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Then it wouldn't seem that there would be much point in a tribunal, would there. I think you're making some pretty big assumptions here.

I'm guessing you struggle to understand that you're not actually being very funny when you come out with this kind of bollocks, no? When peoples eyes glaze over when you're telling another hilarious anecdote (maybe about someone wearing a tin-foil hat, or being sued for something), there's a...

Actually, it is unlawful if it's cost a bloke his job for it. And if that's the standard you want from your press and your council, then we differ hugely, because I expect the council to tell the truth, and the local press to hold them to proper scrutiny. If you're willing to accept less then...

It certainly helps, yes. To me your initial post read an awful lot like, "Nick you ought to be worried about this thread and reporting what Reid has said". Of course, if you disagreed with what Reid has said, then sowing that seed of doubt would have been a handy tool to stifle debate about it...

According to Reid, it would seem that the Coventry City Council and the editor of the CET prevented him from reporting the intention of Coventry City Council to bail-out ACL to the sum of £14.4m. If you're happy with that, then fair enough, but personally I'd see that as entirely unacceptable.

If you're going to chuck this sort of stuff about, then let's have some examples please. Of course, even if Reid had written something once that you didn't agree with, it doesn't mean that what he's said about the ACL/CCC/CET saga is a lie. I'll also make the point (fwiw) that at some...

If you keep quiet about it, I'll let you have a ride in my new speedboat. ;)

I'm not clear here, were you behind SISU when they took this line against the Sky Blue Trust with regard to linking to the Conn article critical of our owners? It's just I'm not sure here whether you're standing up for free speech, or only standing up for the free speech that you agree with.

My sincere hope is that all of this comes out in the tribunal regarding unfair dismissal that I believe is progressing. I've no issue with Simon here, who is fully entitled to support his current employer, but there's a slightly different take on the saga here...

It's generally counter-productive to lie in negotiations I'd say, unless you're happy to take the risk that the other side will walk away completely if you're found out. You can negotiate pretty strongly without the need to lie, if you think about it. And as far as I'm aware, you can't just...

If this doesn't damage your faith in the ability of Ann Lucas and Coventry City Council to run the city and do business in an open and honest way, then you are far more trusting than me. When the council stepped in to bail-out ACL to the tune of £14.4 million, the Council were absolutely clear...

I saw that bit too. I'm not calling for Pressley's head, but there was something odd about that conversation - it looked very much as though Pressley was yelling at the player (Madine?) to do something, and the player wasn't convinced at all. I'm probably reading too much into it, but it...

Spot on - that's exactly what's happening imho. We're down to the hard core now, and even that's going to dwindle the longer we remain fiddling around at the bottom of a very poor division. I'd guess the majority of our fans have long since had enough of our owners but are simply resigned to it...

The court administered justice. And there's no confusion here, Evans legally has got every right to play football again, and the supporters and sponsors that he's going to represent have got every right to say that they don't want him because of his previous conviction (and possibly subsequent...

Whitewash, more likely. ;)

It was either that, or blow them on the offer of the free pizza and large bottle of coke. Tough decision. ;)

I think a quick point to make regarding Evans is that it isn't an appeal - he's had one of those, and the conviction was upheld. This is a case review, very unusual and not something he'd be likely to get if he wasn't high-profile and didn't have a lot of money behind him. I don't think it's...

The council are going to look a bit daft if it ends up in a few years time with Wasps getting 7,000 - 10,000 for fewer games at the Ricoh, and CCFC playing outside Coventry (or worse, not existing at all). How exactly is that going to help the city? Sorry, been trying to avoid all of this -...

To go back to the OP the published facts are that on the return from Northampton the council stated that time was needed to rebuild the relationship with the club before talking about ownership. Within a few weeks the council, in secret, under the cover of NDAs, then sold to Wasps. If...

Just to bring this briefly back to the OP, at the end of the day we're all city fans. We're in the fairly unique situation though of not just being able to grumble about the players, the manager, and our owners, but also a whole bunch of third-parties like CCC, ACL, Higgs and now Wasps...