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I'm hoping we can make in into a European court this year. As well as it being a terrific away day, until you've tested yourself yourself against some of the best judges in the world you can't really say that you've made it. Plus, financially, it's a different league. :)

Ooh, you bitter old cynic you. You're the sort of bloke who could watch "Lassie Come Home" and not cry. It's going to happen. We're coming back. Almost, definitely, probably, possibly, certain. Ish. ;)

Ah, now that does sound a bit more like it. Finally, some hope... :)

Hmm. Good and bad here. Bad: The intent to appeal and drag all of this out still further. Good: Is that a tiny chink of light in the possiblity of at least a temporary rental deal with ACL? That's almost encouraging. ;)

It's a lot more than that, Stu, the judge gives a fairly detailed breakdown of the chain of events and what he sees as SISU's plan and motivation. It's fairly damning of SISU, I'd say, but have a read and see what you think for yourself. You'll want to make yourself a cuppa first, it's 46...

There's real merit in that. A media ceasefire would be a really good idea, where all sides just agree to sit down together and discuss stuff peacefully (non-disclosure agreements all round), and everyone promises not to say anything nasty about anyone else in public regardless of how right or...

Right. I hope we've got the JR circus out of the way for a bit now, and that SISU aren't granted leave to appeal to keep it running a bit longer. What needs to happen now is an unambiguous offer from ACL for a low-rent short-term deal, accompanied with proper discussions on what can be offered...

As a bitter old cynic, can I just make the point that the people building the station won't have any say in the type or frequency of the trains that run on it. I'm happy to stick a fiver on the fact that we'll get a shiny new station halt, serviced by one train an hour* that's appoximately the...

Didn't OSB point out that ACL (in their last set of accounts) had a fair amount of cash in the bank and were signed off by the auditors without any 'going concern' warnings. Now obviously the cash flow etc. only covers the last accounting period, but it hardly suggests that they are on the...

Fair play to you mate - I know the rugby ain't for everyone. Obviously it'd be better watching footy at the Ricoh, but I can't see it happening in all honesty. Hope I'm wrong, it wouldn't be the first time. :)

Regardless of how good or bad the offer is from Michael's backers, or how well or poorly it's been handled, I think the blunt truth of it is that SISU are not currently prepared to discuss coming to back to the Ricoh on a rental deal. (I don't think that's acceptable, or it's for the good of...

Actually, I think it's more like return on a short-term deal with at least some of the rent paid for you. Whilst you're there, negotiate for what you need, or build the new stadium. That's nothing like throwing in the towel, and there's nothing naive about the idea - it would actually make...

Entirely too much bullshit flying around all this. ML won't meet in person, MO won't talk on the phone. Michael, if you're not willing to speak to ML on the phone, then can you hand the reins over to someone who will, please? Similarly, if there's anyone reading this from the club, then can...

No, that's fair enough I guess. I take your point. I'm still of the opinion that SISU don't want to talk about the offer, and what Michael's done would be entirely reasonable in normal circumstances. However there's nothing normal about SISU and the way they do business. Having thought this...

Understand where you're coming from, but then in fairness I can't understand why ML won't make the offer via email. For reference again, contact has been established, assuming Michael's being honest. I can only believe that there isn't any serious intent on ML's behalf to discuss this matter...

That's not a bad approach Nick. So being cynical, I can see why ML/SISU might want to avoid a meeting to talk about a rent deal whilst at the same time pretending that they're willing to discuss things. Being cynical, why would Michael pretend to be avoiding a meeting?

It's almost laughable, isn't it. Presumably Chiellini had someone bite him on various parts of his body so that he could engineer a contact with Suarez's mouth at a key point in the game, and then show the ref a scar. It's fairly well established that Suarez is a cheat, and clearly this was...

Isn't it fairly clear that no time or venue has been offered by ML. I presume he could easily do so via email. Did he need to sort out those other meetings via a phone call, Nick?

Just out of interest, Nick. When ML made contact with regard to meeting people from this forum - did he insist on a phone call to sort it all out?

Where's the spin. Do SISU want to meet Michael or not? Are you saying that Michael and the other players are just pretending that they want to meet ML?