Quote: vastman "Look Eastern you're entitled to your opinion but before you dismiss mine so quickly with your trite comments let me give you an object lesson.
In 2004 Prince Buster and myself suggested the idea of a supporters group to pursue a community stadium.
The much-maligned Ted Richardson quickly realised that an independent supporter’s group would have far more impact persuading the council for support than the club alone.
Hence SWAG was born and with the addition of TRB and Jinjer and with the club supporting in the background we started all this.
SWAG is the forerunner to todays Trust in case you're wondering.
For the first five years I was on the coalface and I travelled miles and spent literally hundreds of hours working on the SWAG agenda.
In that time I met with numerous Council representatives including Box, Jeffery's and Clive Hudson and all three at various times looked me in the eye and said Ossett was a goer, Thornes was a certainty whist NM simply couldn't fail.
I know what snakes these people are from first hand experience and I’m sorry but you simply don't.
I've heard this all before and I see no more validity to this than any other - you just see what you want to see.
However what truly offends me and if you weren’t so insular it would offend you is that this even if it happens is totally unsatisfactory in reality.
Just because we get what we want and I always wanted to stay at BV if possible a huge swindle will have taken place - why don't you get that.
Acres of valuable green belt has been conned into the hands of a private investor who will simply not deliver anything like what he promised but will make millions.
Our council has been complicit in this.
Where are all the other facilities Eastern? Where are the plastic pitches the sports halls and all the other community facilities? Hell where is the car parking!
You're being robbed blind and you just can't see it. I didn't sign up for this. I'm happy enough with he BV element should it ever actually happen which I doubt but what about the rest, do we let them walk away scott free?
In all conscience I can't because I'm complicit in this. I helped make people believe they were getting something they are clearly not. I don't blame the club for taking whatever is on offer but the people of WMDC should be up in arms. I'll say again you're being robbed blind and a lot of people have been stitched up - not least the residents of NM.
You go justify to them why instead of a wonderful community facility on their doorstep they now have numerous monstrosities to look at.
You need to think a little more and see past the obvious. I don't think you and others on here are bad people but I do think there is far too much self-interest and way to many blind eyes.
It still stinks, end of.
I've no interest in Chissitt's opinions but even if I have he's not in this discussion is he.'"
You got that absolutely spot on and when the development finishes at NM their mark up will be about 60million . Not bad when someone else has done all the ground work for nothing.
