the Genk fans had fireworks and smoke bombs in the away end,and low and behold let them off.
Most of which ended up on the pitch.
The pitch looked poor before the fireworks and smoke bombs hit it.
Roland is now looking to Racing Genk to help fund a new pitch,it will cost over 100,000 EURO to replace.
Director at Racing Genk has said will give STVV 12,500 euro and no more. This is a set fine for fireworks at football matches in Belgium that are let off.
Last month STVV PLAYED LOCAL DERBY AGAINST RACING GENK,think Millwall v Charlton.
Away end sold out think it was first game back from the winter-break in Belgium.
Game was live on TV in Belgium.
Now the Genk fans had fireworks and smoke bombs in the away end,and low and behold let them off.
Most of which ended up on the pitch.
The pitch looked poor before the fireworks and smoke bombs hit it.
Roland is now looking to Racing Genk to help fund a new pitch,it will cost over 100,000 EURO to replace.
Director at Racing Genk has said will give STVV 12,500 euro and no more. This is a set fine for fireworks at football matches in Belgium that are let off.
A song in which Roland complains they paved paradise to put up a parking lot, a measure which actually would have alleviated traffic congestion on the outskirts of paradise, something which Roland singularly fails to point out, perhaps because it doesn't quite fit in with his blinkered view of the world.
A song in which Roland complains they paved paradise to put up a parking lot, a measure which actually would have alleviated traffic congestion on the outskirts of paradise, something which Roland singularly fails to point out, perhaps because it doesn't quite fit in with his blinkered view of the world.
The fact that the old goat installed a plastic pitch in the first place shows the total lack of respect he has for football. This isn't 5-a-side with your mates on a Tuesday night - it's professional football FFS! I hope his missus has to fork out a million to get it fixed. How's that tax dodge working out for you now dear?
Restores one's faith in karma. nothing fake will last long he wouldn't get hung out to dry with his monkey if he wasn't so widely loathed and derided suck it up you wibbling penny pinching old nutsack (then kindly fornicate off from Charlton) ROFLMCO 😆
He'll probably sell one of ours to pay for their new pitch.
He can't lay a grass pitch as there's a car park underneath it says
Nonsense. There are plenty of car parks built underneath grass, for example the Abingdon Green car park, Great College St, opposite the Houses of Parliament.
Technically I'm sure it can be done. However, the fact the car park was designed and built specifically to have a synthetic pitch laid above it, would likely require a signifacant cost to design and install a natural grass surface
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The way round this of course, for the talented Visionary, is to raise the pitch by about 10 metres or so and restore the car park to its former glory underneath. That way he can charge punters to park under the actual pitch. They won’t be able to see the game because the pitch will be too high, of course, but they only ever come along for the dancing anyhow, so it’s a win win. Sorry, I mean, draw, win or lose, that sort of thing doesn’t bother Roland.
Oh Danny Boy, the're calling , the're calling .
Alternatively, he takes the hit on his car park and installs a proper grass surface so that he can keep the money rolling in from his little project and his pocket takes a hit.
Sounds brilliant. The old fool never really does think stuff through, does he?
The football club, STVV, was sold some time ago to Japanese owners. His wife still owns the ground they play in and the surrounding development which includes Hotel Stayen - all built on the land bought from the council for a song.
It seems to me that it is STVV who have the big problem here, not Roland. I would be amazed if their lease/rental agreement/ whatever for the pitch includes any clause requiring the owner to change the nature of the pitch from plastic to grass. So STVV is faced with trying to find an alternative venue.
If that happens, Roland loses his lead tenant, and the USP of the hotel, with its rooms which overlook the pitch, which would doubtless have financial implications. I doubt if the carpark roof was designed to carry the additional weight of a real pitch, so solving that would certainly be very expensive. However there are other sports which use artificial pitches (hockey springs to mind), so that need not be an insuperable problem.
Schadenfreude is a very natural emotion for us in the circumstances, but may be premature.
Or, he sells Charlton and buys a couple of hockey clubs?
Bit more to it than meets the eye…
Last month STVV PLAYED LOCAL DERBY AGAINST RACING GENK,think Millwall v Charlton.
Away end sold out think it was first game back from the winter-break in Belgium.
Game was live on TV in Belgium.
Now the Genk fans had fireworks and smoke bombs in the away end,and low and behold let them off.
Most of which ended up on the pitch.
The pitch looked poor before the fireworks and smoke bombs hit it.
Roland is now looking to Racing Genk to help fund a new pitch,it will cost over 100,000 EURO to replace.
Director at Racing Genk has said will give STVV 12,500 euro and no more. This is a set fine for fireworks at football matches in Belgium that are let off.
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nothing fake will last long
he wouldn't get hung out to dry with his monkey if he wasn't so widely loathed and derided
suck it up you wibbling penny pinching old nutsack (then kindly fornicate off from Charlton)
ROFLMCO 😆