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For what it's worth, I don't think Fisher saying that the stadium will take less than a year to build necessarily implies that it will be a temporary structure. I think it's possible that you could build a 'standard' out-of-the-box permanent stadium pretty quickly these days - how that sits...

What Brian said, really. I trust SP will be printing this out and attaching it to the dressing room door. :D

Ah, got it - thanks gents. At a billion for Champions League football, it must be the most expensive loss leader ever! Surely this can't be sustainable?

I'm with you almost 100% on everything you've posted above, except that I think that a club has to pay its way and shouldn't expect any help from the taxpayer. I'm not just talking about us here, btw - any business that can afford to pay its staff six or seven-figure salaries shouldn't be...

Why mate? Why won't it happen? Why should we pretend that there isn't a deal on the table that makes good sense for the club.

I'm not saying it wouldn't work, but there's no need to tie moving back into the Ricoh into any conditions that I can see. The simple fact is that by moving back, the club makes more money. At the point they're back they can start negotiating about anything they want. If that doesn't pan out...

Actually, what I was doing is shooting down the tired old argument that all this is the Council's/ACL's fault because they spoke to Preston Haskell (after all of the things I've listed). What you're doing is expanding the argument to where we go round in circles about the earlier stuff -...

Sounds like three-years to me. http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/sisu-boss-joy-seppala-rejects-6363684 Even if it was ten years - at £100k/pa the buy out should the club choose to build a new stadium (presuming it couldn't negotiate for more of what it wants at the...

And once again we descend into madness. At what point did Cov CC/ACL talk to Haskell. Was it before or after SISU stopped paying the bills? Before or after TF shook hands on a reduced rent? Before or after the club had a third-party debt order placed against it by the court? Before or after...

What were the terms of the offer to (or rather via) the FL again? Would CCFC be better off financially under this deal, or not?

There is no "yeah, but" here. Again, I'm really amazed by the logic here. The rental deal was made to the FL so that everyone was aware there was an offer and what the nature of the it was. Does anyone here really believe that if SISU had agreed to accept the offer (or even talk about it)...

Just to pick you up on this NW, I presume you're talking about the latest rent offer made via the FL? To me, that offer was made via the FL so that SISU couldn't deny it - it seems obvious to me. Do you think that ACL would make the offer to the FL and then withdraw it if SISU accepted it?

Can we just be clear here - the Council does not have a controlling interest in ACL. I can't understand why there's so much confusion around this. They can't wind up or sell ACL all on their own. You're asking the council to do something that they simply can't do. You're also conflating the...

Higgs tried that - SISU left them with tens of thousands of pounds of costs. That court case is coming up in April. In the meantime, SISU's court case against the Council is coming up in June. On that basis, I think SISU may have to earn a bit of trust with the respective parties (and vice...

Mate, everything comes in cycles. In ten years time everyone will be playing on mudbaths, using 2-stone medicine balls, and have two very big lads up front. For the first time ever, the F.A. are ahead of the curve. Embrace the horror. ;)

I'm not sharing my topless waitress with anyone. I insist on (at the very minimum) a one to one ratio, this rising to two to one if I buy a ticket in the main stand. I shall inform Ms Garlick forthwith. :D

Actually, didn't those original Arena 2000 plans call for a capacity of 60,000 or so? Good Lord, what were we drinking.

Now you're getting it. ;)

If you were going to build it, and rely on attendance and revenue from those attendees to pay back all of the debt it would involve, then it's going to take a very, very long time if you limit it to only 15,000. But if you're not going to build it, you might as well plan for 100,000 and a...

In fairness, I'm not sure it matters. I'd rather have the Trust (or someone like that) on this committee so that we've got the hope of feedback without the spin. Obviously, once this all goes down the pan, I'd expect all of the members of the committee to have their heads shaved and be marched...