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It's a bit like having a job at the sewage works - we're always in the sh*t, it's just the level that varies. ;)

In fairness the article is dated today - but you could well be right.

This is pretty poor, imho, but then I started thinking has anyone been offered a new contract yet? I'm seriously beginning to wonder if everything is on hold until after the JR. Is the end nigh?

Ah - OK, so we're back to the roadmap, in essence. I think that's a three-way negotiation, rather than something that the Council can do unilaterally. I'm after what Rob wants the Council to do - in other words what he'd tell Ann Lucas to do, had he the chance...

Chief, I'm not sure how that would work, but I'd certainly like it explained. ACL aren't controlled or wholly-owned by the Council, and currently hold the lease - so that would have to be broken by CCC, presumably with compensation. Similarly, as long as ACL can pay their way, only they can...

Just to be clear here then Rob, what you're saying is that the Council should give a 125-year lease to SISU, and in effect wind-up ACL, correct? I'm not trying to pretend that you're saying that this should be done for nothing by the way, I'd accept you've never said that - but I'm trying to...

Take your point - but a tribunal is going to have to decide on a 'fair valuation' of him. So if anyone asks, you and I and everyone else here are in total agreement that he's a world-beater, right. Cough up the ten million, Huddersfield, or we're coming up there to take your stadium away. ;)

Never say never, but I take your point. Three epic mistakes led us here, imho: 1) Selling HR 2) Selling the 50% share to Higgs 3) Not buying back the 50% share, ASAP Could it be that out of the carnage, there is a route back? A deal, one day, between all of the parties for the good of the...

Not insurmountable, but not easy either. And I don't think either Northern Ireland or South Africa were solved by binding arbitration either, were they? That was kind of a long drawn out process of negotiation with all sides showing good faith - you know without one side taking the other to...

I've no issue with binding arbitration, but I think there are a few things here to consider. The first one is the scope - what are we talking about buying & selling here? ACL, the council's share in ACL, the Higgs share in ACL, the Ricoh freehold encumbered, Ricoh unencumbered, surrounding...

Excellent point Nick. But then is it their home ground? They've played at the Ricoh this season too, remember. I suspect it's a matter of agreement between the sides, and the FA, but it could explain it. Won't someone just tell us! ;)

I'm saying that you get all grumpy when people take against SISU, and that you've tried to pretend that it's "orchestrated" because it hurt your feelings (Nuremburg Rally, ffs!). Then I'm saying that you're OK, because that isn't likely to occur at Sixfields, because clearly most people there...

This I agree with completely. I suppose that ACL do want to keep pricing secret - most companies do when there's a possible differential that customers might get awkward about, but I'd love to know the reason behind the increase. It could be that BCFA could tell us what they asked for, and why...

Let's ask them Nick! C'mon, if ML really isn't scared of any awkward questions then people like OSB are exactly who the club should be talking to. If they can convince him that they've got a plan I'd buy it for sure!

Fuck all to do with Kestrels though, is it? As you know, CCLFC have used the Ricoh a number of times, as have others. Let's be honest, neither you nor I know why ACL have chosen to charge that much this time - you've made up your mind though, without troubling yourself too much with any...

Right, so not orchestrated then, just that you, personally, didn't like it. Maybe you should stay away from large gatherings of CCFC supporters, they seem to upset you rather. You'll be OK at Sixfields though. ;)

Yeah, and those mints they put in those funny shaped bowls taste awful too. Good to see that you wash your hands though, well brought up obviously. ;)

'Well-orchestrated'? Were you ordered to shout 'SISU Out' at gunpoint? Could it be, perhaps, that what went on at the march reflected the majority of popular opinion at that time?

Until the JR is done and dusted, I still don't really see what the council can do, or say for that matter. The council (officers and councillors) take the line that their legal advisors have told them not to comment. I know that Rob doesn't agree with this, the argument being that sub judice...

Ooh that's a golden snippet, Nick - they won't deal with OSB? That sounds an awful lot to me like it's because they're scared someone might ask really awkward questions.