Re PROBIZ sponsoring CT. I have read on Sports Pro Media site 2012 deal is worth US$500,000. Thats about 320 grand. Not a bad deal at all.

Quote: Tigerade "Re PROBIZ sponsoring CT. I have read on Sports Pro Media site 2012 deal is worth US$500,000. Thats about 320 grand. Not a bad deal at all.'" Not exactly what it says,although would be a tidy sum. But the figures seem nothing more than a guesstimate. www.sportspromedia.com/news/cast ... t_sponsor/

Quote: Tigerade "Re PROBIZ sponsoring CT. I have read on Sports Pro Media site 2012 deal is worth US$500,000. Thats about 320 grand. Not a bad deal at all.'" Not exactly what it says,although would be a tidy sum. But the figures seem nothing more than a guesstimate. www.sportspromedia.com/news/cast ... t_sponsor/

That is what I am here for and I appreciate somebody actually talking in a constructive manner, we are not going to agree on everything as you say, but it is good to know there are still people who can have a sensible debate without it descending into petty squabbling, that does no good for the club or any of us. If we can find a way to all work together to put a little bit of pressure in the right places, we may get answers to what is actually going on rather than the lack of movement on the building. We have some of the best supporters in the League and I just wish we would pull together a bit more instead of the apathy we have learned due to the situation we find ourselves in.

They waited until the close season to announce the shelving of the current deal I notice, I hope they are not stupid enough to think we have forgotten though!

Someone guessed a figure last season and that was also way off the mark.

probiz sponsoring everyone they can ................great to have an investor that seems to love the game. You would think he'd put hundereds of thousands into cas by the way people go on - its clearly nowhere near that amount.

Appreciate your sentiments - many Cas fans, me included must be hugely frustrated by the continual failing to meet self imposed timescales made by the club vis a vis the stadium. But you seem to think this is a matter of choice on the part of the board or at least a lack of hard work - I would have to disagree.

The fact is Cas' have never had a sugar daddy that can cough up the funds to build a new stadium or a generous council that can provide/assist with the funding. As such the stumbling block to building the ground has always been the releasing of funds to do so. The sole source of which has always been the sale of the existing ground and this remains the case.

5 years or more ago, our ground would have been an attractive proposition (taking aside the issues at that time relating to it's proximity to Hicksons!) for sale but in the midst of a global recession that has been going on around 3 yrs and shows no sign of letting up, investors are much tougher to find. We currently have a potential investor in place but it takes a lot of careful and sensitive 'wooing' to turn that potential into an actual sale.

If the BoD and Richard Wright are guilty of anything it is being overly optimistic in their timescales for each stage of the planning process. Pretty much everytime RW has made an announcement about "we hope to do such and such by date X and then take the next step by date Y" I've thought the dates were wildly optimistic so haven't been surprised or disappointed when things have been delayed.

I'm well aware how weeks run into months and months into years but I don't think the failure to get building started is resulting from any lack of effort on the part of the BoD.

Evidently patience is wearing thin but I can only suggest you sit tight for a time longer as quite frankly unless an investor comes along with really silly money (talking £15m or so) to pump into the club the ground ain't gonna get built any quicker.

The announcement earlier this week of £3bn being wiped off that potential investors value and an impending profit warning, can't have done much for the sense of optimism about that potential turning into an actual sale?

3 billion quid - exactly how much cheese did Anthony Worral-Thompson managed to stuff down his trousers?!

Pot - Kettle - Black

Quote: bren2k "3 billion quid - exactly how much cheese did Anthony Worral-Thompson managed to stuff down his trousers?!'" Make that 4 billion plus. There must be many others, apart from Anthony Worral-Thompson, who have cheesy underpants. Looks like God's not on Tesco's side either: www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012 ... tian-group

Quote: bren2k "3 billion quid - exactly how much cheese did Anthony Worral-Thompson managed to stuff down his trousers?!'" Make that 4 billion plus. There must be many others, apart from Anthony Worral-Thompson, who have cheesy underpants. Looks like God's not on Tesco's side either: www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012 ... tian-group

Behind their own goalposts.

e but early days

The lord moves in mysterious ways.

At least he moves, unlike wakeys defense so I've heard

Go easy on me, that was the first times I've replied to this banter thing we do. Lol.

Two exceptionally poor retorts in the space of a few posts alf - not up to your usual (relatively) high standards.

My Tesco comment had nothing to do with wishful thinking by the way - it was just a statement of some pertinent facts.