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the threat is reducing by the day, and if Wasps can sit back and do nothing and it keeps reducing then they pretty much own it. CCFC has to deal with what is and change it and I see precious little that gives me confidence or the feeling my club is in safe hands either in the board room or higher up

Except Wasps help maintain a glass ceiling to the financial potential of CCFC by owning the Ricoh and by now controlling the AHC so limiting any sustained success for CCFC. Financially most Rugby income comes from central distributions and sponsorship and thats reasonably secure and greater...

Nick carry on getting hung up on PR, there is at least as much coming out of CCFC in various forms. Frankly not bothered about PR wars, most of which very few people will remember a week after it is put out. It has gone way past useful to any party involved. The Trust are amateur fish trying to...

I very much doubt that CCFC comes very high in the Wasps board room thought process to be honest. They don't have to consider CCFC much at all Wasps own the Ricoh and CCFC actually contribute not very much net income to that. CCFC have no alternative but to be there and on Wasps terms Wasps...

going to depend if they move everything out or part Biggest problem moving everything is the indoor pitch - there is no other in the area. So lock stock is realistically a no go That leaves use of indoor pitch, a 3g pitch and at least one other pitch at AHC, plus some or all offices They...

Said the other day the objection and the Reid articles have no planning substance and are simply PR pieces in my opinion. They are aimed at the fans really, the decision makers will largely ignore the content because it doesn't deal with planning issues. But like I said it isn't the Wasps...

Spin on both sides Italia I am increasingly coming round to the opinion that the situation is not about SISU wanting to close the Academy but that it is simply a monumental cock up on the part of the CCFC directors that Wasps and CSF have exploited fully and coldly. The only way to add weight...

You would hope that CCFC try to get some leverage by making alternative arrangements where possible - so that they can pick or choose whether to use certain facilities at AHC. The only vital thing at AHC is the indoor pitch. Might get a better deal elsewhere, be less involved with CCC or even...

or yes it is a stitch up because CSF want CCFC gone (sure there are differing views on why that might be ) .......... but it also means a loss of income for CSF - have seen figures suggesting it costs CCFC £50k to be there

neither are heads of agreement or letters of intent but we all know where that has led in the past. The pool development is still early days so who has what office when for CSF let alone CCFC is probably not worked out The pitches are in reality the easier bit in this (there are solutions but...

my guess is Nick that until they know if the swimming pool is a go they probably have no way of doing that in terms of rooms offices etc. It has been made reasonably clear what pitches are going to be available. If CCFC have a user agreement with Wasps for the indoor pitch then that is covered...

Correspondence should be replied to even if it is just to acknowledge and say can not deal with now. Personally I think I would have replied to his letter but perhaps not in the way CA is expecting. Something along the lines of this (might run it past solicitor first mind - am guessing what...

They could reject it yes but as it seems to refer to a City wide assessment then I would think 5 weeks is not long enough for them to reject out of hand. Sport England have a say yes but they will like to work in partnership with organisations/LA's not act as simply a regulatory body. They have...

they wouldn't have done it even then NIck if the costs were not the deciding factor. They were working with him because it was the cheapest most cost effective thing to do for their business plan. They haven't just thrown all this together, it has taken months of planning, and schmoozing to...

I think the criteria is more likely to be having the space for grass pitches not necessarily for football or rugby pitches. Having more rugby pitches would fit in with strategy because of this City of Rugby thing. Sport England is a strategic partner in that. It isn't too difficult to change a...

give you a clue .................. ££££££££ .................... to build a site from scratch is going to take longer to get approved (more green belt issues and they need it done quickly), require changes to road access, laying of new pitches, the installation of utilities (water, power etc)...

They cant object same as they cant support it ............ they require more information to make a decision either way. "From the information submitted in support of this application it is not clear how the proposal would impact the delivery of sport in Coventry. It is considered that the...

I would be very surprised if AEHC put any money up to fund Wasps. As a charity I think they are moving well away from sport in general and CCFC in particular.

You would say that having a decent centre half or two has been a necessity for some time, even going back to last season, yet we are still threadbare in that department. If, heaven forbid, we get off to a really bad start it isn't going to make recruitment of even loan players any easier

I think it affects the budget in the year you physically receive the money. So if the sale £3m and we received only £500k up front then only £500k was used to calculate the budget 2015/16 Talk of upping the budget could of course be irrelevant if the physical cash is used to pay down debt or...