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Baka is also my super sub in FIFA when things are going badly, saved many a game, so another reason I’m glad he’s staying.

You simply can’t compare attendances after decades of struggle thirty years ago with what we’d get today after (by definition) years of success. To think we’d pull in 11k in the Prem now is just insane. Aside from anything else the city itself is far more populous than it was in the 90s.

Had to ask the missus for a translation there, very good!

I like Baka, I’m glad he’s stayed. Worth seeing if he can improve, he’s only young, and has good attributes. Gets a lot of unfair stick from fans and hasn’t sulked about that or being out the team. Good attitude.

That wasn’t what coventrian said though. From what I’ve gleaned of the local situation quite a few. Have a read of this, people have been campaigning for its removal for over 20 years. Statue of Edward Colston - Wikipedia

Nice to get back to normal though :D That reply guy is talking utter shite too. We averaged 21k in the Championship in 2006. And 17-18k is a sensible estimate based on historic trends, hardly wild speculation. Edit: just realised its you. Sorry.

Ask the people who want us to own the Ricoh. My position has been a new ground is needed for some time.

Says the man whose only argument is to call me a pathetic spoilt child. How many managers have we had since Sisu arrived? How many have been successful? That would suggest more luck than judgement, no? As for the rest of your rant, well...

Agree with most of this, but the last sentence is IMO open for debate. As I’ve said all along if we come back owning the Ricoh or on far better terms that net us millions more a year than we would’ve got then great. Anything else and the gamble has failed.

Worth remembering that they had a wage bill of £19m almost 4 times our current one.

It’s not a boycott in any serious proportion, it’s simply the difference between a game that’s easy to get to and one that’s not. The idea of NOPM or whatever has always been a distraction. Our attendances are influenced far more by our proximity to our fan base and success on the pitch than any...

And if my aunt had balls she’d be my uncle. But the reality is you won’t ever get those extra 8k, because that’s what happens when you move away from your customer base. I know it’s cool to blame the fan base here, but any business that blames its customers for its lack of success is a poor...

Brass tacks: do you reckon we are better off financially with say 8k fewer fans at St Andrews at £1m/year or at the Ricoh with those fans on £300k/year but receiving half the F&B benefit? (Based on Fisher saying we got about the same at SA as we did with twice as many fans at the Ricoh) I don’t...

It’s the Boris way of negotiating: give them whatever they want in full knowledge that you’ll be supported for “getting a deal”.

I didn’t say “OK”, I said “Commercially beneficial”. Point is current deal is costing us more than £4m/season in reality. Just pointing out that we didn’t move because of the rental cost, but because we thought it’d strengthen our hand elsewhere. Similarly we aren’t staying away due to cost...

Yes, comparing commercial property rental with residential property rental is the same as comparing people with nations. Good one.

We’ve heard the £1m figure from a few places both City and Brum sides and Fisher would’ve denied it. It’s as solid as any figures we know about (which isn’t very solid but best we have).

I want a share in the equity I’m creating for my landlord. It don’t work like that though. There’s no denying we are worse off at SA even on the old bad Ricoh deal. It’s a gamble that it’ll pay off in the future. We should be clear about that. It’s not a cold headed business decision.

And again, I implore those against this stuff to think how you’d have felt in the 60s, would you have been whining that this had nothing to do with busses and Rosa Parks? Complaining about the damage done by protesters? Looking back now would you have been right?

That would be a wager you would lose: Why not? You may have noticed a world wide anti racism protest happening now. If you can point me to a long running campaign to remove Mandelas statue sure. Not sure one exists though.