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I doubt it. As Simon says, an audit will address procedural things, but not the "moral" question of whether CCC ought to have sold to Wasps given all the circumstances. There will always be plenty of room for disagreement on that.

The article says “The transactions in relation to the council’s sale of its interest in ACL will be scrutinised by the independent external auditor as part of the audit of our 2014/15 accounts" I interpret it the same way as you - I don't think they've called for a special investigation. They...

TF was asked whether the club could buy 50% of the Ricoh. TF said that it is unlikely that a deal can be done re a share of the ownership of the Stadium with Wasps. TF confirmed that the club’s owners and Directors are not prepared to take on the risk of financial liability for half of the £14...

Naturally they won't "give" us anything, but everything has a price. The notion that we should be given things is the root cause of all our problems.

Fair points Otis & Stupot - Wasps will never be more important than CCFC for me (my interest in rugby is marginal and I’ve never attended any rugby match). I guess you are saying that if Wasps were “too” successful, it might make them more likely to squeeze us out altogether. But I don’t...

My only reason for posting is that all this anger/guilt/gloating about Wasps and their supporters is against the interests of CCFC. Sports clubs should not move, because of the damage to supporters. If it’s suggested the Sky Blues should move to Nuneaton I will fight it tooth and nail...

LOL Torch! Edit: I know a place where you can hire grappling hooks if that would help

It hurts every time to read the pain of loyal supporters. But we all know what’s needed to fill the empty seats (I’m ashamed to say I’m mostly “occupying” one of those these days) – and it isn’t a new stadium, especially it’s not in Coventry. And if the relative size of the badges bugs you...

Correct – I’m sure somebody did raise this a week or so back. Talked about backing Coventry United instead I think. But only one person as far as I recall, and it’s a viewpoint that has been extremely rare since we returned to Cov.

Thank you so much for that Joy. I stood in the exact spot the picture was taken from with my dear old Dad for many years. So happy to see the image, yet it so nearly brought tears to my eyes. I'm pretty sure I was there with my Dad for the very last match before they made it all-seater and...

You don’t think such an investor would see Wasps as the main attraction, given that they (at least currently) have far more big games than us and they are a magnet to lucrative sponsors? Torch, it’s obvious from everything you post that you love CCFC, probably even more than most on here...

Can’t send you a link to the Sun article, but I too was keen to see it. I went up to the newsagents an hour ago in my mac and there were no Suns left on the shelf. So I went up to the counter and asked the nice young lady if she still had any copies of the Sun behind the counter, saying that I...

Fair enough, you could be right. Note to self, chill out more!

Now that’s a fair argument which I can understand. They claim to have exhausted all possible avenues in London over many years, but that could be bullshit and I have no idea about the details. Regardless, it was the original Wycombe move that made this a no-win situation. If they moved to...

On the contrary, NOBODY is saying that.

Equally, for some people, Fisher has told the truth about everything – but is telling porkies when he says that he wouldn’t have done the Wasps deal. Personally I’m in neither camp. I have never thought he’s a liar, I just find everything he says mystifying and counter-productive to the...

Certainly. Robert Kitson in the Guardian (in an article entitled “Wasps supporters accept move to Coventry without Adams Park protest”, 12th October 2014):- “There also seemed to be a collective acceptance there are no financially viable alternatives to Wasps’ impending switch to the Ricoh...

Thanks for that LAST - but don’t get carried away with the impression that I’ve called Tim Fisher a liar. You see Nick, when you wrongly assign statements to people, it can rapidly become accepted as fact. This is just one of several views you’ve wrongly attributed to me. I’ve repeatedly...

Nick, I’m not going to stir up the whole “franchising” thing again on this thread. But you’ve misrepresented me several times, put other people’s words into my mouth, and pretty much accused me of hypocrisy. So on the other forum (picking up a point made by Moff) I’ve made one more attempt to...