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The CT article says “The Sky Blue Trust has launched the campaign, and it has the backing of the Telegraph”. Well, where exactly is that backing? The article has already sunk way down the CT’s web page and will soon be out of sight, out of mind. I call upon the Telegraph to not merely report...

I see this situation in an entirely different light to the Ricoh shambles. When it comes to the possible destruction of the CCFC Academy, IMO the responsibility now falls upon CCC, CSF and Wasps. OK, the football club tried to lead them a merry dance by saying they were going to move it...

Football finance in this country is a cesspit. The dodgy owners, the international tax evasion, the TV contracts and the obscene wages, everything about it in the 21st Century is a world away from how it used to be. But I’ll still watch the Sky Blues under any owner who treats us as a big-city...

I think it’s a superb letter Samo, and the politicians need to be pushed again and again until they act on it. I was never NOPM, but I can definitely get behind PCMF (“persuade, cajole, mediate, facilitate”).

Coventry City chairman Tim Fisher has told supporters the club has identified a site outside Coventry for a possible new stadium and Academy base. Mr Fisher stressed the option was only a back-up and that club officials preferred a potential ground share with Coventry Rugby Club at Butts Park...

I like the sound of it Otis. But it would involve first having an idea, and then investing some money to carry it out. When was the last time CCFC did that, I mean actually do something to help ourselves?

To get the fullest description of the proposal, I’d point people towards the “Planning Statement May 2016”, which is the 8th document towards the bottom of the Planning Application page (http://planning.coventry.gov.uk/portal/servlets/ApplicationSearchServlet?PKID=783883). There’s a load of...

A massively important issue that has to be resolved asap. Completely agree with the Trust’s statement, and the questions raised by ChiefDave at post #28 and Grendel at #30. Quite apart from the Ricoh fiasco, if CCFC’s Academy is under threat the motives and actions of all parties have to be...

I see the estate agents are “Fisher German”. Could that be CCFC's very own dynamic duo?

As a kid, I had my bedroom wall covered with black-and-white photos of the Sky Blues, all cut out of Telegraph or the “Pink”. The one that sticks in my mind the most was of Ian Gibson volleying the ball – somehow it summed up the whole glorious era of the sixties. RIP Gibbo.

As you know, my attitude so far has not been anti-Wasps, because I think many of the arguments against them are based on false premises (I don’t propose to go through it all again). However, if they take an unreasonable stance which forces CCFC out, yes I would change my mind. And (as I was...

If it’s a high-quality two-tier stadium, holding 20K+ and with some unique character and big-city atmosphere, I’m all for it. If it’s a cheap off-the-shelf 15K shoebox, which completes our transformation into a small-town club, then it’s a definite “No”. Something SISU may not have considered...

Maybe for some people a public forum is ideal for debating the complex off-field stuff, but when they want to chat about our 3rd Division football team they are more likely to do it over the breakfast table or in the pub? I’d most likely get into a thread about a big new signing, but probably...

Haven’t read the thread, looks like it has descended into the usual? Anyway, just to say that in the very brief time I’ve seen him on the field, Jones looked like a nailed-on fans’ favourite. Extremely pleased with this signing.

I agree - call me old fashioned, but you can't expect a team of lightweights to get promoted out of this league, no matter how good they are to watch. Some days, you need at least one brute up front, preferably a goal-scoring brute. And as you say, the others are then likely to score more...

Maybe that’s why I said that kind of team, rather than “that team”? Don’t get me wrong, I like TM because he’s a football man, but he tends to put his faith in playing 7 or 8 artists, helped out by 2 or 3 gladiators. IMO it needs to be more like 6 gladiators and 4 artists. So (purely as an...

The team that ended the game today was the smallest I can ever remember. Take out the GK and the centre halves, and you had Phillips, Vincelot, Hunt, Fleck, Cole, Lameiras, Armstrong and Jones. Does anyone think we could make a serious challenge next in this tough league next season with a...

“All aboard the Sky Blue Express for the Southern League Premier by 2032”!

Congratulations - I really hope that your new daughter has more reasons to cheer the Sky Blues than we've have in the last couple of decades.

Cheers Moff I did realise that your post wasn't directed at me, and nor was mine aimed at you. It was more of a desperate cry in the wind, after an unpopular statement became even more unpopular when shown to be true. Totally agree about needing to turn a corner. There hasn’t really been a...