Not havinga go Alan, but I think its a bit wrong you have a go at the board as if they did have teh development we might not be in this position. 'Not in my back yard' springs to mind
Ash, it would never have happened. Total fantasy.
Put the Shaw location to one side for a second.
How were they going to "sell" the CG land (including the athletics track and cricket pitch) for housing to pay for the new stadium? It wasn't theirs and still isn't.
The board were a bunch of cunts then and nothing has changed.