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Then they haven't learned mate, because CCFC leaving the city forever is a lot worse than we have now, and what the Council have done has just made it a lot more likely. They could've offered the same deal to CCFC that they offered to Wasps. They could have insisted on some contractual...

That's what bugs me Otis. All this time I've stuck up for the council and Higgs against SISU, I think with at least some degree of justification, and then they do this. It's just so hasty and ill-judged. It's like Wasps came and did a presentation to the Councillors along the lines of, we'll...

They couldn't wriggle out of the 2+2 deal to the club anyway, it's contractual. They could've taken the SISU way and wound ACL up I suppose, but then neither they nor Higgs would make any money. So, in terms of the council's 'deal breakers' what guarantees did they put in place to protect...

Ah no, they're only supporting franchise sport in rugby according to Cllr Maton. Possibly. And the future of CCFC at the Ricoh, turns out that's down to whatever deal they can do with Wasps. Clearly the council hasn't done anything concrete to protect CCFC or CRFC, despite any risk to either...

There's always a first time :)

The clear the debt, takover ACL, and extend the lease was broadly speaking Fisher's 'roadmap', I think. Regardless, I can't see any reason why the Wasps deal couldn't have been put forward to the club. Whatever JS or TF may or may not have said, it looks like the club might've been interested...

Ah no, now I'm not SISU's biggest fan, but I'm pretty sure that TF suggested a long-leasehold is pretty much the same as ownership. http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/buying-land-new-coventry-city-6404266 As I've said before, notwithstanding SISU's continued statements...

Got to love it -- the liquidator, Appleton, is on holiday again. Probably just me, but I've got an image of him hacking through the jungles of central america, whip and revolver in hand, still in search of the Golden Share. :)

Where it goes wrong is if you're taking a top-division team away from their historic fanbase, and moving it to (say) Telford. That means that those fans, which for the real Wasps seems to include around 7,000 die hards, are deprived of watching their team play at the top level. Unless you're...

I don't think Higgs 'invited' the offer, fwiw. Because CCFC Ltd were still in existence, I think they were contractually obliged to allow that entity to make an offer for the share. The tricky thing is, are they contractually obliged to accept it - or can they just hand it over to their...

Y'see as someone who lived in West London, and Slough(!) - I wouldn't really differentiate geographically between Sudbury and QPR (or QPR and Brentford for that matter). And hacking out to Wycombe wouldn't be great either - but at least it's the right side of town and not the worst place to get...

Barton as a libero, eh. Posh word for sweeper. Which in itself is a posh word for a centre-half that doesn't mark. Or tackle. ;) Joking aside, it might work for Barton in a 3-5-2... maybe... just. :)

Credit where credit's due - the club do at least seem to be listening and trying on the pricing and other issues.

This would be the poll run by BT Sport, right? I watched the Wasps v Bath game (splitter!), but didn't notice the poll - I think they said that during the show it had been 50/50 on twitter. Interesting, given of course that most of the die-hard fans were actually at the game watching live...

Hi Dai, you must be the only one here who does respect my opinion, so thanks for that. :) Honestly, if it had been me at the council I simply wouldn't have countenanced the offer from Wasps, because of the franchise issue. But leaving that huge moral showstopper aside, I think the way I...

I can see the point about the 'streaking contest' - clearly the Ricoh had done other, better business than that. Which presumably is why Ann Lucas had described ACL as profitable and sustainable right up until the point that the Wasps franchise offer came along, at which point it turned out...

Fair enough - clearly my sense of humour bypass operation has been a complete success. ;)

That's not quite right FP, sorry. In plenty of places, including Coventry, rugby is still a working man's sport, largely supported by the same sort of people who go to football. In fact at Cov RFC it seems like every other person I bump into either used to, or still does go to watch CCFC. The...

I think, like the Council, there are a few people kidding themselves here. You can go and look at the stats for yourselves... http://www.premiershiprugby.com/matchcentre/fixtures/fixtures.php?includeref=9229&season=2013-2014 The only team that get anything like 'decent' attendances by...

£6.73/hour. Not far above minimum wage. If you're fresh out of Uni and just starting out in journalism, I guess that's what they can get away with paying. I can't believe anyone with 18 months experience would work for that, but then it's not my field of expertise. I'll stick to the bins and...