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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 12:19:47 GMT
It's been a good few months now since Colin was brought on to the board of directors for precise reasons that have escaped my memory, we have a few fans on here who are closer to the board than most, so can those ITK please update on Colin's involvement on the board to date please?
Chatting to Mrs 1986 about the whole saga last night and developments over the past 6 months, it can be enlightening when you talk to someone who doesn't share the same passion for the club you support and don't have any in depth knowledge because you go into more detail about who's who, and when the conversation panned out I was left with more questions than answers and ended up seeing things from an even more curious perspective than prior to our chat.
Summarising, some of the present situation in lay terms the conversation went a bit like this:
Chairman Nick Higgs appointed Colin Sextone to the board of directors, Colin has been brought in to help secure the clubs future (I think this was a term used).
Colin is a lifelong city supporter and former chairman of said club, Colin has (I believe) a good relationship with Steve Landsdown, SL used to be a Rovers fan, and allegedly offered to invest in Rovers prior to buing into the other lot, Steve Lansdown and Nick Higgs are far from complete strangers, recently an image of the two was online showing the pair together at a previous Euro Championship tournament, holding up a Rovers flag, so I think there is or was a friendship at some stage. .
Steve Lansdown is the man behind Bristol Sport, Bristol RFC are now part of the Bristol Sport, Bristol RFC used to own the ground we play at, and many Bristol RFC still regard the Mem as their spiritual home.
Nick Higgs is confident that building work will start in the summer, without knowing the outcome of the court appeal this week.
It has been reported online that as many as 12 confidentiality agreements exist surrounding UWE stadium development talks.
After about 20 minutes chatting about this I was thinking all sorts of theories, SL is a very astute individual, his billionaire status is clear evidence of being one of those people who can see one step ahead of most other people when it comes to business, there has been a shift in spending patterns over at Bristol Sport, listening to a guy in his 70's on Radio Bristol a couple of weeks ago after a recent defeat for them he said something is going on, I don't know what it is but something just isn't right.
I also agree that something is going on, chatting to a good mate who is a red a couple of years ago I mentioned that I thought SL had a master plan that will be drip fed out over the next few years (based on a gut feeling and no more) and his beloved FC will lose identity and SL's main focus will not be the football for too long, I don't think this masterplan is complete as yet.
No David Moyes or Nigel Pearson, no big spending on players, no big drive to match other clubs spend in the championship, read somewhere that the car driver and the basketball team were now receiving less investment.
Mrs 1986 said I thought the two sets of clubs were totally separate, not quite as partisan as Rangers/Celtic but would never rub shoulders, yes this used to be the case says I , but it's not feeling that way any more and the connections are increasing, or perhaps I did too much at 90's raves and have a permanently warped train of thought! Anyway, anyone know what Colin is working on at the moment?
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Post by Peter Parker on Jan 28, 2016 12:41:10 GMT
I completely forgot Sextoy was here
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 12:52:06 GMT
That's a very long-winded route of asking a simple question!
I don't know, by the way.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 13:13:01 GMT
That's a very long-winded route of asking a simple question! I don't know, by the way. Long winded indeed, but putting it down to read is easier than trying to think it out at this stage of life! It's like one big jigsaw puzzle that will be put together eventually and may turn out to be a nonsense, on the other hand maybe not, this year should reveal all.
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Post by Blue Mist on Jan 28, 2016 13:48:02 GMT
It's been a good few months now since Colin was brought on to the board of directors for precise reasons that have escaped my memory, we have a few fans on here who are closer to the board than most, so can those ITK please update on Colin's involvement on the board to date please? Chatting to Mrs 1986 about the whole saga last night and developments over the past 6 months, it can be enlightening when you talk to someone who doesn't share the same passion for the club you support and don't have any in depth knowledge because you go into more detail about who's who, and when the conversation panned out I was left with more questions than answers and ended up seeing things from an even more curious perspective than prior to our chat. Summarising, some of the present situation in lay terms the conversation went a bit like this: Chairman Nick Higgs appointed Colin Sextone to the board of directors, Colin has been brought in to help secure the clubs future (I think this was a term used). Colin is a lifelong city supporter and former chairman of said club, Colin has (I believe) a good relationship with Steve Landsdown, SL used to be a Rovers fan, and allegedly offered to invest in Rovers prior to buing into the other lot, Steve Lansdown and Nick Higgs are far from complete strangers, recently an image of the two was online showing the pair together at a previous Euro Championship tournament, holding up a Rovers flag, so I think there is or was a friendship at some stage. . Steve Lansdown is the man behind Bristol Sport, Bristol RFC are now part of the Bristol Sport, Bristol RFC used to own the ground we play at, and many Bristol RFC still regard the Mem as their spiritual home. Nick Higgs is confident that building work will start in the summer, without knowing the outcome of the court appeal this week. It has been reported online that as many as 12 confidentiality agreements exist surrounding UWE stadium development talks. After about 20 minutes chatting about this I was thinking all sorts of theories, SL is a very astute individual, his billionaire status is clear evidence of being one of those people who can see one step ahead of most other people when it comes to business, there has been a shift in spending patterns over at Bristol Sport, listening to a guy in his 70's on Radio Bristol a couple of weeks ago after a recent defeat for them he said something is going on, I don't know what it is but something just isn't right. I also agree that something is going on, chatting to a good mate who is a red a couple of years ago I mentioned that I thought SL had a master plan that will be drip fed out over the next few years (based on a gut feeling and no more) and his beloved FC will lose identity and SL's main focus will not be the football for too long, I don't think this masterplan is complete as yet. No David Moyes or Nigel Pearson, no big spending on players, no big drive to match other clubs spend in the championship, read somewhere that the car driver and the basketball team were now receiving less investment. Mrs 1986 said I thought the two sets of clubs were totally separate, not quite as partisan as Rangers/Celtic but would never rub shoulders, yes this used to be the case says I , but it's not feeling that way any more and the connections are increasing, or perhaps I did too much at 90's raves and have a permanently warped train of thought! Anyway, anyone know what Colin is working on at the moment? My money's on a Warp Drive or a Flux Capacitor. You definitely did too much at 90's raves, interesting thoughts though.
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Post by sw18gas on Jan 28, 2016 13:52:31 GMT
It's been a good few months now since Colin was brought on to the board of directors for precise reasons that have escaped my memory, we have a few fans on here who are closer to the board than most, so can those ITK please update on Colin's involvement on the board to date please? Chatting to Mrs 1986 about the whole saga last night and developments over the past 6 months, it can be enlightening when you talk to someone who doesn't share the same passion for the club you support and don't have any in depth knowledge because you go into more detail about who's who, and when the conversation panned out I was left with more questions than answers and ended up seeing things from an even more curious perspective than prior to our chat. Summarising, some of the present situation in lay terms the conversation went a bit like this: Chairman Nick Higgs appointed Colin Sextone to the board of directors, Colin has been brought in to help secure the clubs future (I think this was a term used). Colin is a lifelong city supporter and former chairman of said club, Colin has (I believe) a good relationship with Steve Landsdown, SL used to be a Rovers fan, and allegedly offered to invest in Rovers prior to buing into the other lot, Steve Lansdown and Nick Higgs are far from complete strangers, recently an image of the two was online showing the pair together at a previous Euro Championship tournament, holding up a Rovers flag, so I think there is or was a friendship at some stage. . Steve Lansdown is the man behind Bristol Sport, Bristol RFC are now part of the Bristol Sport, Bristol RFC used to own the ground we play at, and many Bristol RFC still regard the Mem as their spiritual home. Nick Higgs is confident that building work will start in the summer, without knowing the outcome of the court appeal this week. It has been reported online that as many as 12 confidentiality agreements exist surrounding UWE stadium development talks. After about 20 minutes chatting about this I was thinking all sorts of theories, SL is a very astute individual, his billionaire status is clear evidence of being one of those people who can see one step ahead of most other people when it comes to business, there has been a shift in spending patterns over at Bristol Sport, listening to a guy in his 70's on Radio Bristol a couple of weeks ago after a recent defeat for them he said something is going on, I don't know what it is but something just isn't right. I also agree that something is going on, chatting to a good mate who is a red a couple of years ago I mentioned that I thought SL had a master plan that will be drip fed out over the next few years (based on a gut feeling and no more) and his beloved FC will lose identity and SL's main focus will not be the football for too long, I don't think this masterplan is complete as yet. No David Moyes or Nigel Pearson, no big spending on players, no big drive to match other clubs spend in the championship, read somewhere that the car driver and the basketball team were now receiving less investment. Mrs 1986 said I thought the two sets of clubs were totally separate, not quite as partisan as Rangers/Celtic but would never rub shoulders, yes this used to be the case says I , but it's not feeling that way any more and the connections are increasing, or perhaps I did too much at 90's raves and have a permanently warped train of thought! Anyway, anyone know what Colin is working on at the moment? I am not sure you can say that there is a lack of willingness to invest in City - they agreed to shell out £9m for a championship striker in the summer. That's an extraordinary sum of money. It seems they are not willing to match other clubs in the wages department though, which is why deals keep falling through for them. I would imagine that there isn't any grand conspiracy here. Ultimately the Bristol business community is not a particularly big place, and within those circles I am sure most people know each other and get along fairly well. There are also occasionally going to be things the two clubs can work together on for mutual benefit so I am sure the channels of communication are open from time to time. To me, what I would most like out of my footballing life is to see both clubs competing well in the Championship, in nice stadiums, doing the city proud. Imagine derbies at Ashton Gate and the UWE, each in front of 20,000+. Now that would be brilliant. Whilst a lot can be said for the case that over the years the two clubs have held each other back, looking forward I think the city is easily big enough for both and actually healthy competition could increase the success of both.
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Post by Peter Parker on Jan 28, 2016 14:41:10 GMT
Is he in the same place working on the same project as Dave Gain?
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Jan 28, 2016 14:46:57 GMT
I think Colin's wife sadly passed away recently, so I assume his low profile may be lower and perhaps he's in bereavement ?
I've met Colin before, in a pub (by accident) and found him a decent, nice guy. I think that night, he was watching rugby.
A decent fellow with no doubt contacts in the business world.
Apart from his allegiance to the dark side, I would generally welcome him to us.....i mean, even Anakin Skywalker turned to the light side in the end! Haha!
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Post by gooliegas on Jan 28, 2016 14:50:02 GMT
Plus a new CEO replacing his son with a lot more knowledge, Being a mere mortal if I was a millionaire I'd be on a beach, a millionaire always wants to make it to 2 million and so on
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 16:29:29 GMT
I think Colin's wife sadly passed away recently, so I assume his low profile may be lower and perhaps he's in bereavement ? I've met Colin before, in a pub (by accident) and found him a decent, nice guy. I think that night, he was watching rugby. A decent fellow with no doubt contacts in the business world. Apart from his allegiance to the dark side, I would generally welcome him to us.....i mean, even Anakin Skywalker turned to the light side in the end! Haha! Colin's wife did sadly pass away but that was before he joined the board.
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 28, 2016 18:48:08 GMT
I thought he joined Rovers to be nearer Bristol whilst his wife was terminally ill? Whilst it will have obviously have been a deeply upsetting time for him, I assume like anybody in a job at some point they have to put their grief to one side and try and move on.
It could be Plan B or C is already to go once the Appeal verdict is announced, but nothing can be said now just in case Sainsbury's are forced to pay up.
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Post by brizzle on Jan 28, 2016 19:38:44 GMT
Just to reprise Colin Sexstone's introduction to BRFC, taken from the September 17 edition of the Bristol Post last year . . .
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 19:49:42 GMT
Do we need to speculate on the circumstances of the death of the poor man's wife?
Its fair enough to ask whether he's at work and what he's doing if he is, but his personal life is exactly that.
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Post by pressuredrop on Jan 28, 2016 20:24:51 GMT
It could be Plan B or C is already to go once the Appeal verdict is announced, but nothing can be said now just in case Sainsbury's are forced to pay up. Perhaps not so fanciful Topper Gas, I've been thinking the same - that Plan B is a more viable option than Plan A but Higgs and Co have to be seen to be doing the 'right' thing in appealing against the Sainsbury decision. Perhaps Plan B is in fact the much-talked about Consortium who are waiting in the wings to offer the 30 million plus to get the UWE built, (hence the confidentiality agreements in place),so it could be that Higgs and perhaps Rovers can't lose whatever the verdict in the high court - just pure speculation mind.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 20:43:55 GMT
That doesn't make sense. If Plan B was "more viable" we'd surely be doing it already, wasting the Appeal Court's time can hardly be construed as doing the right thing.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2016 22:34:22 GMT
Just to reprise Colin Sexstone's introduction to BRFC, taken from the September 17 edition of the Bristol Post last year . . . Cheers Brizzle, may have read this when released but had totally forgot, the networking ability makes complete sense, it all seems clear now
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Post by Rex on Jan 29, 2016 20:50:03 GMT
I completely forgot Sextoy was here When I saw the post heading I thought exactly the same!
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Post by Topper Gas on Jan 29, 2016 23:24:15 GMT
That doesn't make sense. If Plan B was "more viable" we'd surely be doing it already, wasting the Appeal Court's time can hardly be construed as doing the right thing. Why would any business throw away the chance to recieve £30m for an asset possibly only worth around half that figure? Plus if it's a buy out rather than a partnership than surely NH value in the club will be worth me if we win the Appeal?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2016 23:31:55 GMT
That doesn't make sense. If Plan B was "more viable" we'd surely be doing it already, wasting the Appeal Court's time can hardly be construed as doing the right thing. Why would any business throw away the chance to recieve £30m for an asset possibly only worth around half that figure? Plus if it's a buy out rather than a partnership than surely NH value in the club will be worth me if we win the Appeal? Then Plan A is still "more viable" than Plan B, isn't it.
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Post by bs5 on Jan 30, 2016 19:35:58 GMT
Why would any business throw away the chance to recieve £30m for an asset possibly only worth around half that figure? Plus if it's a buy out rather than a partnership than surely NH value in the club will be worth me if we win the Appeal? Then Plan A is still "more viable" than Plan B, isn't it. Not necessarily, plan A would be more viable to Higgs and co and plan b would be more viable to any would be consortium
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