SISU Open Letter Reply to Council (1 Viewer)

Nick · Mar 28, 2019

Officers briefed gullible editors in Jan 2013 the bank buyout/ACL bailout would see Sisu out in weeks

I expect the Trust bought into that.

theferret · Mar 28, 2019

I know it's probably been mentioned numerous times in this thread already, but ACL negotiating a sale to Wasps more than a YEAR before CCFC went to Northampton? Wow. That's a fucking game-changer right there.

Nick · Mar 28, 2019

theferret said:
I know it's probably been mentioned numerous times in this thread already, but ACL negotiating a sale to Wasps more than a YEAR before CCFC went to Northampton? Wow. That's a fucking game-changer right there.

Thing is, they were going to buy Wasps. The now owner of Wasps was also talking about it in 2012 before he had even bought them.

Sub · Mar 28, 2019

awaiting the next open letter ......

jordan210 · Mar 28, 2019

It amazes me that certain people at the council still have the cheek to call them selfs CCFC fans.

Nick · Mar 28, 2019

I do like the Trust Board Member's defence. It's Les Reid and this site just lying.

Wonder at what point people like CJ and Moz will see what I have been pointing out for years?

torchomatic · Mar 28, 2019

luwalla said:
Its not like they will be disclosing it to other football clubs who could sneak in and steal it from them!

Absolutely. It's not like another sports club with no ties to the city would just march in and take our stadium, is it?

Paul Anthony · Mar 28, 2019

fernandopartridge said:
No, it won't change. Some people are so entrenched and have committed so much political capital on the idea that Council = good and SISU = bad that they would never climb down, I'm looking at the useful idiots on the Trust, JHW etc.

I'm afraid it only took a quick look at the comments section of the Telegraph story about this to confirm that, yep. Nothing will change, people have become far too entrenched. I don't know why I thought it'd be any different, to be honest.

chiefdave · Mar 28, 2019

luwalla said:
If they have identified COUNCIL OWNED land and applied to the council to develop it for a stadium then I dont understand why they dont just declare the site, Its not like they will be disclosing it to other football clubs who could sneak in and steal it from them!

I wouldn't bet against it with this council.

MalcSB · Mar 28, 2019

OffenhamSkyBlue said:
FUCK ME!! Not ONE mention in that email of Coventry City Football Club! It was OUR FUCKING HOME! Cunts!!!

If The council wanted premiership rugby in the city, why not support Coventry Rugby Club?

torchomatic · Mar 28, 2019

Duggins is just tidying up a few things before he makes a statement.

oldfiver · Mar 28, 2019

luwalla said:
If they have identified COUNCIL OWNED land and applied to the council to develop it for a stadium then I dont understand why they dont just declare the site, Its not like they will be disclosing it to other football clubs who could sneak in and steal it from them!

In fact it could have the opposite effect with public declaration... where , it could put public ( fan ) pressure on the the council to pull their finger out either approve it or at the very least prevent them selling it off for some other venture just to stop SISU getting it.

All of this is presuming that statement is truthful & there is a site.. AND its viable for a stadium of course.

The problem with declaring the site of any development land is others will see and before you know it , it will be the WASPs new training ground!

NorthernWisdom · Mar 28, 2019

wal3590 said:
Anyone else starting to feel a little sympathy towards SISU?

No.

covcity4life · Mar 28, 2019

CJ and Moz quiet?

oldfiver · Mar 28, 2019

Nick said:
I guess the Telegraph have been briefed by the same people as the Council and the people who do the council's PR job on Twitter?

Do they forget that Jon Sharp submitted a proposal to the council that included a groundshare and the council confirmed it?

I wonder if they will publish any of the emails about Wasps in 2012. I'd love to see the call logs between the council, Trust, Wasps, Telegraph and Weber Shandwick today.

Expecting Duggins to be on at 4 to say "drop the legals" over and over as well as "we will work with sisu like we would anybody else".

"Do they forget that Jon Sharp submitted a proposal to the council that included a groundshare and the council confirmed it?"
They actually said they could not oppose it , but not before they took several months and legal opinion to do that

GaryMabbuttsLeftKnee · Mar 28, 2019

covcity4life said:
CJ and Moz quiet?

A lot of people have gone very quiet...

MalcSB · Mar 28, 2019

NorthernWisdom said:
No.

SISU in!

covcity4life · Mar 28, 2019

Shmee never been so happy to work 9-5

Nick · Mar 28, 2019

oldfiver said:
"Do they forget that Jon Sharp submitted a proposal to the council that included a groundshare and the council confirmed it?"
They actually said they could not oppose it , but not before they took several months and legal opinion to do that

Yeah, people just keep saying "yeah but the council can't oppose it as they can appeal to the government". They don't mention how they can make it virtually unworkable.

SkyBlueDom26 · Mar 28, 2019

Fucking hell 2 SISU responses in a matter of weeks, since when did they take such an interest!

Nick · Mar 28, 2019

SkyBlueDom26 said:
Fucking hell 2 SISU responses in a matter of weeks, since when did they take such an interest!

Would be interesting to see your thoughts, have you had the memo yet on the approach?

covcity4life · Mar 28, 2019

Nick said:
Would be interesting to see your thoughts, have you had the memo yet on the approach?

deciding on the best "story"

SkyBlueDom26 · Mar 28, 2019

Nick said:
Would be interesting to see your thoughts, have you had the memo yet on the approach?

What approach?

MalcSB · Mar 28, 2019

Nick said:
Yeah, people just keep saying "yeah but the council can't oppose it as they can appeal to the government". They don't mention how they can make it virtually unworkable.

Exactly, they can make outrageous demands for supporting infrastructure hence Sisu’s request for “enabling development on reasonable terms”.

Nick · Mar 28, 2019

Is that all? He is right, that pair are a disgrace.

fernandopartridge · Mar 28, 2019

Nick said:
Thing is, they were going to buy Wasps. The now owner of Wasps was also talking about it in 2012 before he had even bought them.

It is relevant to subsequent events though, it explains why when the council bailed out ACL it did not extend the lease to 125 years, it was suppressing the value ready for the Wasps takeover.

vow · Mar 28, 2019

SkyBlueDom26 said:
What approach?

LOL, ROFL, LMAO!!111!

Nick · Mar 28, 2019

fernandopartridge said:
It is relevant to subsequent events though, it explains why when the council bailed out ACL it did not extend the lease to 125 years, it was suppressing the value ready for the Wasps takeover.

Yeah it all fits into place.

So when it was said "Why not extend the lease?" to ease the financial burden, there's your answer. They didn't want to ease the financial burden on ACL.

chiefdave · Mar 28, 2019

MalcSB said:
If The council wanted premiership rugby in the city, why not support Coventry Rugby Club?

Who was supposed to be stumping up the money to buy Wasps as was being proposed. Interesting that it ties in with the time the current owner, who didn't at that point own them, was talking to CRFC about a merger. All while Wasps were assuring their own fans any move from Wycombe would be back to London.

Nick · Mar 28, 2019

Some of the replies to the official CCFC Twitter show either how many uninformed people there are who go apeshit day in / day out or just people designed to mislead

SkyBlueDom26 · Mar 28, 2019

Sisu have also revealed that they have identified a preferred site for a stadium in the city - and it is on council-owned land.

But they say the council is frustrating their efforts to buy the land.

The statement adds: “The Council is the owner of the site in question...SISU is trying to engage with it as the owner of the target site.

“The Council, however, has dragged its feet for a year now and little progress has been made."

If true then what the fuck are the council playing at!! They are destroying our club

Nick · Mar 28, 2019

tisza · Mar 28, 2019

Still the council seem to think if SISU sell up the legals will stop.
Would have thought they'd increase with a real vengeance.

djr8369 · Mar 28, 2019

MalcSB said:
If The council wanted premiership rugby in the city, why not support Coventry Rugby Club?

You’ll notice that many of the councils actions have been completely illogical and against the interests of the club, the local area and public purse. Something is deeply wrong here.

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Sterling Archer · Mar 28, 2019

The whole things gone too far now. The majority of fans will unfortunately ignore this statement and continue to just shout SISU out without looking at any other evidence about other people and orgnaisations being culpable.

Everyone should be held accountable for this mess but some fans are treating it rather bizarrely as "nailing ones colours to a mast" regardless.

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