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Truthfully gent, I don't think that there's anything that we could do to SISU that would hurt them, other than a complete boycott. But there's no appetite for that, especially amongst the hard-core that remain who quite reasonably just want to watch football. In truth we've got, in effect, a...

I think these days I'm as much of a Cov RFC supporter as a CCFC one. Other than CCFC I'd rather play footy than pay to watch it, such is cheating, diving, spoilt-brat nature of the game at the top level. If CCFC ever fold, then other than the rugby I'd just go and watch someone local like...

Steak _and_ chips. Either she really loves you, or she's crashed the car. :)

I just thought you were battering me, Paxman style, and I'd have to either answer the question or resign. :)

If I was being (relatively) polite I'd say ditto. If I was being rude I'd say QED. It's time for dinner, so I'll go with the former rather than kicking off another pointless row. Chips for tea. Result. :)

Sorry Wingy, I missed this. I don't doubt you're right mate - I suspect SISU did think the return would distract from all of the other crap they've pulled. I don't think it's entirely worked though. ;)

Then there are those who think they are sharper than those who think they are sharper than everyone else but aren't sharper than that. But they just think they are sharper than those who think they are sharper than everyone else but aren't sharper than that - really they're not that sharp at all.

Talk about Machiavellian... you should work for the council mate. ;)

I see what you're saying here, and I absolutely share your respect for the OP. However imho the question wasn't as much about how bad we're doing, as it was about why isn't anyone looking at how bad we're doing. The implication perhaps being that the council revelations are being used as a...

With regard to the Ricoh, it's clear enough that SISU tried and failed once, and then weren't invited to try again. I can entirely understand why the council, or anyone, would struggle to deal with them but that doesn't mean selling to Wasps (a franchise!) whilst pretending to rebuild trust...

Lewys, I like a conspiracy theory as much as the next man, possibly more. But for all that I'm not sure about JFK, I'm pretty certain we went to the moon. :) Didn't the Reid article in question go to print before the appeal got to court? In fairness Reid's been breaking this over the last...

No argument here, although I think I'd accept that I've taken their side more than many for a large part of this. That's probably why I feel so thoroughly pissed off about what's now happened.

I'm a bit staggered here at the levels of logic shown. This 'SISU apologist' stuff is frankly utter and complete bullshit. Being upset with what the council has done in selling to Wasps is clearly not the same as suddenly supporting everything our crap owners have done. If you seriously...

Go on then, I'll bite. Point me to a SISU apologist, it's just that I don't think I've seen one hereabouts. And the ship hasn't sailed as much as been sold to another crew from out of town. I wouldn't presume to talk for the majority, but just because you're bored of it doesn't mean that...

Generally speaking it's a journalist's job to scrutinise and bring to light to wrongdoing. There's not much money or interest in articles with headlines like, "Don't Worry, All is Well". If you're a political journalist on a local newspaper then you're likely to focus on the council, and on...

With respect OSB, we've lost any realistic chance of ever owning our own ground, or at least getting access to enough funding from it. I don't think anyone has lost focus on what a crap set of owners we've got - but one day they'll be gone. In the meantime, we still won't have our own ground...

SISU definitely went for due diligence in the abortive bid that became subject to the JR. http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/exclusive-offer-coventry-city-owners-3023213 I think they subsequently claimed that they were frustrated in the process and/or asked for more time to...

In fairness MMM, you won't get to due diligence if one side thinks that you're looking for massively beyond what you see as the true value of what they are trying to sell. Due diligence is an expensive process; if i remember correctly one of SISU's claims was that they thought they were being...

Appreciate that MMM. Let me lead you on a little more then - what if, instead of saying that time was needed to rebuild trust, the council had been honest and said, "We've got a third-party interested in the stadium based on a long leasehold for around x amount. Would you like the opportunity...

After categorically stating that time was needed to rebuild trust before talking about ownership again, wouldn't that actually have been the best course of action? Regardless of what was said in the JR about a deal, it related to a different point in time. When there was a (slim) chance of...