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It seems to me we expect an awful lot from a low-budget media organisation that seems to be downsizing all the time. How many of us buy the paper, use the classifieds or click through on the web ads? Not many I suspect, and yet we seem to expect from them the highest standards of journalism...

I am sure you are right - permission will not be granted following public enquiry - but probably not for the reason you give. The fact there is another stadium nearby (relatively) is of no consequence whatsoever - not in planning terms anyway. You don't decline planning permission for an...

Considering how tight we are for time, you would hope that they have the freedom to hammer out some sort of deal on the day. Remains to be seen I guess.

I get that, just that some grounds seem to cope with sparse crowds better than the Ricoh. I look forward to the day we get 20K+ gates regularly again, because I think it is a good place to watch football when its well populated.

Love is a strong word. A mid-table Tuesday night game in February and I can easily start to dislike it again (but how I'd love one of those at the moment).

How do we know that? There will be lines in the sand, but I am willing to bet they will have some freedom to negotiate (within certain parameters), otherwise the whole thing is pointless and there will be no CVA (and she clearly wants that). Perhaps I'm too much of an optimist, but I'd be very...

Perhaps ACL don't want her there - it appears TF has been shut out. She needs to show her face and front the fans - yes - but not sure it is necessary for her to be at this meeting when she reportedly has 3 people there representing her.

If (and it is a big if) a deal is done and we start the season at the Ricoh - this threat to move to Northampton (or anywhere else for that matter) will never resurface again. Not even SISU are that stupid.

If that is the case, it means (by definition) that income exceeds expenditure - which would require the club to make a profit. Do you think SISU have made the club profitable?

Have to say, it's very reassuring that so many are saying they will support the club if they play at the Ricoh. As someone said earlier, after all the fuss about 'keep cov in cov', other supporters would think we were crazy to then boycott the Ricoh. There is hope for this season yet - just a...

You believe Tim Fisher now :D It doesn't matter. All land costs, decontamination costs, build costs are all shown and they total £118m. It then shows you the breakdown of how that £118m was funded, and the council were responsible for £12 million of it. Exactly what the funds were spent on...

You're comparing apples with oranges to an extent. The Liberty Stadium is much more reliant on the football club in terms of income - there are no big concerts there, no exhibition hall, no hotel, no underground casino. You would think therefore, that of the two, the management company at the...

The point is Jack, you cannot really separate out the land deal in the way you tried to earlier in order to try and inflate the council's contribution. The bottom line is this (and it is in black and white on the report you linked to) - the total cost (that's ALL land and build costs) was...

Talking of Swansea, this is how their council leader responded to calls that Swansea City should pay more rent: Mr Holley said he was "astonished that the Labour leader wants to penalise the Swans in this way". He added: "We should be helping them to achieve more not taxing them on their...

£24 million was the cost of acquiring the land - a portion of which was sold on for £59.5 million to Tesco. 'Bryan Richardson's finest hour' I think it was called at the time :thinking about:. It was a good deal no matter how you view it. £17 million was the cost of decontamination.

The combined value of the land, bricks and mortar, and the business that operates the facility is worth many tens of millions - but there is no prospect of the council ever selling the freehold. What is the value of the business that owns the lease? Your guess is as good as mine. It turns...

The council saved the project by securing a £21 million back loan that has been paid back by ACL, that is a matter of documented fact. It wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for that - nobody is seeking to deny that (I am sure we all wish now that they hadn't done it, especially as we now know...

Yet again, you are grossly misrepresenting the facts on the Tesco deal. That you have managed to reach a figure of '£95m' and kept a straight face is staggering. The equity investment represents pretty much the sum total of the council's actual contribution. You have a very hazy recollection...

Yeah, I get that. The nature of internet message boards is that they go off on tangents though. No harm in it and this is just your standard fans forum fayre I guess. You're right though, no point picking over the past.

What grant? That never happened.