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I don't have an issue with who we're playing in pre-season. There's probably some science to it, but broadly speaking I've always assumed that it works on the basis of gradually improving the opposition so that you face the better teams closer to the start of your season. Regardless, what I do...

I'm not sure there's much scope to appeal against the FL. The FL control the golden share, and also seem to have carte blanche to do what they want in terms of points deductions for clubs. They've managed to work themselves into a tight spot though - litigious owners on one side, a government...

What's wrong with looking at the past form of a player? If you're trying to analyse how well he might do, it seems fair enough to me. I'm not saying he'll be a disaster here, but I think it's fair enough to have a look. What's the problem?

I like the sound of Tudgay, he always seemed to be knocking them in at Sheff Weds - but then looking at the stats he's actually not that prolific, a one-in-four kind of striker. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Tudgay Not that I'm slating him before he signs - he's consistently played at a...

Ah, maybe it's just me being grumpy, but I don't want to see a football shirt on the Godiva statue either. Saturday as a temporary thing for the march is fair enough, but after that I don't see it as necessary or appropriate - imho.

Erm... I can see the point here, but we've go to watch that we don't get all Daily Mail about it. The vast majority of faith schools don't go for this sort of stupidity - there's about a million kids in CofE schools, and an awful lot in other faith schools that won't be learning that...

I'm all with the 'peace & reconciliation' riff Rob, as you know. But you can't do that while one side persists in trying to take the other to court. You can't consider it a sideshow if it continues to threaten your business. It also doesn't help when the other side piles in and starts...

And for Grendel, whom I specifically try to ignore but is sometimes (sadly) quoted - don't try to put words in my mouth. If you're trying to call someone a liar, then be a man and do it yourself, rather than trying to posit it through another mealy-mouthed post. It seems though that he's in...

How do you know it wasn't reported to the appropriate authorities? It's clear the Football League were aware of something odd, hence the bizarre agreement to pay ACL £590k. And you've just made exactly the point yourself, ACL didn't like the outcome, and the CVA is a voluntary process. If the...

I'm sorry Ian, but that's just plain wrong. The reason for rejecting the CVA was given, ACL thought it would legitimise a process that they saw as deeply flawed. The 'V' in CVA stands for 'Voluntary' - if a business can't satisfy its creditors for whatever reason they are under no obligation...

You're not going to get any argument from me about SISU and what they've done. And with respect, I'm not being disingenuous here either, at least to my understanding of the word. There's nothing hidden here that I'm aware of; ACL have stated what they want, and I'm saying that in this case it...

I'm not generally against ACL, who I think have largely been the wronged party in all of this. However, I can't see this statement as in any way helpful - this looks a lot like closing doors rather than opening them. The FL have a lot to answer for here - and not for the first time. Having...

What a pathetic thing to say. "One of you lot". You've made a clearly inane, ill-thought out whine, and when someone points out how dumb it is, it becomes "one of you lot, defending the council again". I don't doubt the Council do things wrong, in fact I know they do, but to complain about...

Not quite with you - are you saying that you weren't having an inane rant, and I just misread you? You were just being ironic, right? Wow. Sorry. It's just that I'd got it in my head that you were just one of those pissy "it's all the Council's fault" whiners, who couldn't really be arsed to...

You can't strike at the drop-of-a-hat these days Torchy. That's a myth. Two ways of looking at this. You could grumble because you've been inconvenienced by having to look after your kids, etc. Or you could look at why people are going on strike and consider if they might have a point. I...

Erm... I think this is something that the Government have brought in. Here's the thing about stuff like this - if you don't like it you can set up some sort of pressure group, and see if you can get the law changed. Alternatively, as with all of the laws that you don't agree with, you can...

I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't "it", and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you too. ;)

All of those things give you great credit, imho. I'd obviously rather you didn't go to Sixfields, because as I've said I think it gives our owners (and to some degree the FL) the barest fig-leaf of respectability, but I accept entirely your reasons for going and I wouldn't criticise you for...

I think the premise here that deserves challenge, is that the Sixfields boycott isn't having some effect financially and also putting pressure on the owners to return to Coventry. Just because someone on here says that SISU are willing to continue to throw money at it doesn't make it true. It...

It's a fair point, but in reality how often does a player like that pop-up out of the academy? If the plan for funding losses is to turn a profit of three million every year on a single player, then I'd say that you're running a very big risk.