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I listen to him every day. Yes he might like the sound of his own voice but I wouldn't put him down as a liar.

Why are we dismissing his comments as him mouthing off?

I was really excited but then I heard him say this. Why mention that it's clean? That's raised my eyebrows. “The deal is done,” he said. “As long as I am approved, the deal is done. It’s clean"

Robins himself signing has been the biggest signing.

Yesterday my hopes were raised that we'd have a new owner and we'd finally have our hands on the CBS. Today I feel really deflated.

Cos I'm really concerned about our future of playing in Coventry!!!

Anyone can put in a planning application for land even if they do not own it. Very much doubt permission could legally be refused based on a football team playing there. Consent of the freeholder, yes maybe but that depends on what the contract says that none of us have seen. This is CCC, I'd...

Why not?

That's where we are going wrong. Thinking that Ashley needs us. He doesn't. He can knock it down and build something else there if he so wishes.

Does it really tho? But let's say he wanted to knock it down. He would have paid for the arena and then the demolition costs and then construction costs. If he can then build something there that is then more valuable than the cost of those things then on paper they are then in profit...

But this is the bit I'm worried about. What benefit is it to Ashley if we are there? As we saw yesterday the costs of running the arena are huge. Yes you can cut some costs but there are unavoidable costs such as utilities which are constantly rising. I just can't see how a football club...

But that turnover isn't profit right? How long does it take for him to get his investment back? Especially with the rumoured 15 million of works that need to be done. That's 15 years straight off the bat. That's not Mike Ashleys way.

Wasps needed us. Mike Ashley doesn't need us. Mike Ashley could flatten the arena tomorrow and make a profit on whatever he builds there. He doesn't need us, especially if we are paying a small sum to play there. We don't know what the terms of the lease are. I'd be extremely surprised if...

One problem with this... Most premier league clubs lose money. Yes clubs may get 150 million or whatever for getting there, but then you have to spend that to try and compete. Look at Forest etc.

We are in a real mess. Even if SISU would have purchased it, we would have just been renting it off of them at whatever rent they would have wanted, same with King. I've never believed the bs about SISU building us a new stadium and even if they did, we'd still just be renting off of them...

Where did I say he hates us? What I'm saying is it won't be our stadium even if he owned us both. We would just share an owner. He would be free to pay himself whatever rent his wishes to. I'm not saying he's going to charge us 10 million a year. But what is a certainty is he's not going to...

I know we are desperate for new ownership but are we that desperate that we actually want Mike Ashley? He did a decent job at Newcastle but he put so many noses out of joint along the way.

That wouldn't be a concern of Mike Ashley. Just like he isn't concerned about 80% of his workers being on zero hour contracts.

Doesn't the EFL approval process require that a new owner provides guarantees that a club will play in its city for a minimum of 10 years? How does Doug provide that when we only have an 8 year lease?...

I can't see a situation where Ashley would combine us and the arena. Only if he were selling us. But under an Ashley ownership, we wouldn't be combined. Mike Ashley is a million percent not going to gift us a stadium. I can't believe any of our fans would actually believe this. All it would...