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Denied. You could make a much stronger argument that the people of Coventry are shitting on SISU - by refusing to turn up in large enough numbers to break even, the population is forcing SISU to bankroll the club from their own pockets.

I quite fancy the idea of two separate events: Legends' Day and "Legends'" Day. The latter could be headlined by the likes of Leigh Jenkinson and Chris Whyte.

I don't. I've long said that the problem is less to do with penny-pinching at clubs like ours, and more to do with a lack of regulation for clubs who act recklessly with their finances. It is simply an unfair system. What I am arguing, in the context of this thread, is that we should stay the...

Look at the players they've had to ship out, though. They have a threadbare squad.

For a long, long time. It is easy to run a business into the ground, easy to spend money; it's not so easy to rebuild, though. The sins of this particular father were profound and have long-lasting consequences. And let's not pretend that it was a sellers' market back in 2007. By all...

There is an excuse: "we have no money" If that was the case, they would have cut their losses and sold to Hoffman for a quid.

One of the reasons we have such little money is because we have no stadium. We have no stadium because of Richardson's irresponsible handling of the finances, driving us deeply into debt. Exactly how much longer are we going to keep chasing our tails on this subject? Pompey may have signed...

Fair enough. It is realistic to expect Coventry to go down, and merely optimistic to believe that they won't; but yes, there's no mileage in users always looking for the absolute worst case scenario (or the absolute best case scenario).

Too many "ifs" and "buts" for me, Otis. It is easy to if-and-but our way to hypothetical safety. The bottom line is that it comes down to CCFC winning a mini-league involving three other teams over 8-9 games. Nothing that has happened this season can suggest that CCFC is capable of that...

Good article, Porky.

What do you consider the difference to be?

No, nothing has happened to change my mind, unfortunately. I said a few weeks ago that survival would be based on: 1. being the best team out of four (CCFC, Pompey, Bristol, Donny) 2. maintaining the freak home form or starting to win away (we have won one in seven) Pretty much everything...

I would certainly agree with that. It then raises the question of why SISU would sanction such a plan if the money wasn't there. I wouldn't write off the impact of the financial crisis; investors across the globe called in/sat on their money, and it coincided perfectly with the change in...

I struggle to see what RR did that was so wrong. RR implemented a reasonably strong strategy: buy high-ceiling youngsters on the way up (then sell and reinvest, making the club somewhat self-sufficient); upgrade Ryton (maximising one of our few assets; bolstering training and increasing...

Yep, they're done.

You're right - we probably need championship form. The average 6th placed playoff team averages around 1.6 points-per-game over the season. If we had that kind of form, we would finish on 46 points. No team in the last 20 years (at the minimum) has managed to stay in this league with 46 points.

It's still nine points in six games; that's precisely why some of us said that Forest were/are not real relegation contenders. They averaged 1.17 points-per-game in the first 17 games, then had a disastrous run of 13 games at an average of 0.38 ppg. It was just too much of a freak drop for it to...

It might be worth noting that it's still a significant decrease from a decade ago when, adjusted for inflation (if my sums are correct), the ticket prices ranged from £360 - £468.

There should be more competitiveness if the financial fair play rules are ratified.