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I don't think we have any chance of getting the type of deal at the Ricoh we need. We need all revenues generated by CCFC at a very low rate and access to non-matchday incomes as well to b on an equal footing with other clubs. I just can't see Wasps offering a deal that works for us. That's...

SP says we have the greatest strikers in the world so I'll go for 3-0 to us (yes I have been drinking before you ask)

Losing millions every year for years apparently. Bound to be some lay offs in the city as they have their head office in Cov. Not great news at anytime but would be awful to have this uncertainly over Xmas. Wonder why they're losing so much money, badly run or a problem with the whole industry?

Nothing is straightforward in this whole sorry saga is it. Seems the deal with Higgs was £2m cash with a buy back formula price that was over £10m!

Good idea, so everyone back for an argument bright and early tomorrow? :p

It's amazing that a very simple question that just requires a yes / no answer has generated hundreds of posts across various threads from people desperately trying to defend the council without being able say they did actually offer the same deal to CCFC that they offered to Wasps. I would...

I love how when it suits an argument Fisher, who apparently never tells the truth, has his word taken as gospel. The problem with asking the question now is there's no way he can get the Ricoh on the same deal as Wasps so if he answers yes we would have liked that deal he's basically saying he...

In hindsight the best way to 'save' the club would have been to rent them the whole Ricoh complex on an annual basis at an affordable rate.

Would be interesting, not to mention a bit worrying, to forge ahead without the council and see what happened. I think the owners at the time were reluctant to give up power and step away as much of the debt was to them and walking away would undoubtedly have meant writing some, if not all, of...

You're all forgetting that our squad has many players in it that are as skilful as those in the PL.

Number 2 for me, the whole 91-94 period really where we started the managerial merry go round and Richardson gained power. I'll admit at the time I paid zero attention to financial and legal matters and just turned up to watch the games. Enjoyed watching some great players of course during...

So at HR we paid, according to PWKH, 900K a year which gave us complete control of the ground and all revenues. Despite that income we were in a mess financially. The way out of it was to pay £1.2m a year and not get complete control of the ground or all the revenues. Doesn't take a genius to...

That's exactly the problem. From observing Pompey the first season everyone was on a high from the takeover by the fans. This season it's been increasingly voiced that more money, which they don't have, or they need to sell to someone with money. If they can't compete in Div 2 with crowds of 15K...

Self sufficiency is a strange one. It sounds a perfectly reasonable aim but would it work. How many clubs, in any division, that aren't running at a loss experience any success. Would be interesting to know. Pompey are being run on a long term self sufficiency plan that actually allows them to...

We definitely had the right to buy HR road back, can't remember if we sold the right or just didn't use it.

What were these conditions? The only thing I have read is a joint community initiative which, until they changed them when SISU submitted their bid, were in line with the charities stated objectives.

The way the club is being run at the moment we have exactly the same problem at the Ricoh! Bournemouth completely rebuilt their ground (as in completely demolished it and started again) in about 3 months so it can be done. It's a rock and a hard place, we either stay as tenants of a rugby club...

I must be missing something as I'm not seeing anything that says SISU were offered the same deal as Wasps. I see Fisher saying they didn't want that offer, which may be true or may be him saving face with a touch of revisionist history but nothing to say it was actually offered.

I would make one suggestion. If the subject of Wasps first game comes up compare it to Gillingham rather than Fleetwood!

Make sure you tell them all about playing the Coventry way