CONFIRMED HSBC Sports Ground - New first team training centre

[Tony Currie]

A bit disappointing! At least the prince invested in the ground and brought all the surroundings buildings under one umbrella.

They only paid £2 million , if anyone has been up there it is a bargain for so much land. Why not invest another £2 million to get it up to scratch. Seems a pittance in todays football transfer fees.

 

[HOT CURRIE 10]

Obviously academy status category 1 doesn’t matter to them or am I incorrect on that ?

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Obviously academy status category 1 doesn’t matter to them or am I incorrect on that ?

They don't seem to have much of their own money to put in. The whole thing was seemingly a punt on us going up. Not sure what their plans would have been thereafter. They're not the most communicative.

 

[HOT CURRIE 10]

They don't seem to have much of their own money to put in. The whole thing was seemingly a punt on us going up. Not sure what their plans would have been thereafter. They're not the most communicative.

I don’t know about inputs of money,they seem to be bankrolling huge wages for a good amount of players,some who aren’t in the picture. I’m sure that once the season is over and the dust settles,we will recoup money by Flogging Seriki,Brooks,Peck,as they will fit into a newly promoted side or a lower end premier side. Yes,it certainly was a cheap punt of us going up last season,to me the narrative stays the same as last season with more entertaining football (mostly) but a failure to go up.

 

[Weasel]

I could live with us selling one of the young stars that we have if it was for big money and that money was spent on club infrasturcture and the HSBC training ground. Bite the bullet once and invest those monies in a long term asset for the club. If it meant the sale of a Brooks, Peck or Seriki to fund it, at least Uniteds youth academy system could be conceived to have partially funded an asset that helps the future first team get up and running at the new training complex at Dore, which then allows the club to look to use Shirecliffe solely for the academy. Sometimes you need to lose an asset to gain another.

 

[Smirth]

It's a no brainer isn't it - Danny Ings and Ben Mee for a season in their washed up mid 30s, or a brand new training ground which we've been in desperate need of for years and would benefit the player development of the club for years to come.

Short term thinking is what we do best at.

 

[Slug]

A bit disappointing! At least the prince invested in the ground and brought all the surroundings buildings under one umbrella.

They only paid £2 million , if anyone has been up there it is a bargain for so much land. Why not invest another £2 million to get it up to scratch. Seems a pittance in todays football transfer fees.

I imagine that it is likely to cost at least 5 times that amount to do the work.

 

[The Crab]

I imagine that it is likely to cost at least 5 times that amount to do the work.

Strikes me that the majority of building projects go over budget

 

[BalticBlade]

A bit disappointing! At least the prince invested in the ground and brought all the surroundings buildings under one umbrella.

They only paid £2 million , if anyone has been up there it is a bargain for so much land. Why not invest another £2 million to get it up to scratch. Seems a pittance in todays football transfer fees.

Was it raining?

 

[Wards]

This was probably the only time we could find suitable land and make the purchase, it likely wouldn't have been available the next time we made it to the PL - it'd have been developed into luxury flats or something. Medium-long term it feels like the right move even if we can't develop on it for a few years when we may have the funding. The land itself isn't going to lose value, probably the opposite.

There's no immediate rush.

 

[CirenBlade]

I imagine that it is likely to cost at least 5 times that amount to do the work.

There is also the ongoing cost of running the separate sites. I suspect this would be much more costly than most of us imagine. If this was addressed at the fans forum it may put a few things in context.

 

[Sean Thornton]

This was probably the only time we could find suitable land and make the purchase, it likely wouldn't have been available the next time we made it to the PL - it'd have been developed into luxury flats or something. Medium-long term it feels like the right move even if we can't develop on it for a few years when we may have the funding. The land itself isn't going to lose value, probably the opposite.

There's no immediate rush.

My understanding is that it was very much a rush job for the club to purchase it. Or lose it.

 

[Rodley]

This was probably the only time we could find suitable land and make the purchase, it likely wouldn't have been available the next time we made it to the PL - it'd have been developed into luxury flats or something. Medium-long term it feels like the right move even if we can't develop on it for a few years when we may have the funding. The land itself isn't going to lose value, probably the opposite.

There's no immediate rush.

Yep definitely the right opportunity in the right location. Being at the far west side of the city makes it more accessible from where the bulk of the top players live - south of Manchester.

Hopefully next time we get up, some of the funds are committed to get this place built. It will really help with recruitment.

 

[Gin&Juice]

Yep definitely the right opportunity in the right location. Being at the far west side of the city makes it more accessible from where the bulk of the top players live - south of Manchester.

Hopefully next time we get up, some of the funds are committed to get this place built. It will really help with recruitment.

60 mins door to door from Wilmslow.

 

[Rodley]

60 mins door to door from Wilmslow.

The lucky buggers don’t commute in rush hour like the rest of us!

 

[Keen Blade]

60 mins door to door from Wilmslow.

In a Ferrari without legible number plates ?

 

[Keen Blade]

60 mins door to door from Wilmslow.

Winnats Pass or Peak Forest ?

 

[manxblade]

Winnats Pass or Peak Forest ?

Winnats pass for me high Lane still a pain though

 

[Gin&Juice]

Winnats Pass or Peak Forest ?

Port Shrigley. Remember you’re saving time avoiding the Manchester/Stockport roads and then the drive into Sheffield. Wilmslow close to Airport Relief Road.

 

[JohnDenver]

In a Ferrari without legible number plates ?

On that note, I reckon top players’ contracts are going to preclude travelling around in supercars after last year’s tragedy.

 

[Rodley]

Port Shrigley. Remember you’re saving time avoiding the Manchester/Stockport roads and then the drive into Sheffield. Wilmslow close to Airport Relief Road.

Baslow, Tidsfor, Chapel?

 

[Cheeky Blade]

At least the prince invested in the ground and brought all the surroundings buildings under one umbrella.

Wasn’t that a condition of buying the club from McCabe?

 

[Inter_blade83]

60 mins door to door from Wilmslow.

Door to Dore