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Quote: The bosun ""Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" or in this case the Allams. You do not become a multi-millionaire business man by being altruistic, and anybody who thinks the Allams want the KC and surrounding fair ground site in order to give something back to the city are deluding themselves. If that is the case why has it taken so long to discover their civic generosity?
If, when, they gain control of the KC and fairground then Hull FC"s days at that stadium are numbered. The Allams will pull out all the stops to get Hull City AFC into the premiership. Once that happens and they have control and ownership, forget redevelopment that simply will not happen. What will happen is that they will sell out to the highest bidder. There are plenty of foreign billionaires that want a slice of the premiership pie. The Allams will walk away with a huge profit.
Where will that leave Hull FC?
I'll tell you where. Out on our ear, no premiership owner will want RL spoiling their stadium. Forget cast iron tenancy agreements, when you have the money you can bog down for years any dispute in the law courts. If the council do sell don't expect any where near the 45 million it cost to build the stadium. The Allams won't be interested in paying a fair price and the council will certainly not be interested in spending 15 - 20 million on building another stadium. The new councillors that have just been elected may not be the sharpest tools in the box but even they can see that committing to a second stadium would be political suicide.
For the sake of RL in this city the council need to give a firm NO to the Allums plans.'"

Excellent summary of how I feel. And not just for the sake of RL - City fans are fools if they cannot see the risks to their own long-term future.

Can we hope that this could happen?

Quote: The bosun "The council should sell the stadium, and use the money to build us a new ground similar to St Helens' (with standing) and buy/renovate Craven Park. They then still get two teams paying rent and have 3 better facilities in the city, with some money to spare.

City can do what they want then and be of no concern to us. FC and KR can get on with their lives in council run stadia of a premier standard and maybe play big derby games at the KC "neutral" ground.'"

.... in which case let him do what he likes.

I still hope the council will call his bluff and tell him to bog off to Melton. Despite being on the Rich List he needs our stadium for borrowing potential for his football club - he won't/can't pay for the Melton pie in the sky. Why are people so naive about his "philanthropy"? They're like a herd of clapping seals.

I also think it's very dangerous just how much the Mail are pushing for this. People who can't see further than their noses will believe the hype - already there is at least one letter in the Mail supporting the scheme daily - I've only seen one protesting letter. Humberside seem equally gullible with their short sighted squawks of encouragement.

I'm worried that we will be lone protesting voice. It is interesting that Hull FC seem conspicuous by their silence. We must hope that, as the other tenant to Allam, their voice is heard equally. Wonder if Hull will be invited to the Tuesday meeting?