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Damn. And I'd have gotten away with it if it hadn't been for you meddling kids. :)

Bugger. Perhaps I shouldn't have sent him the wife's bank account details. ;)

I think in fairness to CET/Simon Gilbert it's fair enough to report it straight and then leave us to draw our own judgements. That's what what we do for everyone else's pronouncements after all. Plus there's not a lot else going on at the moment is there? The calm before the storm, perhaps...

In fairness to our current owners, we've always sold our best players to 'bigger' clubs. Of course, now that we're at the level we're at it's hard to accept that clubs like Huddersfield are bigger than us, but in terms of league position and available funds I'm afraid I think they are. More...

Just to add, whatever the loss of direct revenue from ticket sales you should probably add the possible impact as the result of those who drift away from the club forever, or the kids who never start supporting the club. It's basically a pretty big gamble, financially, SISU's tactics. The...

Very true Brian - at least 57% of statistics are made up, apparently. ;)

From the transcript: MR JUSTICE LEGGATT: ... These days, the usual approach is not, as it once was, to treat the counterclaim and the claim independently; it's to look overall at who the winner is and it seems to me that this is a case which has effectively ended as a nil-all draw, if I'm...

There wasn't anyone trying to buy it - despite it apparently being key to CCFC's future. So, other than selling to someone who had no interest in purchasing, what else did the charity do wrong?

Indeed and in what way were the charity responsible? Was it for coming to the rescue when the club had nowhere else to turn, or refusing to sell at a discount under an inadequately secured buy-now, pay later plan?

If Coventry City hadn't been run by such a bunch of chancers the Charity would never have had to step in, so talk of motive is just an absolute nonsense to me. "I know", thought Ms Higgs, "we'll let the club run itself into the ground, and offer them a pittance for their share now, and then ask...

You know Torch is angry when he talks about people getting their 'knickers in a twist'. I'd absolutely agree that this is 'doing something', my concern is that it's doing the wrong thing.

She laid out the reasons for making the claim, and accepted the judge's decision - in what way was it 'brushed over'?

Don't know the chap personally - but anyone shifting around between parties doesn't generally come across as too committed to their political beliefs to me. Having said that, I dug this up if anyone's interested - obviously he's been concerned about CCC funding the Ricoh for some time...

Was a Labour Councillor, then went to Lib Dems. Also ran unsuccesfully for MP as a Lib Dem in 2010. I can't help but feel that there's a hint of political opportunism about this chap, but maybe that's unfair. It is only my opinion, fwiw.

The problem is NW, when the football club chooses to take itself away, what else are you going to do if you run ACL. I think they've always said that they want the club back - although I know the "sideshow" comments irked you. In fairness I read that as the current situation being like a...

Quite. I couldn't give a monkey's about what ACL does to make a few bob in the absence of the team. The only thing I'd rather they didn't do is bring in something permanent that stops the team returning. That is at least until that avenue is permanently closed by CCFC building their own...

<====== Gets my vote, never put a foot wrong for us. Immaculate. Check out the avatar. ;)

Blimey, that's both me and you, and me and Rob agreeing - and all within a few minutes. I'm getting out of here before it all goes horribly wrong. 'Night! ;)

Blimey, then we agree, broadly speaking. Apart from the "billion times" thing, which is clearly an exaggeration. I've told you a million times Rob, don't exaggerate. ;)

I don't think that most businesses that deal with the council take the same approach as SISU in fairness, so I doubt they're too worried. To paint SISU as injured innocents in all this is a bit daft, imho. We can see how they tried to negotiate, and what happened to CCFC Ltd and its debts and...