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Or let's think about what we're actually saying before we write it. You'd tie us into a long term rent deal with Wasps, for just 50% of the matchday revenue? Seriously?

Possibly, but then what would they benefit from keeping the club down by doing this? They'd lose money on both ends - the club makes more if it's successful, and ACL which they'd also own makes more from hosting a successful club.

It's 50% of matchday revenue (of which about 100% is down to the team playing there, presumably). So not 50% of the total revenue. Presumably a new stadium would at least give us access to the total revenue stream. Wasps have bought that for themselves at the Ricoh of course, and with their...

Indeed, perhaps it's a pity it wasn't offered to CCFC for the same amount, eh. They still might not have bought it in fairness, but I guess we'll never know now. Similarly, Wasps would be finished if their benfactor walked away and stopped funding them.

I'd say that you don't do it by demanding the resignation of the bloke you've got to deal with, or that the owners sell up. You stick at it, stay polite, and keep asking the questions. If the owners won't answer then that's what you report. You're there to act as a link between the fans and...

The neutral ground would be somewhere between sitting down for tea and biscuits and listening to a PR speech unchallenged on one side, and flat out demanding that they resign and sell up on the other. I think there's a bit of space somewhere to aim at there.

Fair comment DTD, as ever. I guess if it mattered to me that much, I should get off my arse and go and talk to the guys from the trust to make my point - maybe even offer to pitch in a little. I've criticised others for carping from the sidelines, perhaps it applies to me here too...

Fair enough - it's not a big deal. Like I say, this is just my opinion - others differ. I'm not claiming that my opinion is any more valid than anyone else's, except in my head.

I suppose in fairness to the ref, there's not much he can do about it. As long as it's not dangerous and you can see the lines I think that's all he's allowed to to concern himself about. Maybe we should do the cricket thing and bring out the heavy roller at half-time. <Insert own Micky...

Guilty as charged, Wingy. :)

Erm... you missed a bit out of your quote there... "Would you rather the trust lie (like others do) and say they are happy with Sisu and want them to stay..." Who are the others who are lying and saying that they are happy with SISU?

Coulda, woulda, shoulda, didna. ;)

I work for Microsoft and this looks like a virus problem. Nick, if you can just send over your bank details I'll have it sorted for you in a jiffy. :) (It's ripping along for me now, btw).

I think the key phrase here DTD, is 'well run club'! I'm not trying to defend what SISU do, I'm just suggesting that it might make more sense to rise above it. What SISU did in terms of threatening legal action against the trust for linking to the Conn article was scandalous - I'd absolutely...

Let me give you two coarse examples to try to explain where I'm coming from. 1) Trust approach currently: Mr Fisher, we want you personally to be sacked, and SISU to sell up and feck off. By the way, would you mind answering these questions about your latest accounts? 2) Possible trust...

Sorry Hobo - missed that!

Now that the trust have come out with the simple blunt instrument of the anti-SISU line, it's clear to me that the club will largely disregard them. Demanding the owners sell might well reflect what most feels, but it just plays straight into their hands in terms of trying to get information...

Nope - I'd rather they stayed as neutral as they can, and offered what support they could to the club whilst continuing to ask difficult questions of the owners. That doesn't mean being pally - it just means being calm and measured. "SISU out" might well represent what most of us fans and...

Now that the trust has set themselves against the owners, then I guess this is all that we're going to see from now on. Variants of the "Sell up SISU" message. It's fair enough, and undoubtedly it represents how the majority of the trust and probably the fans feel. I'd certainly like SISU to...

You know what, I think I could kind of live with that if we were still at Highfield Road. I really, really miss the place. When I'm going past on my bike, as I do from time to time, I like to do a quick lap of where the pitch used to be. How sad is that!