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  1. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    Knew we didn't have any players intelligent enough to work a computer :D
  2. chiefdave

    Cranie and Bailey released from Barnsley

    A pretty fair summary. Still only 28 and judging by the number of appearances not had any major injury problems since leaving us. Could do worse than have him back.
  3. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    You can't just put that! I'm trying to work out which of our former players were intelligent enough to be able to get past the registration page.
  4. chiefdave

    Leon Clarke

    Torn on this one. On the one hand he did well for us but I wasn't happy with the way he left.
  5. chiefdave

    When do we expect to hear about Mowbray ?

    Update in the CT: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/tony-mowbray-feeling-positive-after-9199294 "Tony Mowbray remains upbeat that he will be handed the opportunity to take Coventry City forward after “positive” talks with club owner Joy Seppala."
  6. chiefdave

    Buy the club

    Wasps have stated on more than one occasion that they don't need us to remain at the Ricoh. Therefore they don't need the revenue we generate. Does it not therefore follow that they could give us access to that revenue?
  7. chiefdave

    New stadium meeting with RBC

    As they suddenly seem so keen to help 'local' teams maybe they'll let us have a stadium on their land ;)
  8. chiefdave

    Buy the club

    I think the best we can hope for now is 50 / 50 ownership with Wasps keeping all income from rugby and us keeping all income from football. Anything less than receiving the money we generate puts us behind every other club. Even if we receive that we are still somewhat behind as other clubs...
  9. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    Is that an assumption or something that has come directly from the council as it contradicts what they have said previously. When Dave Nellist questioned the loan to ACL whilst cuts were being made the response he was given was that the money used to facilitate the loan was already assigned for...
  10. chiefdave

    New stadium meeting with RBC

    Isn't this where the city plan becomes key? If RBC say that SISU's proposed site can't be used for housing and is designated for a sports facility wouldn't that impact on the value as it could no longer be used for housing? For me the ideal location would be the chunk of land between Rolls...
  11. chiefdave

    Buy the club

    Do we really want to have owners who will load any available asset with huge debt to pay themselves and happily move us 100 miles away? I'm not sure I'd be looking to move back to the £1.2m a year rent. If Wasps can offer us rent of £100K why should we pay more for being successful? I also...
  12. chiefdave

    New stadium meeting with RBC

    Fisher and Waggott had a meeting with RBC. Specific sites were discussed but are block out of the meeting minutes. RBC appear to be interested and have told them to get something more formal submitted by September so they can consider it for inclusion in the Rugby city plan.
  13. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    You would certainly hope it is a silly conspiracy theory. One easily ruled out by the CT asking the question of the council. Best to do that before the rumour spreads. You know how these things go!
  14. chiefdave

    Top goal scorer charts this season

    The turnover of players is ridiculous. How you can build a team when there's a complete new set of players every few months is beyond me. Don't think it helps retain fans either. Its hard to feel a connection to players when most of them are here a season at most.
  15. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    Think you might be hearing from SISU's lawyers to reveal some user details. Intheknow could be their star witness!
  16. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    In general that would be the case but if it turns out CCC have purchased them then there are some serious questions to be asked. Surely they wouldn't be that stupid.
  17. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    I was on tour when they want on sale. Was going to send my Dad up to get them until I saw people were queuing overnight. Decide to try my luck by phone but being on tour I had to use my mobile. Ran up a £50 bill repeatedly getting through to the clubs answerphone! Eventually got through and got...
  18. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    You are Les Reid and I claim my prize :D There are many who claimed that was the case, Reid being one of them. The council refuted all suggestion that it was in any way a bail out and that the loan was made on a purely commercial basis. They claimed that commercial lenders were happy to lend...
  19. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    Well I guess that depends on if you think the council were telling the truth or it was another lie to justify making the loan and allowing it to stay in place following the sale of ACL.
  20. chiefdave

    Club aims to raise £35m from bond

    Not according to the council. Nellist raised this very issue as the amount made in cuts was approximately the same as the amount loaned to ACL. The response to him was that the money was from council reserves and assigned to specific things so even if the loan was called in the money could not...
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