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  1. James Smith

    CCFC The Movie

    No no it's a disaster movie.
  2. James Smith

    ACL Shoot themselves in the foot & The Fans in the Head

    Yeah but SISU were getting offered the price reduced product and rejecting it for reasons unknown walking out of the shop muttering about starting their own one.
  3. James Smith

    CCFC The Movie

    So who would you have playing who in the movie version of this sorry saga? For me the ones that spring to mind are.... TF - Bloke off the dancing baby quit cigarette product advert who could come in as the SISU/ACL rent negotiations meeting is ending and say "so what have I missed". PWKH - Al...
  4. James Smith

    ACL Shoot themselves in the foot & The Fans in the Head

    Had a customer this morning who was annoyed that the price of a product had gone up since he had last come in. I explained that the price we paid for it at the wholesaler had gone up and we had to pass that price rise on. I then pointed out other products that had gone downhill in price because...
  5. James Smith

    ACL Shoot themselves in the foot & The Fans in the Head

    To add to my post above, the Ricoh is in the position it is (geographically) because it was supposed to be helping to regenerate that part of the city.
  6. James Smith

    The Academy

    But I'd bet he doesn't have any say over anything EDIT or what OSB said and better than me too.
  7. James Smith

    ACL Shoot themselves in the foot & The Fans in the Head

    I've heard several rumours about the lack of a train station from a lack of the right rolling stock, through to building it would have caused too much disruption on the line, to the DfT didn't think there was a good enough passenger supply outside of Matchdays to make it economic. I heard a...
  8. James Smith

    Breaking news CITY TO APPEAL

    From reading that article it appears that LTD & Holdings are making a joint appeal. Is this wise, aren't they trying to prove that they're separate companies to get the 10 points lifted? Or does it point to the Golden Share being in Ltd and they needed them to appeal also as Holdings doesn't...
  9. James Smith

    Breaking news CITY TO APPEAL

    via smoke signals from Ryton.
  10. James Smith

    ACL Shoot themselves in the foot & The Fans in the Head

    Nope and for the avoidance of any further doubt, I don't work for and have never worked for CCFC (or any subsidiary company based in the UK or the cayman islands or anywhere else), ACL, Coventry City Council, the Civil Service etc. At the present time I don't live in Coventry or even in the...
  11. James Smith

    OSB: What does this mean?

    I was worried we were talking 6 feet under the ground for a second.
  12. James Smith

    OSB: What does this mean?

    Could you point to where it says this in the document please.
  13. James Smith

    ACL Shoot themselves in the foot & The Fans in the Head

    Nope and I didn't always work in a shop! As for the Latin, Google Translate is a wonderful thing. :claping hands:
  14. James Smith

    ACL Shoot themselves in the foot & The Fans in the Head

    I can only go on what gets reported in the CET or on here by PWKH, I don't have all the facts about this. I know nothing about commercial rents and the inner workings of the stadium financing. The closest I get to thousands of pounds is when I mistakenly enter the wrong amount in the till at...
  15. James Smith

    ACL Shoot themselves in the foot & The Fans in the Head

    Yes that's it exactly and didn't PWKH make that point, someone certainly did. As I understand it because the Council are charging lower interest rates to ACL than the Yorkshire Bank, ACL were able now to reduce the rent charged to CCFC. The rent was sorted out thus: Please take up any...
  16. James Smith

    ACL Shoot themselves in the foot & The Fans in the Head

    Yes I did and that quote (even taken out of context) doesn't mean that anyone has inflated the rent to pay for the cost of borrowing. What I was refering to was the fact that if there was no money outstanding on the stadium (as is probably the case with the City Ground) then ACL could charge as...
  17. James Smith

    ACL Shoot themselves in the foot & The Fans in the Head

    Have they inflated the rent to pay for the cost of borrowing? I thought the rent was set according to something like the last rent at Highfield Road plus inflation - I haven't check this and am going on memory - which someone (PWKH maybe?) mentioned. CCFC agreed to this don't forget and SISU...
  18. James Smith

    ACL Shoot themselves in the foot & The Fans in the Head

    Firstly please don't amalagamate your comments into mine, it is confusing to read and could make people think your arguments are mine which they certainly aren't. No I don't agree with councils loaning football clubs money or even acting as guarantors for loans and I think the council report...
  19. James Smith

    ACL Shoot themselves in the foot & The Fans in the Head

    So Brighton and Forrest then. As far as I can tell Brighton own their own ground at Falmer, known as The Amex Community stadium, so not sure why you mentioned them or where the council come in there. Forrest is a very different Kettle of fish so to speak, and I've briefly looked into their...
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