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As I've never seen the ACL accounts and know nothing about the relative margins of different events I can't believe I ever said that. I may well have prefaced a statement like that with the something like "IF they can get more" because as I said I don't have any factual information to prove or...

So basically, are you saying that the council and the Higgs have sold something worth nothing for cash. Sounds like good business for them if it's true. It's a bloody great shame that we managed to annoy the council and be so dismissive of the stadium that they got to the point where they even...

Maybe we should have started negotiations before starting the rent boycott? But then would we have had a distressed ACL to attempt to buy half of at a cheaper price. The judge in the JR took a dim view of that didn't he.

At the time (and that's an important point) Sisu were offering £5m weren't they and that was the asking price, it was the fact that the money wasn't going to be paid in a lump sum that the deal didn't go through. The Higgs possibly were thinking they might not see all the money given the rent...

Except for the small business of the outstanding rent owed by Sisu/our club at the time the £2m offer was made. If Sisu had offered the £5m in one lump rather than installments we might not be in this position either. I've been thinking on my way home that the Higgs have been very supportive...

Strangely I think you have a point, we're back in Coventry after all. Sisu may have badly screwed up relations (I'm sure the JR helped) with the council but we won't be renting off the council anymore. That either means they have the chance to build a relationship up with someone new who has...

I guess it would depend on whether the bid was legally possible given the apparent legal restrictions, with Ltd seemingly the only one who can bid.

Joy said that but I've never seen any of the previous directors come out and confirm it.

I've merged the threads for you.

If there is a chance you can buy the Higgs share off Appleton or anyone else at that price then get off your arses and do it. £2.77m sounds bloody cheap to me.

To Sisu, It's not what could have been, It's what should have been. That was our home you numpties and you have let the council sell it out from under you to a Rugby franchise with a bigger distance to watch home matches than we did at Sixfields, which is another disgrace. I looked at...

Oh so now they want us to welcome them to our new stadium if it's ever built. Why do I have the sickening image of Tim standing outside our new smaller stadium, arms wide open saying "You should have seen the one that got away, it was this big." What a depressing day.

Another thought (as I don't appear to be able to get back to sleep) how cast iron are the guarantees from Wasps over our 2+2 years.

I thought and I may well be wrong on this that the first offer (£5.5m) was an upfront payment of a far smaller amount and then the rest by installments later on. The second offer of £2m was I think supposed to be a one payment cash deal but don't quote me on that. No idea on loan dependency...

That doesn't mean that they have to sell to Wasps though does it?

So we could potentially buy the Higgs out and have a set up like Swansea where the rugby and football clubs own the stadium management company. Except Sisu don't want to do that.

Sorry that's the predictive text talking, I meant goals. I have just cleaned my phone screen of snot after sneezing and not being quick enough with the tissue.

Hopefully we'll see a full three points this evening to lift my slightly depressed spirits.

Council can't force the Higgs to sell though can they?

So if we'd moved to groundshare with Watford and it wasn't to distress ACL you would have been okay with it?