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Can't use the weather as an excuse for having an already poor pitch battered by two teams either. I don't remember the winters at the Ricoh always being dry and sunny, and yet somehow we always managed to fulfil our fixtures.

If the pitch is that rough already, then it's going to be knackered by the end of Feb with two teams playing on it. That certainly isn't going to help our style of football, and it probably doesn't help in terms of injuries either. I doubt this was given any real consideration by our owners...

Spot on. Are we really so petty that helping out another team for a one-off U21 game becomes a big issue. If we were using the pitch, it's another matter, but this doesn't harm the club in any way. Leicester aren't even in our division! The only thing that would bother me is if the Ricoh...

Come on then. What else should the council do? Before responding, consider these facts: ACL is not controlled by the council. So they can't just liquidate ACL. I believe that the Higgs Trust could also veto the sale of the Council's 50% of ACL shares and vice versa. The freehold contains...

And if they are absolutely true to form, the player will get the blame. Actually, that's a bit of a cheap shot in truth. In this case, the player perhaps does share some of the blame - but then he's only doing what he's always done, why would we be surprised....

I think Clarke goes the last day of the transfer window, because that's the way this game is played. He wants to go and whatever our owners say, we need the money. And the most significant thing in all this is that the player doesn't want to stay. So now it's just about extracting the most...

Ah, with regard to SISU, ACL the council and the freehold, I have just come across an inspiring quote. "For every complex problem there is an answer which is clear, simple and wrong." (H.L.Mencken). This one I think relates especially to Timmy, and the odd person here perhaps, who seem to...

Indeed, and can I just point out that I think there are lot of steps before SISU end up owning ACL. First, let's presume they win the JR and the Council are forced to call in the loan. At that point ACL might be able to refinance elsewhere and effectively buy the loan back off the council. If...

Sorry, crossed posts there. It's far from irrelevant. It's absolutely key to where we play for the next few years. I'm sure ACL don't trust SISU either, but they've made a reasonable offer to play at the Ricoh whilst the mess is sorted out, or the club actually move on to building a new...

Yes, but it's not just words is it, we've seen SISU's actions which would seem to suggest that this was said. And to get back on track, here again is the nub of the question (which I'm sure you didn't mean to ignore). There's an offer to move back to the Ricoh that would make financial sense...

It does. Which is why I offered the supporting evidence of SISU's willingness to pile into legal threats and action. I forgot to offer the "We batter people in court" line, which I think was Fisher at one of the fan's forums. But for sure, use your own judgement as to whether this is...

I think you're confusing your arguments here - you're certainly confusing me! Let's just stick with what we know. There's an offer to move back to the Ricoh that would make financial sense to the club. There's no remaining threat to sue NTFC, no way that ACL or anyone else can change the...

Threats of legal action by SISU? There was this statement by ACL. "Ms Seppala also stated at this meeting her intention to continue to threaten ACL and its shareholders with expensive litigation at every possible opportunity."...

But PH4 didn't come on the scene until well after the rent strike and all those other 'failed' negotiations had occurred. I take your point about trust, and it's fair enough. But right now it seems that there's one side that's moved on from trying to break the other one, and one side that...

Entirely accept that you're not coming from this as a SISU-apologist. I think the evidence that they were trying to break ACL comes from a number of places: Agreeing and then walking away from the purchase of the Higgs share, doing something similar with the £400k deal with ACL, completely...

Appreciate what you're saying. The one I'm thinking of here would be the formal offer that went via the FL. http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/football/football-news/sisu-boss-joy-seppala-rejects-6363684 Or the rolling ten-year £150,000 one that I think was made during admin. Either of...

There's some interesting stuff here - but I think you could turn it on it's head. The council didn't sail in, they stepped in reluctantly. One vote sealed the deal, otherwise the Ricoh wouldn't have been built at all. The rent represented the cost of the build. Financing CCFC's share of the...

I feel sorry for NTFC, but not for that money-grabbing sh*t. If Northampton should get relegated I wonder if it makes things more complex on the groundshare too. In essence at that point you have a non-league club's fixtures taking precedence over a league club. Regardless of the actual rules...

Utter bollocks. I'm sorry, but as usual you're spouting drivel. CCFC had painted themselves into a corner without doubt, but no one at the time complained at the rent that was set. No one. You're offering, once again, your lazy half-arsed, stir-it-up-opinion as fact. When there was a...

Fwiw, if it comes to principles and money, I respect principles every time. There was no spite in this. In what way would they get paid regardless? Rejecting the CVA highlighted how bent the whole process was. Notionally, the way the administration was run cost ACL £40m in future income too...