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I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm, but I can't see any reason why such deliberations would necessitate late filing of the accounts.

Yes - but if as part of buying the shares, the buyer agrees to take on the debts (as opposed to the other option, of the seller taking them over and paying them off out of the proceeds) then the price of the shares will be reduced by the value of that debt. So if the EBITDA is your £5m and...

That wasn't my conclusion. My conclusion was that as with any general rule, there will be exceptions, but the general rule - I think - is valid. Not restricted to football either. Generally speaking, if you want quality you have to pay for it.

So a decent multiple of EBITDA would be perhaps 10 (although given the risky nature of football clubs, you could argue that might be a bit rich) and, in this speculation, we're looking for SISU to get a return on their current "investment", plus the losses over the Northampton years plus the...

It's a bit of both. It's certainly possible to identify the right player without paying a big fee and it's certainly possible to identify the wrong player with a big fee - but on balance, you have to have a better chance of getting good payers if you're in a position to pay "big" fees.

True, but also true to say that (at their time) our most expensive signings have included Bill Glazier, Tommy Hutchison, Colin Stein, Terry Yorath, Cyrille Regis, Dion Dublin, Noel Whelan and Robbie Keane.

Congratulations to the SBT and thanks to everyone who was there today.

Personal accusations, like the recent spate against OSB for example? (By the way - not suggesting that was you Godiva).

It seems fairly logical that if you want to support the club, but believe that giving revenue to SISU will encourage them to continue their current disasterous running of the club, then the only rational thing to do is to attend games where SISU do not financially benefit from your attendance.

You could just as easily say it - but given the lengths that the "secretive" Joy Seppala" (there's a gentle hint in the adjective) will reportedly go to to avoid publicity, I think that you'd be wrong.

To be honest, I think that would be going a bit too far......

Sponsor's name must be in very small writing.......

Probably true, however the one thing that we can be sure of is that "the secretive" Joy Seppala will not be happy with all this publicity.

Agree entirely. Personally I hope that they're staying in 5 star hotels and living on lobster, caviar and champagne :p

Of course - it's not like there's any urgency is it :)

It's really difficult for all of us who are used to spending our Saturday afternoon's swearing at another cr@p ref! My view is that the more people that go, the more likely it is that the move will become permanent. I can't prove that, but I think it's a reasonable assumption based on...

Read my earlier post please - re the fact that both parties would benefit by negotiating a deal to play at the Ricoh. The gullible idiots are those that still swallow the "CCFC can't play in Coventry" line.

I'm afraid that that is nonsense.

Let's assume we're dealing with rational people here (I accept that this may be a bit of a stretch). ACL would benefit by having CCFC as a tenant, even if for a short period (i.e. up to 5 years) while SISU build their new ground. That would give them ample time to prepare for a post CCFC world...

That has to be one of the most convoluted pieces of logic I've ever seen. Talks without pre-conditions simply means that - no pre-conditions i.e. no one has to do anything in advance of the talks. ACL are happy to agree to this. SISU are not. We can only draw our own conclusions as to why.