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This is going to be fun. :)

Absolutely. The council with all of those employees from Coventry, many of whom are fans, and a leader who used to be a season ticket holder, want the club to fail. And that's why they went to all the trouble of building the Ricoh. Why do we just keep regurgitating the same old tired...

See what you're saying mate - but is it really worth CCC spending money to determine it, given that SISU don't even look interested in dropping the court case and ACL are demanding that, plus the £590k. In truth, and forgive my cyncism, studies like this seem to find precisely what their...

I'll save you a seat at the back of the class, next to me. ;)

In truth, I can't see that SISU would be daft enough to not pay the rest of the £250k. As far as I can tell though, it would simply be another debt that would need to be pursued in another court case. Does it never end. However, I honestly wonder how well off SISU are - will there come a...

In terms of positive memories (other than the obvious 87 stuff) - in no particular order, Robbie Keane's debut, that procession of incredible chipped goals by Speedie, Mo Konjic running at defenders, and just about anything involving Lloyd McGrath. :) Ah, Big Mo. Not just a good player - a...

I think the one that really brought it home to me, was when Huckerby was sold, and it was reported that he was in tears at the training ground because he didn't want to leave the club. All that stuff about players needing to show loyalty to the club kind of went out of the window that day. If...

I'm no great fan of Labour, but this was a world-wide catastrophe caused by casino banking and hedge-fund practices. They had a share of the blame, for sure, but to put it all at their door isn't logical. Do you think that a Conservative government, with an inherent dislike for...

19/25 too. I'll go and sit in the remedial group with Joy. You lot aren't telling me you didn't guess the Alf Wood question though!

I'm genuinely glad you're doing a bit better. There are plenty that aren't, and things are going to get worse: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-real-costoflivingcrisis-five-million-british-children-face-life-of-poverty-thanks-to-welfare-reforms-9442061.html Anyway, I'm...

I couldn't agree more. The simple truth is that in this country wealth inequality is increasing and not decreasing. When the five richest families in the country have the same wealth as twelve-million others put together, then there's something badly wrong...

I wouldn't dispute how you feel about it Torchy, but the truth as I see it is that they are unrelated. At the moment the bail-out isn't costing the council money, and in fact they're actually making on it. Whether that continues remains to be seen, of course. There are probably bigger...

The 1,000 people destined to lose their jobs at Coventry City Council are doing so because of cuts from central government. No one is losing their job because of CCC taking over ACL's mortgage. If I was losing my job at CCC I wouldn't sigh as I was driving past the Ricoh - but I might rage at...

Exactly right. Effectively, the FL have used their discretion to allow SISU to bypass their current regulations. All they have to do is withdraw that discretion. It doesn't force SISU to go back to ACL and negotiate a deal, but it's obviously the most likely scenario. Regardless, it's hard...

Spot on blend, I stand corrected - looks like my maths is failing too. Is it too late to be a footballer for me, 'cos I ain't going to cut it as a bookie. ;)

You've got it Wingy (4/5 on in bookie speak, iirc). But if that represented the true probability of it happening, then the bookies wouldn't make much money if they priced it that way. That's the bit that footballers don't usually grasp... ;) Given what's gone on, I'd price getting back to the...

Ah, you see you're not really understanding percentages here, at least in footy terms. As a footballer, Wallace's maximum available percentage will be 110% (Modern footballers can easily go up to 200%, btw). So when he says 80%, I'm going to assume that really he means 73%. Of course, as a...

Probably the way of all fans in fairness Torchy - but we've probably had less to enjoy than most over the last few years, might as well rejoice in the horror. ;)

Some personal experience of this: The small company that I work for was looking at some PR in Coventry for something we're releasing locally. We were thinking along the lines of matchball sponsorship for a home game at the Ricoh. There's no way we'd consider it now though - there's too much...

I'm sure the biggest revenue stream will be ticket sales. But you're not telling me that shirt sponsorship is insignificant. Bristol Rovers seem to be talking about £50k season in L2: http://www.totalfootballmag.com/other-leagues/league-two/sponsor-a-league-two-kit-for-1000/ A (dated)...