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Good point. From a personal point of view I wouldn't be unhappy to see thing go pop, football's gone mad over money. Doubt we'll (CCFC) see much of that of that £1bn - it doesn't exactly trickle down to the lower clubs does it, let alone grass-roots football where the whole thing starts. Most...

Yep, that's my feeling too. Personally speaking, I can't bring myself to go to MK Dons. What happened to Wimbledon and their fans was simply hideous, and I'll never be able to put money over the counter there. It's also far to close to our current situation for comfort. I appreciate others...

I don't doubt that both sides try to avoid awkward questions. But then I think that SISU have far, far more to answer than ACL. To your specific point though, Lucas and Reeves didn't need to show. The club was in administration, and the dispute was about rent at that point. ACL sent two...

Spot on. I'd like to know if the rent offer of £150k is still open, partly because I'm curious and partly because it's further evidence of SISU's unreasonableness that I'd like to see proven or otherwise. However, like you say, the truth of it is it's of little relevance - SISU don't want to...

Oof... there's something rather poignant about that picture. The pitch looks perfect. Wonder how Northampton's will look by February with both teams playing there....

I think I used that phrase because SISU will claim they've done a valuation, I fear a rather low one. I think the Council's value will be based on at least what has been put in so far, money that they might reasonably 'expect' to recover. They'd also, not unreasonably imho, expect the value of...

Would love to say 'Yes', but think the gap between the SISU valuation and the Council expectation will be too high, even if everything else was magically aligned (like what SISU would do with the freehold, what would happen to ACL, etc.). Think it's more likely that we'll see movement in the...

I've been wondering about this too. I think this is the key law.... "Section 123 of the Local Government Act 1972 enshrines the statutory duty on local authorities to achieve best value in the context of land disposals. It says that a local authority may dispose of land held by it in any...

Nothing to do with distance for me. If I went to Northampton I'd feel like I was supporting our owner's decision to move us out of Coventry, and as italiahorse said, actually prolonging how long it will take to resolve the situation. I'd feel exactly the same if we were playing anywhere other...

Oh great, now you tell me. I've just ordered another one. ;) Kipper ties are still in though, right? "I used to be with 'it', but then they changed what 'it' was. Now what I'm with isn't 'it', and what's 'it' seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you, too!" (Grandpa Simpson).

If we'd had supporter ownership before then, we probably wouldn't have been at the point of going into admin, and therefore been panicked into bringing SISU on board.

No issue with Private Eye looking at all sides of the issue, though I've cut out the stuff about Pelka as to my mind that's an unnecessary contrast. With regard to their statements on the Ricoh issue though, they're falling into the same trap as a lot of people. If ACL can continue to make a...

I think there's a confusion here between buying the club, and trying to fund operating losses. The idea, presumably, is that clubs have to be made sustainable if owned by supporters. Personally I can't think of anything better than a club partly or entirely owned by fans. Minimises the...

Always followed by the shout, from the Keeper (usually whilst picking the ball out of the back of the net),'No one shouts "Keeper's" except for me!' My personal favourite is "C'mon lads, we've got 'em rattled!", traditionally called after having just scored a goal, the opposition now only being...

To be honest, I think in terms of getting the JR done and dusted more quickly, this is probably is good news. SISU's case, which seemed fairly weak from the off, is now even weaker. To me this makes it more likely that the whole thing will get chucked out on 28th November. If SISU wanted a...

Thanks KH, btw, for going to the trouble of writing this up. It's always good to hear first hand what's been discussed, regardless of opinion regarding the plausibility of the plan etc.

Ainsworth has at least turned up some evidence to back his assertions. Byng couldn't even get an email from his backers... no wait, erm... it wasn't an email problem, erm... they got nervous... no sorry, the dog ate my homework... and er all of this wrangling, it's costing the city billions...

Why on earth would you take a three-year deal from someone who has a 43-year lease. So that 10,000 people can sit in the Ricoh whilst the rest of the city gets screwed? Still, as long as you've got somewhere to go on a Saturday, eh?

Generally speaking I like Les Reid and most of what he writes. But it feels like he's starting to take things a bit personally, and worse, make things a bit personal. 'A few angry obsessives' is a rather unnecessary insult. If he thinks everyone here holds the same opinion then he really...

Well, I'm pretty sure he used to be called True Sky Blue. I suppose he is at least now being honest as to where his real allegiance lies.