Does RD actually own the Valley and if so could he sell it for redevelopment?
I ask because I wonder if the current demise is all part of his real business plan. Get relegated, mass ST boycott, sub 5000 crowds then it will be easy for him to say the Valley is too big and sell it off to build a new stadium elsewhere with a 10,000 capacity?
Even as I type I am thinking to myself that is a ridiculous thought, but is it.....................?????
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I just can't help but think this NHS call centre thing seems a bit random. Why would they really want to get them in there? Is the money they will make really worth the inconvenience of doing rebuilding work and the rank stupidity (if you really want to sell football tickets) of making your ticketing staff unavailable to the public? I can imagine a scenario in a couple of year's time when Two Shats and his legal eagle submit an application for planning permission to convert The Valley into and industrial park or something similar. When the council turn this down on the grounds that the land can only be used for sport and leisure purposes, they'll be able to don't turn round and say that it's ok because the NHS being there set a precedent. Being the NHS as well, there's a huge emotional claim that may make it more difficult to argue they shouldn't be there. Maybe a scenario like this would also explain why Two Shats continues to have Meire as his CEO; it's not because he wants to laugh at someone who's out of her depth running a football club, it's because he wants someone in charge that's not going to ask annoying questions about a plan that is against the best interests of the club.
It's all supposition and it might just be my mind working overtime, but I don't trust these people one inch.
Is it stretching things too far to think RD could soon split the academy from the Club? He could discard CAFC and then be free to recruit and develop young talent with a number of London clubs available to place them with to get experience before selling them on.
Something like that would explain why he is trying to run the football club down.
Remember how we were always told he liked clubs near a city because of the chance of more fans coming in, there is also a high real estate value...
This is obviously just a 'conspiracy' and could be way off, but I don't think the possibility should be ignored.