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At what point did I lay the blame exclusively with the charity? Pretty sure I said all parties responsible...

OK, so in terms of the buyout of CCFC's share of ACL, could more have been done to get that back in the hands of CCFC, even before SISU arrived? The club would have had a big revenue spike in that first year, could that transaction have happened there? When SISU did buy the club... it's...

That wasn't an endorsement of your point... I'm almost giddy in excitement waiting for you to tell me exactly how Higgs has financially supported CCFC on numerous occasions, other than the 2 points we have discussed here.

So it's a commercial asset for the City of Coventry, that's not a community benefit.

Numerous?

Sixfields is a community asset for Northampton. It is used by local schools, by the local FA as part of their grass-roots initiatives. There is clear evidence that the community use the amenity. How much of that goes on at the Ricoh?

You're right, it is only theoretical. But any business whether SISU or someone else will look at the scenario and think what's the best way to get investment back. If they've put in that much already, they're already committed financially so the best chance of return is a successful football team.

What about the 4 year period before SISU even arrived? Was there nothing that could have been done then?

It does not benefit the community of Coventry one iota. That's like saying the people of the UK benefited from the Government buying out Lloyds TSB and RBS.

SISU want to recap as much investment as they can in the long term. The quickest (and best) way is through CCFC being successful. So if they did have these profits then they would probably invest in the team, better players increases chances of promotion, promotion means better revenues and the...

Yes she is... but if you or I had been in her position of influence, would you have allowed the situation to have got to this point if you could have in someway intervened?

The community can not use it. That's why. Next you'll be telling me McDonalds is a community asset because it brings footfall to the City Centre

That doesn't make it a community asset does it? A community asset is something that the community can use. The people that run ACL have said as much, that the cost of allowing the public to use the stadium makes it uneconomic.

That's not what I said at all is it. If their are profits to be made from ACL, SISU would inject them into CCFC.. not a stadium that they would not have owned. Also... the Ricoh is not a community asset.. it does fuck all for the community.

I don't think there is much evidence that either party can be trusted on their own. So this suggestion is probably the best option. I guess it would only work by SISU buying out ACL and probably shutting it down or encompassing it into their group of companies.

If all profit is reinvested into Ricoh complex why would SISU want to buy them? That doesn't seem to add up.

Well they kind of did know they would get something, as they purchased half of ACL which we know meant they were entitled to revenues from stadium complex. Don't get me wrong... They deserve their money back to continue their work. But this has gone way past that because of the people...

They did help the club financially, but knowing full well there would be some return on the investment. They didn't donate the money to CCFC did they? Nobody in ANY party had the desire to a) stop this nonsense occurring in the first place and b) get a deal done. ALL of them were too driven...

To be honest this emotive bullshit is wearing thin. This woman, just like ACL,CCC and SISU don't give a fuck about CCFC. When push comes to shove they care more about their bottom line than they do about the city, or the football club. I'm bored of everyone pretending they care, and...

If we work on the basis that the lawyer count was 2:7. ACL had 1 lawyer per £14.5k and SISU 1 per £41.4k. So if we went on the SISU ratio ACL would need 0.7 of a lawyer. If we worked on ACL ratio, SISU would have needed 20 lawyers. Nice bit of Maths to start the day!