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Jodi’s still a teenager FFS! The talent is definitely there, he just lacks experience and he’s playing in a struggling team. Last night’s match and the almost brutal tactics of the other side were a massive test, which as far as I’m concerned he passed, and it will do him the world of good...

That kid’s reaction was a model of restraint and maturity compared to my mine at the game. I went absolutely flipping mental, and there’s still a silly grin on my face 24 hours later :) OK it’s not the world’s most sought-after trophy, but this day out to Wembley feels like walking into the...

A proposal like this wouldn't surprise me at all. But if we were perceived to have moved to the suburbs of Birmingham, even if it is only 9 miles, it would destroy the identity of the club. Travelling distance isn’t the point – we can’t go to a different town IMO. I guess you could argue that...

But HS2 is shaking things up a lot, and a road from the A46 at Stoneleigh past the Uni and out towards the A45 / A452 is on the cards.

All plausible explanations, and naturally none of them indicate a competent plan to get us out of trouble :(

Completely agree with all of that OSB. Do you have any theory on why we didn’t accept the bids which were received – as Nick says, it was surprising that we decided to stand firm. The policy in the past has been to roll over and accept derisory amounts of cash for key players. It all adds to...

I feel it started that season we sold Juke, even though he was absolutely vital to staying up. The policy hasn’t changed, it’s just being stated more explicitly now. We've been run as a zombie club.

I’ve only skimmed through this thread and may have not have been concentrating. There’s a Mrs. McGiven who has been sleeping on Otis’s settee, spilt some sauce on it but has confidentially offered him 8 quid for it, if she can pick it up in February when she’s sold the bottom of her cycle to...

Thanks for the statistic G - I couldn't be bothered to work it out myself, but it's even worse than I thought. It's staggeringly bad when you consider the level we're playing at. It seems to me that regardless of which manager or players we have, the "leadership" from the top of the club...

This road from Stoneleigh towards the NEC will make a big difference to the prospects for development on the west side of the city, including the Uni area. Although it sounds like it won't be in public use for 10 years, maybe developments could start ahead of that ... Major new road linking...

Is that who it hit?

Glad I’m not the only nostalgic one. Printing within the hour wasn’t always foolproof mind you – I remember in the early 70’s a match report on the front page said something like “ … and in the 56th minute, David Cross hooked a shit just over the bar” :)

Ah, for the days when you got home from the match and then went up to the newsagents to get the Pink. Somehow it was even better if you had to wait a few minutes in the dark for the black CET van to pull up, and for a bundle of Pinks tied up with string to be chucked on the pavement with a...

Me too. Either something good will happen one day or it won’t. We probably can’t influence it either way, but trying to force information out into the open could conceivably spook a genuine investor who wanted to do things on the quiet. Thanks to you, I can’t get Kylie out of my head ...

Premier League takeover would be enormous stupidity - Red Bull founder "That's not even idle speculation. It moreover would be an enormous stupidity to think about an addition in England after a successful involvement at Leipzig. That would be wrong from a sporting perspective. To mix...

I definitely understand those sentiments ISB, but we have been little more than an embarrassment for far too many years, and I’d be happy if somebody started a totally new chapter. In the 1960’s when Jimmy Hill got the whole city on the Sky Blue bandwagon, was anyone seriously saying “I can’t...

Of course Zack, that’s the point. If you think most people hate SISU for moral or philosophical reasons you’re mistaken. It’s because they have don’t have the competence, ambition or resources to run a football team worthy of the city. Their dubious integrity is only the final straw.

At the end of the day we all support CCFC, and we’re all as frustrated as hell that we can’t do anything about the situation. I guess it’s not surprising that we shout at each other. I mean look at this thread, it starts off about the Butts, and ends up with arguments about Wasps and whistles :)

Duffer, you’ve taken a principled stance and said some pretty harsh things about those who disagree - stupid, immoral, lazy idiocy etc. The Council flogged the stadium business to Wasps, who moved from the London area to Coventry, and as a result Coventry City lost any chance to have a stake in...

Up to now I’ve always thought he had decent ability, but lacked physical presence. I was amazed and delighted by his never-say-die performance against Bolton in a role I didn’t think he could play. When someone buzzes around like that all match, I'm always drawn into the game more as a...