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  1. mark82

    Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020

    Cheers Pete. We can, of course, keep asking.
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    Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020

    He has done. I've no gripe with Shmmeee.
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    Impact on Local Businesses of CCFC Move to Birmingham

    £2.5k sounds more reasonable. Still not great though. Anyone got a link to Telegraph article?
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    Impact on Local Businesses of CCFC Move to Birmingham

    I've seen something on Twitter that suggests one business local to the Ricoh Arena (Bull & Anchor) has lost revenue to the tune of £25k per match day while we've been away. That's staggering. I'm going to reach out to them to verify as part of what myself & Pete are doing, but got me wondering...
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    Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020

    I personally think the biggest problem is that conversations aren't being held at the appropriate level. Ultimately, the situation is that the complaint has been made, and as far as anyone has been able to tell us, can't be withdrawn (unless Wasps can point us in another direction). The parties...
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    Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020

    Yep, and it works both ways. Shouting abuse at Wasps and any others involved will also get you nowhere.
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    Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020

    Yeah, I'll certainly ask how they see the process and note that Sisu believe it can't be withdrawn (and that has always been my understanding on the process too, to be fair - I think the Telegraph also covered it at some point?). If anyone knows anyone with a good knowledge of EU state aid...
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    Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020

    I think the aim is to have a ground that's an appropriate side for the volume of fans, and not to have 10-15k rattling around in a 32k stadium. I'd personally rather go straight to something like 25-30k. Shrewsbury is provided as a similar new ground style, not meant to be a similar size or...
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    Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020

    When I say they are irrelevant, what I mean is they aren't decision makers in terms of agreeing terms between Wasps and CCFC. I fully accept they have a wider role to play.
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    Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020

    To be honest, I'm not sure what something like this would gain. There are 2 parties that can bring us back - Seppala & Richardson. CCC are now very much irrelevant in the immediate discussion. Where they can help, and so far are unwilling to do so, is by providing some impact statements on the...
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    Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020

    Is it not a relevant question to ask what the impact of the club being out of the city is? This isn't something to beat the council over the head with, it's to support conversations with other parties. Please get it into your head that there is no witch hunt. I'm losing a lot of respect for you...
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    Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020

    I think, firstly, a change of personnel with different ideas. Secondly, and it seems to make sense, a 4 sided design is easier to expand later on if/when they want to increase capacity, by going upwards or filling in the corners. All I can say is that they seemed genuine in the reasons they...
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    Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020

    Damage has been done now though, regardless of ownership, and irrespective of who shoulders the blame. Frankly, they all need to work together to find acceptable short and long term solutions for CCFC.
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    Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020

    Not had chance to even think of anything like that yet. If you have any contacts feel free to reach out (or drop me a PM with details).
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    Meeting with Joy Seppala & Dave Boddy - Thursday 27th February 2020

    I seem to remember something like that. I imagine it's a fairly common setup to protect against administration/liquidation (although I'm just guessing here).
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