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I'd completely disagree with your opinion that protesting on the Hill has no benefit. Regardless, you're obviously welcome to hold that opinion. Michael's made a call based on the facts he's got to hand at the moment, I'd guess. As someone who's taken the time and effort to actually organise...

I think SISU should do an independent valuation of CCFC, and Hoff/PH4/Dhinsa should do one too, and then SISU should be forced to sell for the mean of the two values regardless of whether they want to or need to, or whether it even makes sense. That's how these things work, isn't it? ;)

Who are your sources RFC? Might they have the initials ML and TF, perhaps.

Wasn't it amazing, the atmosphere around the club at that time. Great timing for me, it was really my first complete season where I managed to go every game. I remember how exciting it was - I used to get in as soon as the gates opened, sit next to my mate who was a steward, and just watch the...

Indeed, the alternative is renting at Sixfields. C'mon Rob, out with it, why won't they rent the Ricoh? I can't see how it's so easy to accept the frankly pathetic argument of 'they just don't want to, OK'.

Ah no, I think I've grasped it just fine thanks. It's just a bit funny how it wasn't an issue for so long, and then suddenly became an issue, and then it wasn't just access to the revenue but the freehold too. I think you haven't grasped the original question. Why can't they accept a...

They're renting one now. And the net cost is far higher than the Ricoh. So again, why don't they want to move back, even temporarily?

Wrong on every count there RFC, though good effort. ACL weren't at the recent High Court hearing, that was Higgs v SISU. CCC have a 50% share in ACL, so are entitled to a say into what happens with the company, so not exactly manipulation. Also, how do you know where Weber Shandwick sit in...

Yep, I'd agree with you there - I doubt SISU sue Higgs directly if there's no claim first, although given SISU's prediliction for legal threats I wouldn't put anything past them. As to the article, I must confess I hadn't noticed anything one sided in the CET coverage, but I haven't analysed it...

The club had access to the revenue streams via the half-share in ACL. The one that they had to sell to the AEHC because they were going bust. The one that SISU didn't bother trying to buy back until years after they'd arrived on the scene, and even then on buy-now, pay-later terms. If it was...

Erm, they did sue a charity - that was the point of the counterclaim. They weren't obliged to make a counterclaim, they could just have defended the original claim.

Actually, ACL are named as an interested party in the JR. I'd guess the reason they're done making offers though is that SISU have made it plain that they are not willing to entertain any.

Ah, the pie money. There's probably no deal on revenue access - but from a purely commercial view they'd still be in a far better position with 10,000 at the Ricoh than 1,500 at sixfields, obviously. And who knows, they might even be able to negotiate for some revenue access, it seems it was on...

The rent deal that SISU 'agreed' to, signed HoT and everything. http://www.ricoharena.com/news/acl-statement-february/ £400k with £300k arrears written off, access to matchday revenues, and a deal to pay back remaining arrears over a period of time. Then apparently an even better one during...

Absolutely, they're not bailing it out, they're just building it for them. Wait a sec, didn't our council do just this for the Ricoh. And there you are above, seemingly saying you wished they hadn't. Which way do you want it Ian? Do you want the council to subsidise football teams by, say...

Take your point entirely, although I'm sure that the Council would have been slaughtered here and elsewhere for not helping the club had they taken that decision, (probably by many of those here who clearly believe that the council are actively working against the club). It also sticks in my...

What evidence, precisely?

A fair point, but then there's enough evidence in the Higgs trial as to SISU's method of 'negotiating' to draw conclusions as to why Fisher's roadmap failed, and why things like getting the bank debt for half-price didn't look likely either. That would seem to refute a fair amount of SISU's JR...

I'm not disputing that HoT was agreed, or that it obviously failed. But you're piling into the Council here and blaming them for the failure, unless I'm mistaken, and I'm pointing out that that's an opinion based on what you've heard from one side. As the Higgs case shows, that's a mistake to...

Ah, you see my background is neo-brutalist, where the focus is on the front cover and the readers' wives, rather than the author. :) Edit: Smiley added, just in case.