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SBS - As I've said before I really like your blog, but I thought the criticism was a bit personal. If you don't like what the guy has done then why not dispute it in a more measured way. You've shown you're entirely capable of putting together a good argument based on the facts, what's Reid...

Assuming it's Coventry Airport you mean, then I reckon Finham or Styvechale as your upmarket areas, Cheylesmore or Whitley if you're looking at somewhere less expensive. Ryton or Bubbenhall are a good shout for village life out that way as suggested elsewhere. If it's Birmingham airport, then...

Funnily enough I think there's nice bits to most areas in Coventry, but conversely rough parts in most places too. The nature of cities I guess. Personally I like Earlsdon and Chapelfields, but you're surrounded by students over there these days and rents are relatively high. Styvechale is...

That would seem to imply that you're coherent when sober. ;) Have a pint of water and a couple of ibuprofen right now is my advice - ward off that hangover!

A few months ago I would have said that this is a preposterous idea, and that the FL and FA would never stand for the relocation of another club after Wimbledon. It's the old saying though - if you stand for nothing you'll fall for anything. If you offered SISU £20 million then they'd snap...

This thread has gone badly off-topic btw. Sorry.

That's me. Though after Tony got shot I ended up working in a club in Old Soho. The champagne tasted just like cherry cola. I surprised a few boys there, I can tell you. ;)

Good spot, and fair point. If I can't get pedantic then what the hell else am I going to do, talk about football? ;)

Not sure about that - Brandon Stadium was refused PP for a Sunday market by Rugby Borough Council. Not sure that's a metropolitan borough. Warwick County Council also have planning powers. https://planning.warwickshire.gov.uk/swiftlg/apas/run/Wchweeklylist.displayPlanningLists Ultimately, as...

I always wondered why everyone hated me. Now I know. Yours, Lola.

Absolutely fair enough, it's probably just cos I'm a bit tired and grumpy(er). No kisses though, wouldn't want to give you my cold sore. ;) Appreciate we differ, and you're stating your opinion in a perfectly reasonable way. However, it is a genuine question - why wouldn't SISU sell rather...

Naive is a bit of a cheap shot. I could just as well say that you're being naive or overly emotional for saying that a business interested only in the bottom line would wind the club up rather than sell. We've seen there are interested parties. In what way would liquidating the club rather...

I beg to differ. NOPM has to be hurting SISU, and the longer it goes on the more pressure they will feel. If or when SISU decide to leave, they're not going to liquidate the football club unless that makes the best financial sense. If there's an offer to buy them out, even if it's only for a...

I can't see any way the new stadium stacks up either. If you want to get the sort of revenue the Ricoh pulls in, then you'd have to build somewhere like the Ricoh. Instead, it seems we're talking about building somewhere like the New Meadow (Shrewsbury's ground, which holds less than 10,000)...

Thanks KH - your attendance or not at Sixfields shouldn't influence what people think about what you've got to say. We've all got to make our own choices. With regard to JS and TF, personally I don't trust them and I think there's stuff they've said there that could be challenged. Either way...

Yep, it depressed me a bit too. So I changed my settings to 100 posts per page. Now I've only got three pages of backbiting, sniping and accusations. Much better. ;)

I'm sure it is mostly about PR, but then it's a bit rich to criticise Joy for speaking to the media after complaining that she never does. Fwiw, even though I don't always agree with him I think Les Reid is a good interviewer and a straight journo. I suspect he might have drawn more out of JS...

Erm... actually I think there's considerable doubt here. Where did it say they'd pay off the mortgage in full? In fact, SISU's contention in their JR is that they would've paid off the mortgage at substantially less than the full rate, on the basis they could distress ACL and make Yorkshire...

Not quite sure what you're saying here. ACL are obviously a landlord (or were), and they own the arena (or at least the leasehold). You claimed the rent was excessive, but seem to accept that it covered the mortgage and that ACL didn't make a huge amount of money out of it. Again, how is that...

Right, that'll be the mortgage they paid to build the stadium. So the rent reflected the cost of the build then, rather than just being some exercise in excessive profiteering as you're claiming.