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I think the one that really brought it home to me, was when Huckerby was sold, and it was reported that he was in tears at the training ground because he didn't want to leave the club. All that stuff about players needing to show loyalty to the club kind of went out of the window that day. If...

I'm no great fan of Labour, but this was a world-wide catastrophe caused by casino banking and hedge-fund practices. They had a share of the blame, for sure, but to put it all at their door isn't logical. Do you think that a Conservative government, with an inherent dislike for...

19/25 too. I'll go and sit in the remedial group with Joy. You lot aren't telling me you didn't guess the Alf Wood question though!

I'm genuinely glad you're doing a bit better. There are plenty that aren't, and things are going to get worse: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-real-costoflivingcrisis-five-million-british-children-face-life-of-poverty-thanks-to-welfare-reforms-9442061.html Anyway, I'm...

I couldn't agree more. The simple truth is that in this country wealth inequality is increasing and not decreasing. When the five richest families in the country have the same wealth as twelve-million others put together, then there's something badly wrong...

I wouldn't dispute how you feel about it Torchy, but the truth as I see it is that they are unrelated. At the moment the bail-out isn't costing the council money, and in fact they're actually making on it. Whether that continues remains to be seen, of course. There are probably bigger...

The 1,000 people destined to lose their jobs at Coventry City Council are doing so because of cuts from central government. No one is losing their job because of CCC taking over ACL's mortgage. If I was losing my job at CCC I wouldn't sigh as I was driving past the Ricoh - but I might rage at...

Exactly right. Effectively, the FL have used their discretion to allow SISU to bypass their current regulations. All they have to do is withdraw that discretion. It doesn't force SISU to go back to ACL and negotiate a deal, but it's obviously the most likely scenario. Regardless, it's hard...

Spot on blend, I stand corrected - looks like my maths is failing too. Is it too late to be a footballer for me, 'cos I ain't going to cut it as a bookie. ;)

You've got it Wingy (4/5 on in bookie speak, iirc). But if that represented the true probability of it happening, then the bookies wouldn't make much money if they priced it that way. That's the bit that footballers don't usually grasp... ;) Given what's gone on, I'd price getting back to the...

Ah, you see you're not really understanding percentages here, at least in footy terms. As a footballer, Wallace's maximum available percentage will be 110% (Modern footballers can easily go up to 200%, btw). So when he says 80%, I'm going to assume that really he means 73%. Of course, as a...

Probably the way of all fans in fairness Torchy - but we've probably had less to enjoy than most over the last few years, might as well rejoice in the horror. ;)

Some personal experience of this: The small company that I work for was looking at some PR in Coventry for something we're releasing locally. We were thinking along the lines of matchball sponsorship for a home game at the Ricoh. There's no way we'd consider it now though - there's too much...

I'm sure the biggest revenue stream will be ticket sales. But you're not telling me that shirt sponsorship is insignificant. Bristol Rovers seem to be talking about £50k season in L2: http://www.totalfootballmag.com/other-leagues/league-two/sponsor-a-league-two-kit-for-1000/ A (dated)...

I'm not bothered about having a sponsor on the shirt - in fact aesthetically speaking I'd much rather not have one. However it is a major revenue stream for most clubs, and it does reflect on how disorganised things are for us at the moment under our current owners. I'm not surprised that fans...

Don't get me wrong mate - I hope you're right. And I'd agree entirely that pre-season results don't really mean too much one way or the other. But I do honestly foresee another season like the last one, because of how thin the squad is more than anything else. Let's see if we get a few more...

Ah, so when you said pre-season games meant nothing, what you meant was pre-season defeats meant nothing, but pre-season victories were a good indicator of progress, right? ;) Fwiw, and joking aside, I suspect we'll have a season like the last one. When everyone's fit and available at the...

It undoubtedly does all stem from the sale of HR, but that isn't why we're preparing to play at Northampton for another season.... As I see it, we're currently in Northampton because our owners are pursuing a high-risk strategy dependent on a court case appeal to support their seeming...

Take your point Rob - but I'd have thought that this should have been included in the rental. You know, a requirement to keep the pitch in good order. Which makes me wonder - do SISU ever bother looking at the contracts they sign, or do they just hope to get what they want later in court? ;)...

And mine is that having a small squad with a high composition of untested kids isn't likely to lead to success in this league. I'm not denigrating the individuals, I'm just pointing out that spinning what's going on as something positive makes little sense to me.