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Not, perhaps, my most lucid post ever. :) I am reminded of the magical Chris Cattlin quote, when he was manager of Brighton "There's a rat in the camp trying to throw a spanner into the works!".

Yep, sorry Otis, that's fair comment - didn't mean to bite your head off. I apologise. I don't mean to underplay it, I know exactly how I'd feel if one of these idiots scared my kids. My mum would just thump 'em, I suspect. ;) The point I was trying to make is that the media were fanning...

No Otis, you're missing the point entirely. What I'm saying is that this is an issue that has been largely manufactured by the press who created a 'craze' when there simply wasn't one. If you're f****d off about it, go and complain to the sodding morons who manufactured it - which includes...

There were six incidents in total reported across the UK when the CET tweeted and reported "Scary Clown Craze" the day before yesterday. They must be tremendously chuffed that the publicity is working and it's starting to catch on, as it'll save them having to spend money on actual reporting...

Exactly this Nick. The CET were calling it a 'craze' when there had been precisely six incidents in the UK. Six. They're trying to create some sort of moral panic in order to make money for themselves, classic Daily Mail bullshit. Any newspaper or 'journalist' who involved themselves in this...

Just to make the point, Sport England were also a statutory consultee for the Wasps application for building on the Higgs, which fundamentally makes the CCFC Academy unworkable in it's current format. You'll notice how easy they were satisfy there. I wouldn't bank on Sport England stopping...

I'm sorry but this is rubbish. Moving to Northampton damaged the club beyond any doubt. But we could have come back from that. There's no way we can ever own the Ricoh now though, or get anything out of it beyond Wasps want to give us. And anyone who things Wasps will act in Coventry City's...

You say something like, "OK, we're prepared to sell, you can have it for £6.5m.". Compare and contrast with what was actually said to CCFC, "We want to build trust before we discuss ownership". Next.

Don't know about whataboutery, but there's a sodding huge straw man here. I find it incredible that posters who are otherwise quite intelligent struggle to spot it. There is no one on this board who is pro SISU. It's completely bloody idiotic to suggest there is. Pointing out the obvious...

If only the council had made a firm offer to sell it for the £6.5m they sold it to Wasps. If only they'd have given it time to build trust when we came back from Northampton, like they promised they would. Didn't need hindsight to see what would happen when we sold to Wasps, it was absolutely...

And that, you see, is where we disagree. SISU have screwed the club over royally, but selling the Ricoh to Wasps has finished us. The academy and the Ryton are trivial issues by comparison. You can bitch all you'd like about SISU being crap owners, and they are, but one day they will go...

You've no need to respect my opinion SBK, no other bugger does. The point is that I'm not convinced that selling the training ground per se is a terrible idea. I think it's the fact that SISU are doing it that bugs people. If Wasps hadn't bought up the Higgs centre then there was at least a...

Absolutely right. Am I also allowed to be similarly sceptical about getting involved with owners who permanently moved their club 80+ miles in that case?

I lived directly opposite the Jules Verne in 1977 - I would've been twelve at the time. You used to keep me awake, you insensitive bastard. :) (Actually, you probably didn't, and in any case my old man used to park all of his old bangers over there so we got good value for it!)

Straight question: Who the hell here is pro-SISU? Where is this pro SISU club, and does it serve alcohol? As for Ryton, from the club's point of view I couldn't care over much about selling it as long as we've got somewhere with broadly similar facilities to train. However I entirely accept...

Nah - I'd say he's somewhere between 90 and 180 degrees - i.e. Obtuse. :)

I'm still of the opinion that an older goalie with more experience would suit this team more. It's not just about raw goalkeeping ability, it's also about organising the defence (which is also fairly young in parts). Both RCC and Burge make me nervous in all honesty.

It's embarrassing mate, give it up. You're bought and paid for, if you ever gave a toss about the club I seriously doubt you'd do anything now to go against the franchise that puts money in your pocket. If you had any decency you'd put the word 'advertisement' in your footer. You've sold...

Torchy will not be happy when he sees this thread, unless it's that Eric Black is off to spend some time at Her Majesty's pleasure that is.

I don't think there's any doubt that TM made some mistakes, not least of which was getting the recruitment wrong this season - he was man enough to admit that. However the club is in chaos, and the sheer number of managers we've burnt through must show that it isn't all down to poor management...