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  1. oldskyblue58

    Future to be debated in Westminister

    Raises the issue but in truth raises the issue to those who are interested already. So it achieves what exactly? Yes it looks like the MP's are doing something but how does it help resolve things I really do not see how raising the issue in Parliament forces Wasps or SISU to change their...
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    The greatest singers of all time....

    Greats would be Ella Fitzgerald Frank Sinatra Carole King Pavarotti Personal favourites Freddie Mercury David Bowie Diana Ross Robert Plant
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    Sports England

    response by CCFC A Coventry City spokesperson said: “Coventry City FC are disappointed to learn of the news that planning application has been approved at the Alan Higgs site, without recourse to consideration of whether the category two status of the Coventry City Academy is under threat. “We...
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    CET mini Summary of events

    Still cant force CCC to sell their shares to SISU even if it were reworked. I don't think SISU are after ownership but i suspect they are quite prepared to take a high risk strategy if it results in hard cash Do not see how SISU can argue on one hand that ACL was worthless and then the next...
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    Questions over Coventry City's future met with wall of silence

    Does anyone really think the FL has the balls to do that? has the appetite for the legal cases that would follow?
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    Sports England

    If it is nearly paying for itself then it will need additional funds every year - if they get promoted even more funds just to pay competitive salaries. They are not at self sufficiency, at least up until 2015 that is, even if you ignore interest. They might get bigger crowds for CCFC but Wasps...
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    Sports England

    I think that's a pretty fair summation duffer
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    Sports England

    All well and good CD but the decision has been made, and I can see no mechanism to challenge the Sports England decision. Neither of us are specialists in planning regulation and you would have to assume that Sports England and Secretary of State have no bias and are not working in collusion to...
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    Sports England

    Not sure I made it clear enough - the bit about Warwick Uni etc was about finding a solution to keeping the academy not about the Sports England assessment Sports England . As far as I know there is no appeals procedure so we are stuck with this and finding a solution that works irrespective of...
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    Questions over Coventry City's future met with wall of silence

    Not sure why he is surprised about not getting a reply. For example what interest is it to RFU or Aviva Premiership if CCFC haven't got an agreement,
  11. oldskyblue58

    Mowbray quote explains all....

    Question - what does "prep" consist of ? Got to involve knowing the system and position you are going to play doesn't it?
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    Sports England

    I am still of a mind that there is a deal to be done that involves using the AHC to retain Cat 2 status. Also pretty sure neither CSF nor Wasps will do us any great favours on any deal on offer. Any arrangement will have to be over at least two sites - assuming such site availability is there...
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    Mowbray and the Acadamy

    No they are not the same entity but they have common control/owners There is a lot of careful word play that goes on when it suits. But the strategic decisions it seems to me are not made in Coventry Look at the details of the ARVO charges, the powers/rights ARVO has and who signs for ARVO for...
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    Mowbray and the Acadamy

    In year to 31/05/2015 CCFC made losses of 3.3m. So how do we compare in L1 A brief (simplistic) look at the other clubs currently in the same division revealed for the 2015 accounts filed Clubs with greater losses Bolton (probably but no accounts filed) Millwall £10m Charlton £4.4m Clubs...
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    Mowbray and the Acadamy

    work it back the other way for the year to 31/05/2016 - what turnover do we need to break even given what we know from 2015 accounts & other snippets Interest cost 1.3m Administrative expenses 2.8m Player budget £2m Other wages (manager, Coaches, Staff, directors) £1m Direct costs £1m (reduced...
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