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It's generally counter-productive to lie in negotiations I'd say, unless you're happy to take the risk that the other side will walk away completely if you're found out. You can negotiate pretty strongly without the need to lie, if you think about it. And as far as I'm aware, you can't just...

If this doesn't damage your faith in the ability of Ann Lucas and Coventry City Council to run the city and do business in an open and honest way, then you are far more trusting than me. When the council stepped in to bail-out ACL to the tune of £14.4 million, the Council were absolutely clear...

I saw that bit too. I'm not calling for Pressley's head, but there was something odd about that conversation - it looked very much as though Pressley was yelling at the player (Madine?) to do something, and the player wasn't convinced at all. I'm probably reading too much into it, but it...

Spot on - that's exactly what's happening imho. We're down to the hard core now, and even that's going to dwindle the longer we remain fiddling around at the bottom of a very poor division. I'd guess the majority of our fans have long since had enough of our owners but are simply resigned to it...

The court administered justice. And there's no confusion here, Evans legally has got every right to play football again, and the supporters and sponsors that he's going to represent have got every right to say that they don't want him because of his previous conviction (and possibly subsequent...

Whitewash, more likely. ;)

It was either that, or blow them on the offer of the free pizza and large bottle of coke. Tough decision. ;)

I think a quick point to make regarding Evans is that it isn't an appeal - he's had one of those, and the conviction was upheld. This is a case review, very unusual and not something he'd be likely to get if he wasn't high-profile and didn't have a lot of money behind him. I don't think it's...

The council are going to look a bit daft if it ends up in a few years time with Wasps getting 7,000 - 10,000 for fewer games at the Ricoh, and CCFC playing outside Coventry (or worse, not existing at all). How exactly is that going to help the city? Sorry, been trying to avoid all of this -...

To go back to the OP the published facts are that on the return from Northampton the council stated that time was needed to rebuild the relationship with the club before talking about ownership. Within a few weeks the council, in secret, under the cover of NDAs, then sold to Wasps. If...

Just to bring this briefly back to the OP, at the end of the day we're all city fans. We're in the fairly unique situation though of not just being able to grumble about the players, the manager, and our owners, but also a whole bunch of third-parties like CCC, ACL, Higgs and now Wasps...

Then maybe it's a pity they were never offered the Wasps deal, or permitted to buy at least the 50% once they were aware of it, eh.

I can't quite get my head around this. If Wasps' owners say it's move or die, even if its 85 miles, most seem to be saying that's fair enough. Some are even going to go and support them. But if CCFC's owners say it's move or die, even if's just a few miles, the same people are outraged and...

I don't think either of us are best placed to decide on the legal merits of this case. You're welcome to your opinion, but if there is wrongdoing to be exposed I'd rather know about it personally. As to there being two potential buyers, the council clearly went out of their way to make sure...

I think you could reframe the utility argument a number of different ways here to come up with the opposite conclusion. Consider the utility of the disenfranchised Wasps fans, the utility of franchising in general, the fact that if CCFC fold or leave it will be measurably worse for the city...

When we get 50% of the revenues from the arena, it's a partnership. Until then we're just junior tenants. It's a pity the telegraph, and some other bigger papers like the Guardian are happy to just churn out any old tat from Wasps PR and ignore the bigger questions.

Please tell me you're kidding. Talk about bending over for the franchise. If Wasps want to throw over half of the stadium revenue to the club maybe this would be an almost-reasonable idea, I don't think they are though.

It might well be OK with SP, but it still pisses me off hugely. This should be our stadium, not theirs. Regardless of blame, getting kicked out of the dressing room and having Wasps logos all over the place doesn't feel right to me.

Bang on - regardless of timings a bit less analysis and a bit more football is the way to go for all of these programs I'd say. I want to watch the footy, and I'm happy to interpret the game for myself. If I want analysis of every decision, or a ten-minute feature on a footy club I've no real...

It's poor, isn't it. Anyone involved in business knows how hard it is to make sales even when you've got everything right - to have people wanting to buy things but not have the stock in place is just about criminal. My gut feel is that like a lot of hedge funds, SISU took a battering in...