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I don't doubt that the lecturer is right about it being a difficult claim to win, but not impossible. Maybe the risk/benefit analysis might make Cardoza reconsider. It's also worth noting that administrator hasn't disclaimed the contract yet, so it's still in place with CCFC Ltd - and yet...

Gut feel is that the CVA isn't signed, Appleton moves to put CCFC Ltd into liquidation, ACL raise a court case to challenge the decision. Whilst CCFC Ltd is in limbo, ACL also challenge NTFC's right to host our 'home' games and more importantly threaten and pressurise the FL to reconsider their...

Yep, that's a fair call. ACL have now threatened NTFC, Appleton, and the FL with action of one kind or another, and formalised it all over the last few days. Throwing SISU's tactics back at them, perhaps...

Ditto. I can't really understand why they left it so late either. What did they have to lose by taking the FL on, and what have they gained by leaving it so late in the day? I suppose it could be argued that there's an even clearer case now for the FL standing against the move, given that ACL...

Fair play, and no need to apologise, I think you were straight enough. And I think you're right. The finger pointing now is erm... pointless. However we arrived at it, I think most would accept there's a deal on the table which makes financial sense for the club unless SISU's sole plan is to...

In fairness mate, I accept that you're fairly measured on most things. Surely if SISU don't take the deal on offer now you'd accept that they've only ever been out to distress ACL, and every negotiation they've had up to this point has been in bad faith? That being the case, it's a bit hard to...

Never works if you have to explain it. ;)

I think it's perfectly obvious from SISU's response to the current offer that they've never negotiatied in good faith. It proves it's never been about the rent - there's no figure that ACL could offer that could ever be good enough for SISU. SISU have just played along and stretched things out...

They could just pay it up in full for £1.5m at any point (assuming we remain in L1). Not that they would, given past experience. What's £1.5m compared to the cost of a new stadium? Joy's probably got that sort of money lost down the back of the sofa.

Absolutely. In fairness I'm not saying there isn't a case, there may well be. My opinion (fwiw) is that it's pretty thin; Councillors usually take legal advice from their officers before taking major and/or controversial decisions, Councils clearly are allowed to invest in projects that...

Spot on. This looks a lot like someone who wants to get their name in the papers rather than offer anything useful. The mis-handling of the bid process doesn't provide any great confidence in his competence I'm afraid - happy to be proved wrong, but I'm not holding out much hope for this one now.

Excellent. Here was me thinking that you were just a blustering half-wit, and it turns out that you've got real expertise in this area. I apologise for thinking wrong of you. You'll be able to provide us with some evidence to support your opinion then I suppose. I was thinking of something...

Sadly, I don't think TSB is being ironic. I think the preferred acronym is WUM. As for Joy, I think I'd say that any one of the people working for the 'scummy council' (and I'm related to a few of them) adds more to humanity than her. They also haven't been humilated by a High Court judge...

I'd imagine ACL must think they've got at least a chance of putting the frighteners on it. I have no sympathy personally, no one forced Cardoza to get involved. And simple greed is the answer to you last question, imho.

Thanks for that - I'm going to have a really irritating tune stuck in my head all night now! ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWpUQBsRHGs

The impression I get is that the Higgs trust simply don't trust SISU enough to re-enter negotiations. In fairness though PWKH has always been pretty upfront about this, so maybe he could advise? As far as the Council go, I wonder if they'd ever sell the freehold to anyone. Generally speaking...

I suspect as JG says, as much as anything it's to just move on. Plus maybe it's a quid pro quo, we'll stop trying to get you investigated if you do the same thing for us. Also it could save a few bob in QC's fees. Or as you imply, maybe they're genuinely worried about losing - the one thing...

Absolutely Paddy, not trying to shoot you down, just making the point that it's (probably) not really about FFP. If SISU want part or all of the stadium, and they want to pay a proper price, for it and they're willing to incorporate it into the same company as the club so there's limited room...

I think it's worth pointing out that nothing in this ten-year deal would stop SISU still building a new stadium if they really, really wanted to. At £150k per year, SISU could buy out the whole lease at any point for a maximum £1.5m and just walk away. That's peanuts compared to the cost of a...

Let's say FFP is the main driver for this, then surely 10,000 to 15,000 ticket sales at the Ricoh is better than 3,000 to 5,000 at Northampton (where they won't have full access to income streams either). There's nothing stopping SISU taking this offer and still building a new stadium if that...