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Don't fall off your chair mate, but I couldn't agree with you more. :) It's utterly incredible that there's this vast amount of money going into the game, and yet clubs are still going pop. It could only happen in football.

You've lost me on the one common enemy thing. Germany? ;) Personally I think the last thing the FL and FA will want is the Government taking an interest in them. If I was standing for election in a key swing marginal, and thought there were some votes in it, I'd be putting my kicking boots...

The completely opaque and multi-layered ownership structure for one thing. The fact that no one really knows where SISU's money comes from should be a massive red flag to anyone wanting to see whether they are fit and proper owners. How can you tell whether they are fit and proper, when you...

I wonder if it might stay around the same. This on the basis that it's already bottomed out, and those that leave because they can't bear it any more might be replaced by those who start going because they can't see anything changing? Personally though, I think there will be a slight drop...

Such is life. At least it probably means that one of our own players gets another chance to play in the first team. If I had one grumble against the loan system it's that it's a quick fix solution which can work against teams bringing their own players through. I hope the lad does well...

And he's got an excellent name too. ;) I hope the lad does well. Like the song says, if he can make it here, he'll make it anywhere!

My opinion: Because it's the bare minimum they can do to convince the FL that it isn't a load of bullshit. TF's already been caught lying in regard to disclosing the location 'in a matter of weeks', being in 'advanced discussions with councils', and the number of venues they are considering...

Give 'em some credit mate - they've managed to accelerate a steady decline into a complete freefall. We've gone from the brink of administration into full blown liquidation, from aiming for promotion in the Championship to avoiding relegation in League 1, and from Coventry to Northampton. It's...

That would explain it. I'm guessing he crossed the line once too often with the personal stuff.

I'm not sure it is understood by everyone. If SISU wanted half of ACL, why did they walk away from the deal with the Higgs Trust after signing Heads of Terms (hence the Higgs claim, going to the courts on 1st April)? Fisher's most recent statement I can recall is that Coventry City Council...

I think opinion was split on Marcus, but I always liked him. It always struck me that left-backs got more than their fair share of stick at HR, probably being perpetually under the cosh and pinned in front of the more vocal/p*ssed members of the Sky Blue Stand/West End didn't help! Take your...

Ah, this made me chuckle. Thank you. :)

Spot on - I'm with you entirely on all of this. I'd love for it all to come out and for us to be able to dig through the evidence from all sides, and I'd like the press to ask far more searching questions of everyone. Better still, I'd like to wake up back at Highfield Road and have nothing...

The problem isn't just with the media though - it seems to suit SISU to obfuscate the issue too. It's obviously similarly ludicrous to insist that the council put a price on something they can't sell, but it doesn't seem to stop SISU doing it.

Isn't that the truth of it. Of course, SISU could've had the 50% of ACL that the Higgs Trust holds, and at a set value too (removing at least one of their grumbles, this seemingly not knowing what to offer!). That's going to be an interesting court case...

I think because the encumbered freehold is of very limited value with sitting tenants and long leases in place. In and of itself, the encumbered freehold doesn't really provide any access to income streams that I can see. Noggin's point about the long leasehold is true too, Cov CC can't offer...

I thought the Lucas statement was about the inability to sell the unencumbered freehold, which it seems SISU had shifted their demand to. If the demand has moved again, to something different like long leasehold, why don't they discuss that with the Council instead of the SCG? And the 'council...

I don't doubt that SISU's plan involves distressing ACL, it's really the only reason I can see for us not playing at the Ricoh now, but I don't think it's related to the formula as such because that died with CCFC Ltd. As I see it though, no one can force ACL to sell to SISU. If CCC and The...

Fair enough, appreciate the honesty. I think you at least did your bit - fair play to you for that too. :)

Good work Torchy. I know it's not quite storming the Bastille, but it still takes some guts - fair play to you. I can't quite understand why they'd be taken down, given that TF has said publicly that he'd like it all out in the open. Personal opinion: I think they're nervous about anything to...