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  1. duffer

    2014/5 fixtures

    I must admit I'm not really interested in the fixtures for next year; without banging on about it this is for most of the reasons people have mentioned above. However, there are a couple of things in general that irk me. You should either start or finish the season with a home fixture. Being...
  2. duffer

    Capital One Cup

    Mate, given that you and your lad represent a significant proportion of the gate I think courtesy suggests that you should let them know - odds are they'll put it back a week for you in any case. Saying that Conor Thomas, at least, will be relieved: CT: Eh, Jordan, that bloke in the main...
  3. duffer

    Valuations of ACL

    First off, SISU weren't exploring their options pre-agreement with ACL and Higgs - they'd already proposed the Road Map to everyone by this point, and were notionally all working together to deliver it. Approaching the bank at that point was done without agreement and was bound to damage trust...
  4. duffer

    Valuations of ACL

    I read it Godiva - I just don't agree with your interpretation. You started off by saying that SISU didn't approach the bank behind the Council's back, but it's there in black and white that they did. There might be some dispute as to whether they approached the bank again later - but rather...
  5. duffer

    Valuations of ACL

    Yes, it did gain my respect that he'd say that. But talk is cheap, and what matters now is action. I don't see the point of trying to force everyone to come clean now, and I seriously doubt it's ever going to happen. This isn't Jeremy Kyle, and everyone is going to be very wary about being...
  6. duffer

    Valuations of ACL

    They did do it. SISU went to the bank, off their own backs, in (I think) March/April. It's in the Higgs document, and it's not denied in the JR. It seems that the Council took exception to it too, at that point in time. SISU can claim what they want, but clearly they were prepared to go to...
  7. duffer

    Valuations of ACL

    Apart from the fact I've never watched Jeremy Kyle (honest!) the problem with this is that we're never going to get to the whole truth and it will take forever. We don't have forever, and I don't need 'closure'. ;) Confession: I met TF briefly on Thursday, after the trial, and although we...
  8. duffer

    Valuations of ACL

    On this one bit, Godiva, there was evidence presented in the Higgs case that suggests you are incorrect. There was an email quoted from (as I recall) PKWH and someone at ACL the council saying that they were very unhappy to learn that SISU had approached YB unilaterally, not long after the Road...
  9. duffer

    Valuations of ACL

    Well that's still true, isn't it? I think the QC quoted here is making the point that the £10k/game wasn't rent, it was matchday costs. Whilst SISU of course have been claiming that it was rent. Do you think that if ACL threatened to lock CCFC out we really wouldn't have heard about it via...
  10. duffer

    Jimmy Hill..

    I think that's American Football rather than proper football, but I know there's been discussion about this elsewhere. I found this, fwiw... http://www.headball.com/hazards.html Certainly during Jimmy's playing era, balls would've been much heavier. If I took a lesson from the above, I think...
  11. duffer

    Murphy gone

    You are Geoffrey Boycott and I claim my five pounds. You should never ask a man if he's from Yorkshire. If he is, he'll tell you, and if he isn't, why embarrass him. :)
  12. duffer

    SP: We've Made Offers, Just Waiting For Responses

    I was thinking, 1GK, 2CB, 2FB, 1DM, 1AM, 1RM, 1LM, 2 strikers. And a new set of owners, please. ;)
  13. duffer

    Murphy gone

    Pity he's gone. I wasn't convinced about him at first, but he's really won me over in all honesty. I'm not sure the club have handled this brilliantly, because I think there was a chance of him staying if we'd offered him a contract before the end of the season, but regardless it's done now...
  14. duffer

    Valuations of ACL

    They're never going to agree on what's gone on. The one indisputable fact is that SISU stopped paying the rent and moved the club to Northampton. What's gone on around that - well we've had two court cases, plus an administration, and I still don't think it's clear. My personal opinion is...
  15. duffer

    Valuations of ACL

    Isn't there also stuff in there that points out that YB were willing to lend £15.5 million on a restructured deal to ACL? I think it's largely accepted that without the club ACL will struggle - which I guess was at least in part the point of the bail-out. It's also clear, isn't it, that at...
  16. duffer

    Sisu to build new relationships with council and residents

    In fairness ACL let CCFC play there indefinitely without paying rent. As we've seen the sanction for not paying the rent was to go to court for a third party debt order, and then administration, this rather than cancelling the lease and licence to play. Neither of those of necessity forced the...
  17. duffer

    Getting us back to the Ricoh remains simple

    I don't think you're going to get access to revenue streams right off the bat because that's going to be a complex negotiation, but I'd agree the rental deal will have to include a commitment to serious discussions from ACL & CCC about how these can be opened up to the club, otherwise there's...
  18. duffer

    Judicial review day 3 - judgement day

    Unless it's your sister. And you're from Leicester. ;)
  19. duffer

    Judicial review day 3 - judgement day

    Not been, but I'd recommend Burton Dassett. £1.50 to park, and massive hills for them to climb up and roll down, hence they're completely knackered by the time they get home and I can watch the football in peace in the evening. You owe me a pint. :)
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