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Considering where we are, a good day.

Could you explain why this is utter nonsense? Do SISU fund CCFC? Do they take interest and management fees back? Have they told everyone that they are building a stadium and nothing concrete has happened - despite several deadlines? Is Sandra Garlick concerned about the colour of empty seats?

The difference being this was a private card and the other was a commercial subscription.

Our hapless hedge fund is funding CCFC for x amount of millions a year with investors money. Then taking a portion back and paying the investors a return in the form of interest ( the investors are in effect paying themselves interest ), SISU then take some of the investors money as management...

The Majority of us - City fans - want Coventry City to play in Coventry. We do not think that Sixfields is like Highfield Road as you once said. It is looking less & less likely that a new stadium will be built. There are no plans, no finance ( we would have heard if they had backers ), no land...

Yes, but.... if it is too general it is difficult to have an inquiry. I think you need a specific case, or cases, as representative of what is happening generally. Cardiff and Hull also come into the frame. You do need more co-ordination with other fan groups to persuade them that, what's going...

Maybe. Anything that puts the problem into the limelight can only be good. SISU are trying to get CCC files into the open through the JR to embarass the council. Maybe an inquiry could bring even more information out e.g Football League files. SISU don't like limelight as we have seen and the...

and moving to Northampton isn't a complete waste of time and energy? You are a complete waste of space.

You joining RFC then?

Good coming from you..... Out of all of the posters - pro SISU, anti SISU, can't be arsed about SISU, ACL haters, SISU haters, etc. ..... you take the biscuit.

Why would you need the freehold to build a hotel? It would be nice to have it, but a long lease would be an alternative if a freehold were not possible for, say, legal or council policy reasons. Richardson wanted a stadium with retractable pitch and roof. A 40000 capacity ( 1997 figure ) was...

What is surprising is that SISU seem to ignore the obvious, that the council is legaly constrained in it's actions, especially as they, SISU, seem to know something about judicial reviews. I am also surprised that they continue to fund CCFC every year from AVRO and then pay ARVO, considerably...

I also know that the council and Higgs own ACL. They also run it through their appointees. ACL will therefore follow the council line. That is a complaint that SISU have. There is a conflict of interest.

I do know what unfettered means. They want to own a freehold ( or maybe a long-tem lease ) without contracts with third parties ( e.g. Compass ) - hence 'unfettered'. The council cannot give them that without paying off ACL etc.. The point is, a private company has only to think of itself. It...

The council and the charity should not be running a stadium management company. Both are 'fettered' as they are accountable to the electorate and laws governing the council's actions, and to laws governing the running of a charity. They would both undoubtedly like to get out. I don't think they...

SISU could and should have renegotiated the rental deal at the time they acquired CCFC - if they considered it unfair. All the power was in their hands at that time. The only smoking gun was in SISU's hands.

What is a fair rent? In the absence of an exact figure, one can only assume that the parties that signed the original agreement were of the opinion that 1,2 was fair - at the time. Any new rent deal will be considerably lower due to the circumstances. So why bother making a snide remark?

Sorry to say that a JR win or valuable information for SISU, does not necessarily enhance the future of CCFC. I support the team and hope for sporting success through CCFC. Success for a hedge fund that got in at the wrong time, didn't due proper due diligence and has employed such people as...

I think the point is that she has been known to use "spin" and has a bad memory - apparently - when it suits. ML seems to use " spin " as well. He, as a SISU non executive director, constantly slags the council and even compares them to North Korea. In other words, take SISU statements with a...

He does have the advantage of living in a town with a football team to talk about. I am sure that if we had a team playing in Coventry more people would be talking about the games. As it happens the owners are more intent on playing against councils, management companies and charities than...