| Warren Farm 20:38 - Apr 24 with 7378 views | qprmeath |
From Ian Taylor on twitter
Standby #QPR fans ... some breaking news on our plans for a state-of-the-art training ground facility at the Warren Farm site #QPR
We can confirm we have been given the go ahead to progress our plans for a state-of-the-art training ground facility at Warren Farm [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| Warren Farm on 07:52 - Apr 25 with 1621 views | Gloucs_R |
Great news and a massive step forward for the club. The rebuilding starts here. |  |
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| Warren Farm on 08:32 - Apr 25 with 1576 views | stonebridgers |
| Warren Farm on 07:52 - Apr 25 by Gloucs_R |
Great news and a massive step forward for the club. The rebuilding starts here. |
Great news for the club and agree that is shows the board are in this for the long term.
But after watching Boswinga and some of the others this year I can't help but think a state of the art training centre is a waste of money. Maybe we should leave Warren Farm as it is as they are no better than Sunday League players. | |
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| Warren Farm on 08:43 - Apr 25 with 1561 views | ElHoop |
Great news for the club at all levels. Promotion and relegation are stopovers in the life of a club but this is a permanent mark. Well done the board. |  | | |
| Warren Farm on 08:52 - Apr 25 with 1548 views | cjc |
Music to the ears. Downwards then onwards and upwards.
Life in the ol R´sss yet. |  |
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| Warren Farm on 08:55 - Apr 25 with 1537 views | wombat |
| Warren Farm on 08:52 - Apr 25 by cjc |
Music to the ears. Downwards then onwards and upwards.
Life in the ol R´sss yet. |
25 million quid
anyone whos in construction get your tenders in chaps
http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2013/04/25/tender-race-starts-for-25m-qpr-tr
i hope the club gives rangers fans the chance to be involved in building the training ground in some way times are hard out there and it would be nice for the club to let fans with trades experiences get involved with building the training ground |  |
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| Warren Farm on 09:02 - Apr 25 with 1526 views | cjc |
Totally agree, keep the construction in house and that will go along way to building the foundations of the club on every level. | |
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| Warren Farm on 09:15 - Apr 25 with 1504 views | A40Bosh |
| Warren Farm on 09:02 - Apr 25 by cjc |
Totally agree, keep the construction in house and that will go along way to building the foundations of the club on every level. |
Guys,
Get a grip, this is a multi million pound prestige construction process. A professional company will engage in a tender process that should not include such questions as
1.Do you support Queens Park Rangers Football Club?
2.If Yes to 1, Are you a current Season Ticket holder at Queens Park Rangers?
3.If No to 2, Have you held a Season Ticket at Queens Park Rangers in the last 2 yrs?
4. If No to 1, Thank you for submitting your tender, it has been unsuccessful but we thank you for your time. |  |
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| Warren Farm on 09:27 - Apr 25 with 1483 views | Michael_Hunt |
Good news at last.
Was this the "ground" that TF was twittering about when the story broke regarding the £15M loan? |  | | |
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| Warren Farm on 09:31 - Apr 25 with 1474 views | A40Bosh |
| Warren Farm on 09:27 - Apr 25 by Michael_Hunt |
Good news at last.
Was this the "ground" that TF was twittering about when the story broke regarding the £15M loan? |
From memory I think TF referred to "stadium" not Warren Farm
I could be wrong though. | |
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| Warren Farm on 09:42 - Apr 25 with 1457 views | SomersetHoops |
I am pleased we are doing this and it does seem at some time in the distant future we might see some benefit from it.
In the meantime I would be more exited if I heard we were employing a decent scouting network so we avoid the mistakes made over the last two seasons.
When QPR were good our facilities were crap, but we had good managers who had access to good football people scouting for them and actually went to games themselves to watch the performance of prospective purchases. In some cases when the cost was, although a tiny fraction of what we pay now, but considered a big investment our owner and chairman would watch the player as well. Despite his commitment, I doubt Tony Fernandes will find time for that, so we need someone at the top who has the knowlege about football who can
In recent times we have relied on agents proposing players to the club with the only motive of making a pile of money from the last move of their knackered clients. The club is then shown videos of their best bits with all their mistakes and injuries edited out which gives a false impression. So we have relied on that and a player's reputation at an earlier time and for other clubs.
A prospective player's qualities are better judged by watching them play for at least 90 minutes and better still for more than one game. I want to hear that player buying and assessement is recognised as having been totally wrong and that we are puting it right from now on. This will have more impact to the quality of our team than property improvements and should have a far higher priority. |  |
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| Warren Farm on 09:49 - Apr 25 with 1444 views | exiled_dictator |
| Warren Farm on 09:15 - Apr 25 by A40Bosh |
Guys,
Get a grip, this is a multi million pound prestige construction process. A professional company will engage in a tender process that should not include such questions as
1.Do you support Queens Park Rangers Football Club?
2.If Yes to 1, Are you a current Season Ticket holder at Queens Park Rangers?
3.If No to 2, Have you held a Season Ticket at Queens Park Rangers in the last 2 yrs?
4. If No to 1, Thank you for submitting your tender, it has been unsuccessful but we thank you for your time. |
5. Surely, any construction company that gets the nod has to use Mittal Steel. |  |
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| Warren Farm on 09:49 - Apr 25 with 1444 views | jeffro |
| Warren Farm on 09:15 - Apr 25 by A40Bosh |
Guys,
Get a grip, this is a multi million pound prestige construction process. A professional company will engage in a tender process that should not include such questions as
1.Do you support Queens Park Rangers Football Club?
2.If Yes to 1, Are you a current Season Ticket holder at Queens Park Rangers?
3.If No to 2, Have you held a Season Ticket at Queens Park Rangers in the last 2 yrs?
4. If No to 1, Thank you for submitting your tender, it has been unsuccessful but we thank you for your time. |
Absolutely right.
Our fans are so precious sometimes..
GEt it done correctly and professionally, not done by Jimmy's electrical and wiring service who'll do a deal because he's got a job load left over!!! | | | |
| Warren Farm on 09:51 - Apr 25 with 1438 views | wombat |
| Warren Farm on 09:15 - Apr 25 by A40Bosh |
Guys,
Get a grip, this is a multi million pound prestige construction process. A professional company will engage in a tender process that should not include such questions as
1.Do you support Queens Park Rangers Football Club?
2.If Yes to 1, Are you a current Season Ticket holder at Queens Park Rangers?
3.If No to 2, Have you held a Season Ticket at Queens Park Rangers in the last 2 yrs?
4. If No to 1, Thank you for submitting your tender, it has been unsuccessful but we thank you for your time. |
im talking further down the scale mate , all subbies will prob need extra labour when they commence on site
Groundworkers
Drainage guys
Chippies
Labourers
painters
Etc Etc
it would be nice if the club trys to ensure that fans might be considered for those jobs if some was to be come aval on a full or part time basis
speaking from experience a lot of construction companies arent keeping massive head count of full time employed labour so they go to agencies for extra staff when needed | |
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| Warren Farm on 09:55 - Apr 25 with 1417 views | Antti_Heinola |
| Warren Farm on 09:42 - Apr 25 by SomersetHoops |
I am pleased we are doing this and it does seem at some time in the distant future we might see some benefit from it.
In the meantime I would be more exited if I heard we were employing a decent scouting network so we avoid the mistakes made over the last two seasons.
When QPR were good our facilities were crap, but we had good managers who had access to good football people scouting for them and actually went to games themselves to watch the performance of prospective purchases. In some cases when the cost was, although a tiny fraction of what we pay now, but considered a big investment our owner and chairman would watch the player as well. Despite his commitment, I doubt Tony Fernandes will find time for that, so we need someone at the top who has the knowlege about football who can
In recent times we have relied on agents proposing players to the club with the only motive of making a pile of money from the last move of their knackered clients. The club is then shown videos of their best bits with all their mistakes and injuries edited out which gives a false impression. So we have relied on that and a player's reputation at an earlier time and for other clubs.
A prospective player's qualities are better judged by watching them play for at least 90 minutes and better still for more than one game. I want to hear that player buying and assessement is recognised as having been totally wrong and that we are puting it right from now on. This will have more impact to the quality of our team than property improvements and should have a far higher priority. |
Incredible insider info here, nice one Somerset. |  |
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| Warren Farm on 09:55 - Apr 25 with 1418 views | TheBlob |
"Training?What's that then?"
M.Hughes. |  |
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| Warren Farm on 10:13 - Apr 25 with 1360 views | Gloucs_R |
| Warren Farm on 09:42 - Apr 25 by SomersetHoops |
I am pleased we are doing this and it does seem at some time in the distant future we might see some benefit from it.
In the meantime I would be more exited if I heard we were employing a decent scouting network so we avoid the mistakes made over the last two seasons.
When QPR were good our facilities were crap, but we had good managers who had access to good football people scouting for them and actually went to games themselves to watch the performance of prospective purchases. In some cases when the cost was, although a tiny fraction of what we pay now, but considered a big investment our owner and chairman would watch the player as well. Despite his commitment, I doubt Tony Fernandes will find time for that, so we need someone at the top who has the knowlege about football who can
In recent times we have relied on agents proposing players to the club with the only motive of making a pile of money from the last move of their knackered clients. The club is then shown videos of their best bits with all their mistakes and injuries edited out which gives a false impression. So we have relied on that and a player's reputation at an earlier time and for other clubs.
A prospective player's qualities are better judged by watching them play for at least 90 minutes and better still for more than one game. I want to hear that player buying and assessement is recognised as having been totally wrong and that we are puting it right from now on. This will have more impact to the quality of our team than property improvements and should have a far higher priority. |
Mike Rigg was supposed to give him that scouting network and is no longer with the club, enough said!
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| Warren Farm on 16:45 - Apr 25 with 1192 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Warren Farm on 09:51 - Apr 25 by wombat |
im talking further down the scale mate , all subbies will prob need extra labour when they commence on site
Groundworkers
Drainage guys
Chippies
Labourers
painters
Etc Etc
it would be nice if the club trys to ensure that fans might be considered for those jobs if some was to be come aval on a full or part time basis
speaking from experience a lot of construction companies arent keeping massive head count of full time employed labour so they go to agencies for extra staff when needed |
I actually agree with wombat on this.
Clearly the Main Contract will go the most suitable bidder, as it has to, but a small bit of imagination could make it possible to at least invite tenders for minor and enabling works through the QPR media. Bidders would have to meet price, quality and safety criteria, naturally, but there's nothing wrong with inviting tenders and giving people opportunities, especially if they are Rangers. |  |
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| Warren Farm on 17:58 - Apr 25 with 1157 views | derbyhoop |
The only disappointing thing about this announcement is that they hope it will be ready for the start of the 2015/2016 season. Is it impossible to bring it in a year earlier? |  |
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| Warren Farm on 20:00 - Apr 25 with 1121 views | wombat |
| Warren Farm on 16:45 - Apr 25 by BrianMcCarthy |
I actually agree with wombat on this.
Clearly the Main Contract will go the most suitable bidder, as it has to, but a small bit of imagination could make it possible to at least invite tenders for minor and enabling works through the QPR media. Bidders would have to meet price, quality and safety criteria, naturally, but there's nothing wrong with inviting tenders and giving people opportunities, especially if they are Rangers. |
I was involved with the construction of spurs new training ground amazing place levy used to visit weekly and his speech was this wear any football shirt you like but if it ain't spurs your finished on Friday.
Do happen to know of numerous arsenal scum and west hand shirts buried around the ground in various places which always made me laugh.
When we build the training ground I'd hope that we empty sniffer dogs to ensure no scum shirts are buried within 10 miles , well they can be buried as long as the person is stil wearing it ! | |
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| Warren Farm on 20:20 - Apr 25 with 1103 views | actonman |
| Warren Farm on 20:00 - Apr 25 by wombat |
I was involved with the construction of spurs new training ground amazing place levy used to visit weekly and his speech was this wear any football shirt you like but if it ain't spurs your finished on Friday.
Do happen to know of numerous arsenal scum and west hand shirts buried around the ground in various places which always made me laugh.
When we build the training ground I'd hope that we empty sniffer dogs to ensure no scum shirts are buried within 10 miles , well they can be buried as long as the person is stil wearing it ! |
brilliant idea !!
JT goes missing around the same time as the concrete foundations are laid
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| Warren Farm on 20:48 - Apr 25 with 1081 views | Lblock |
| Warren Farm on 16:45 - Apr 25 by BrianMcCarthy |
I actually agree with wombat on this.
Clearly the Main Contract will go the most suitable bidder, as it has to, but a small bit of imagination could make it possible to at least invite tenders for minor and enabling works through the QPR media. Bidders would have to meet price, quality and safety criteria, naturally, but there's nothing wrong with inviting tenders and giving people opportunities, especially if they are Rangers. |
These sort of things can be encouraged in the Prelims document but not really demanded.
I've worked on Contracts where "employment of local labour for 25% of labour resource" is encouraged but never insisted on.
I'd of thought this will go to someone like McAlpine.
£25M is a lump of change for this -- a decent 25,000 seater should be £35M !!! |  |
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| Warren Farm on 20:56 - Apr 25 with 1068 views | michael67 |
| Warren Farm on 20:48 - Apr 25 by Lblock |
These sort of things can be encouraged in the Prelims document but not really demanded.
I've worked on Contracts where "employment of local labour for 25% of labour resource" is encouraged but never insisted on.
I'd of thought this will go to someone like McAlpine.
£25M is a lump of change for this -- a decent 25,000 seater should be £35M !!! |
Wasn't something like this encouraged for the Olympic Stadium? All what happened was the migrant workforce moved into the area's bedsits. I think you'll find most of the sub-contractors do keep a core of full time workers that will work wherever the site is. Sub-contractors like to keep good workers and offer them full time employment. |  |
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| Warren Farm on 21:30 - Apr 25 with 1034 views | Stanisgod |
This can't be true as top class footie journalists from the Sun through to the Daily Fail,have consistantly said over the last few months that if we get relegated the owners will do a runner and we will be weighed down with such a large wage bill we will be in admin by Xmas !
Apologies from Martin Samuel and the other no nothing tw@ts will no doubt be printed in their respective rags soon. |  |
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