Glad I've had you on tenterhooks pei 
A couple of bits.
Straffords plans to develop the ground have been assessed and approved by DC and his advisory team. He plans to increase the ground capacity to 45k, as soon as Premier League football is confirmed. The first phase will be the £3.5m re-development of the Leppings Lane end, that will start this summer as it is such a poor state he can't wait for the Premier League.
If/when we get promoted money will have to be spent on widening the tunnel as it doesn't meet Premier League regulations, improving the away dressing rooms, the referees room, press room, learning suite and concourse areas. He spent 45k this summer on the home dressing room to bring it up to Premier League levels. The training ground also had a summer revamp but requires further modernisation.
We had planned to buy a site on Penistone Road that the academy would use however be planning deal has been rejected.
He admits to making two massive mistakes when he took over -
1. The committee. He has quickly realised that it didn't work. There were issues between Roeder and CC and DC was left furious regarding the Lachman deal once CC told him he was nowhere near his first team plans. All of the committee have now gone and the club will continue to operate without one. A new finance director is the only position we are looking to hire.
2. A huge corporate error on DC's part. Has anyone else noticed that 75% of the executive boxes are empty on match day? That's because before the start of this season they were available at 22k per year. Last season we had sold all but one of the 20 odd boxes. This year we initially sold 1! DC reassessed the pricing policy and decided to raise the annual charge to 40k!! After some wranglings with the businesses involved he agreed to lower the price to 30k, but only if they committed to 3 year deals. As such, only around 6 of the boxes have been sold, costing the club over 250k this season. To make them appear sold DC now let's the players use 6 of the boxes for free and has taken 2 for his own family.
Wednesday never made a realistic bid for Blackman. It was announced in the media to up Derby's bid and improve the financial deal for Reading where DC's brother is a significant shareholder.
He has told several prominent figures at the club that he will spend "whatever it takes" to realise his dream of owning a Premier League football club.
You can calm down now pei.
Forgot to answer your point about Lopez.
I said earlier in the season that he "had class" in his game.
This is still the case. He's technically excellent but he looks more like a fish out of water with every game in the SBC. He wants too long on the ball and doesn't drive us forward with any purpose. He appears much more suited to low tempo, continental football.
A couple of bits.
Straffords plans to develop the ground have been assessed and approved by DC and his advisory team. He plans to increase the ground capacity to 45k, as soon as Premier League football is confirmed. The first phase will be the £3.5m re-development of the Leppings Lane end, that will start this summer as it is such a poor state he can't wait for the Premier League.
If/when we get promoted money will have to be spent on widening the tunnel as it doesn't meet Premier League regulations, improving the away dressing rooms, the referees room, press room, learning suite and concourse areas. He spent 45k this summer on the home dressing room to bring it up to Premier League levels. The training ground also had a summer revamp but requires further modernisation.
We had planned to buy a site on Penistone Road that the academy would use however be planning deal has been rejected.
He admits to making two massive mistakes when he took over -
1. The committee. He has quickly realised that it didn't work. There were issues between Roeder and CC and DC was left furious regarding the Lachman deal once CC told him he was nowhere near his first team plans. All of the committee have now gone and the club will continue to operate without one. A new finance director is the only position we are looking to hire.
2. A huge corporate error on DC's part. Has anyone else noticed that 75% of the executive boxes are empty on match day? That's because before the start of this season they were available at 22k per year. Last season we had sold all but one of the 20 odd boxes. This year we initially sold 1! DC reassessed the pricing policy and decided to raise the annual charge to 40k!! After some wranglings with the businesses involved he agreed to lower the price to 30k, but only if they committed to 3 year deals. As such, only around 6 of the boxes have been sold, costing the club over 250k this season. To make them appear sold DC now let's the players use 6 of the boxes for free and has taken 2 for his own family.
Wednesday never made a realistic bid for Blackman. It was announced in the media to up Derby's bid and improve the financial deal for Reading where DC's brother is a significant shareholder.
He has told several prominent figures at the club that he will spend "whatever it takes" to realise his dream of owning a Premier League football club.
You can calm down now pei.
Forgot to answer your point about Lopez.
I said earlier in the season that he "had class" in his game.
This is still the case. He's technically excellent but he looks more like a fish out of water with every game in the SBC. He wants too long on the ball and doesn't drive us forward with any purpose. He appears much more suited to low tempo, continental football.