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Didn't the plan rely on Wycombe groundsharing with them and the old ground being sold to fund the build even though Wycombe had no need for a bigger stadium?

Wasn't that at the point at which there was talk of their status being downgraded? You could look at it either way, you could take the opinion the club were held to ransom and had little choice to pay a bill that wasn't really their responsibility or that the club were stalling on paying a bill...

Wasn't the original dispute at the Higgs over maintenance? DIdn't the club get sent a bill when they thought it should be covered by rent?

This is from May 2013 http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/sky-blues-groundsman-defects-work-4031470 In that article it mentions that the CCFC groundsman getting praise for the Olympic pitches so it would seem the club maintained the pitch at the Ricoh until the point at which...

I was talking more about when were paying £1.2m a year in rent and also maintaining the pitch yet receiving no remuneration when ACL hired it out for other uses. Happy to be corrected if that's not the case but I seem to recall a big song and dance being made by ACL when they took over the cost...

That is a problem if they're putting their own money in but if they are investing on behalf of the funds they manage it won't be an issue.

Are the rumours just based on the fact that a lot of contracts don't run past this summer?

Just posted similar in the academy thread. Just no need for those comments from PWKH. Should have just congratulated the lad and thanked him for his excellent work. If he wants to get into a debate about standards of pitch maintenance maybe he could login on here and tell us why the club were...

Sad that he has to get a dig in at CCFC / SISU in a story that should be a good news piece about this chaps recovery and excellent work. How do you vote for him, went to the website and couldn't see an option to vote.

Lets assume Higgs have made zero allowance for this despite the pitch having a known lifespan. Including interest at 5% that equates to less than 2 hours hire per week. I would suggest that as the only such facility in the area if they can't achieve much more than that they should be looking at...

I get the impression a lot of people would be happy to see the club lose its academy status and flow of young talent into the first team just to give them another reason to complain about SISU. As with the sale of the Ricoh to Wasps people seem quite happy to ignore any potential long term...

Assuming they do hire the pitch out then over the life of the pitch it works out to £154 a week. Wonder what the hire charge is and how many bookings that would equate to. Quick google (Higgs don't list prices on their website) would suggest a going rate of £50 - £100 per hour.

So is this pitch for the exclusive use of CCFC academy?

Love it, author messes up, says on twitter he was right and then corrects the article!

A lot of the same people involved isn't there. Is it not similar in some ways to saying Otium are nothing to do with SISU?

It's not really a repair is it? The pitch has reached the end of its expected lifespan and needs replacing. Poor management and planning from Higgs if they haven't allowed for this. Just seems to be another way for them to stick two fingers up at SISU again while conveniently ignoring the damage...

Only just got online, sounds like another terrible performance. Just as well those below us are as bad. A lot of work to be done to make us safe.

Hope they've got some sort of agreement in place to extend it. Knowing our luck he'll come in and do really well and then someone else will take him before SISU sort his contract out.

Which one of these applies: he's here with the job of keeping us up and they've agreed an extension if he does someone else is lined up but can't come in until the end of the season SISU are off in the summer SISU don't have a clue what they are doing