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How hard did the club really try to keep Murphy? I'd say you're not really trying to keep him if you're ignoring his suggestion that it's decided before the end of the season (per earlier article). If you're trying to keep him, you make an offer at that point. It's absolutely crystal clear...

Unfortunately you don't get a Wilson every season, do you? Some of the kids might come good, equally some might fade away. There's a general theory that almost all kids will have a dip in form and need taking out of the team for a while for their own benefit. Hard to do that with our current...

I just take the SISU approach. I'm sorry but I can't hear what any of you are saying because I'm here on behalf of another company. ;)

Possibly - although I think it's just as likely that Pressley was told he'd have to get rid of anyone on a half-decent salary. As for being 31 and past it, I guess that doesn't apply to Tudgay. I'm all for optimism, but to pitch all of the changes over the summer as being about improving the...

Keeping it in the public eye is no bad thing, surely? A little bit of pressure on all sides, but especially the FL, couldn't hurt - imho.

I see your point, but wouldn't Wilson or Clarke going free up funds for Tudgay (and a bit besides). Really he's replacing one of them, rather than Baker, no?

Did the club offer him a contract before the end of the season? Or did our "trying to keep him" not quite go that far?

I'm sorry, but that's not quite right. Murphy came out and said quite clearly that he wanted to get something sorted before the end of the season, and understood he might need to take a pay cut. In response, the club didn't even make him an offer before the end of the season. He hardly had...

Their overall position isn't being strengthened by losing this case and having to find upwards of £500k in combined costs. SISU clearly did not go to court with the intention of losing. If their investors are being paid interest (and that's not entirely obvious from the books at the...

Clearly you're not from round these parts. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda. Easy. ;)

Incidentally, I couldn't find the original story (with the judge's quotes) without Google's help - it's here: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/judge-refuses-sisu-appeal---7507922 The court documents are here: (costs)...

Yep, that's a fair point mate, and I wouldn't deny it - although both Brighton's and Rotherham's circumstances were slightly different perhaps. I think what might make the FL be somewhat more stern is the sheer amount of stuff going against SISU at the moment. The fans are still (largely)...

To suggest that SISU went to court with the intention of losing the case is ludicrous. If they were so determined to lose, why did they try to have so much additional evidence entered just before the case started. Why pay for an army of expensive barristers when one cheap one would have done...

It'll have to get through the Court of Appeal and possibly the Supreme Court first. Neither is obliged to refer to the European courts unless the law isn't clear, as I understand it. The Supreme court isn't obliged to take the case either - losing at court doesn't automatically give you the...

Similarly, what ACL are asking for is also quite proper and within the law that protects me and you and everyone. They're asking that a case that will specifically damage their business, and which has already incurred significant costs to them (and has been lost), be dropped. There's nothing...

Yep, I see exactly what you're saying and it makes good sense. I wouldn't want to stop anyone seeking respite through the courts either, unless I thought perhaps that it was being used as a bullying tactic rather than a genuine appeal for justice. Regardless, I guess what I'd say though, is...

ACL are a named party in the JR, which is why they had a barrister in court for it. It's simply impossible to claim that the court case doesn't threaten them directly. To me it's blindingly obvious that there cannot be a deal whilst SISU press on with the appeal. If you want CCFC back at the...

What utter bollocks, frankly. There's no one trying to sound important, just some people trying to get answers and passing on information. The London supporters club is well established and well supported, and well known to the club, more to the point. Their annual meetings are probably as...

You're not the only poster, but I think you probably are in the minority. And politely, I can see why. At the moment SISU are attacking ACL and threatening their business with the insistence on continued court action. And yet you, and a few others here are saying that ACL are "blackmailing"...

In fairness, I think the F&B has to be subject to negotiation, like everything else. The club sold the F&B rights, to expect them back for nothing is perhaps a little unreasonable. Like all of this, there are probably shades of grey. If the club weren't playing at the Ricoh, could ACL make...