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What does it matter what they are paying unless you are stating ACL are taking a loss on this. In which case is there any evidence to back that up?

Why is it laughable? I've seen nothing that says ACL are taking a loss on this so we can sumarise this as ACL taking on a new customer from whom they will make a profit. Not sure what business school you went to but that's generally not regarded as laughable and actually is the aim of most...

Who cares. I can't imagine ACL were going round courting them, its more likley they've seen a great facility lying empty and thought it would be a good selling point for their academy if they said they played at the Ricoh. It's not going to impact on CCFC in any way so why are people getting...

I had tickets for that game, was at my folks in Coventry and they convinced me there was no chance of the game being on and to head back home before the weather got too bad. Ended up just about being able to listen to the game on CWR stuck in the snow at the M40 turning for the A34. Took me...

After the constant we are debt free from Ranson I recall Fisher assuring us at the fans forum (not the last lot, the one before that) that SISU had converted all the money they'd put in to equity, seems he wasn't telling the truth that day either!

Think a lot will depend on what happens at the end of the season. He's bound to be in demand so will at the very least want to see some sign of ambition from SISU, more than likley with some assurances about a return to Coventry. If he doesn't get that who would blame him, or any of the...

If you refuse to do your job surely there should be consequences? I know I couldn't just decide to stop turning up and keep getting paid! Wonder what the bomb squad members make of Elvis stating "there is a right way to leave a club"?! Can imagine a few of them weren't thrilled at the way their...

I'm not sure what people are expecting the council to do. Sure you can make an argument that in the past the rent was too high, although there is the counter argument that they were offered alternative sliding scale deals. You can also make an argument about matchday revenues, again there is a...

I can't believe what I'm reading in this thread. Some people need to get a grip. Leicester's U21s can't play where they usually play as it is waterlogged. I would guess that they don't want to use the King Power as they want to protect the pitch if there's been a lot of rain. Their groundmans...

I'm a bit concerned SiSU will let Clarke go right before the deadline and then claim it was all last minute and there was no time to get anyone in. Still the last time we sold our top scorer in the January window it all worked out well for us :facepalm:

Didn't Bob Ainsworth post a map showing some of the land (one of the car parks?) belonged to the council and imply that SISU wanted that handed over to them as well?

You're not suggesting that aren't being truthful with us are you?

I know that, you know that. Labovich, Fisher and the FL all seem to think otherwise.

Let's just assume for a minute that SISU do intend to build a new stadium in the next 3 - 5 years. That leaves them with 2 options: 1) play at the Ricoh for free this season and £150K a year after that until new stadium is ready. Crowds would be a minimum of 10K, probably more with the way we...

Well if that's true what's everyone moaning about! It's those extra 3.8 miles that I was upset about.

I suspect you would struggle to find any other examples of a football club going into administration being followed by the revaluation the football club employees no players and only deals in property!

I like the Emirates, think Arsenal have done a good job of making a new bowl stadium feel like home. That said a lot of what they've done could be replicated at the Ricoh. Things like the flags with former players on lampposts approaching the ground, the building wraps and similar could easily...

Lets say this happened and Sky Blues candidates won all the seats and control of the council, what exactly would you want them to do? Give SISU the stadium for nothing? Pay tens of millions in compensation to cancel all the contracts so SISU can buy the freehold unencumbered?

That's the reason everyone, except SISU it seems, knows that pushing the freehold is pointless. They need to purchase ACL. Higgs agreed to sell their 50% for £5m but SISU didn't complete the deal. Even if the new ground comes in on budget of £25m they could offer CCC £20m for their share...

The message from the council seems very clear to me. They are happy to listen to reasonable offers for their share in ACL, they are happy to listen to offers for the encumbered freehold. As it is virtually impossible for them to offer the unencumbered freehold that is not for sale. It's been a...