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He says moaning about Coventry fans.

August 2012.

Both sides do: "I don't think we will be able to help while there is a hedge fund involved. They won't sell even though there has been interest, because no one will pay the money they want to offset their losses. That's their own fault, there is no sympathy from local people. We won't consider...

This is basically an article written on the back of comments from a few nutters. You couldn't make it up, could you? Oh, unfortunate turn of phrase there.

Both apparently.

Here comes the Calvary.

Yep, the "unencumbered" line thrown about by Mart and Italia came later. 2012 was Mutton's year of "anyone but SISU". Mart et al can spin it anyway they want though; we were never offered what Wasps were.

But surely, they aren't going to fail as they are the richest rugby club in the world and a wonderfully managed business...so...they have in effect a 250 year freehold, don't they?

Ah, good idea. Will remember that for next December.

Yeah, I love them as you say. What an insightful chap you are. Must be all those times on the Hill. One of the heroes.

Yeah, my lad was made up. It was under his pillow last night!

Anyone but SISU, Dave. Anyone but SISU.

I think that's the point Italia and Mart have missed. It's OK saying "it's not a freehold" when well...a lease of 250 years...is effectively just that. Anyone but SISU, eh?

I doubt they care. Only CCFC fans - well, some of them - will.

So, you finally admit the Council screwed a club established in the city for 130 years for a franchise because they didn't like SISU? They couldn't have waited a bit longer for a change of ownership? They were forced to give that Franchise a 250 lease, were they? SISU asked for half of that...

What council in their right mind would let a team from 85 miles away have it? What council would cry "they're not having it as they will mortgage it and load debt on to it" and give it to someone who did just that within a few months of getting it?

I've never had a problem with Leicester so I hope they do win and break the stranglehold of the Big Five (or how many there are).

Yes, that was always my preferred option too. CCC have a problem with SISU, fair enough; so keep hold of the "community asset", the complex that was really successful for the City of Coventry. They'd had it for ten years so they could keep it for another ten rather than just selling it to the...

Yeah, we got ours yesterday too. It's really nice. Roll on the 23rd, I say.

I would still rather have the owners of CCFC having control of the Arena with CCFC badges alone than with a team who have zero affinity with the area. But maybe I'm alone in having that point of view. Mainly because if SISU controlled the Arena then there would be a hell of a better chance of...