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Politely, I think I'm still missing the point. Are you really saying that watching CCFC on Sky is failing in some way to support NOPM? Personally, I think that's a pretty thin argument. I'd have said that the key to NOPM is to match attendance, a few thousand of us not watching Sky isn't...

I have a problem with not watching them too, but I don't for a moment believe going to the hill is just about watching the team for nothing. If Michael's said that, or believes it, I'd be amazed. To be honest I think it's completely wrong-headed and utter bullshit, but if it makes you feel...

Really. You really believe that. They go all that way to watch the game for free - and the reason they don't pay isn't because of SISU, it's because they're tightwads? That is a odd take on it, in my opinion. As for the 'Michael said so' thing, that sounds like playground stuff mate, and I...

Do really think that those who go and stand on the hill can't afford to go in? Do you really think they're going all that way because they can watch for free? C'mon. How likely is that, really. I've not been to the hill, but my understanding from those who have is that there isn't much going...

What's your point here? Does it upset you for some reason that you can see the game, or part of it, from the hill?

Thanks for that, I'd guessed it was along those lines. My mate, who went last week, said that he quite enjoyed it and that it was actually a bit like watching the game from the old West End (in that you could never really see the whole game from there either!). I'm not sure if he was being...

OK Nick, I'm still struggling in truth. I don't remember Michael ever using the phrase 'serious' or 'double serious' or asking anyone to turn up and be angry and shouty. I'm not sure that I've heard it described as a fun day either, but I suppose the idea of the picnic was perhaps to make it a...

Personally I'd say good luck to the fella. I'm guessing it's a bit chaotic at the moment, now that they've moved out of the Ricoh, and I'd guess that a little stability (plus perhaps a few more bob) would be attractive to most people at the club, certainly on the non-playing side. Who could...

Is it that you and Nick struggle with nuances, or this really a bit of a wind up? I read that as being that the mood of the people there was perhaps a little lighter than last time, not that there was anything less serious about the situation.

I'm sorry - where did I say anything like that? I've just given a pretty simple explanation of why people are standing on the hill, in response to some of the frankly ridiculous sniping from some here. Let me clear. I haven't stood on the hill, or gone to sixfields. I've got a lot of respect...

It's not just about watching the game for nothing though is it? It's a protest that highlights the fact that people want to watch their team but don't want to give the current owners any money. As for the need to be clearer as to what the KCIC/NOPM campaign was about regarding going into...

Still trying to work out if 'really learned' is a split infinitive too. Gosh, this is so much better than talking about footy. ;)

I must confess that I did have to Google it to remember, because I haven't studied grammar for thirty years or so. I'd say the OP is actually quite right to use learned instead of learnt, but it certainly got a rise which is why I did it, sorry. ;) Personally, I've learnt(ed) not to worry too...

Isn't that the key, even if the team keeps winning and another thousand (or even two thousand) come back it's still not a sustainable basis in the medium-to-long term. Personally, I'm not buying Fisher's bs - there's no way SISU continue funding this for more than a season, maybe not even that...

Yeah... some of them struggle with 'learned' or 'learnt' too. ;)

The Jimmy's Hill thing seems pretty clear to me - I've always assumed the message is this: We love the club enough to drag ourselves to Northampton, and to stand in the cold and wet with a crap view of the team. We hate SISU so much that even though we've dragged ourselves here, we're not...

Think it might take a bit more than that, but even then, I wonder how the application for planning permission might go...

Think we've been here before - the Butts as it is couldn't handle the crowds, two turnstiles and one stand to start off with. I don't think the RFC would be overly keen, the FL certainly wouldn't like it, and the pitch isn't great and gets horrid in winter. (Although I reckon it's better now...

Great post OSB. FWIW I think SISU's plan is, and has been for a while, getting their hands on the stadium for as little as possible. If the JR succeeds, then I think they'll be a bit closer to that outcome, but if it fails I think they'll be a lot further away. Given the firm terms of the...

Yep, see what you're saying entirely, and take your point that the overall value of the trade might be nil (or less!). However, if you just took the positive stuff - the TV rights, the sponsorship, the ticket sales etc, and left the liabilities, particularly the lease, then overall that...