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Whats 6.7% between old friends though ?

We've just got to take it on face value I guess. All the way along, Martin Perry has given assurances that the business plan is robust at that the financing of the project is not in jeapordy. He's experienced this before, he has delivered on these projects before, this is his field of expertise...

Would the club be bothering to press ahead with meetings with the council, "housekeeping" planning applications and narrowing the contractors down to a shortlist of two (with an announcement due by the end of this month on the chosen contractors) if the financial deals were not already in place...

They do indeed (although the Argus didn't directly quote that bit). After the bollocks the Argus published yesterday, I do find myself taking it all with an even bigger pinch of salt than I have done before.

There are a few minor cosmetic differences to the outside of the stadium, the rest of the changes centre around alterations inside the stadium primarily to fit in with new disability laws. There are no fundemental differences to the application whatsoever - same capacity, same road...

Also this: "The South Downs Society, dedicated to the protection and conservation of the Sussex Downs, and have vowed to oppose the planning application. Steve Ankers, planning officer for the society, said: "We are of course very concerned, though not totally surprised, that the club has...

More EXCELLENT writing in todays Argus. This is a beaut: "The Argus revealed yesterday that the soaring price of steel and changes to stadium building regulations during years of delays to the project have made the approved plans unusable. The club could build the stadium to the original design...

1. Who's said we are struggling to get the funding ? 2. How would even more delays be "saving face" for anyone ? 3. How on earth can any further delay in Falmer be construed as "convenient" for the club ?

Don't be so bloody stoopid.

What, you mean the flaw is 27,000 sq ft now instead of 18,000 ?

It doesn't look all that different actually.