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Precisely my point, and maybe they have different requirements as a result. Do you know? I'd have thought if they'd got something else arranged they would have just said 'no', in truth. But it's always good to get a bit of lazy sniping in when you can - it reminds me not to bother taking...

You were made to feel like a scab because of something going on over 35 miles away? You must have great hearing. And you didn't actually attend the charity game, but you choose to describe it in perjorative terms based on a few moments of mobile phone footage. If you felt guilty for going to...

I think that's probably the key - something is different. I notice that it's the FA going to ACL rather than the ladies team trying to hire it direct. Maybe the FA insisted on something different. I can see how a night game would be more expensive than a day game, but obviously not to this...

Right - the 10,000+ supporters who aren't going to Sixfields and haven't done in every game since the opening day are sheep. If you want to go to sixfields, you go mate. Just don't pretend that the rest of us aren't going because we're sheep - that's bullshit and you know it.

Absolutely, that used to drive me nuts. The whole system seemed to be designed to extract as little money as possible from people, whilst simultaneously causing them the most aggravation. I liked to call it the Ricoh Order Prevention System. I would have spent a lot more on food and beer at...

In your opinion. Plenty of of others, including me, would say you're talking rubbish. And let's not forget all of the other games at Sixfields where the attendance was pathetic. When the team come back to Coventry, they'll have my support at home games - until then and like the other 80-90% of...

All politics aside, the automated turnstiles were a bit of a farce weren't they. They always had to have someone stood either inside or next to them it seemed, I can't see how it saved very much money, personally.

Yep, not disputing that mate. I just wonder if the BCFA said something like you've got be ready for 5,000 or something. If they didn't then why can't they play at Bedworth, which would surely suit both teams better, and as you say could be stewarded by a handful at most (which is what CCLFC...

Not sure about CT mate. In fairness you'll have seen a lot more of him than I have this season, but the few games I have seen this year, and a few more last year suggested to me that he's got some real promise. I doubt he's on a fortune, I'd be tempted to stick with him and see if he comes good.

I don't know for CCFC, were they paid direct by the club? For the ladies team I doubt they've got paid-for stewards for example. Is this about the costs for the ladies game, or the overall costs of running ACL when CCFC were there?

Staff & stewarding is the most obvious one I'd say.

I suppose in fairness there's a difference in costs between hosting a match with a handful of specatators, and hosting one where perhaps they're expecting a lot more. If they're not expecting a lot of spectators, then why couldn't they use the Bedworth Oval as an alternative (where they used to...

If it comes to dealing with WUMs like Grendel, then rope-a-dope would seem to be particularly apposite, and I don't think I'm in need of any help with regard to him. To be honest I just ignore him, fwiw, though it cheers me up that I still get under his skin from time to time. Petty, I know...

You're going to have to go back to OSB and DazzleTommyDazzle to get a full understanding of value and how difficult that is to determine, but basically the value of the Higgs share is what a seller is prepared to sell for, and a buyer is prepared to pay. At the moment Higgs don't have to sell...

What's stopping us returning to the Ricoh mate, is SISU. They could come back tomorrow and make more than they ever would at NTFC, even under the £1.2m agreement. And they could still build their new stadium too, if they wanted to. The fact that they won't should tell you everything you need...

Once again Nick, the people to blame for the decrease in value of the charity's investment are exactly the same as those trying to purchase it for less than the charity want to accept! The charity want a set amount for their share, and they think with or without the club it's worth it. Why...

Your contention here is that ACL has no value to Higgs, which is an opinion and not one that stacks up particularly well in the face of the facts. You don't think the charity should bail out millionaire owners, but you would have Higgs sell to SISU at below the value they wish to receive. It...

I'll buy it for a quid, and then I'll roll over on all of the debts, take admin and start again afresh. Since the debtors are primarily SISU of course they may not wish to sell it. Such is life. Caveat emptor.

There is no 'fair value' here Nick. The charity put £6.5m in and the asking price was (briefly) £5.5m. I think most people agree that the charity shouldn't be forced to help out the club - so why should they now, when SISU are attempting to distress ACL, sell for an average 'independent...

Which might apply if the charity had bought the share to make some sort of massive profit out of it, as oppose to rescue the club. I think what you actually meant to put in here wasn't 'caveat emptor' as much as 'tough shit', because I appreciate that you don't really care too much about the...