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<blockquote data-quote="Blindside6" data-source="post: 280758"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (dullonien @ Sep 30 2009, 11:00 AM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=414227" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>How would you have created the regions? Anything the WRU would have come up with would be just as false. Most of the top tier rugby clubs are in the M4 corridor so if you'd resorted to counties eg Gwent, Glamorgan, Dyfed etc you'd have had a large inbalance.</p><p></p><p>As to Cardiff supporters either liking it or "**** off" you're ovbiouly speaking from a position of ignorance. CAP holds 12 500, the average Blues gate for the last few seasons in the Magners has been under 9 000. They also had the option for the large games of utilising the Mill Stad next door. Finally although the Blues have moved CAP is still run by Cardiff Athletic Club and Cardiff RFC currently has a long lease, 20 years, to continue to play rugby there. Therefore, <strong>IF</strong> the WRU wanted to close Glanmor's Gap they would have to buy CAP. Finally 'concrete cancer' is an emotive term for a common problem with concrete from the '60s. The South Stand of CAP has this problem but it isn't going to fall over in the near future and it has been estimated that it will be safe as long as rectification is carried out before 2030.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blindside6, post: 280758"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (dullonien @ Sep 30 2009, 11:00 AM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=414227']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> How would you have created the regions? Anything the WRU would have come up with would be just as false. Most of the top tier rugby clubs are in the M4 corridor so if you'd resorted to counties eg Gwent, Glamorgan, Dyfed etc you'd have had a large inbalance. As to Cardiff supporters either liking it or "**** off" you're ovbiouly speaking from a position of ignorance. CAP holds 12 500, the average Blues gate for the last few seasons in the Magners has been under 9 000. They also had the option for the large games of utilising the Mill Stad next door. Finally although the Blues have moved CAP is still run by Cardiff Athletic Club and Cardiff RFC currently has a long lease, 20 years, to continue to play rugby there. Therefore, [b]IF[/b] the WRU wanted to close Glanmor's Gap they would have to buy CAP. Finally 'concrete cancer' is an emotive term for a common problem with concrete from the '60s. The South Stand of CAP has this problem but it isn't going to fall over in the near future and it has been estimated that it will be safe as long as rectification is carried out before 2030. [/QUOTE]
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