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I think this is still a goer. Funding is secured and outline planning permission granted. My understanding is that building should start in the autumn and the station will be operational a year later (they also have to build a new station at Bermuda Park and upgrade the line and platforms at...

Perhaps, but I suspect it isn't. It was announced at a fans forum iirc, and was made as a general point rather than in relation to ACL and the rent deal. I'm not sure what they would have gained by making this up? They may be the masters of spin, but I'm inclined to believe this particular...

Quite possibly, it is hard to know what to believe. As Spencer has said though, if all SISU have to do is demonstrate that they are able to pay should they be ordered to do so, then it is difficult to see how the court can rule we are insolvent? And seeing as this court hearing is not deciding...

SISU have recently stated that a home average of 11K is our current break even point. If SISU can produce a set of management accounts showing a healthy enough balance sheet and no external creditors then it will ultimately come down to the issue of rent and how the judge views that. If SISU...

He is talking about legal proceedings. Why compromise their position ahead of a court hearing? Clearly SISU are formulating their response and I suspect nothing has been decided yet. Even if you hate them, surely you must understand that they may want to keep their cards close to their chest...

I don't understand why people are so convinced we would come straight back down. Teams promoted from L1 have a good record in their first Championship season. It isn't as though the teams above us are all that much better than us either, we're only 11 points off the top despite our terrible...

Nothing particularly random in that statement. Pretty predictable and innocuous if you ask me. Nothing remotely contentious or controversial.

Pitch gets worse every time I see it. Weather this winter has a lot to do with it obviously, but I wonder if the fact it wasn't replaced last summer because of the Olympics has had an effect? Not an excuse obviously, but it clearly can't help a team that likes to play football.

I genuinely think today will be the day we roll over someone and win comfortably. I might regret saying that later, but I think it is long overdue. If we do that, it'll be interesting to see how it affects the mood re. administration, but I suspect it would take a win at Pompey for some people...

...and by 1968/69 the average was up to nearly 35,000.

How do you find the Russians Otis? Has some bad experiences with them myself, and they have a reputation for being miserable and surly I think its fair to say. Misunderstood or a bunch of vodka swilling gangsters?

Where is all this land they speak about anyway? There isn't that much. Some of it is earmarked for a train station. Some of it that fronts the A444 near to Tesco is to be built on soon with two new restaurants, the land at RG Social Club has already been purchased by a developer, and land...

It is the great tragedy of the past 15 years just how disengaged the club has become from the local community. The apathy has never been so great, and yet we have some fantastic supporters. Some of our away followings this season have been awesome (and not just in numbers) and these people...

City centres are by far the best places to build new stadiums. The fact that not many are built centrally is down to some of the reasons you give, but it isn't unprecedented. The Millenium Stadium in Cardiff is in the town centre as is St James Park Newcastle, in fact there are quite a few...

FP makes a good point. There are also 130,000 more people living in the Brighton conurbation than the Coventry urban area, so add to that the lack of other teams in the area, the new stadium factor, and improved fortunes on the pitch it is no surprise they are having a purple patch. Good luck...

What is 'out of the city' though? I heard a rumour recently about Ansty Business Park as a possible site. Don't get me wrong, I'm no fan of edge of town stadiums and believe they should be close to built up areas, but if you look at this particular location, it's on the very edge of the...

They might not have a choice. They can reject planning applications all they like, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be overturned at public enquiry. They have to have a very good case for denying permission, and in many locations I am sure they would have and local residents would object...

It is clear Fisher is way out of his depth, and while I side with the club/SISU in many respects, they did start throwing their weight around and ACL have run rings around them since. The inevitable consequence of that is that some have allowed themselves to get caught up in their whirlwind of...

They really don't do themselves any favours do they. I really do not trust ACL at all, but they have played their hand so much better and have been much more astute in their media dealings.

A bit OT, but there is nothing 'new and modern' about the council's obsession with pedestrianisation. All it has served to do is create a series of poorly linked retail plazas framed by appalling buildings that are bleak and windswept with no foot traffic after 5pm. These are the people we are...