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Oh dear. I really can't be bothered to dignify that with an answer.

Anyone voting 1 has to have a serious word with themselves.

Why would they do that? That would make no sense whatsoever. What do you mean 'take' the stadium? What, like take it to Joy Seppala's hollowed out volvano in the Pacific to be used as a play house for all her sinister looking cats?

The dates are quite fuzzy on this. The CT reported as early as September that a deal had been reached - http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/exclusive-sisu-strikes-coventry-city-3019922 - but then as time went on there were suggestions talks were breaking down. SISU seem pretty...

You seem to completely ignore the fact that SISU have been subsidising the club for years. You can question the ability of SISU to continue to fund the club, and like you say, establishing the extent of their resources and where that money lies is no easy task and I don't imagine it is a...

Of course SISU can afford to pay it, their argument was always that the loss making football club they were subsidising couldn't - at least not when coupled with restricted revenue streams. They were trying to. They had a deal to do that last December but the council scuppered it at the 11th...

No dividends have been paid though as we know, and any profits have been reinvested to improve facilities. There is no reason to suggest that SISU would not do the same - because this reinvestment is key to making money in the first place - and everyone seems to think that is all SISU are...

It's OK, and for the record, I blame SISU for pretty much everything that has happened since that point (just getting that in before somebody labels me a SISUist or something). I do see that moment as pivotal though, and think the council made a huge mistake at that point. No going back...

You recall incorrectly. The deal was scuppered by the council when they stepped in with their £14 million bailout - up until that point, SISU were offering to settle the mortgage in return for a 50% stake (with CCC retaining the freehold). As for public statements, there has never been one...

You give Clarke way too much credit - as if he understands SISU and their tangled corporate web. This has been done to death, but seriously, anyone who starts dissecting the accounts of SISU Capital attempting to make any meaningful conclusions about their ability to fund the club is wasting...

If SISU are not interested in a 50% stake in ACL, why did they negotiate a deal to buy 50% of ACL just last December?

To be honest, if people are going to keep going on the the forums of other clubs asking that they boycott Sixfields then this is the response they are going to get. I couldn't give a toss how many away fans attend Sixfields, but I know that come the end of the season it won't average much more...

Thanks for clearing that up. Those fees are staggering.

I expect the crowd to go up for the Preston game - there will undoubtedly be a few that sat out the first game and went to the Ricoh instead, but who will now start going (I'm talking a few hundred), but I think its fair to say that when the midweek games come along, and as the season drags on...

You're getting your timings mixed up. Yes, their argument was that the rent was too high, but this was the basis of their attempts to secure a half share in ACL last December. Negotiations concerning the rent (and offers of a reduction) came after that original deal had been scuppered by the...

Have to confess, I greeted yesterday's result with just as much delight as I would have done a similar result this time last year. The only difference being that I wasn't there to see it.

Your knowledge of these matters is clearly better than mine, but I'm struggling to believe that £600,000 earmarked for a creditor is then ALL retained to pay the fees for liquidation. It would be suspiciously convenient if the fees happened to match exactly the amount offered to a particular...

You lost me with the 'modern day Hitler' thing. One of the most despicable human beings ever to walk the earth? Daytime drinking is never a good idea.

Angry? We're all angry - the only difference is how we choose to channel that anger, and in which direction. Let's be clear, there is FAR more criticism channeled at SISU on these forums, and that is both understandable and right. I have not seen the same sort of vitriol directed at any ACL...

Two things stand out from that: 1. Pile of steaming wank. 2. The call for them to get a spine AND a backbone. May I suggest the phrase 'pile of steaming wank' is included in every letter to the FL from this point forward. Great stuff.