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  1. duffer

    Council admits Ricoh Arena was not sustainable without CCFC

    That's not a red herring Pete, that lie has indirectly lead to Wasps owning the stadium revenues for the next 250 years. At one point it was claimed ACL was making lots of money and there was no pressure to sell to anyone, let alone CCFC, then suddenly it wasn't and the Council had to sell to...
  2. duffer

    Allsopp

    I'm not convinced that Allsop was a great keeper, but I really don't like the sound of how Pressley handled this. Surely as the manager you'd at least have a chat with the lad to explain what was happening - that seems like common courtesy to me. I do wonder about SP's man-management skills...
  3. duffer

    Council admits Ricoh Arena was not sustainable without CCFC

    I'm not convinced that you understand business projections, if you're projecting profit, then you're projecting profit - not turnover. And she's probably wrong by less than 0.000001% of the gross national debt of Trinidad & Tobago too, which is about as relevant. When you're making unequivocal...
  4. duffer

    Council admits Ricoh Arena was not sustainable without CCFC

    It's fair enough this stuff about looking forwards, but you've also got to have an eye on the past so that you don't make the same mistakes. What we seem to have learnt, is that CCFC can't do well as a tenant, and especially as a tenant without access to revenues. We've also learned that like...
  5. duffer

    Strong Claims about CCC/CET

    How would you know mate, given that you've never actually said something funny? Anyway, like you, this is a bit boring now and I wouldn't want to stop you working on your next hilarious posting. Good luck with that by the way.
  6. duffer

    Strong Claims about CCC/CET

    Says the man who gets the arse when he's asked a straight question - if you weren't trying to imply concern to Nick, then why not just explain that rather than heading down the old, tired 'tin-foil hat' route. That would have been fair enough. Maybe you're just not as funny as you think, eh.
  7. duffer

    Strong Claims about CCC/CET

    Then it wouldn't seem that there would be much point in a tribunal, would there. I think you're making some pretty big assumptions here.
  8. duffer

    Strong Claims about CCC/CET

    I'm guessing you struggle to understand that you're not actually being very funny when you come out with this kind of bollocks, no? When peoples eyes glaze over when you're telling another hilarious anecdote (maybe about someone wearing a tin-foil hat, or being sued for something), there's a...
  9. duffer

    Strong Claims about CCC/CET

    Actually, it is unlawful if it's cost a bloke his job for it. And if that's the standard you want from your press and your council, then we differ hugely, because I expect the council to tell the truth, and the local press to hold them to proper scrutiny. If you're willing to accept less then...
  10. duffer

    Strong Claims about CCC/CET

    It certainly helps, yes. To me your initial post read an awful lot like, "Nick you ought to be worried about this thread and reporting what Reid has said". Of course, if you disagreed with what Reid has said, then sowing that seed of doubt would have been a handy tool to stifle debate about it...
  11. duffer

    Strong Claims about CCC/CET

    According to Reid, it would seem that the Coventry City Council and the editor of the CET prevented him from reporting the intention of Coventry City Council to bail-out ACL to the sum of £14.4m. If you're happy with that, then fair enough, but personally I'd see that as entirely unacceptable.
  12. duffer

    Strong Claims about CCC/CET

    If you're going to chuck this sort of stuff about, then let's have some examples please. Of course, even if Reid had written something once that you didn't agree with, it doesn't mean that what he's said about the ACL/CCC/CET saga is a lie. I'll also make the point (fwiw) that at some...
  13. duffer

    Council admits Ricoh Arena was not sustainable without CCFC

    If you keep quiet about it, I'll let you have a ride in my new speedboat. ;)
  14. duffer

    Strong Claims about CCC/CET

    I'm not clear here, were you behind SISU when they took this line against the Sky Blue Trust with regard to linking to the Conn article critical of our owners? It's just I'm not sure here whether you're standing up for free speech, or only standing up for the free speech that you agree with.
  15. duffer

    Strong Claims about CCC/CET

    My sincere hope is that all of this comes out in the tribunal regarding unfair dismissal that I believe is progressing. I've no issue with Simon here, who is fully entitled to support his current employer, but there's a slightly different take on the saga here...
  16. duffer

    Council admits Ricoh Arena was not sustainable without CCFC

    It's generally counter-productive to lie in negotiations I'd say, unless you're happy to take the risk that the other side will walk away completely if you're found out. You can negotiate pretty strongly without the need to lie, if you think about it. And as far as I'm aware, you can't just...
  17. duffer

    Council admits Ricoh Arena was not sustainable without CCFC

    If this doesn't damage your faith in the ability of Ann Lucas and Coventry City Council to run the city and do business in an open and honest way, then you are far more trusting than me. When the council stepped in to bail-out ACL to the tune of £14.4 million, the Council were absolutely clear...
  18. duffer

    Pressley Interview

    I saw that bit too. I'm not calling for Pressley's head, but there was something odd about that conversation - it looked very much as though Pressley was yelling at the player (Madine?) to do something, and the player wasn't convinced at all. I'm probably reading too much into it, but it...
  19. duffer

    Who Still Supports SISU?

    Spot on - that's exactly what's happening imho. We're down to the hard core now, and even that's going to dwindle the longer we remain fiddling around at the bottom of a very poor division. I'd guess the majority of our fans have long since had enough of our owners but are simply resigned to it...
  20. duffer

    Ched Evans signing for a League One Club...

    The court administered justice. And there's no confusion here, Evans legally has got every right to play football again, and the supporters and sponsors that he's going to represent have got every right to say that they don't want him because of his previous conviction (and possibly subsequent...
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