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' even the most moderate and reflective of locals' Who can he possibly be referring to? Surely we are all true believers in the creed, or Wasps collaborators :D

FFS what do you mean he’s changed his tune? OSB58 is just telling it as he sees it, as he’s done for years and we’ve all benefitted from his specialist knowledge. You seem to be implying he’s had some sort of agenda, but I don’t think that’s ever been the case. He analyses the finances and calls...

Unless somehow they have got into an arrangement with another bidder, I can’t imagine Sisu being able to buy the Arena. Whoever does so, I’ve got a nagging fear that Joy will dig her heels in, refuse to sell and keep us on life support for another few years, whilst threatening to build another...

Fair enough, I’ve got no axe to grind on this, and I’m definitely not going to go into a load of old Council reports about all the figures :D

Surely he wouldn't dictate that kind of strategy to Joy, even if her involvement was 'hands off' at the start?

Even the hugely scaled-down version of Richardson's plans cost £110m to develop. Is that how much the Swansea ground cost (I genuinely don’t know, but suspect only a small fraction)? There’s a difference between a realistic stadium and a vanity project built on contaminated land. I agree (and it...

Interesting that, and not much sign of stupidity or a vendetta against CCFC in the Council's explanation. Could be just spin I guess, but looks more like the rent and the lease were unfortunate consequences of a grossly over-ambitious development that the club couldn't afford, and could only...

‘Arena 2000 started as Chairman Bryan Richardson’s dream’ ‘In a single stroke, Coventry City Football Club will be transformed into the envy of England’ ‘The Arena will be a technical marvel’ ‘Crowds of 40,000 will be able to watch football matches and other events. Another 7,000 will be housed...

Grecian 2000 is probably more what I need, despite appearances ;)

Wasn’t the whole project doomed to be forever burdened with debt when the development cost was drastically higher than the complex was (and is) worth? Was the initial concept of a stadium the Council’s project or CCFC’s, and whose thinking was at fault? I recall Bryan Richardson boasting that it...

Why was it a ‘silly debt’ (genuine question)?

Presumably they did when they were in west London, but if so a decade on an industrial estate on the other side of Wycombe about 30 miles away must surely have killed it, which explains the feeble opposition to the Coventry move. With Wasps it seems more like brand loyalty than a club rooted in...

Always had you down as a bit of a hedonist and a high roller, and this has just clinched it.

Aren’t there basically three businesses? The Arena / stadium; Coventry City Football Club; Wasps Rugby Union. The football club is never going to own the Arena, and nor is the rugby club. Wasps (rugby club) didn’t ‘steal our stadium’. One hedge fund took it from under the noses of another. Sisu...

Thanks for looking that up. Maybe we’d be a better side if we could swop Kelly’s head onto Hamer’s body? (And sneakily put the guy with Hamer’s head and Kelly’s body on the market for £5m).

If anyone on here can be bothered to do the stats, it would be interesting to see the win % with and without Kelly last season. Not an exciting or hugely eye-catching player, but does he influence games nevertheless? Of course, even if he returns his fitness is going to be questionable.

You do make it sound 'refreshing' and simple. But this relies on the notion of Sisu paying a mutually-agreed price for something (as opposed to exploiting a distressed business) and making an investment that would benefit other parties. Not sure the idea will appeal to them.

Well this is really cheering me up

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