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We agree about the second goal. But for the free kick, are you saying he should position himself on the side of the goal that is behind the wall? Really not the keeper’s fault - the wall failed to jump and it only just cleared their heads. Also, it wasn’t Burge who gave away a barmy free...

I don’t see how you can blame the keeper if a guy bends one just inside the post, over the wall and at pace. I was more worried by Burge stepping back and actually widening the angle for the second goal. As with Stokes, we can’t afford to have lads learning their trade in this relegation scrap.

I thought Stokes generally had a decent game, but marred it with a huge and very costly blunder. He’ll be good at this level when he acclimatises, but we can’t afford to be nurturing people in this situation. And as Stupot said on another thread, the tactics (both before and after the change...

I’ll bet Tim nearly choked on his roly poly pudding when he read the original article. I’d love to have heard the ensuing phone call.

Do you mean that the article in the Daily Telegraph originally mentioned the ring road but has since been corrected?

I love this article about Mowbray and the way he describes his ambition, and his passion for the game and attacking football. If the words translate into action, I may find my love for the club reignited. But I’m baffled by the “ring road” debate. The article says “Coventry officials said on...

Unfortunately Tim, the widely-predicted effect of your clever Northampton policy has proved all too real. I used to go out of loyalty and an unbreakable habit, but I will only go now if there’s a special reason. That special reason isn’t an appeal from the likes of you. Maybe you think I’m a...

Agree about Fergie – met him once after a game and he seemed like the salt of the earth. Not the most elegant player – I remember him passing the ball back to the keeper from the halfway line once, and it cleared the corner flag! But as good a header of the ball as you will ever see, and an...

Difficult at my age to remember anything at all :) A couple of individual performances do spring to mind – Chris Cattlin marking George Best out of the game at Highfield Road (1968?), and Gordon Strachan’s remarkable effort in a home game against Chelsea at the age of about 40 I think, which...

I have a little bit of knowledge of the Planning system, and you are right to assume that the Green Belt is a very strong policy which (as this latest decision shows) is hard to overthrow. However, many of the boundaries go back for decades, and circumstances change. The present Government...

Really well-argued Torch, and it makes me feel that an independent report or inquiry is probably needed, or the suspicions of many people like yourself will linger for evermore. Having said that, I’d be really surprised if the Council were found culpable. Call me naïve, but I just can’t see...

Thanks for bringing up one of the top ten most memorable nights as a City fan - those were the days when we could take on arguably the best team in Europe and largely outplay them. And to return to the main topic, I lived in one of the Warwickshire towns and I'd say 80% of kids who were...

Sorry about the caps - as you rightly say, they don’t add to the argument. Everyone wanted our club to own the Ricoh, so we’re all on the same side. The differences are in whether you think SISU ever made a respectable attempt to buy it. I don’t think they ever did, and they made it crystal...

I have spent the last decade wanting CCFC to own that stadium and become a major force in English football. But does anyone really think that the elected representatives of the city could have TURNED DOWN the Wasps proposal in all the circumstances? I agree that the piece seems slanted, but...

Sorry to revive this, but I can’t agree and it’s an important point. I genuinely don’t get the repeated claim that SISU offered more than Wasps. Let’s just suppose for a moment that the judge was completely wrong, and SISU could actually have persuaded the bank to take a £10 million hit on...

I doubt it. As Simon says, an audit will address procedural things, but not the "moral" question of whether CCC ought to have sold to Wasps given all the circumstances. There will always be plenty of room for disagreement on that.

The article says “The transactions in relation to the council’s sale of its interest in ACL will be scrutinised by the independent external auditor as part of the audit of our 2014/15 accounts" I interpret it the same way as you - I don't think they've called for a special investigation. They...

TF was asked whether the club could buy 50% of the Ricoh. TF said that it is unlikely that a deal can be done re a share of the ownership of the Stadium with Wasps. TF confirmed that the club’s owners and Directors are not prepared to take on the risk of financial liability for half of the £14...

Naturally they won't "give" us anything, but everything has a price. The notion that we should be given things is the root cause of all our problems.

Fair points Otis & Stupot - Wasps will never be more important than CCFC for me (my interest in rugby is marginal and I’ve never attended any rugby match). I guess you are saying that if Wasps were “too” successful, it might make them more likely to squeeze us out altogether. But I don’t...