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Yes I do agree that the actions of SISU are ridiculous, at no point have I ever defended their decision to move the club. But I'm sorry I don't subscribe to the anti-SISU love in on here. There are thousands of comments and threads about what SISU have fucked up. However in this whole debacle...

How do you define unfit? If you use the measure of the law then it would suggest they are acting illegally? Just look at Leeds to see how difficult that could be, and i'm sure if they had acted illegally by now it would have been reported and they would be charged accordingly. Deplorable...

Agreed - I think SISU have to sacrifice the idea of a freehold and accept a leasehold, the council have to hand over the revenues. How much of the revenues will obviously drive the price. It has to be such that the club can sustain itself without the current and future owners subsidising it.

Hypothetically - Yes. Do the council have the right to try and force out someone because they don't like them? No

FWIW I have never said that SISU should get anything on the cheap. They should pay the going rate. No doubt if the parties did their own valuations they would be light years apart. I would like to see an independent party do a valuation if this was possible.

I don't really think the council are in any position to be the moral compass? They have plenty of their own issues that need to be addressed outside of this particular area

If SISU and ACL could do a deal on the basis of the JR being dropped then that could be a win win for everyone. The council are not going to give an uncumbered freehold. SISU will not be tenants in the same way they were before. They could have a long term lease with full control of ACL and all...

This has only happened since CCFC left.

So you are saying every single football stadium, cinema, bowling alley and place for children to 'not be on the streets' is a community asset? Could the young people of Coventry play their football final at the Ricoh? Could the local grass roots mens competitions do the same? That's what I...

EVERYONE could have done more. Especially SISU. All parties are culpable.

So between 2003 and 2012 there wasn't a single opportunity to sell the share back?

At what point did I lay the blame exclusively with the charity? Pretty sure I said all parties responsible...

OK, so in terms of the buyout of CCFC's share of ACL, could more have been done to get that back in the hands of CCFC, even before SISU arrived? The club would have had a big revenue spike in that first year, could that transaction have happened there? When SISU did buy the club... it's...

That wasn't an endorsement of your point... I'm almost giddy in excitement waiting for you to tell me exactly how Higgs has financially supported CCFC on numerous occasions, other than the 2 points we have discussed here.

So it's a commercial asset for the City of Coventry, that's not a community benefit.

Numerous?

Sixfields is a community asset for Northampton. It is used by local schools, by the local FA as part of their grass-roots initiatives. There is clear evidence that the community use the amenity. How much of that goes on at the Ricoh?

You're right, it is only theoretical. But any business whether SISU or someone else will look at the scenario and think what's the best way to get investment back. If they've put in that much already, they're already committed financially so the best chance of return is a successful football team.

What about the 4 year period before SISU even arrived? Was there nothing that could have been done then?

It does not benefit the community of Coventry one iota. That's like saying the people of the UK benefited from the Government buying out Lloyds TSB and RBS.