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Woke up with a start from an awful dream this morning. We were playing our home games at St. Andrews, and Sky Blues Talk* had arranged a coach trip to the first match. I turned up at the appointed place, where various dodgy-looking guys were milling about. A Leonardo diCaprio lookalike stepped...

Just when you think it’s impossible for things to get worse. Amongst all the talk of this being the end, I think people are overlooking the most likely scenario. That we keep on bumbling along staggering from one disaster to another, with the owners permanently dug in, and more and more...

This would be exciting news if it wasn’t completely eclipsed by the non-football stuff. Anyway, I’m really liking what we're hearing from Mark Venus.

Nick, I think you’ll find they are called Toby and Tim ;) Anyway I agree that this really must not turn into a war against people (wherever they come from) who are simply watching rugby matches. But even speaking as someone who hasn’t been anti-Wasps up to now, if I decide they are complicit...

I like nearly all of what the Observer are saying, and agree that we need concerted pressure and effort from all sides to foster a solution. It would help if this pitiful rivalry between the two papers didn’t keep surfacing – I mean, it’s now “The Observer’s ‘Save Our City’ campaign” is it...

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It's in a fairly prominent panel at the top of the front page, so that's something. The article itself covers much of page 3, but for some reason unlike the website it doesn't mention that the Telegraph are "backing" the campaign. It's not enough IMO, and I hope they get behind it properly as...

Yep, it's as depressing as it's ever been. To be fair, it's not the Wasps application that destoys the Academy, it's the swimming pool to follow. Got to keep pushing as hard as possible for these mind games to stop, and for a mutually-acceptable solution to be found. And stop arguing amongst...

The CT article says “The Sky Blue Trust has launched the campaign, and it has the backing of the Telegraph”. Well, where exactly is that backing? The article has already sunk way down the CT’s web page and will soon be out of sight, out of mind. I call upon the Telegraph to not merely report...

I see this situation in an entirely different light to the Ricoh shambles. When it comes to the possible destruction of the CCFC Academy, IMO the responsibility now falls upon CCC, CSF and Wasps. OK, the football club tried to lead them a merry dance by saying they were going to move it...

Football finance in this country is a cesspit. The dodgy owners, the international tax evasion, the TV contracts and the obscene wages, everything about it in the 21st Century is a world away from how it used to be. But I’ll still watch the Sky Blues under any owner who treats us as a big-city...

I think it’s a superb letter Samo, and the politicians need to be pushed again and again until they act on it. I was never NOPM, but I can definitely get behind PCMF (“persuade, cajole, mediate, facilitate”).

Coventry City chairman Tim Fisher has told supporters the club has identified a site outside Coventry for a possible new stadium and Academy base. Mr Fisher stressed the option was only a back-up and that club officials preferred a potential ground share with Coventry Rugby Club at Butts Park...

I like the sound of it Otis. But it would involve first having an idea, and then investing some money to carry it out. When was the last time CCFC did that, I mean actually do something to help ourselves?

To get the fullest description of the proposal, I’d point people towards the “Planning Statement May 2016”, which is the 8th document towards the bottom of the Planning Application page (http://planning.coventry.gov.uk/portal/servlets/ApplicationSearchServlet?PKID=783883). There’s a load of...

A massively important issue that has to be resolved asap. Completely agree with the Trust’s statement, and the questions raised by ChiefDave at post #28 and Grendel at #30. Quite apart from the Ricoh fiasco, if CCFC’s Academy is under threat the motives and actions of all parties have to be...

I see the estate agents are “Fisher German”. Could that be CCFC's very own dynamic duo?

As a kid, I had my bedroom wall covered with black-and-white photos of the Sky Blues, all cut out of Telegraph or the “Pink”. The one that sticks in my mind the most was of Ian Gibson volleying the ball – somehow it summed up the whole glorious era of the sixties. RIP Gibbo.

As you know, my attitude so far has not been anti-Wasps, because I think many of the arguments against them are based on false premises (I don’t propose to go through it all again). However, if they take an unreasonable stance which forces CCFC out, yes I would change my mind. And (as I was...

If it’s a high-quality two-tier stadium, holding 20K+ and with some unique character and big-city atmosphere, I’m all for it. If it’s a cheap off-the-shelf 15K shoebox, which completes our transformation into a small-town club, then it’s a definite “No”. Something SISU may not have considered...