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Nothing was actually exposed by the JR was it? There was talk of a YB valuation based on what they could get if ACL went bust but thats pretty much useless as an indication of value now. The council are 50% owners of ACL, wouldn't you expect them to have representation on the board, if SISU...

Well either he meant freehold as SISU have been stating for several months or there's a sudden about turn and they are now happy to be leaseholders.

What sort of announcement are you expecting? That they're going to knock it down or something? They'll just keep doing what they have been doing but now they don't have to worry about booking any events that clash with CCFC matches such as the computer game expo over Easter Weekend.

OK then, go ahead and explain why it is essential for the club to own the freehold to be financially viable.

You would have thought if "Robinson, Higgs et al were completely befuddled" they would have had access to lawyers, solicitors and advisors who would be able to asset. To be honest that just shows them to be totally incompetent if they signed something they didn't understand. Are we also to...

He opens with "It’s absolutely essential for this club, for any other club, to own it’s own stadium to be financially viable in the long term.", a point that's been raised on here many times and been shown to be incorrect, if his first line is a lie why would anyone believe anything that follows?

you've got to imagine they would at the very least be pretty wary of the whole thing. ML was trying to make out of SSN that it would be just outside the boundary of the city which would surely mean CCC being involved from an infrastructure perspective anyway.

which just means it's all pointless. I could get an architect to draw me up some plans but if I don't tell him I've only got 10 acres and £250K and he does something that needs 50 acres and will cost £5m it's all a bit of a pointless exercise.

depending on exactly how tied down the council are by the JR he could have dropped himself / SISU in a spot of bother there.

evil council have misled everyone blah blah blah coventry area blah blah blah need to own the stadum blah blah blah nothing new really, same as on CWR this morning. looked absolutly terrified.

I wish they would stop putting these idiots out in public, it's embarassing. Is there suddenly a huge demand for 60 acre sites in the 'Coventry area'? They seem very worried about somebody sneeking in and buying the site from under them, surely anyone that was desperate for a site like that...

No reason you'd need to know minor details like that when designing something!!!

it has to be cheaper to do everything in one go. of course that assumes that there is any plan for the future expansion to really happen.

How is the land zoned around the Ricoh? Is there any reason the remain land there or ajoining land couldn't have been used to build these facilites. To be honset I couldn't care less where the academy is located and where the team train (within reason!), doesn't make any difference to me if I go...

Of course not but the Ricoh is one of only an handful of venues that gets repeat business from 3 of the major promoters. The Ricoh and the team have been nominated for several industry awards which should give you an indincation of how highly regarded they are. Given that it seems unlikely...

Looking at what they've released today there seems very little scope for generation of extra revenues outside of matchday. And if, as we suspect, it is not particularly well located they have even less chance. If you look at most new stadia they get one or two concerts when they first open and...

For me I need all that and I need some details of the financials and how this is better for us than going back to the Ricoh. If they could show a clear business case for what they have planned I would be prepared to give it a fair examination but they can't give that and anytime any question...

Anyone that works for them without getting paid upfront has only got themselves to blame when they end up out of pocket.

Sounds like ACL have had caller ID installed!

The FA, Football League, UEFA and FIFA need to get a grip. Put strict rules in place and if the EU or anyone else start telling them they aren't allowed to challenge them. Look at the likes of the NHL, you can't get away with any of this shit there they just don't stand for it.