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So you think both were ridiculous, neither were ridiculous or it was ridiculous from Hoffman but not from SISU?

Couldn't agree more. Putting all else to one side, I've never been able to understand the (supposed) logic of not investing say £80k - £90k to get a reasonably experienced striker in on loan for the last three months of the season, when £4m p.a. of Championship revenue was at stake.

As £1 is in your opinion a "ridiculous bid", what value would you put on a company that has no assets (that have not been mortgaged), has consistently lost money and which now faces a significant decrease in revenue due to its relegation? Could you also refresh my memory as to the value SISU put...

I'd love to be able to say yes, but at best it's going to take some time. I was supportive of them at first. I've no problem with the fact that they bought us to make money. I had expectations of us being run in a much more professional way, good communication with their customers (sometimes...

Or I guess someone could post that we don't need a charter because SISU are doing such a wonderful job of running the club :D

It is odd that SISU have this reputation for being tough negotiators and appear to be "playing hard ball" over the stadium and yet (as far as we can work out from what we hear about "undisclosed" transfers) appear to have great difficulty in getting best value in the transfer market. Maybe...

There were a number of different accounts of what happened and whose "fault" it was. Who to believe/trust: SISU or King?? What was the saying? - between the devil and the deep blue sea.....

We don't know exactly what is being asked for/offered in these discussions, but it appears that SISU are looking for a rent reduction on the grounds that the club isn't viable with the current rent. The council on the other hand are (understandably) worried about SISU's intentions, if they get...

Wow - 50 years passes quick these days, must be my age! I think we're all rather worried about where "moving on" with our present ownership will take us.

I think you'll find that the Board were usually quite precise in their comments and said that there were no "formal offers". Unless you're doing a hostile takeover (which of course isn't possible in this context), I'd expect a "formal offer" to come at or near the end of negotiations. So...

Most decided we wanted the whole squad out? I must have missed that day.

I'll be very suprised if Murphy and Wood are still there (wages too high). We've just got to hope that nobody makes a bid for Cody or we may have to change our name to Coventry City Nil.

Smiles are few and far between for a City fan these days, but below the article on the Telegraph website the first Google Ad is "Bankruptcy, do I qualify?" Someone has a sense of humour!

True. This time last year I was looking forward to a centre back pairing of Turner (left footed, powerful in the air) and Cranie (right footed, reads the game well). You'd think I would have learned!

No suprise that the exodus has started, but we "won't miss Cranie"? Presumably in the same way we didn't miss Westwood, Turner, Juke or King.......

SISU currently have a contract with ACL to rent the stadium - I believe this runs for circa 40 years. SISU are (understandably) unhappy with the terms of this contract and would like to change it. SISU would like the rent to be reduced, but don't seem to be offering anything in return (as...

I thought that was now a condition of being a Board member!

No surprise at all. It isn't just Keogh that they will try to sell - all players over a given wage (my guess would be about £3k per week) will be off (if they can find buyers). If we're lucky, we'll fill the gaps with a few Bosmans (as long as they don't want a signing on fee!).

I know what you mean, but look at the reality of our situation: Relegated to the third division Transfer embargo (again!) Board and owner having talks about (hopefully) agreeing some sort of budget for next season Even if all the takeover talk is nonsense, at least it gives us a chance to...

If we excluded all the posts that are either rumour or opinion, there'd only be about 3 posts a week!